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... duke of Mercia , died , and was buried in Coventry monastery , which his lady had built . Čoventry was eased of some heavy taxes by his lady Godiva . His son Alfgar succeeded him in his honours , and dying the year following ( 1059 ) ...
... duke of Mercia , died , and was buried in Coventry monastery , which his lady had built . Čoventry was eased of some heavy taxes by his lady Godiva . His son Alfgar succeeded him in his honours , and dying the year following ( 1059 ) ...
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... duke of Cornwall , being the first in England that bore the title of duke , since which time the eldest son of the king of England is born duke of Cornwall . At this solemnity he created six earls and twenty knights . Edward wrote to ...
... duke of Cornwall , being the first in England that bore the title of duke , since which time the eldest son of the king of England is born duke of Cornwall . At this solemnity he created six earls and twenty knights . Edward wrote to ...
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... duke of Bourbon , the duke of Athens , and fifty other great lords . King Edward caused a public thanks- giving for eight days . 1357 , April - A truce concluded for two years with France . May The prince made his triumphant entry into ...
... duke of Bourbon , the duke of Athens , and fifty other great lords . King Edward caused a public thanks- giving for eight days . 1357 , April - A truce concluded for two years with France . May The prince made his triumphant entry into ...
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... duke of Clarence , married a daugh- ter of the duke of Milan , with a portion of 100,000 florins of gold ; he died in Italy five month after , but was brought to Eng- land and interred at Clare in Suffolk . Charles V. formed à design to ...
... duke of Clarence , married a daugh- ter of the duke of Milan , with a portion of 100,000 florins of gold ; he died in Italy five month after , but was brought to Eng- land and interred at Clare in Suffolk . Charles V. formed à design to ...
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... duke of Lancaster undertook to re- store the duke of Bretagne to his domi- nions , but could not accomplish it without the assistance of the court , who helped them in consideration of having Brest de- livered to the English . Greenland ...
... duke of Lancaster undertook to re- store the duke of Bretagne to his domi- nions , but could not accomplish it without the assistance of the court , who helped them in consideration of having Brest de- livered to the English . Greenland ...
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Page 369 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Page 383 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 540 - ... an act for the relief of debtors, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons.
Page 332 - Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons assembled at Westminster, do resolve, that William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange be, and be declared, King and Queen of England...
Page 348 - An Act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon tonnage of ships and vessels, and upon beer, ale, and other liquors, for securing certain recompenses and advantages in the said Act mentioned, to such persons as shall voluntarily advance the sum of fifteen hundred thousand pounds towards carrying on the war with France.
Page 379 - further Security of His Majesty's Person and Govern"ment and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of "the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for ex"tinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales "and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 432 - An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled ' An Act for reducing the Laws ' relating to Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and Vagrants 'into One Act of Parliament, and for the more effectual 'punishing such Rogues, Vagabonds, Sturdy Beggars, and ' Vagrants, and sending them whither they ought to be sent,' as relates to common Players of Interludes; and another Act passed in the twenty-eighth.
Page 464 - An Act for the further preventing Robbery, Burglary, and other Felonies, and for the more effectual Transportation of Felons and unlawful Exporters of Wool, and for declaring the Law upon some Points relating to Pirates...
Page 359 - Fenwick, they proceeded to enact several laws for regulating the domestic economy of the nation ; among others they passed an act for the more effectual relief of creditors in cases of escape, and for preventing abuses in prisons and pretended privileged places.
Page 561 - ... hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children...