Chronicles of the Yorkshire Family of StapeltonYorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal, 1884 - 63 pages |
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Page 8 - ... points a gentleman. He was a member of a proud and powerful aristocracy, and was distinguished by many both of the good and of the bad qualities which belong to aristocrats. His family pride was beyond that of a Talbot or a Howard. He knew the genealogies and coats of arms of all his neighbours, and could tell which of them had assumed supporters without any right, and which of them were so unfortunate as to be greatgrandsons of aldermen.
Page 58 - At this the challenger, with fierce defy, His trumpet sounds ; the challenged makes reply: With clangour rings the field, resounds the vaulted sky. Their vizors closed, their lances in the rest, Or at the helmet pointed or the crest, They vanish from the barrier, speed the race, And spurring see decrease the middle space.
Page 75 - Singing he was or fluting all the day : He was as fresh as is the month of May. Short was his gown, with sleeves long and wide ; Well could he sit on horse, and faire ride.
Page 14 - The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swell'd the gale, And — STANLEY ! was the cry ; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, , And shouted " Victory ! — Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on !" Were the last words of Marmion.
Page 28 - ... advantage to an invading General. Of the Reverend Mr. Stapylton's proceedings on this occasion we have no notice: but he will occur afterwards in these Letters; and two years hence, on Cromwell's second visit to those Northern parts, we find this recorded: "Last Lord's Day,
Page 8 - Richard's existence had been that of an " idle, jovial, and somewhat licentious country squire," very fond of horses and hunting, on intimate terms with the gentlemen of the neighbourhood, nearly all of whom were Cavaliers, disposed to adopt their opinions as freely as he shared in their pleasures, and sometimes drinking with them to the health of
Page 96 - He accompanied Henry VIII to the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.
Page 86 - And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys*. And though that he was worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He nevere yit no vileinye ne sayde In al his lyf, unto no maner wight.
Page 6 - The young lady was only about sixteen years of age, and was not remarkable for beauty, talent, or any other peculiarity, but she had one very important qualification — she was the daughter of a man who had an estate contiguous to their own, and who might give as a dowry a certain bit of land which they had long desired to add to their own property. The negotiations, being of a delicate nature, were...
Page 19 - Our men," says Essex, in a letter written to the Parliament from Thame, 19th June,48 " not being above 300 Horse, charged them very gallantly, and slew divers of them," but being attacked in the rear by Rupert's reserve, "they broke and fled ; though it was not very far, for I sent Sir PS, who presently marched towards them " with his regiment, and " though he came somewhat short of the skirmish, .... he stop't them, and the enemy marched away.