History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... 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 translation of Jewel's Apology from ...
... 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 translation of Jewel's Apology from ...
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... Queen of the Romans ( cf. D'Argentré , XIII . 57 ) , and this caused Charles , from whom all knowledge of the marriage had been kept secret , to determine on taking some decisive step . He renewed the hostilities which had been ...
... Queen of the Romans ( cf. D'Argentré , XIII . 57 ) , and this caused Charles , from whom all knowledge of the marriage had been kept secret , to determine on taking some decisive step . He renewed the hostilities which had been ...
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... Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scot- land Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) 25 Nov. - -- II June , 1488 . 28 July , It is worth notice that August 21 ( the day before the battle of Bosworth ) is mentioned as the first day of the ...
... Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scot- land Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) 25 Nov. - -- II June , 1488 . 28 July , It is worth notice that August 21 ( the day before the battle of Bosworth ) is mentioned as the first day of the ...
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... Queen Isabella of Spain English Ambassadors at Segovia Earl of Suffolk brought to London Death of Philip of Castile Treaty for marriage of Princess Mary with Charles of Castile Henry VII . dies 14 Nov. , 1501 March , 1501-2 . 2 April ...
... Queen Isabella of Spain English Ambassadors at Segovia Earl of Suffolk brought to London Death of Philip of Castile Treaty for marriage of Princess Mary with Charles of Castile Henry VII . dies 14 Nov. , 1501 March , 1501-2 . 2 April ...
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... 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 regal power ; the right remaining in his Queen HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 7.
... 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 regal power ; the right remaining in his Queen HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII . 7.
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Page 270 - 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.