Excerpt from The Love of Books: Being the Philobiblon of Richard De Bury In 1334 he became High Chancellor of England, and Treasurer in I 336, resigning the former Office in l 33 5, so that he might help the King in dealing with affairs abroad and in Scotland, and took a most dis tinguished part in diplomatic negociations between England and France. In 1339 he was again in his bishopric. Thereafter his name occurs often among those appointed to treat of peace with Philip of France, and with Bruce of Scotland. It appears ...
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Excerpt from The Love of Books: Being the Philobiblon of Richard De Bury In 1334 he became High Chancellor of England, and Treasurer in I 336, resigning the former Office in l 33 5, so that he might help the King in dealing with affairs abroad and in Scotland, and took a most dis tinguished part in diplomatic negociations between England and France. In 1339 he was again in his bishopric. Thereafter his name occurs often among those appointed to treat of peace with Philip of France, and with Bruce of Scotland. It appears that he was not in Parliament in I 344. Wasted by long sickness - longa irgfirmitate deforms - ou the 14th Of April, I 345, Richard de Bury died at Auckland, and was buried in Durham Cathedral. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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