Paston letters: original letters written during the reigns of Henry vi., Edward iv., and Richard iii., by various persons. With notes, by J. Fenn, Volume 1sir John Fenn, Alexander Ramsay (miscellaneous writer) 1840 |
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... Lady's Church at Rouen , which , when Lewis XI . was counselled to deface , he nobly replied , " Touch it not ; let the body of that great man rest in peace , which when alive would have disquieted the proudest of us all . " 2 Humphrey ...
... Lady's Church at Rouen , which , when Lewis XI . was counselled to deface , he nobly replied , " Touch it not ; let the body of that great man rest in peace , which when alive would have disquieted the proudest of us all . " 2 Humphrey ...
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... lady , whereby the ward- ship of a minor was made less valuable to the king , or , most probably , to the person who ... Lady's day the Assupcon betwixt xj and xij of the clokk in the yer of or Lord God мCCCC and xliiij , the Sondays l ...
... lady , whereby the ward- ship of a minor was made less valuable to the king , or , most probably , to the person who ... Lady's day the Assupcon betwixt xj and xij of the clokk in the yer of or Lord God мCCCC and xliiij , the Sondays l ...
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... lady of the first rank going to London in the beginning of the winter to the house of one of her dependents , for which she had agreed with him for the time of her stay in town ; and by her stuff was meant most probably her beds ...
... lady of the first rank going to London in the beginning of the winter to the house of one of her dependents , for which she had agreed with him for the time of her stay in town ; and by her stuff was meant most probably her beds ...
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... Lady's Chapel at the east end of Norwich Cathedral . Moreover there is one come into England , a knight out of Spain , with a kerchief 7 of pleasaunce enwrapped about his arm ; the which knight will run a course with a sharp spear for ...
... Lady's Chapel at the east end of Norwich Cathedral . Moreover there is one come into England , a knight out of Spain , with a kerchief 7 of pleasaunce enwrapped about his arm ; the which knight will run a course with a sharp spear for ...
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... Lady of Walsingham , and she sent four nobles ( 11. 6s . 8d . ) to the four orders of friars at Norwich to pray for you , and I have behested to go on pilgrimage to Walsingham and to St. Leonard's for you ; by my troth I had never so ...
... Lady of Walsingham , and she sent four nobles ( 11. 6s . 8d . ) to the four orders of friars at Norwich to pray for you , and I have behested to go on pilgrimage to Walsingham and to St. Leonard's for you ; by my troth I had never so ...
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