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" I have a kindness for my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me by long and faithful services ; but I should not have given him these lands if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find... "
Archaeologia Cambrensis - Page 378
1912
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The History of Wales

Caradoc (of Llancarvan) - 1774 - 508 pages
...long and faithful fervices ; but I fliould not have given him thefe lands, if I had imagined the Houfe of Commons could have been concerned ; I will therefore recall the grant, and find fome other way of fhewing My favour to him. The lordfhip of Ruthyn continued in the po/feffion of the...
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Observations on the Land Revenue of the Crown

John St. John - 1792 - 402 pages
...fervices; but I " fhould not have given him thefe lands, " if I had imagined the Houfe of Com" mons could have been concerned : I " will therefore recall the grant, and find " fome other way of fhewing my favour " to him." His Majefty performed his promife immediately, and...
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Peerage of England. ...

Arthur Collins - 1812 - 638 pages
...to the passing that grant. Whereupon his Majesty, in answer, was pleased to express himself: • • GENTLEMEN, " I have a kindness for my Lord Portland...therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of shewing my favour to him." And soon after his Majesty conferred on him a grant of the royal house of...
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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 24

John Britton - 1812 - 1070 pages
...kindness for my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me, by long and faithi'al services ; but 1 should not have given him these lands, if I had imagined...therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of shewing my favour to him."* • The lordship of Denbigh, together with the forests, as they are legally...
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The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations ..., Volume 17

John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1812 - 1052 pages
...my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me, by long and faithful services ; but I should not hare given him these lands, if I had imagined the House...; I will therefore recall the grant, and find some Qther way of shewing my favour to him."* The lordship of Denbigh, together with the forests, as they...
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A Topographical and Historical Account of the Parish of St. Mary-le-Bone ...

Thomas Smith (Of Mary-le-bone) - 1833 - 354 pages
...the passing that grant. Upon which His Majesty, in answer, was pleased thus to express himself: — GENTLEMEN, " I have a kindness for my Lord Portland,...therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of shewing my favour to him." And soon after His Majesty conferred on him a grant of the Royal House of...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2

Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 454 pages
...civil message to the commons, declaring that he should not have given Lord Portland those lands, had he imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned ; ' I will therefore recall the grant !' On receiving the royal message, Robert Price drew up a resolution to which the house assented, that...
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 6

Isaac Disraeli - 1834 - 406 pages
...civil message to the commons, declaring that he should not have given Lord Portland those lands, had he imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned ; " I will therefore recal the grant ! " On receiving the royal message, Robert Price drew up a resolution to which the...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as ...

George Lillie Craik - 1848 - 902 pages
...deserved of me by long and faithful services; but I should not have given him these lands if Г )MI| imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned: I will, therefore, recall tho grant, and find some other way of showing my favor to him." And he forthwith made a fresh grant...
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Royal visits and progresses to Wales, and the border counties

Edward Parry - 1851 - 532 pages
...I have a kindness for my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me, by long and faithful sendees, but I should not have given him these lands if I had...grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him.s "WILLIAM REX." In this reign an estate in Caernarvonshire changed hands in a somewhat unusual...
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