Faringdon

The alternative is to sit on the sidelines, safely pontificating from the berth of a well-upholstered desk in Faringdon Road or Wapping, and never troubling to get your hands dirty.

Archive 2007-05-01 Stephen Tall 2007

The alternative is to sit on the sidelines, safely pontificating from the berth of a well-upholstered desk in Faringdon Road or Wapping, and never troubling to get your hands dirty.

What is Simon Jenkins for? Stephen Tall 2007

The same seal that was set to the surrender of Faringdon, in the name of Geoffrey FitzClare.

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And for the rest, you'll know already that it was only the handful of captains, with Brien de Soulis at their head, who sold out Faringdon to the king, and made prisoner all the knights of the garrison who refused to change sides.

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"Yet they rode out next day, to look for him, and brought him back to Faringdon openly, before the garrison."

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There were many men in Faringdon who would be glad enough to avenge the murder of FitzClare.

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At Faringdon I made no claim for myself, but withdrew from the council and left it to the knights of the garrison.

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Or was it he who betrayed Faringdon in the first place?

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And the next we knew was of Philip sending courier after courier to his father to come with reinforcements and save Faringdon.

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If this was indeed de Soulis, the renegade of Faringdon, he had a dozen years the advantage of Yves, and showed all too alert and practised with the sword.

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