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Hace 5 días · Although only about 40 feet wide and 70 feet long, not including the baptistery, the chapel is wonderfully atmospheric--cool and dim and hushed. It's not a place to rush through. There are stories about all the various carvings, and my guidebook, written by the current earl of Rosslyn, pointed out many details that would otherwise have escaped me.
Hace 1 día · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 3 días · Pages 392-401. Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House: Volume 24, Addenda, 1605-1668.Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1976.
Hace 5 días · By February 1310 Robert had made him his lieutenant from Forth to Orkney and between 12 April and 29 0ctober he was created earl of Moray, with regality powers over a huge area of northern Scotland.
Hace 4 días · ‘Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography’, an exhibition of royal portraits running until October, depicts King Charles as a boy, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Margaret (shown ...
Hace 5 días · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1454 – 7 August 1485) was the second son of King James II of Scotland, and his Queen consort Mary of Gueldres, daughter of Arnold, Duke of Gelderland. Created Duke of Albany before 1458, he also received the earldom of March, and lordships of Annandale and the Isle ...
Hace 1 día · Stewart, John (Jhone), son of James Stewart, 1st Lord Doune, and brother of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray -, beheaded at Edinburgh for murder, 169 Stewart (Steward), Sir Robert, brother of Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney -, 93, 131 -, letter to Earl of Salisbury, 164 -, imprisoned for debt, 164, 165
