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... Fulke Greville , Lord Brooke , the friend of Sir Philip Sidney , owner of Warwick Castle in Queen Elizabeth's reign , and one of the most accomplished gentlemen of her time . I shall select him as our hero for to - night , as he is a ...
... Fulke Greville , Lord Brooke , the friend of Sir Philip Sidney , owner of Warwick Castle in Queen Elizabeth's reign , and one of the most accomplished gentlemen of her time . I shall select him as our hero for to - night , as he is a ...
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... Fulke Greville , who also owned broad lands in that county . This curious Christian name is derived from the Saxon word ' Folc , ' which means ' people , ' or , as an old writer calls it , ' be- loved of the people ; ' and no name could ...
... Fulke Greville , who also owned broad lands in that county . This curious Christian name is derived from the Saxon word ' Folc , ' which means ' people , ' or , as an old writer calls it , ' be- loved of the people ; ' and no name could ...
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... Fulke Greville's grand- mother . Her husband died in 1559 , and left two sons , one of whom , Fulke , the elder , married a lady of high birth , Anne Neville , daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland , and was Sir Fulke Greville's father ...
... Fulke Greville's grand- mother . Her husband died in 1559 , and left two sons , one of whom , Fulke , the elder , married a lady of high birth , Anne Neville , daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland , and was Sir Fulke Greville's father ...
Page 248
... Fulke Greville , who also owned broad lands in that county . This curious Christian name is derived from the Saxon word ' Folc , ' which means ' people , ' or , as an old writer calls it , ' be- loved of the people ; ' and no name could ...
... Fulke Greville , who also owned broad lands in that county . This curious Christian name is derived from the Saxon word ' Folc , ' which means ' people , ' or , as an old writer calls it , ' be- loved of the people ; ' and no name could ...
Page 249
... Fulke Greville's grand- mother . Her husband died in 1559 , and left two sons , one of whom , Fulke , the elder , married a lady of high birth , Anne Neville , daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland , and was Sir Fulke Greville's father ...
... Fulke Greville's grand- mother . Her husband died in 1559 , and left two sons , one of whom , Fulke , the elder , married a lady of high birth , Anne Neville , daughter of the Earl of Westmoreland , and was Sir Fulke Greville's father ...
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