History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... Brittany . For the duke of Brittany had died on Sept. 9th , 1488 , and Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in December ...
... Brittany . For the duke of Brittany had died on Sept. 9th , 1488 , and Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in December ...
Page xiv
... Brittany immediately after the battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately ... Anne of Brittany gave her acceptance in Nov. , 1489. During all this time the project of marriage between Maximilian ...
... Brittany immediately after the battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately ... Anne of Brittany gave her acceptance in Nov. , 1489. During all this time the project of marriage between Maximilian ...
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... Anne , and so brought matters to an end , so far as the possession of Brittany was concerned . The proceedings of the year and a quarter which intervened between these two dates seem to have been somewhat as follows . The Duchess on the ...
... Anne , and so brought matters to an end , so far as the possession of Brittany was concerned . The proceedings of the year and a quarter which intervened between these two dates seem to have been somewhat as follows . The Duchess on the ...
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... Anne of Brittany Thanksgiving in St Paul's for the Conquest of Granada Nov. II Dec. 13 Jan. 1488-9 . - March , April , 1489 . Nov. - 27 Feb. 1489-90 . VI . VII . 22 June , 1491 . 17 Oct. 6 Dec. 6 April , 1492 . Pope Innocent VIII died ...
... Anne of Brittany Thanksgiving in St Paul's for the Conquest of Granada Nov. II Dec. 13 Jan. 1488-9 . - March , April , 1489 . Nov. - 27 Feb. 1489-90 . VI . VII . 22 June , 1491 . 17 Oct. 6 Dec. 6 April , 1492 . Pope Innocent VIII died ...
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... Anne of Brittany , whom he did afterwards marry when she was the widow of Charles VIII . 27. inwardness = confidential communication . P. 44 , line 1. Duke of Britain . This was Francis , the last duke of Brittany . Grafton says that ...
... Anne of Brittany , whom he did afterwards marry when she was the widow of Charles VIII . 27. inwardness = confidential communication . P. 44 , line 1. Duke of Britain . This was Francis , the last duke of Brittany . Grafton says that ...
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Page 272 - He being thus lorded, Not only with what my revenue yielded. But what my power might else exact, — like one Who having unto truth, by telling of it, Made such a sinner of his memory, To credit his own lie...
Page 221 - He was born at Pembroke castle, and lieth buried at Westminster, in one of the stateliest and daintiest monuments of Europe, both for the chapel and for the sepulchre. So that he dwelleth more richly dead, in the monument of his tomb, than he did alive in Richmond, or any of his palaces.
Page 155 - ... creation, as in St. George's Fields, where his own person had been encamped. And for matter of liberality, he did, by open edict, give the goods of all the prisoners unto those that had taken them; either to take them in kind, or compound for them, as they could. After matter of honour and liberality, followed matter of severity and execution. The lord Audley was led from Newgate to Tower-Hill, in a paper coat painted with his own arms; the arms reversed, the coat torn, and he at Tower-Hill beheaded.