Gilbert, George, Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- ill · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 158
sonce more became the citys masters, but weredriven out again by Edward the Elder. Athelstan,it is said, revived its mint. About the year 972Edgar assembled a naval force on the river Dee.To demonstrate his supremacy he caused himselfto be rowed by eight tributary kings from hispalace on the south… … X CHESTER Canute and Edmund Ironside, Canute gainedpossession of Mercia, in which were includedChester and Northumbria. Chester remained asa city of Mercia, governed by its earl, till theNorman Conquest. William then bestowed itwith the earldom on his nephew Hugh Lupus.He was, in view of the…
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