 | Language Arts & Disciplines - 1771
...married in Edward the fourth's time, and held her jointure from all die earls of Def-<. mond fince then ; and that this is true, all the noblemen and gentlemen of Munfter can witnels." Her holding a jointure from all the earls of Defmond would imply, that her hufband... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys - 1829
...7. c. 48. and many years since, who was married in Edward the Fourth's time, and held her jointure from all the earls of Desmond since then ; and that...the noblemen and gentlemen of Munster can witness. Strozzius Cicogna, out of Torquemada Maffseus, and the like authors, telleth of some that have not... | |
 | Lady Georgiana Chatterton - 1839
...Inchiquin in Munster, who lived in the year 1589, and many years since ; who was married in Edward IVth's time,' and held her joynture from all the Earls of...the noblemen and gentlemen of Munster can witness." f Horace Walpole, in his Historic Doubts of the reign of Richard III., brings forward the old lady... | |
 | John Murray - 1853
...year 1589, and many years since, who was married in Edward the Fourth's time, and held her jointure from all the Earls of Desmond since then ; and that...the noblemen and gentlemen of Munster can witness." Her holding her jointure from all the Earls would imply that her husband was not of ihe titular line,... | |
 | George Walter Prothero - Business & Economics - 1853
...and many years since, who was married in Edward the Fourth's time, and held her jointure from all ike Earls of Desmond since then ; and that this is true, all the noblemen and gentlemen of Minister can witness." Her holding her jointure from all the Earls would imply that her husband was... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - 1854 - 309 pages
...and many years since (afterwards), who was married in Edward the Fourth's time, and held her jointure from all the Earls of Desmond since then ; and that...the noblemen and gentlemen of Munster can witness." Assuming that the Countess was married in the middle of Edward the Fourth's reign, the old lady must... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854
...the year 1589, and many years since, and who was married in Edward IV.'s time ; and held her jointure from all the Earls of Desmond, since then; and, that this is true, all the noblemen and gentlemen in Munster can witness." If she was married, even at the early age of fifteen, in the last year of... | |
![The last earl of Desmond [by C.B. Gibson]. The last earl of Desmond [by C.B. Gibson].](http://bks9.books.google.co.uk/books?id=Q9EBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | Charles Bernard Gibson, James Fitz-Thomas (17th earl of Desmond.) - 1854
...the year 1589, and many years since, and who was married in Edward IV.'s time; and held her jointure from all the Earls of Desmond, since then; and, that this is true, all the noblemen and gentlemen in Munster can witness." If she was married, even at the early age of fifteen, in the last year of... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1855
...the year 1589, and many years since, and who was married in Edward IV.'s time, and held her jointure from all the Earls of Desmond since then ; and that this is true, all the noblemen and gentlemen in Munster can witness.' If she was married, even at the early age of fifteen, in the last year of... | |
 | John Bernard Burke (sir.) - 1860
...acquaintance, as he tells us in that surprising monument of his erudition, the " Historic of the World:"* " I myself knew the old Countess of Desmond, of Inchiquin,...the noblemen and gentlemen of Munster can witness." Raleigh had special reasons for remembering the aged Countess. There were charges for her life on the... | |
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