The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford: Containing, I. An Account of the Chancellor's Life from His Birth to the Restoration in the 1660. II. A Continuation of the Same, and of His History of the Grand Rebellion, from the Restoration to His Banishment in 1667, Volume 2 |
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... Crown ; whom the late King trufted as much as any Man to his Death . He was one of those who were excepted by the Parliament from Pardon or Compofition , and fo was compelled to leave the Kingdom fhortly after Oxford was delivered up ...
... Crown ; whom the late King trufted as much as any Man to his Death . He was one of those who were excepted by the Parliament from Pardon or Compofition , and fo was compelled to leave the Kingdom fhortly after Oxford was delivered up ...
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... Crown - Lands , that the old Officers of the Exchequer , Auditors or Receivers , knew not how to refume their Administrations . Besides that the great Receipt of Excife and Customs was not yet vested in the King ; nor did the Parliament ...
... Crown - Lands , that the old Officers of the Exchequer , Auditors or Receivers , knew not how to refume their Administrations . Besides that the great Receipt of Excife and Customs was not yet vested in the King ; nor did the Parliament ...
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... Crown - Lands , fo that all that Royal Re- venue ( which had been too much wasted and impair- ed in those improvident Times which had preceded the Troubles ) was entirely remitted to thofe to whom it belonged , the King and the Queen ...
... Crown - Lands , fo that all that Royal Re- venue ( which had been too much wasted and impair- ed in those improvident Times which had preceded the Troubles ) was entirely remitted to thofe to whom it belonged , the King and the Queen ...
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... Crown from the Beginning of the Rebel- lion , or had been employed in all the active Offices to affront and opprefs his Party , were for Money prefer- red and admitted into thofe Offices , and became the King's Servants very much ...
... Crown from the Beginning of the Rebel- lion , or had been employed in all the active Offices to affront and opprefs his Party , were for Money prefer- red and admitted into thofe Offices , and became the King's Servants very much ...
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... many Years Service of the Crown , and conftant Fidelity to the fame , and his long Attendance upon the Perfon of his Vol . II . Majefty E Majefty , and the Friendship He had with the most EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON , & c . 49.
... many Years Service of the Crown , and conftant Fidelity to the fame , and his long Attendance upon the Perfon of his Vol . II . Majefty E Majefty , and the Friendship He had with the most EDWARD Earl of CLARENDON , & c . 49.
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Page 116 - Which is more wonderful,' says Lord Clarendon, 'all this was done and settled within little more than two years to that degree of perfection that there were many buildings raised for beauty as well as use, orderly and regular plantations of trees and fences and...
Page 286 - ... by him; and that I will conform to the liturgy of the Church of England, as it is now by law established: and I do declare that I do hold there lies no obligation upon me, or on any other person, from the oath commonly called the Solemn League and Covenant...
Page 116 - ... at very valuable rates, and jointures made upon marriages, and all other conveyances and settlements executed, as in a kingdom at peace within itself, and where no doubt could be made of the validity of titles.
Page 139 - Presbyterians, by which, if their humour and spirit were not enough discovered and known, their want of ingenuity and integrity would be manifest; and how impossible it is for men, who would not be deceived, to depend on either. When the declaration had been delivered to the ministers, there was a clause in it, in which the king declared " his own constant practice of the Common Prayer...
Page 313 - ... the women who attended her, and conversed with the religious who resided there, and without doubt in her inclinations was enough disposed to have been one of that number. And from this restraint she was called out to be a great queen, and to a free conversation in a court that was to be , upon the matter new formed, and reduced from the manners of a licentious age to the old rules and limits which had been observed in better times; and to which regular and decent conformity the present disposition...
Page 114 - ... such a numerous people, that they knew not how to dispose of : and though they were declared to be all forfeited, and so to have no title to any thing, yet they must remain somewhere.
Page 313 - ... former queens had, she might have prevailed as far by degrees as they had done. But the truth is, though- she was of years enough to have had more experience of the world, and of as much wit as could be wished, and of a humour very agreeable at some seasons; yet...
Page 409 - He confessed that he had often himself read over that bill ; and though there is no colour for the fancy of the determination of this parliament ; yet he would not deny to them, that...
Page 239 - ... to give him all the assistance he could with convenience, for the carrying on the expedition for Scotland. And for the better preventing of any inconvenience that might fall out by the rashness and inadvertency of the marquis of Antrim towards the lord lieutenant, his...
Page 114 - The land within this circuit, the most barren in the kingdom, was out of the grace and mercy of the conquerors assigned to those of the nation who were enclosed, in such proportions as might with great industry preserve their lives.