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Henry 2d 1154 Henry 2d Son to Georffrey Plantagenet and Matilda Daughter to Henry 1st succeeded Stephen on the 20th of Decr 1154; In his person the Norman, and Saxon blood were united-- He enacted laws by which the people in some measure became independent of their Barons, by whom they were before claimed as appurtenances to their estates, and manors--He gave Charters to several Towns & there Charters may properly be called the ground-work of English liberty-- In 1172 Henry sailed with a numerous fleet into Ireland and landed at Waterford, all the Irish
