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DORCHESTER AND THE SPANISH ARMADA – IS THIS THE SOURCE FOR THE HARDYE SCREEN?

by Anthony Harrison | May 30, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized

In 1588 Phillip II, the King of Spain, arguably the sovereign of the most powerful nation in the world at that time, launched an armada of naval vessels and merchantmen against England, which was then a minor island state. England had renounced Catholicism and adopted...

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