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Hace 4 días · 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 · In 1703 they sold the estates to George Hamilton (d. 1737), 6th earl of Orkney, who freed the Broadwell estate from incumbrances only in 1719.
Hace 5 días · We are grateful for David Coast’s perceptive review of The Murder of King James I and for his interesting questions about further research. As he suggests, a properly historicized approach to how contemporaries imagined that political life operated is essential to further progress in the field, and, in the past few months, our understanding of this particular issue has come into even sharper ...
Hace 5 días · PRAYERS. The House was adjourned during Pleasure, to robe. The House was resumed. Prince of Wales introduced: George Augustus Electoral Prince of Brunswick Lunenburgh, being, by Letters Patents; dated Vicesimo Septimo Die Septembris, Anno Primo Georgii Regis, created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, was this Day (in his Robes) introduced; being preceded by the Gentleman Usher of the Black ...
Hace 3 días · The new earl of Norfolk, he maintains, was certainly a good citizen, especially during Edward's absence in the years to 1274 and in Wales and Scotland, for example. He was placed under pressure by the king's quo warranto campaign and by demands that he pay back his debts to the Exchequer, the sum of which he disagreed with on more than one occasion.
Hace 4 días · Explore genealogy for Humphrey Stafford KG born 1402 Hereford, Herefordshire, England died 1460 England including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + 8 genealogist comments + more in the free family tree community.
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