 ... every powerful man made his castles, and held them against him ; and they filled the land full of castles. They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle-works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men.  The History of England - Page 122by Thomas Keightley - 1839Full view - About this book
 | George Bate - Great Britain - 1651 - 284 pages
...filled the land full of castles. They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men. Then they took those men that they imagined had any property, both by night and by day, peasant men and... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1836 - 582 pages
...filled with castles. Grievously they oppressed the miserable people of the land with their castle-works. When the castles were made they filled them with devils and evil men j and then they seized every one who was supposed to have any property — man and woman — both by... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Ballads, English - 1846 - 328 pages
...filled with castles. Grievously they oppressed the miserable people of the land with their castle-works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men ; and then they seized every one who was supposed to have any property — man and woman — both by... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - Great Britain - 1851 - 236 pages
...filled with castles. Grievously they oppressed the miserable people of the land with their castle works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men ; and then they seized every one who was supposed to have any property — man and woman, both by night... | |
 | Battle Abbey - Abbeys - 1851 - 268 pages
...with castles. Grievously they oppressed the miserable people of the country with their castle-works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men." Here they imprisoned all such as they could take who were supposed to possess wealth, and put them... | |
 | Great Britain - 1853 - 440 pages
...filled the land full of castles. They greatly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle-works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men. They took the men whom they supposed to have any property, both by night and by day, males and females,... | |
 | Anglo-Saxon chronicle - 1853 - 448 pages
...filled the land full of castles. They greatly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle-works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men. They took the men whom they supposed to have any property, both by night and by day, males and females,... | |
 | Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - Archaeology - 1854 - 682 pages
...They (that is, the Norman nobles) cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle works, and when the castles were made they filled them with devils and evil men ; then took they those whom they supposed to have any goods, both by night and day, men and women, and threw them into... | |
 | William E. Flaherty - Great Britain - 1855 - 448 pages
...ensued. The nobles of both parties " cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle- work, and when the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men'." They threw people into dungeons, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Every man robbed another... | |
 | William Edward Flaherty - Great Britain - 1855 - 456 pages
...ensued. The nobles of both parties " cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle- work, and when the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men'." They threw people into dungeons, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures. Every man robbed another... | |
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