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... afterwards disposed of to William de Percy , his associate in that famous expedition . " In the contest between WILLIAM RUFUS , and his brother ROBERT CURTHOSE , this powerful noble- man sided with the former , and remained faithful to ...
... afterwards disposed of to William de Percy , his associate in that famous expedition . " In the contest between WILLIAM RUFUS , and his brother ROBERT CURTHOSE , this powerful noble- man sided with the former , and remained faithful to ...
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... afterwards sent into Normandy for the king's ille- gitimate daughter , whom the monarch bestowed upon his ( Edwyne's ) son Asceur ; and thus the protection of the Dane was secured during the remainder of his life . William de Albini ...
... afterwards sent into Normandy for the king's ille- gitimate daughter , whom the monarch bestowed upon his ( Edwyne's ) son Asceur ; and thus the protection of the Dane was secured during the remainder of his life . William de Albini ...
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... afterwards constable of Newcastle - under - Lyne . Being one of the lords- marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh , and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth , and sheriff for the ...
... afterwards constable of Newcastle - under - Lyne . Being one of the lords- marchers he was actively employed for some years against the Welsh , and was appointed governor of the castles of Salop and Bridgenorth , and sheriff for the ...
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... afterwards in the interest of France he was deprived of the dignity . His lordship never had summons to parliament . BADLESMERE - BARONS BADLES- MERE . By Writ of Summons , dated 26th October , 1309 , 3rd Edward II . Lineage . The first ...
... afterwards in the interest of France he was deprived of the dignity . His lordship never had summons to parliament . BADLESMERE - BARONS BADLES- MERE . By Writ of Summons , dated 26th October , 1309 , 3rd Edward II . Lineage . The first ...
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... afterwards , and again raising the standard of insur- rection in Yorkshire , they were attacked by the sheriff and the power of the county at Bramham Moor , where sustaining a total defeat , the earl fell in the field , and Lord Bardolf ...
... afterwards , and again raising the standard of insur- rection in Yorkshire , they were attacked by the sheriff and the power of the county at Bramham Moor , where sustaining a total defeat , the earl fell in the field , and Lord Bardolf ...
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Page 139 - of great notions and eminent virtues ; the best speaker in the House of Commons, and capable of bearing the chief ministry, as it was once thought he was very near it, and deserved it more than all the rest did.
Page 329 - ... scarce any trace of them ~ was left. His great experience in affairs, his ready compliance with every thing that he thought would please the king, and his bold offering at the most desperate counsels, gained him such an interest in the king, that no attempt against him, nor complaint of him, could ever shake it, till a decay of strength and understanding forced him to let go his hold.
Page 108 - As he lived in a ruffling time, so he loved sword and buckler men, and such as our fathers were wont to call men of their hands, of which sort he had many brave gentlemen that followed him, yet not taken for a popular and dangerous person.
Page 176 - Strafford, and was most unconscientiously a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon. With great parts, he always hurt himself and his friends. With romantic bravery, he was always an unsuccessful commander. He spoke for the Test Act, though a Roman Catholic ; and addicted himself to astrology, on the birth-day of true philosophy.
Page 26 - Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports in the reign of...
Page 329 - He made a very ill appearance : he was very big : his hair red, hanging oddly about him : his tongue was too big for his mouth, which made him bedew all that he talked to : and his whole manner was rough and boisterous, and very unfit for a court.
Page 56 - All wet-shod both in dirt and mire; After much grief, their hearts yet leap; For labour doth some rest require: A town before them they did see, But lodged there they could not be.
Page 258 - ... until he fell down, though recovering himself again, notwithstanding his skull was cut through to the Pia Mater of the brain, he saw his adversaries fly away, and after walked home to his house at Llyssyn, where, after he was cured, he offered a single combat to the chief of the family, by whose procurement it was thought the mischief was committed...
Page 18 - The Lord James Audley with his four squires was in the front of that battle and there did marvels in arms, and by great prowess he came and fought with Sir Arnold d'Audrehem under his own banner, and there they fought long together and Sir Arnold was there sore handled.
Page 138 - Whether did the King's pleasure lie among the men, or the women that acted '.." This was carried with great indignation to the court. It was said,