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Alumni Oxonienses
… April-May 1640, and (3 Nov.) 1640 (L.P.) till fled the kingdom the following month, knighted 18 June, 1632, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and various antiquities, not excelled by any in the kingdom. In this mansion the distinguished Sir Philip Sidney, … the withdrawal of the Roman forces, Cerdic, founder of the kingdom of the West Saxons, who had been engaged in an … routed; and Wiltshire shortly became incorporated in the kingdom of Wessex. It derives its name from Wilton, which, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… south, who about the middle of the 6th century founded the kingdom of Wessex. How early Wilton became the royal seat of the kingdom is unknown, but evidence of the 9th century shows it … the Danes in a determined attempt to conquer the surviving kingdom of Wessex, and this struggle revealed the importance …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… important one, for Wilton was one of the 27 centres of the kingdom in which chests for the registration of debts owed to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… During the heptarchy, if not the metropolis of the kingdom of Mercia, it was at least the residence of some of … here in 787. Cenulph, who succeeded to the throne of that kingdom, after the death of Egferth, Offa's son, who survived … the high altar his captive Ethelbert Pren, usurper of the kingdom of Kent, whom he had made prisoner, generously …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… separate elective representation in the Parliaments of the kingdom. The Great Roll of the Exchequer of 112930 (31 Henry …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of the said castle by reason of the perturbation of the kingdom between the lord king and his earls, 11 but the total … apparently in 1637 owing to the unhappy state of the kingdom, and in October 1642 one of the earliest acts of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Henry II in the course of his ceaseless journeys about his kingdom visited Windsor fairly often. He was here at Easter … December. 42 It was in this year that the troubles in the kingdom came to a head. On 9 March the king retired to … Windsor, 'a place of greatest strength in this part of the kingdom, by reason of the heighth and strength, the country …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… now one of the principal places of export for wheat in the kingdom. The chief imports are wine, deals, and coal. The …