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The Camp of Refuge: A Tale of the Conquest of the Isle of Ely

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by Charles MacFarlane


  THE CONTENTS.

  CHAP. PAGE

  I. The Messenger 1

  II. The Succursal Cell at Spalding 18

  III. The Great House at Ely 40

  IV. The Monks of Ely Feast 56

  V. The Monks of Ely take counsel 76

  VI. Ivo Taille-Bois and the Ladie Lucia 96

  VII. Hereward's Return 106

  VIII. Lord Hereward goes to get his own 120

  IX. Elfric the ex-novice, and Girolamo of Salerno, prepare to play at devils 145

  X. The House at Crowland 153

  XI. The Linden Grove and Ladie Alftrude 172

  XII. The Marriage and the Ambuscade 185

  XIII. How Lord Hereward and his Ladie lived at Ey 203

  XIV. Hereward is made Knight 215

  XV. The Castle at Cam-Bridge and a Battle 232

  XVI. The Traitorous Monks of Peterborough 245

  XVII. Hereward goes to Brunn, and is disturbed there 260

  XVIII. The Danes and their King's son 281

  XIX. The Norman Witch 308

  XX. The Norman Duke tries again 320

  XXI. The Monks of Ely complain and plot 335

  XXII. Hereward brings Corn and Wine to Ely 360

  XXIII. A Chapter and a Great Treason 389

  XXIV. The Dungeon 413

  XXV. The Normans in the Camp 428

  XXVI. A Fire and a Rescue 446

  XXVII. Hereward still Fights 458

  XXVIII. The Happy End 466

  Appendix--

  Note A. Foundation of Ely Abbey 480

  Note B. The Legend of S. Lucy 480

  Note C. Ovin's Cross at Ely 481

  Note D. Spalding Priory 481

  Note E. Archbishop Parker's Salt Vat 481

  Note F. Abbey of S. Alban 482

  Note G. Crowland Abbey 482

  Note H. Ramsey Abbey 483

  Note I. Thorney Abbey 483

  Note J. King's Lynn in the 18th Century 484

  Note K. Camp of Refuge Surrendered 485

  Note L. Peterborough Abbey 486

  Note M. The Gift of Brand 487

  Note N. Knut's Visit to Ely 487

  Fenland Bibliography 487

  Maps--The Isle of Ely (_Frontispiece._)

  The Fen District.

  Ground Plan of the Spalding Monastery and Boundaries, _from Dugdale's Monasticon_ (_to face page 481._)

  THE FEN DISTRICT.

  _Horace E. Miller, del._

  MAP _to_ "CAMP OF REFUGE."]

  THE CAMP OF REFUGE.

 

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