 | English essays - 1762 - 792 pages
...high, was retained in the fervice of the duke of Buckingh?m, who refided at Bu'rlcigh on the hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the king and...being entertained at Burleigh, little Jeffery was ferved up to table in a col<) pyc, and prefented by the duchefs to thf 'queen, who kept him as her... | |
 | History - 1763 - 552 pages
...inches high, was retained in the fervice of the duke of Buckingham, who rrfided af Burleigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the king and...being entertained at Burleigh, little Jeffery was ierved up to table in a cold pye, and pre* Thepiflure of the queen of Scots at St. J<|pes"s is a copy... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1787 - 554 pages
...inches high, was retained in the fervice of the duke of Buckingham, who reftded at Burleigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the king and...being entertained at Burleigh, little Jeffery was ferved up to table in a cold pye, and pro •:The piftureof the queen of Scots at St. James's is a... | |
 | History - 1805 - 556 pages
...digresión. t He was born at Oakham in Rutlandshire in 1019 » and abo<j: the age of seven or eight, beir,¿ then but eighteen inches high, was retained in the service of the duke of Buckingham, who resided ai Burleigh on ' h« 1 1 ill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the king and queen being entertained... | |
 | G. H. Wilson - Biography - 1807 - 442 pages
...the latter. JEFFERY HUDSON. 'I'll IS celebrated dwarf, was born at Oakham iu Rutlandshire, in l6l<), and about the age of seven or eight years, being then...the service of the Duke of Buckingham who resided at Barleigh on the Hil1. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the king and queen being entertained at... | |
 | James Caulfield - Great Britain - 1813 - 174 pages
...JEFFERY HUDSON. OE was born at Oakham in Rutlandshire, in 1619 ; and about the age of seven or eight, being then but eighteen inches high, was retained...service of the Duke of Buckingham, who resided at Burleigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the king and queen being entertained at... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...uninteresting. Jeffery Hudson was born at Oakham, in Uuthimlshiiv,m 1619; andaboutthe age of seven or eight, being then but eighteen inches high, was retained...service of the Duke of Buckingham, who resided at Burleigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the King and Queen being entertained at... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 896 pages
...'••-' at Oakham, in Rutlandshire, in 1619; and about the age of seven or eight, being then but 1 8 inches high, was retained in the service of the duke of Buckingham, who resided at Burleigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the king and queen being entertained at... | |
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pages
...Jeffery Hudson was born at Oakham, in Rutlandshire, in 1619; and about the age of seven or eight, heing then but eighteen inches high, was retained in the service of the Duke of'Buckingham, who resided at Burleigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I. the King... | |
 | Curiosities and wonders - 1824 - 458 pages
...Rutlandshire, in the year 1619. When about the age of seven or eight, being then but eighteen inches high, lie was retained in the service of the Duke of Buckingham, who resided at Burleigh on the Hill. Soon after the marriage of Charles I., the king and queen being entertained at... | |
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Soon after the marriage of Charles I., the king and queen being entertained at Burleigh, little Jeffery was served up to table in a cold pie, and presented by the duchess to the queen, who kept him as her dwarf. From seven years of age till thirty he... 
