The oath of Walter l'Espec Product:Postcard Lord Mayor 1442-1443

Lord Mayor 1442-1443

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The oath of Walter l'Espec Product:Postcard Lord Mayor 1442-1443The oath of Walter l'Espec, Cowton Moor, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, 1138 (1864). Walter l'Espec (d 1153) shown grasping the hand of William Earl of Albemarle (d 1179) exclaiming I pledge thee my troth, that I will this day either conquer the Scots, or die by the Scots. Walter l'Espec was a prominent military and judicial figure in the north of England in the reign of Henry I. Although an old man by 1138, he fought under the command of William of