History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... king's reign . We find there notices of preparation ( Feb. 1487--8 ) of forces against the King's enemies congregating on the sea . Now that the danger apprehended was connected with Ireland we may gather from subsequent entries where ...
... king's reign . We find there notices of preparation ( Feb. 1487--8 ) of forces against the King's enemies congregating on the sea . Now that the danger apprehended was connected with Ireland we may gather from subsequent entries where ...
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... King dined with Thomas Bourchier , archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal ; and from 15 Lambeth went by land over the bridge to the Tower , where the morrow after he made twelve knights ... Kings and States HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 13.
... King dined with Thomas Bourchier , archbishop of Canterbury and cardinal ; and from 15 Lambeth went by land over the bridge to the Tower , where the morrow after he made twelve knights ... Kings and States HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 13.
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... King Richard been strongest , and most declared for the King's party , were returned knights and burgesses for the parliament ; whether 5 by care or recommendation from the state , or the voluntary inclination of the people ; many of ...
... King Richard been strongest , and most declared for the King's party , were returned knights and burgesses for the parliament ; whether 5 by care or recommendation from the state , or the voluntary inclination of the people ; many of ...
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... King's bench , being judged no sufficient sanctuary for traitors , Humphrey was executed at Tyburn ; and Thomas , as being led by his elder brother , was pardoned . So this rebellion proved but a blast , and the King having by this ...
... King's bench , being judged no sufficient sanctuary for traitors , Humphrey was executed at Tyburn ; and Thomas , as being led by his elder brother , was pardoned . So this rebellion proved but a blast , and the King having by this ...
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... King was green in his estate ; and , contrary to his own opinion and desert both , was not without much hatred throughout the realm . The root of all was the discountenancing of the 10 house of York , which the general body of the realm ...
... King was green in his estate ; and , contrary to his own opinion and desert both , was not without much hatred throughout the realm . The root of all was the discountenancing of the 10 house of York , which the general body of the realm ...
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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.