 | 1821 - 438 pages
...inststrument, To which her Ladyship gave answer, that & much wondered that Sir Thomas Fairfu would require her to give up her Lord's house, without any offence on her partdoa to the Parliament, desiring, in a boiioea of such weight, that struck both at her religion... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - Lancashire (England) - 1842 - 282 pages
...of the Earl of Derby, the Countess alone being at home. She demanded a week to consider, wondering " Sir Thomas Fairfax should require her to give up her lord's house in his absence," and she employed that time in strengthening the defences, continuing to parley, and... | |
 | Thomas Pitt Taswell- Langmead - Church records and registers - 1842 - 426 pages
...of the Earl of Derby, the Countess alone being at home. She demanded a werk to consider, wondering " Sir Thomas Fairfax should require her to give up her lord's house in his absence," and she employed that time in strengthening the defences, continuing to parley, and... | |
 | Cheshire (England) - 1844 - 414 pages
...faithfull instrument. To which her La1' gave in answer, " She much wondered that Sr Tho. Fairfax wold require her to give up her Lord's house without any offence on her part done to the Parliam' : desireing in a busines of such weight, that struck both att her religion and life, that... | |
 | Cyrus Redding - Lancashire (England) - 1844 - 442 pages
...of the Earl of Derby, the Countess alone being at home. She demanded a week to consider, wondering " Sir Thomas Fairfax should require her to give up her lord's house in his absence," and she employed that time in strengthening the defences, continuing to parley, and... | |
 | Elizabeth Starling - Women - 1858 - 474 pages
...instrument. To which her ladvship grave inswpr. 'She much wondered that Sir Tho:iins Fairfax should -equire her to give up her lord's house, without any offence on her part done to the Parliament i desiring that in a business of such weight, which struck both at her religion and her life, and that... | |
 | John Timbs - Historic buildings - 1872 - 602 pages
...Earl of Derby, if he would submit himself to their authority. To these overtures her ladyship answered "that she much wondered that Sir Thomas Fairfax should...offence on her part done to the Parliament ; desiring in a business of such weight, that struck both at her religion and life, that so nearly concerned her... | |
 | Edward Walford - Great Britain Biography - 1880 - 342 pages
...instinctively, that it was to her interest to gain time, so she replied that " she much wondered that Sir Thomas should require her to give up her Lord's house without any offence done on her part to the Parliament," and asked for " a week's consideration to resolve the doubts of... | |
 | Georgiana Hill - Women - 1896 - 382 pages
...the following February Sir Thomas Fairfax wrote demanding surrender, to which the Countess replied that — "she much wondered that Sir Thomas Fairfax...business of such weight which struck both at her religion VOL. i. 14 and at her life, and that so nearly concerned her sovereign, her lord, and her whole posterity,... | |
 | Lucy Apsley Hutchinson - Great Britain - 1908 - 576 pages
...business Sir Thomas Fairfax promised to be a faithful instrument. To which her ladyship gave answer, " She much wondered that Sir Thomas Fairfax should require...such weight, which struck both at her religion and at her life, and that so nearly concerned her sovereign, her lord, and her whole posterity, she might... | |
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... her life, and that so nearly concerned her sovereign, her lord, and her whole posterity, she might have a week's consideration, both to resolve the doubts of conscience, and to have advice in matters of law and honour. 
