Publications of the Manx Society, المجلد 4Manx Society, 1860 |
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الصفحة 68 - It was some alleviation of the deep sorrow of the beholders to see the corpse of their departed sovereign so decorated. High mass was then sung for the deceased. The nobility kept watch by the body during the night. On Monday the remains of King Haco were carried to St Magnus Church, where they lay in state that night.
الصفحة 9 - AT this time the nation of the Northumbrians, that is, the nation of the Angles that live on the north side of the river Humber, with their king, Edwin, received the faith through the preaching of Paulinus, above mentioned. This...
الصفحة 233 - Cscsar; for there can be but little doubt, that by the Mona of which he speaks in his Commentaries, placing it in the midst between Britain and Ireland, we are to understand Man ; as that the Mona of Tacitus, which he acquaints us had a fordable strait between it and the continent, can be applied only to Anglesey. Pliny has set down both Islands : Mona, by which he intends Anglesey, and Monabia, which is Man. In Ptolemy we find Monoeda or Mouaida, that is the further or remote Mon.
الصفحة xi - ... are the most ancient of the public records at THE TOWER. They consist of forty-one rolls, containing transcripts made apparently in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, for the purpose of obtaining confirmations, of a miscellaneous collection of charters granted by various sovereigns, from Ethelbert, King of Kent, at the close of the sixth century, to Henry III. inclusive. There is a manuscript calendar to these rolls in the office, with Indices Nominum et Locorum. Its references, being sometimes...
الصفحة 2 - We could discover nothing about this by inquiries; but, by exact water measurements, we observed that the nights were shorter than on the Continent. The length of this side, according to the belief of the natives, is seven hundred miles. The third side bears northwards, and has no land confronting it; the angle, however, of that side faces on the whole towards Germany. The side is supposed to be eight hundred miles long.
الصفحة 241 - Historical year, viz., from the lit of January; but, as the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Legal year, for a long period, began on the 25th of March, all dates between the 1st of January and the 25th of March belong, according to the Civil computation, to one year earlier than the Historical year. For example : —From the 1st of January to the 25th of March, in the first year of the reign of William the Conqueror, was in the Civil year 1066, instead of 1067. For the same reason, Edward...
الصفحة 14 - He truly reigned over England ; and by his capacity so thoroughly surveyed it, that there was not a hide of land in England that he wist not who had it, or what it was worth, and afterwards set it down in his book.
الصفحة 67 - Thorgist bishop of Stavanger, Gilbert bishop of Hamar, Henry bishop of Orkney, abbot Thorleif, and many other learned men were present, and before the unction all present bade the king farewell with a kiss. He still spoke distinctly, and his particular...
الصفحة 10 - Edwin, as a reward of his receiving the faith, and as an earnest of his share in the heavenly kingdom, received an increase of that which he enjoyed on earth, for he reduced under his dominion all the borders of Britain that were provinces either of the aforesaid nation...
الصفحة 67 - He, therefore, took into consideration the pay to be given to his troops, and commanded that a mark of fine silver should be given to each courtier, and half a mark to each of the masters of the lights, chamberlains, and other attendants on his person. He ordered all the silver plate belonging to his table to be weighed, and to be distributed if his standard silver fell short.