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His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , Queen Elizabeth's Lord Keeper , and his mother , who was the second wife of Sir Nicholas , was Anne , daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke . She was a lady of considerable learning , as was shewn by her ...
His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , Queen Elizabeth's Lord Keeper , and his mother , who was the second wife of Sir Nicholas , was Anne , daughter of Sir Anthony Cooke . She was a lady of considerable learning , as was shewn by her ...
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The Duchess on the strength of the proxy marriage , and in consequence of the convention just mentioned , assumed the title of Queen of the Romans ( cf. D'Argentré , XIII . 57 ) , and this caused Charles , from whom all knowledge of the ...
The Duchess on the strength of the proxy marriage , and in consequence of the convention just mentioned , assumed the title of Queen of the Romans ( cf. D'Argentré , XIII . 57 ) , and this caused Charles , from whom all knowledge of the ...
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Parliament Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scotland 11 June , 1489 . Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) 28 July , III . 9 Nov. 25 Nov. 1 It is worth notice that August 21 ( the day before the battle of Bosworth ) is ...
Parliament Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scotland 11 June , 1489 . Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) 28 July , III . 9 Nov. 25 Nov. 1 It is worth notice that August 21 ( the day before the battle of Bosworth ) is ...
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Death of Queen Isabella of Spain 26 Nov. 1504 . English Ambassadors at Segovia 14 July , 1505 . Earl of Suffolk brought to London March , 1505—6 . Death of Philip of Castile 25 Sept. 1506 . XIX . XX . XXI . XXII . XXIII . XXIV .
Death of Queen Isabella of Spain 26 Nov. 1504 . English Ambassadors at Segovia 14 July , 1505 . Earl of Suffolk brought to London March , 1505—6 . Death of Philip of Castile 25 Sept. 1506 . XIX . XX . XXI . XXII . XXIII . XXIV .
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But then it lay plain before his eyes , that if he relied upon that title , he could be but a King at courtesy , and have rather a matrimonial than a a regal power ; the right remaining in his Queen HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 7.
But then it lay plain before his eyes , that if he relied upon that title , he could be but a King at courtesy , and have rather a matrimonial than a a regal power ; the right remaining in his Queen HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 7.
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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.
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| Title | History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby Pitt press series |
| Author | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Editor | Joseph Rawson Lumby |
| Published | 1876 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2006 |
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