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Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 · London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ... · leaf 270
rivesits name from Peter Duke of Savoy,uncle to Eleanor, queen of HenryIII. to whom that monarch grantedthe site of it, to hold to him andhis heirs, upon the tenure of theird€livering yearly at the Exchequerthree barbed arrows for all services.Here, about 1245, that prince builta large house, which… … THE SAVOV. 217 expense of 5-2,000 marks. In 1358this edifice was assigned for theresidence of John King of France,after he had been taken prisonerat the battle of Poitiers. Here toohe died in 1304. He was a princeof the strictest honour; for, afterliis release in the preceding year,he returned to…
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