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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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reported to be generous,
and to give his men as much gold as other kings gave of silver, but he
starved them in their diet. He was a great warrior, who had been long on viking cruises, and had collected great property. He
was married to Hlif, a daughter of King Dag or Westmor. Holtar, in Westfold, was his chief house; and he died there on
the bed of sickness, and was buried at Borre
under a mound.
At this point
the ancestry of Rognvald becomes a junior line.
The remainder of this division of the subject will be occupied by an
exposition of the senior line. The following chart from the pedigree,
which appears at the beginning of this section will
assist the reader to follow the senior line.
(A) GUDROD, Halfdan's
son, succeeded. He was called Gudrod the Mag¬nificent, and also Gudrod
the Hunter. He was married to Alfhild, a
daughter of King Alfarin of Alfheim,
and got with her half the district of Vingulmark.
Their son Olaf was afterwards called Geirstad-Alf.
Alfheim, at that time, was the name of the land
between the Glommen and Gotha rivers. Now when Alfhild died, King Gudrod
sent his men west to Agder to the king who
ruled there, and who was called Harald Redbeard. They were to make proposals to his daughter
Asa upon the king's account; but Harold
declined the match, and the ambassadors returned to the king, and told
him the result of their errand. Soon after King Gudrod
hove down his ships into the water, and proceeded with a great force in
them to Agder. He immediately landed, and came
altogether unexpectedly, at night, to King Harold's house. When Harald was aware that an army was at hand, he went
out with the men he had about him, and there was a great battle, although
he wanted men so much. King Harald and his son Gyrder fell, and King Gudrod
took a great booty. He carried away with him Aasa,
King Harald's daughter, and had a wedding with
her. They had a son by their marriage called Halfdan;
and the autumn that Halfdan was a year old Gudrod went upon a round of feasts. He lay with his
ship in Stifle-sound, where they had been drinking hard, so that the king
was very tipsy. In the evening, about dark, the king left the ship; and
when he had got to the end of the gangway from the ship to the shore, a
man ran against him, thrust a spear through him, and killed him. The man
was instantly put to death, and in the morning when it was light the man
was discovered to be Aasa's footboy: nor did
she conceal that it was done by her orders.
(B) OLAF came to the kingdom after his
father. He was a great warrior, and an able man; and was besides
remarkably handsome, very strong, and large of growth. He had Westfold; for King Alfgeir
took all Vingulmark to himself, and placed his
son Gandalf over it. Both father and son made war on Raumarige,
and subdued the greater part of that land and district. Hogne was the name of a son of the Upland
king, Eystein the Great, who subdued for
himself the whole of Hedemark, Thoten, and Hadeland. Then Vaermeland fell off from
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