History of the reign of king Henry vii, with notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... 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 Latin into English ...
... 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 Latin into English ...
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... Lord Keeper , and in the January of the following year he was made Lord Chancellor . In this year too , on July 9 , he became a Peer , taking the title of Baron Verulam , from the ancient name of the borough near which he had lived in ...
... Lord Keeper , and in the January of the following year he was made Lord Chancellor . In this year too , on July 9 , he became a Peer , taking the title of Baron Verulam , from the ancient name of the borough near which he had lived in ...
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... owing to recent troubles , she was little fit . Lord Woodville's crossing into Brittany , which we know from the Paston Letters ( May , 1488 ) the king had counter- manded , took place in time for the small succours xii INTRODUCTION .
... owing to recent troubles , she was little fit . Lord Woodville's crossing into Brittany , which we know from the Paston Letters ( May , 1488 ) the king had counter- manded , took place in time for the small succours xii INTRODUCTION .
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... lord Stanley , the King's father - in - law , earl of Derby ; and Edward Courtney , earl of Devon ; though the King had then nevertheless a purpose in himself to make more in time of Parliament ; bearing a wise and decent 25 respect to ...
... lord Stanley , the King's father - in - law , earl of Derby ; and Edward Courtney , earl of Devon ; though the King had then nevertheless a purpose in himself to make more in time of Parliament ; bearing a wise and decent 25 respect to ...
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... enemies there were by par liament attainted , the late duke of Glocester , calling himself Richard the third ; the duke of Norfolk , the earl of Surrey , viscount Lovel , the lord Ferrers , the lord Zouch 16 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
... enemies there were by par liament attainted , the late duke of Glocester , calling himself Richard the third ; the duke of Norfolk , the earl of Surrey , viscount Lovel , the lord Ferrers , the lord Zouch 16 HISTORY OF KING HENRY VII .
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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.