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... probably towards the end of that year , being mentioned as deceased in the precept of clare constat granted by David , earl of Crawford , to his grandson and suc- cessor , on 20 Jan. 1469-70 . preachers who were powerfully influenced by ...
... probably towards the end of that year , being mentioned as deceased in the precept of clare constat granted by David , earl of Crawford , to his grandson and suc- cessor , on 20 Jan. 1469-70 . preachers who were powerfully influenced by ...
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... ( probably contracted in Hyde Park , where he spent his first London night ) gradually settled on his lungs . After re- visiting Scotland , he went south again for the milder climate , sojourning first at Rich- mond , and then ( through ...
... ( probably contracted in Hyde Park , where he spent his first London night ) gradually settled on his lungs . After re- visiting Scotland , he went south again for the milder climate , sojourning first at Rich- mond , and then ( through ...
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... probably one of the chief inspirers . The Spanish ambassador resident at Paris also presented him with ' a cup- board of plate , ' to the value of five or six thousand crowns ' ( Davison to Walsingham , 23 Aug. 1584 , in Gray Papers , p ...
... probably one of the chief inspirers . The Spanish ambassador resident at Paris also presented him with ' a cup- board of plate , ' to the value of five or six thousand crowns ' ( Davison to Walsingham , 23 Aug. 1584 , in Gray Papers , p ...
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... probably part of Gray's plan to be present with the king when the lords should appear , and with marvellous audacity he resolved not to be baulked of his purpose by the accusation of Arran . He could plead that he had stood Arran's ...
... probably part of Gray's plan to be present with the king when the lords should appear , and with marvellous audacity he resolved not to be baulked of his purpose by the accusation of Arran . He could plead that he had stood Arran's ...
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... probably no break occurred in his friendship with the king . He continued in the possession of the rents of his estates , only being deprived of the abbacy of Dun- fermline , which the king found it convenient to bestow on the Earl of ...
... probably no break occurred in his friendship with the king . He continued in the possession of the rents of his estates , only being deprived of the abbacy of Dun- fermline , which the king found it convenient to bestow on the Earl of ...
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