harrying

Speech parts

1. harrying - Noun

2. harrying - Verb

Meaning

of Harry

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Examples

He ruthlessly put down the various risings, culminating in the Harrying of the North in late 1069 and early 1070 that devastated parts of northern England. Source: Internet

In 1072, with the Harrying of the North completed and his position again secure, William of Normandy came north with an army and a fleet. Source: Internet

The Harrying of Buchan in 1308 was ordered by Bruce to make sure all Comyn family support was extinguished. Source: Internet

The inhabitants of the North and Scotland never warmed to the Normans following the Harrying of the North (1069–1070), where William, according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle utterly "ravaged and laid waste that shire". Source: Internet

These were destroyed in 1069 and rebuilt by William about the time of his ravaging Northumbria in what is called the " Harrying of the North " where he destroyed everything from York to Durham. Source: Internet

They tried to take back York, but the Normans burnt it before they could. citation What followed was the Harrying of the North ordered by William. Source: Internet

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