History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... of the Utopia , and the friend of Colet and Erasmus . Afterwards he was made Lord Chancellor , and was put to death for his religious opinions along with Bishop Fisher . 66 66 in support of the Duke of Brittany , INTRODUCTION . xi.
... of the Utopia , and the friend of Colet and Erasmus . Afterwards he was made Lord Chancellor , and was put to death for his religious opinions along with Bishop Fisher . 66 66 in support of the Duke of Brittany , INTRODUCTION . xi.
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... Duke of Brittany , seem to need more comment to put them in their true light than could be given in a note . It was late in the summer of 1487 that the ambassadors of Charles VIII came to England to pray for the King's assistance for ...
... Duke of Brittany , seem to need more comment to put them in their true light than could be given in a note . It was late in the summer of 1487 that the ambassadors of Charles VIII came to England to pray for the King's assistance for ...
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... duke of Brittany had died on Sept. 9th , 1488 , and Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in December after this great ...
... duke of Brittany had died on Sept. 9th , 1488 , and Charles's claim of wardship now began to be asserted over the young duchess Anne . We find from Rymer ( XII . 347 seqq . ) that ambassadors were sent in December after this great ...
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... Duke of Brittany Great Council at which the Speech of Chancellor Morton ( p . 53 ) was made Solemn Embassy from England to France Henry's third2 Parliament First succours sent by Henry to Brittany Northern subsidy riot Embassy from ...
... Duke of Brittany Great Council at which the Speech of Chancellor Morton ( p . 53 ) was made Solemn Embassy from England to France Henry's third2 Parliament First succours sent by Henry to Brittany Northern subsidy riot Embassy from ...
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... duke of 5 Clarence his brother ; the murderer of his two nephews , one of them his lawful King in the present , and the other in the future , failing of him , and vehemently suspected to have been the impoisoner of his wife , thereby to ...
... duke of 5 Clarence his brother ; the murderer of his two nephews , one of them his lawful King in the present , and the other in the future , failing of him , and vehemently suspected to have been the impoisoner of his wife , thereby to ...
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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.