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His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , 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
...
His father was Sir Nicholas Bacon , 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
...
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In 1613 he was advanced to be Attorney - General , in 1617 to be 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 ...
In 1613 he was advanced to be Attorney - General , in 1617 to be 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 ...
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... for which , 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 countermanded , took place in time for the small succours , tii
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... for which , 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 countermanded , took place in time for the small succours , tii
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The coronation followed two days after , upon the thirtieth day of October , in the
year of our Lord 1485 ; at which time Innocent the eighth was Pope of Rome ;
Frederick the third 30 Emperor of Almain ; and Maximilian his son newly chosen ...
The coronation followed two days after , upon the thirtieth day of October , in the
year of our Lord 1485 ; at which time Innocent the eighth was Pope of Rome ;
Frederick the third 30 Emperor of Almain ; and Maximilian his son newly chosen ...
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But on the part of the King ' s enemies there were by parliament 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 ...
But on the part of the King ' s enemies there were by parliament 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 ...
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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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