History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... Battle of Bosworth Field . In 1496 he be- came tutor to Prince Arthur , and wrote a Latin Life of Henry VII , and also in the same language some short notices of events in the reign of Henry VIII . Edward Hall ( d . 1547 ) was a lawyer ...
... Battle of Bosworth Field . In 1496 he be- came tutor to Prince Arthur , and wrote a Latin Life of Henry VII , and also in the same language some short notices of events in the reign of Henry VIII . Edward Hall ( d . 1547 ) was a lawyer ...
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... battle of Stoke ) , and raised on the 6th of August following , at which time the King was too busily concerned with his own disturbed realm either to receive or send ambassadors to France . We see therefore that when the French ...
... battle of Stoke ) , and raised on the 6th of August following , at which time the King was too busily concerned with his own disturbed realm either to receive or send ambassadors to France . We see therefore that when the French ...
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... battle of St Aubin , July 28th , 1488. But these were the only English engaged in the cause of Brittany up to that date , and by the treaty of Verger ( 21 Aug. , 1488 ) hostilities between France and Brittany were brought to a close ...
... battle of St Aubin , July 28th , 1488. But these were the only English engaged in the cause of Brittany up to that date , and by the treaty of Verger ( 21 Aug. , 1488 ) hostilities between France and Brittany were brought to a close ...
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... battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately , is entirely incorrect . No English troops , except those with Lord Woodville , had been sent at all , nor was Henry in a position to send any till the ...
... battle of St Aubin , which succours came too late , and returned almost immediately , is entirely incorrect . No English troops , except those with Lord Woodville , had been sent at all , nor was Henry in a position to send any till the ...
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... Battle of Stoke Siege of Nantes commenced وو 99 afterwards raised Embassy sent to England from Charles VIII about Henry's second 2 Parliament Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scot- land Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) ...
... Battle of Stoke Siege of Nantes commenced وو 99 afterwards raised Embassy sent to England from Charles VIII about Henry's second 2 Parliament Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Murder of James III of Scot- land Battle of St Albans ( St Aubin ) ...
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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.