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northern French department of Pas-de-Calais. Historically, it was
spelt Guisnes. On 7
January 1785, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, a
French pioneer in hydrogen-balloon...
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Guisnes took him out of
England frequently,
especially in the
years 1526 to 1529 and
again between 1538 and 1540. It was
almost certainly at
Guisnes that...
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William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke,
unhorses Baldwin Guisnes during a joust.
Chronica Majora of
Matthew Paris....
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fortress of
Guisnes (appointing
Andrew Trollope its bailiff).
Somerset fought several skirmishes with the
Yorkists between Calais and
Guisnes until on 23...
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title for all the
years in between. He
probably went with his
father to
Guisnes in 1553; certainly, he was
there when the
French declared war in 1557;...
- Richard)
Aubrey de Vere, 1st Earl of
Oxford (married 1. Beatrice,
countess of
Guisnes, 2. Eufemia, 3.
Agnes of Es****)
Geoffrey (married 1.
widow of
Warin fitz...
- the King's
Bench and,
though afterwards pardoned, he fled
overseas to
Guisnes, July 1499,
returning to
England after September. He was at this time recorded...
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shillings for
transportation of the coat
standards from
London to
Calais and
Guisnes and then back to London.
Another 6
shillings 8
pence was
spent for renting...
- of
Guisnes, died on 4
December 1540, and Wallop's
friends made a
successful application in his favour. It is
strange that the
captaincy of
Guisnes should...
- "guide" *wītan Du
weten "to know" L dērigere
guigne "heart cherry" (OFr
guisne) *wīksina G
Weichsel "sour cherry", (dial.
Rhine Franconian) Waingsl, (dial...
