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4 giorni fa · ARUNDEL RAPE. The rapes of Arundel and Chichester were originally one, called in the late 11th century either Arundel rape or, more often, the rape of earl Roger (de Montgomery). (fn. 1) The division into two was made in the mid 13th century: at the eyre of 1248 the hundreds of the two rapes were not separately listed, but by 1262 those of ...
3 giorni fa · Then he said, `Neighbours,'—(the Duke, be it remembered, was premier duke of England, and the victor at Flodden,)—'sever yourselves asunder. Let every man depart to his home, and choose four that shall answer for the remnant; and on my honor—(he spoke as a peer)—I will send to the King and make humble intercession for your pardon; which I trust to obtain, so that you will depart.'
3 giorni fa · After the acquisition of the estate by the duke of Norfolk in 1811 the 17th-century building was demolished, together with part of the earlier one. Various additions were made west of the surviving part of the timber-framed range in the 19th century.
4 giorni fa · Stoughton is a large parish of 5,373 acres, 6 miles long from east to west and 2 miles from north to south. It lies on the southern slopes of the Downs, higher in the north than the south. Two valleys divide it and meet in a V at the south of the parish. The more easterly of these, where Stoughton village itself stands, is made by the River Ems.
