Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee). [With] Suppl. 3 vols.;Index and epitome [and] Errata, Volume 11885 |
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... ROBERT HARRISON . T. F. H ... T. F. HENDERSON . G. J. H ... GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE . J. H. . . . . MISS JENNETT HUMPHREYS . W. H. ... THE REV . WILLIAM HUNT . B. D. J. B. D. JACKSON . T. J. .... THOMAS JOHNSTONE . C. F. K ... C. F. KEARY ...
... ROBERT HARRISON . T. F. H ... T. F. HENDERSON . G. J. H ... GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE . J. H. . . . . MISS JENNETT HUMPHREYS . W. H. ... THE REV . WILLIAM HUNT . B. D. J. B. D. JACKSON . T. J. .... THOMAS JOHNSTONE . C. F. K ... C. F. KEARY ...
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... tations continued constant in the profession of the truth till their death , ' which took place within ten days of each other in September 1606. George was their second son ; their eldest was Robert , bishop of Salis- Abbot Abbot 5.
... tations continued constant in the profession of the truth till their death , ' which took place within ten days of each other in September 1606. George was their second son ; their eldest was Robert , bishop of Salis- Abbot Abbot 5.
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... Robert Logane of Restalrig ( commonly called Lesterig ) plotted by them for the cruel murthering of our most gracious sovereign . ' The task was probably under- taken at the suggestion of Lord Dunbar . The pamphlet , which has been ...
... Robert Logane of Restalrig ( commonly called Lesterig ) plotted by them for the cruel murthering of our most gracious sovereign . ' The task was probably under- taken at the suggestion of Lord Dunbar . The pamphlet , which has been ...
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... Robert Carr , the king's favourite , afterwards Viscount Rochester and Earl of Somerset , viewed his stern integrity with suspicion . Men like the Earl of Northamp- ton , once Lord Henry Howard , a secret papist and pensioner of Spain ...
... Robert Carr , the king's favourite , afterwards Viscount Rochester and Earl of Somerset , viewed his stern integrity with suspicion . Men like the Earl of Northamp- ton , once Lord Henry Howard , a secret papist and pensioner of Spain ...
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... Robert , a theologian of his own school , whom he had consecrated to the bishopric of Salisbury , in December 1615 , greatly grieved him , al- though the bishop's second marriage had caused a temporary estrangement between the brothers ...
... Robert , a theologian of his own school , whom he had consecrated to the bishopric of Salisbury , in December 1615 , greatly grieved him , al- though the bishop's second marriage had caused a temporary estrangement between the brothers ...
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