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Page 368 - Neither did the trustees, that they might sow the seeds of ambition in the minds of the scholars, ordain, as was done at Tunbridge and at Lewisham,
Page 385 - Christian duty, if it was a horse, an ox, or cow, &c., that was taken with the prisoner, it was thither brought along with him to the place of execution, and fastened by a cord to the pin that...
Page 616 - I asked whether the king was there ? he said, No ; he was in France, and the Earl of Surrey was general. I asked him how old he might be then ; he said...
Page 484 - October 1677, in the fifty-seventh year of his age, and was buried in the chancel of the church, of StokeNewington ; leaving behind him the reputation of as excellent a preacher, as this city or nation hath produced.
Page 381 - ... to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm, by the title of Lord Ossulston, Baron of Ossulston.
Page 32 - Oxford, and was made knight of the bath at the coronation of king Charles I.
Page 422 - Majesty's presence3 1567, and at the same day advanced to the degree and dignity of a baron of this realm, by the title of lord...
Page 605 - Scotland, when the Conqueror gave Cumberland to the Scots, on condition that they should hold it of him by fealty, and attempt nothing to the prejudice of the crown of England.
Page 485 - Oxford historian says, he was an affectionate subject to his prince, an indulgent father to his clergy, a bountiful patron to his chaplains, and a true friend to all that relied upon him.
Page 621 - He was made knight of the bath at the creation of Henry prince of Wales, and died in Flanders in 1625.

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