Dictionary of National Biography: Vols. 1-63. From the beginnings to 1900Smith, Elder, & Company, 1885 - Great Britain |
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... seems therefore inconsistent with his previous attitude . But it is probable that he knew that the days of Somerset's ascendency were already numbered , and that this know- ledge did not make him unwilling to conciliate the king by his ...
... seems therefore inconsistent with his previous attitude . But it is probable that he knew that the days of Somerset's ascendency were already numbered , and that this know- ledge did not make him unwilling to conciliate the king by his ...
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... shows , was posthumous . He died 2 Feb. 1648 . [ MS . collections for History of the Abbots , by J. T. Abbot , Esq . , F.S.A. , of Darlington ; his energy in this direction seems to have been excessive Abbot Abbot 20.
... shows , was posthumous . He died 2 Feb. 1648 . [ MS . collections for History of the Abbots , by J. T. Abbot , Esq . , F.S.A. , of Darlington ; his energy in this direction seems to have been excessive Abbot Abbot 20.
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... seems to have been excessive . On 28 May he sent to the Poultry Counter a woman suspected to have distributed during the Whitsuntide holidays a pamphlet by John Lilburne , the famous agitator ; but the House of Lords in the fol- lowing ...
... seems to have been excessive . On 28 May he sent to the Poultry Counter a woman suspected to have distributed during the Whitsuntide holidays a pamphlet by John Lilburne , the famous agitator ; but the House of Lords in the fol- lowing ...
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... seems to have remained in the he was again at liberty . But in July 1533 we Tower for six years longer . On 30 July find search made for him again by order of 1540 he was one of a company of six prison- Lord Chancellor Audeley ; yet it ...
... seems to have remained in the he was again at liberty . But in July 1533 we Tower for six years longer . On 30 July find search made for him again by order of 1540 he was one of a company of six prison- Lord Chancellor Audeley ; yet it ...
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... seems ascertainable , of his subsequent career . 6 taining the whole life of Alderman Abel , the maine Proiector and Patentee for the raising of Wines . ' He is here described as springing from the lowest class of society , and thriving ...
... seems ascertainable , of his subsequent career . 6 taining the whole life of Alderman Abel , the maine Proiector and Patentee for the raising of Wines . ' He is here described as springing from the lowest class of society , and thriving ...
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