History of the Duchy of Lancaster. Vol.1, 1265-1603
Somerville, Robert, 1940-1953
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The first volume about the History of the Duchy of Lancaster.The ancient Lancaster inheritance we know as the Duchy of Lancaster began in 1265, when Henry III gifted the baronial lands of Simon de Montfort to his son, Edmund. A year later, Henry added the estate of Robert Ferrers, Earl of Derby and then the ‘honour, county, town and castle of Lancaster’, giving Edmund a new title, Earl of Lancaster. Gives details of the generations of how have been involved in the running of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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Imprint:
London : Duchy of Lancaster, 1953.
Collation:
702p.,ill.,26cm
Dewey class:
333.32094276
Local class:
SOM
Language:
English
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BRN:
3420940