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The outcome of the heptarchy was the Earls or Ealdermen; this was the only order of nobility among the Saxons; they corresponded to the position of lieutenants of counties, and were appointed for life. In 1045 there were nine such officers; in 1065 there were but six.
GLIDING FLIGHT. The earliest attempt to fly by gliding is attributed to Oliver, a Monk of Malmesbury who, in 1065 prepared artificial wings, and with them jumped from a tower, being injured in the experiment. Nearly 700 years later, in 1801, Resnier, a Frenchman, conducted experiments with varying results, followed by Berblinger, in 1842, and LeBris, a French sailor, in 1856.
When Edward I. was king, he was less audacious than his father, and in 1275 he rode up to the East Gate and turned his horse's head about, and sought a lodging outside the town, reflexis habenis equitans extra moenia aulam regiain in suburbio positam introivit. The last of the meetings between North and South was held at Oxford in October 1065.
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