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3 Bernard André ( d . about 1521 ) was born at Toulouse and was an Augustinian friar . He was present in London when Henry VII entered the city after the Battle of Bosworth Field . In 1496 he became tutor to Prince Arthur , and wrote a ...
3 Bernard André ( d . about 1521 ) was born at Toulouse and was an Augustinian friar . He was present in London when Henry VII entered the city after the Battle of Bosworth Field . In 1496 he became tutor to Prince Arthur , and wrote a ...
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But we know now that the siege of Nantes was commenced on June 19th , 1487 ( only three days after the battle of Stoke ) , and raised on the 6th of August following , at which time the King was too busily concerned with his own ...
But we know now that the siege of Nantes was commenced on June 19th , 1487 ( only three days after the battle of Stoke ) , and raised on the 6th of August following , at which time the King was too busily concerned with his own ...
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manded , took place in time for the small succours , which that nobleman brought with him , to be present at the battle of St Aubin , July 28th , 1488. But these were the only English engaged in the cause of Brittany up to that date ...
manded , took place in time for the small succours , which that nobleman brought with him , to be present at the battle of St Aubin , July 28th , 1488. But these were the only English engaged in the cause of Brittany up to that date ...
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60—61 ) of Henry's conduct in sending succours to Brittany immediately after the battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately , is entirely incorrect . No English troops , except those with Lord ...
60—61 ) of Henry's conduct in sending succours to Brittany immediately after the battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately , is entirely incorrect . No English troops , except those with Lord ...
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Battle of Bosworth Field 221 Aug. 1485 . Issue of Commissions to the Northern Counties in anticipation of a war with Scotland 25 Sep. Coronation of Henry VII Henry's first Parliament 7 Nov. Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York ...
Battle of Bosworth Field 221 Aug. 1485 . Issue of Commissions to the Northern Counties in anticipation of a war with Scotland 25 Sep. Coronation of Henry VII Henry's first Parliament 7 Nov. Marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York ...
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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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