 | George Norton - 1829 - 578 pages
...grants of royal lands, revenues, and perquisites were made {, and the king went so far as to declare " he would sell London itself if he could find a purchaser §." The royal demesnes appear to have been the most immediate objects of his rapacity. The king assumed, by... | |
 | William Wallen - 1836 - 252 pages
...upbraided him for sacrificing every other consideration to the support of the Crusades, he replied that he would sell London itself, if he could find a purchaser. * Fulk, a very eloquent preacher, who was inciting the Normans to engage in the holy war, meeting with... | |
 | William Wallen - 1836 - 252 pages
...upbraided him for sacrificing every other consideration to the support of the Crusades, he replied that he would sell London itself, if he could find a purchaser. * Fulk, a very eloquent preacher, who was inciting the Normans to engage in the holy war, meeting with... | |
 | John Russell (A. M., of Philadelphia.) - 1844 - 250 pages
...people. He exacted rigorous imposts, borrowed immense sums, put to sale the manors of the crown, and said that he would sell London itself if he could find a purchaser. In fine, he sold to the king of Scotland, for ten thousand marks, his right of superiority over that... | |
 | Thomas Flanagan - 1847 - 996 pages
...he renounced the feudal rights which Henry II. had extorted from William the Lion : he even declared that he would sell London itself, if he could find a purchaser. Having completed his arrangements, he issued regulations for the discipline both of his fleet and army... | |
 | George Eliel Sargent - 1849 - 224 pages
...little prospect * Richard declared to those who remonstrated with him on his reckless proceedings, that he would sell London itself, if he could find a purchaser for it. t It was at Rouen that a zealous monk advised Richard to get rid of three of his sisters,—... | |
 | Sir James Stephen - 1851 - 516 pages
...sovereignties. Richard I. put up to sale even the office of grand justiciary ; and is said to have declared that he would sell London itself if he could find a purchaser. Many of the French seigneurs recklessly alienated the only means of their future subsistence - —... | |
 | Sir James Stephen - 1852 - 890 pages
...sovereignties. Richard I. put up to sale even the office of grand justiciary; and is said to have declared that he would sell London itself if he could find a purchaser. Many of the French seigneurs recklessly alienated the only means of their future subsistence— their... | |
 | 1854 - 392 pages
...raise them, putting to sale the crown revenues and most important offices of the kingdom, he replied, that he would " sell London itself if he could find a purchaser." The government of the country during his absence was committed to Hugh, bibhop of Durham, and Longchamp,... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1854 - 338 pages
...proceedings as derogatory to his own dignitary, and oppressive to his subjects. The king replied " that he would sell London itself if he could find a purchaser." This answer shocked the upright justiciary, •who, on further remonstrance, was consigned to prison,... | |
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Richard's reign is in itself of little importance for English history. But its indirect results changed the face of the country. Among them, the purchase of charters by the municipalities may be classed in the first order. Richard once said that he would... 
