Sir Walter Ralegh: A BiographyClarendon Press, 1899 - 413 pages |
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A Biography William Stebbing. CHAP . CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF AUTHORITIES CORRIGENDA PAGE vii xiii xxvii I. GENEALOGY II . IN SEARCH OF A CAREER ( 1552-1581 ) . III . ROYAL FAVOUR ( 1581-1582 ) IV ... CHAP . XVII . THE FALL ( April - June.
A Biography William Stebbing. CHAP . CONTENTS PREFACE LIST OF AUTHORITIES CORRIGENDA PAGE vii xiii xxvii I. GENEALOGY II . IN SEARCH OF A CAREER ( 1552-1581 ) . III . ROYAL FAVOUR ( 1581-1582 ) IV ... CHAP . XVII . THE FALL ( April - June.
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... CHAP . I. and distinguished . At one period five knightly branches of → the house flourished simultaneously in the county . In the reign of Henry III a Ralegh had been Justiciary . There were genealogists who , though others doubted ...
... CHAP . I. and distinguished . At one period five knightly branches of → the house flourished simultaneously in the county . In the reign of Henry III a Ralegh had been Justiciary . There were genealogists who , though others doubted ...
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... CHAP . I. splendour . But there has been a tendency to exaggeration of the extent of the decadence , by way of foil to the merit which retrieved the ruin . John Hooker , a contemporary Devonshire antiquary , uncle to the author of The ...
... CHAP . I. splendour . But there has been a tendency to exaggeration of the extent of the decadence , by way of foil to the merit which retrieved the ruin . John Hooker , a contemporary Devonshire antiquary , uncle to the author of The ...
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... CHAP . I. been punished for complicity . Later in the reign of Mary his wife exposed herself to similar peril , and similarly escaped . Foxe in his Acts and Monuments relates that Agnes Prest , before she was brought to the stake in ...
... CHAP . I. been punished for complicity . Later in the reign of Mary his wife exposed herself to similar peril , and similarly escaped . Foxe in his Acts and Monuments relates that Agnes Prest , before she was brought to the stake in ...
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A Biography William Stebbing. CHAP . II . -- Ralegh's Birthplace . CHAPTER II . IN SEARCH OF A CAREER ( 1552-1581 ) . ( WALTER , the second son by the third marriage of Walter Ralegh of Fardell and Hayes , was born in the reign of Edward ...
A Biography William Stebbing. CHAP . II . -- Ralegh's Birthplace . CHAPTER II . IN SEARCH OF A CAREER ( 1552-1581 ) . ( WALTER , the second son by the third marriage of Walter Ralegh of Fardell and Hayes , was born in the reign of Edward ...
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