A Biographical, Historical and Chronological Dictionary:: Containing Accurate Accounts of the Lives, Characters, and Actions, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages and All Countries; : Including the Revolutions of States, and the Succession of Sovereign Princes |
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... queen Mary . He then went to Bourges , where he was at the time of the massacre of Paris , but kept concealed for seven months at an inn , the master of which was thrown from the top of the house by the enraged catholics for his charity ...
... queen Mary . He then went to Bourges , where he was at the time of the massacre of Paris , but kept concealed for seven months at an inn , the master of which was thrown from the top of the house by the enraged catholics for his charity ...
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... queen Emma . It is uncertain whether Harold ever was crown- ed or not . This archbishop died in 1038 . He wrote some ... Queen's college , Oxford . He was made chaplain to queen Elizabeth ; and in 1601 was elect- ed principal of Edmund ...
... queen Emma . It is uncertain whether Harold ever was crown- ed or not . This archbishop died in 1038 . He wrote some ... Queen's college , Oxford . He was made chaplain to queen Elizabeth ; and in 1601 was elect- ed principal of Edmund ...
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... Queen's college , Oxford , of which in 1600 he was elected provost ; and in 1606 he served the office of vice - chancellor . He was a rigid calvinist , and wrote a few theological pieces . He died in 1616.- Wood , A. O. AIRAY ...
... Queen's college , Oxford , of which in 1600 he was elected provost ; and in 1606 he served the office of vice - chancellor . He was a rigid calvinist , and wrote a few theological pieces . He died in 1616.- Wood , A. O. AIRAY ...
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... queen . In 1764 he printed a discourse in Latin on the dysentery , and was in a fair way of attaining considerable eminence in his profession , when he was taken off by a putrid fever , in 1770. His remains were interred in the church ...
... queen . In 1764 he printed a discourse in Latin on the dysentery , and was in a fair way of attaining considerable eminence in his profession , when he was taken off by a putrid fever , in 1770. His remains were interred in the church ...
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... queen of Navarre , was married at the age of eleven to the duke of Cleves , which marriage was annulled by the pope . In 1518 she espoused Antony de Bourbon , duke of Vendome . In 1553 she was deli- vered of a son , who was afterwards ...
... queen of Navarre , was married at the age of eleven to the duke of Cleves , which marriage was annulled by the pope . In 1518 she espoused Antony de Bourbon , duke of Vendome . In 1553 she was deli- vered of a son , who was afterwards ...
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