Royal Descents and Pedigrees of Founders' KinHarrison, 1864 - 400 pages |
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... Holland , a knight of the Garter , and one amongst the first founders of that princely institution . During his absence from England , the Earl of Salisbury , or , as some have said , the Earl's wife , under whose charge she was placed ...
... Holland , a knight of the Garter , and one amongst the first founders of that princely institution . During his absence from England , the Earl of Salisbury , or , as some have said , the Earl's wife , under whose charge she was placed ...
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... Holland stepped forward to show a prior contract ; and upon a petition to Pope Clement the Sixth , alleging the same , his Holiness gave her to Sir Thomas , who in her right became Earl of Kent . He was afterwards created Lord Wake of ...
... Holland stepped forward to show a prior contract ; and upon a petition to Pope Clement the Sixth , alleging the same , his Holiness gave her to Sir Thomas , who in her right became Earl of Kent . He was afterwards created Lord Wake of ...
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... Holland , knight ; and betwixt whom grew strife in that cause before the Pope's court ; but judgment was given against the earl , and she remained wife to the knight , and the earl therewith content , married another noble lady at Lam ...
... Holland , knight ; and betwixt whom grew strife in that cause before the Pope's court ; but judgment was given against the earl , and she remained wife to the knight , and the earl therewith content , married another noble lady at Lam ...
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... Holland , who had slain the eldest born and heir of the Earl of Stafford . Her body , having been embalmed , was consigned to the tomb with the usual ceremonies , in the church of the Friars Minors at Stamford . The will of the rich ...
... Holland , who had slain the eldest born and heir of the Earl of Stafford . Her body , having been embalmed , was consigned to the tomb with the usual ceremonies , in the church of the Friars Minors at Stamford . The will of the rich ...
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Bernard Burke. " of gold . To my dear son , John Holland , a bed of red camak . To my dear son , Richard , King of England and France , & c . And I appoint the venerable Father in Christ , my dear friend and cousin , Robert , Bishop of ...
Bernard Burke. " of gold . To my dear son , John Holland , a bed of red camak . To my dear son , Richard , King of England and France , & c . And I appoint the venerable Father in Christ , my dear friend and cousin , Robert , Bishop of ...
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1st Earl 1st wife 2nd dau 2nd Earl 2nd wife 3rd Earl 4th Earl Alice Baron Bart Beaufort beth buried Catherine Charles Chichele Clifford coheir Count of Flanders Count of Provence descent from King direct descent Earl of Arundel Earl of Hereford Earl of Kent Earl of March Earl of Ormonde Edmund EDWARD III eldest dau Eleanor Eliza Ferrers Fitzalan ford George Grey Hall Hamilton heir of Sir heiress HENRY III Holland Hugh Isabel Isabella James Jane Joan John of Gaunt King EDWARD King of Castile King of England King of France King of Scot King of Scotland Lady Elizabeth Lady Margaret Lancaster land liam Marquess Mary Maud Mortimer Neville PEDIGREE Philip Philippa Planta Plantagenet Prince Princess Ralph Sept Sir John Sir Richard Sir Robert Sir Thomas Sir William sister slain Somerset Stafford Stewart Viscount Wykeham
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Page 75 - Then the fore-mentioned gentleman returned, and conducted him back to his school. Some time after, the same gentleman came to him again, with a horse and proper accoutrements, and told him he must take a journey with him into the country. They went into Leicestershire, and came to Bosworth field; and he was carried to King Richard III.'s tent. The king embraced him, and told him he was his son. " But, child," says he, " to-morrow I must fight for my crown.
Page 2 - Stimulated by these words, or rather by the Divine inspiration, and allured by the beautifully illuminated letter at the beginning of the volume, he spoke before all his brothers, who, though his seniors in age, were not so in grace, and answered, " Will you really give that book to...
Page 75 - Sir, you have a numerous family ; I have been used to live retired ; give me leave to build a house of one room for myself, in such a field, and there, with your good leave, I will live and die.
Page 90 - ... mercy, In Westminster as he did stand, On a certain day in a study, A book of reason he had in his hand, And so sore his study he did apply, That his tender tears fell on the ground, All men might see that stood him by : There were both earls and lords of land, But none of them durst speak but I. I came before my father the king...
Page 81 - I saw one of them, who was Duke of Exeter* (but he concealed his name), following the Duke of Burgundy's train bare-foot and bare-legged, begging his bread from door to door. This person was the next of the house of Lancaster ; he had married King Edward's sister, and being afterwards known, had a small pension allowed him for his subsistence.
Page 89 - Heare is no more but you and I ; King Edward that was my father dear, On whose estate God had mercy, In Westminster as he did stand, On a certain day in a study, A book of reason he had in his hand, And so sore his study he did apply, That his tender tears fell on the ground, All men might see that stood him by : There were both earls and lords of land, But none of them durst speak but I.
Page 93 - ... dissension. When the commons presented to the king the usual grant of tonnage and poundage for life, they coupled with it a petition, that he would be pleased to " take to wife and consort the princess Elizabeth, which | " marriage they hoped God would bless with a progeny
Page 28 - England," again to quote the judicious Camden, "certain it is, that as the better sort, even from the Conquest, by little and little took surnames, so they were not settled among the common people fully until about the time of Edward the Second.
Page 5 - Why, man ! do you sit thinking there, and are too proud to turn the bread ? Whatever be your family, with such manners and sloth, what trust can be put in you hereafter ? If you were even a nobleman, you will be glad to eat the bread which you neglect to attend to.
Page 66 - And all men of this our realm, as well spiritual as temporal (as much as in them is), shall observe the same against all persons in like wise.