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History of the Reign of King Henry Vii, with Notes by J.R. Lumby
History of the Reign of King Henry Vii with Notes by JR Lumby Author:Francis Bacon General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: 32. esct1age. Paeon in his Index Vocabulomm explains this, as '' the obligation by which the King's tenants were bound to serve in the wars against the Scots." P. 149, line 15. joint and several pratings, addresses made to the people sometimes in assemblies, and sometimes singly and privately. 26. ever at pleasure, i. e. always ready to go where the peoplfe please. y. provost of Perin. The Latin says Prcrpositus Perkini=Pe. rk. m's provost. But Hall and Grafton both give Payn. 32. Lord Audley. This was James Touchet, I4th Lord Audley. pie is mentioned in Gairdner's Letters and papers illustrative of the reigns of R, III. and H. VII, vol. ii. 326, as one of the adherents of Perkin Warbeck. He had served with Henry in France. See Dugdale's liaronage, vol. ii. 29. P. 150, line r. popular, i. e. hunting after popular favour. A not very common use of this word. 18. Earl of Kent. See notes on p. too. 15. Lord Abergavenny. This was George Nevill, son of the Lord Abergavenny who died in the 7th year of Hen. VII. After his command at Blackheath, this nobleman, in the 14th year of the King, was imprisoned on suspicion of favouring Edmund de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, but no guilt being proved against him. he was set free, and came into great favour both with this King and his successor. He died in 27 Hen. VIII. (1535). See Dugdnle, 1. 310. 1g. Lord Cobham. This is John Brooke. In the seventh year of the King's reign this nobleman was in the expedition made into Klanders on behalf of Maximilian against the French. He was kinsman of his coadjutor Lord Abergavenny, having married the daughter of Edward Nevil...« less