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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1814 Excerpt: ... one of the Rabbies, set fire to the towers, and proceeded to cut the throats of their own families, till they had destroyed all who came into this horrid scheme; the Rabbi himself finally following the advice he had given. Those who refused to commit this bloody action, in vain besought mercy from the besiegers, and were every one of them butchered. About 500 men took shelter in the castle, besides women and children; so that the whole number of Jews thus miserably slaughtered, must be between 1000 and 1500. Edward I. brought the courts of justice from London to York in 1299, that the King and his Council might be near one another and Scotland, to provide better for the conquest or defence of that kingdom; and after continuing here seven years, they were again removed to London. In this Monarch's reign, York was considered as one of the English ports, and furnished one vessel to his fleet. It must here be observed, that the largest vessels used in the Roman, Saxon, and Norman times, could sail up the Ouse as far as York; but when naval science was improved, and ships of much larger dimensions were constructed, the situation was found unsuitable to a commercial city. The trade wa3 o-radually removed to Hull, and in proportion as the latter increased, York declined. When Richard II. visited the City in 13S9, (in order to adjust some disputes betwixt the Archbishop, the Dean, and Chapter, and the Mayor and Commonalty) he took his sword from his side, and gave it to be bonre before William de Selby, as first Lord Mayor of York. In a few years afterwards tlie King also presented the Mace to the City, to be borne before the LorcF Mayor, and'a Cap of Maintenance to the Sworcf Hearer; and'in 1396 he appointed two Sheriffs, and made it a County of itself. The Courts...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151571502
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 26
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151571504
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 68 gr

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