 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 628 pages
...language. The name of this prince was James. When Henry heard he was taken, he said, laughingly, " My brother of Scotland might as well have sent him to me, for I can speak French." On the royal captive being brought to court, Henry confined both the prince and the earl in the Tower... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1802 - 304 pages
...Fourth, learning trorn the Earl of Orkney that the Prince was going to France for polite education, said, " My brother of Scotland might as well have sent him to me, for 1 can speak French." The Prince and Earl were confmed in the Tower of London 17 years, till the third... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1810 - 926 pages
...by stress of weather on this coast, aud detained by the mariners of Clev. When taken to court, King Henry learning from the prince's protector, the Earl...him to me, for I can speak French." The prince and earl were confined in the Tower of London, where they continued seventeen years, till the third year... | |
 | John Chambers - 1829 - 888 pages
...by stress of weather on this coast and detained by the mariners of Cley. When taken to court, king Henry, learning from the prince's protector, the earl...him to me, for I can speak French." The prince and earl were confined in the tower of London, where they continued seventeen years, till the third year... | |
 | John Chambers - Norfolk (England) - 1829 - 654 pages
...by stress of weather on this coast and detained by the mariners of Cley. When taken to court, king Henry, learning from the prince's protector, the earl...of Scotland might as well have sent him to me, for 1 can speak French." The prince and earl were confined in the tower of London, where they continued... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 1078 pages
...In 1821, an act of parliament was obtained for enclosing, embanking, and draining the land near the sea in this parish. The market is small. This town...Constable, five miles and three quarters from Holt, is the manor and seat of the Astley family. The house is a noble square mansion. The chapel, grand staircase,... | |
 | William White - Norfolk (England) - 1836 - 832 pages
...by stress of weather on this coast, and detained by the mariners of Cley. When taken to court, King Henry, learning from the prince's protector, the Earl...him to me, for I can speak French." The prince and earl were confined in the Tower of London, where they continued seventeen years, till the third year... | |
 | William White - Norfolk (England) - 1836 - 870 pages
...mariners of <':••• When taken to court. King Henry, learning from the prince's protector, tin' Earl of Orkney, that he was going for education into...him to me, for I can speak French." The prince and earl were confined in the Tower of London, where they continued seventeen years, till the third year... | |
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This town is memorable in history for the following incident : in the year 1406, James, son of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, and heir apparent to the crown, being on a voyage to France, was driven by stress of weather on this coast, and detained by... 