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Hace 2 días · Anne knew little English, so, with the assistance of an interpreter, he taught her to play "Sent" and other card games that the king enjoyed, with Gregory Cromwell taking part. The journey to England was planned for Friday afternoon; however, the weather proved so rough that it was futile to think of crossing at that time.
Hace 2 días · The manors of Blechingley and Richmond, given in 1540 to Anne of Cleves, were then stated to have 'splendid houses.' The king wrote to her: 'We have appointed you two houses, that at Richemont where you now lie, and the other at Blechinglegh, not far from London, that you may be near us and, as you desire, able to repair to our Court to see us as we shall repair to you.' An old map of 1622 in ...
Hace 3 días · He took charge of England's great recoining, trod on the toes of Lord Lucas, Governor of the Tower, and secured the job of deputy comptroller of the temporary Chester branch for Edmond Halley. Newton became perhaps the best-known Master of the Mint upon the death of Thomas Neale in 1699, a position Newton held for the last 30 years of his life.
Hace 5 días · Anne Curry’s contribution, ‘Two Kingdoms, One King: The Treaty of Troyes (1420) and the Creation of a Double Monarchy of England and France’, stresses the diplomatic brilliance of the treaty as it was ‘skilfully worded to fudge the past’ avoiding Henry’s ‘existing claim to the throne’ (pp. 26–30).
Hace 5 días · t. e. The Acts of Union ( Scottish Gaelic: Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act 1707 passed by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation ...
Hace 1 día · View - NSW legislation. St. Anne’s Church of England, Ryde, Act 1968 No 47 [NSW] 5 Removal of human remains, monuments etc. Before any use is made of the cemetery land pursuant to section four of this Act, the Trust or the persons authorised as aforesaid shall: cause a register to be compiled of the names and other relevant information in ...
Hace 5 días · A native of England, St. Alphege was first abbot of Bath, then Bishop of Winchester, in A.D. 984, and twelve years later translated to the see of Canterbury. On the storming of that city by the Danes under Thurkill, in the year above mentioned, he distinguished himself by the courage with which he defended the place for twenty days against their assaults.
