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History and Genealogy
of the Pearsall Family in England
and America:
Volume I
Front Cover
Inside Front Cover
The Motive
Thanks
Illustrations
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Appendix I
Volume II
Volume III
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the progress of civilization, and to the consolidation of his power.
After he had pursued the pirates to their various island retreats to the
north of Britain, and
had subdued the Orcades, Hebrides,
and Mann, he determined to secure these conquests by setting over them a
vassal king, on whose fidelity he could rely. For this purpose, he
selected Rognvald, Jarl of Maere,
who was the father of Rollo, the first duke of Normandy, whilst the
government of the Hebrides, or Sudureyar, was
conferred upon Ketill Flatnef,
a famous Sea-King, descended from one of the ancient and illustrious
families of Norway. Ketill equipped a fleet,
and drove away the pirates, but, instead of taking possession of the
isles in the name of Harald, claimed them as
his own independent possession. The offended monarch confiscated the
domains of the faithless Jarl in Norway, and
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