| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1826 - 628 pages
...when they fell. The earl of Bedford1 secretly undertook to his majesty, that the earl of Stratford's life should be preserved ; and to procure his revenue...had it in design to endeavour to obtain an act for u the setting up the excise in England, as the only natural means to advance the king's profit. He... | |
| Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.) - 1826 - 624 pages
...Others were to be placed about the prince, and to have offices when they fell. The earl of Bedford1 secretly undertook to his majesty, that the earl of Strafford's life should Inpreserved ; and to procure his revenue to be settled, as amply as any of his progenitors ; the which... | |
| Edmund Lodge - Great Britain - 1835 - 298 pages
...matter of high curiosity for the history of a mode of party intrigue which was then in its infancy. " The Earl of Bedford secretly undertook to his Majesty...the setting up the excise in England, as the only means to advance the King's profit. This Lord was the greatest person of interest in all the popular... | |
| Statesmen - 1837 - 430 pages
...voluminous work, has apparently a partial contradiction of this ; but its precise terms are worth notice. " The earl of Bedford secretly undertook to his majesty, that the earl of Straffbrd's life should be preserved, and to procure his revenue to be settled as amply as any of his... | |
| Edward Hyde (1st earl of Clarendon.), Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1839 - 516 pages
...secretary of state, the lord Say master of the wards, and the lord Kimbolton to be lord privy-seal after the death of his father, who then held that...to my knowledge, he had it in design to endeavour the setting up the excise in England, as the only natural means to advance the king's profit. He fell... | |
| John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 738 pages
...are worth notice " The Earl of Bedford secretly undertook to his majesty that the Earl of Strafford'e life should be preserved, and to procure his revenue...to be settled as amply as any of his progenitors. "t Here Pym's name is omitted, and the " secrecy" of the undertaking alluded to would seem to imply... | |
| John Forster - Great Britain - 1846 - 726 pages
...voluminous ยป'ork, has apparently a partial contradiction of ibis; but its precise terms are worth notice. " The Earl of Bedford secretly undertook to his majesty that the Earl of Stratford's life should be preserved, and to procure his revenue to be settled as amply as any of his... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1849 - 704 pages
...held that place. Others were to be placed about the prince, and to have offices when they fell. 192 The earl of Bedford secretly undertook to his majesty,...to my knowledge, he had it in design to endeavour the setting up the excise in England, as the only natural means to advance the king's profit. He fell... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Great Britain - 1888 - 664 pages
...held that place. Others were to be placed about the Prince, and to have offices when they fell. 192. 1 The earl of Bedford secretly undertook to his majesty that the earl of Strafibrd's life should be preserved ; and to procure his revenue to be settled as amply as any of... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - Literary Criticism - 1889 - 398 pages
...Court, was grown public, and raised much jealousy of them. THE EAHL OP BEDPOBD AND BII.II OP ATTAINDEE. THE earl of Bedford secretly undertook to his majesty, that the earl of Stafford's life should be preserved; and to procure his revenue to be settled, as amply as any of his... | |
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