Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain: Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of His Majesty, the Nobility, and the Public Collections; With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions; Nos. 31 to 36
Excerpt from Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain: Engraved From Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of His Majesty, the Nobility, and the Public Collections; With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions; Nos. 31 to 36 He now approached to the station of a favourite: was Henry's constant companion in all the Splendid and romantic sports of his court; administered successfully to his pleasures, and was not without some secret share in his counsels. Fifteen years had thus passed in ...
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Excerpt from Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain: Engraved From Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of His Majesty, the Nobility, and the Public Collections; With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions; Nos. 31 to 36 He now approached to the station of a favourite: was Henry's constant companion in all the Splendid and romantic sports of his court; administered successfully to his pleasures, and was not without some secret share in his counsels. Fifteen years had thus passed in unremitting favour, when in December, 1538, he was suddenly arrested; charged as a party with Henry Courtenay, Marquis Of Exeter, and other eminent persons, in a design to depose the King, and to place Cardinal Pole on the Throne; and was beheaded on the third Of March, in the following year. 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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