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  • 61Guardage — Guard age, n. [Cf. OF. wardage. See {Guard}, v. t.] Wardship [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 62feudalism — noun Date: circa 1818 1. the system of political organization prevailing in Europe from the 9th to about the 15th centuries having as its basis the relation of lord to vassal with all land held in fee and as chief characteristics homage, the… …

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  • 63ward — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weard & Anglo French warde, garde, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German warta act of watching, Old English warian to beware of, guard, wær careful more at guard, wary Date: before 12th… …

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  • 64Charles I of England — Charles I Portrait by Anthony van Dyck, 1636 King of England and Ireland (more...) Reign 27 March 1625 – 3 …

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  • 65Magna Carta — This article is about the English charter originally issued on 15 June 1215, and later modified. For other uses, see Magna Carta (disambiguation). Great Charter redirects here. For the Irish law, see Great Charter of Ireland. Magna Carta …

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  • 66Tallage — or talliage (from the French tailler, i.e. a part cut out of the whole) may have signified at first any tax, but became in England and France a landuse or land tenure tax. Later in England it was further limited to assessments by the crown upon… …

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  • 67Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham — (3 February 1478 ndash; 17 May 1521) was an English nobleman. He was the son of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and the former Lady Catherine Woodville, daughter of the 1st Earl Rivers and sister in law of King Edward IV.Early lifeStafford was born at …

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  • 68Richard Hakluyt — Infobox Writer name = Richard Hakluyt imagesize = caption = Hakluyt depicted in stained glass in the West Window of the South Transept of Bristol Cathedral – Charles Eamer Kempe, c. 1905. pseudonym = birthdate = c. 1552 or 1553 birthplace =… …

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  • 69Sheffield Castle — was a castle in Sheffield, England, constructed at the confluence of the River Sheaf and the River Don, possibly on the site of a former Anglo Saxon long house, and dominating the early town. The remaining stone foundations date from a stone… …

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  • 70Margaret II, Countess of Flanders — Margaret Margaret s Seal Margaret, called of Constantinople (2 Jun …

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