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The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 3 (of 6)

Note 704 — Chapter XII · THE LATER REIGN OF WILLIAM IN NORMANDY.[159] 1051–1066. (continued 3)

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Ib. “Dominus ejus [Conani] antiquo jure, sicuti Normannorum, Willelmus, castellum quod Sancti Jacobi appellatum est interim opposuit in confinio, ne famelici prædones ecclesiis inermibus, aut ultimo terræ suæ vulgo, excursionibus latrocinantibus nocerent.” The castle and town are still always known as Saint-James, never as Saint-Jaques.

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