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The Fate of favourites; Exemplified in the fall of villiers, duke of Buckingham, (prime minister to their majesties King James and King Charles I.) who was stabbed by Felton, August 23, 1628. Containing, I. An impartial account of his extraction, rise, and male-administration. II. The proceedings in the several parliaments against him, with the two famous speeches of Sir Dudly Diggs and Sir John Elliot, on his impeachment, for which they were committed to the tower. III. The speeches and arguments of Sir Edward Coke, Mr. Selden, &c. with the duke's artifices to screen himself from the impeachment of the commons. IV. The unbounded power of this voracious minister proved to be the overthrow of the church and monarchy of England. V. The particulars of his assassination, by Felton, and his motives for taking him off, for the good of the publick. VI. The arguments of the judges, concerning the manner of Felton's execution.
Date: Printed in the year, MDCCXXXIV. [1734]- Books
The King's speech / Mark Logue and Peter Conradi.
Logue, Mark.Date: 2010- Pictures
Charles II touching a patient for the king's evil (scrofula) surrounded by courtiers, clergy and general public. Engraving by R. White.
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A quadrangle designed for St Mary's Hall, Oxford. Engraving by G. Vertue, 1746.
Vertue, George, 1684-1756.Date: 1746Reference: 23603iPart of: Oxford almanacks- Books
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The history of the life and reign of Edward II. Containing a full account of the tyrannical government of his favourites and minions. The several Struggles of the Barons for Liberty in his Time. The Bloody Executions when the Minions prevail'd. Their ill Treatment of the Queen and the Prince. The Deposing of Edward II, and the Election of Edward III. By the author of the life and reign of Henry VI. To which are added, The political reflections of a person of quality.
Author of The life and reign of Henry VI.Date: 1713- Books
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A collection of the names of all the princes of this kingdom of England, such as have been the kings eldest sons, or next inheritors to the crown, beginning in the time of the Reign of King Henry III. unto this present, being in July, 1609, And in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James; Wherein shall be shewed, I. What every of their Titles Honour and Dignity have been. II. What Possessions and Revenues they had. III. What Age they were when these Dignities and Possessions were conferred upon them. IV. Certain Reasons alledged, which moved the Kings in former Times, (as may be conceived) to create their Sons Princes of Wales. And, lastly, To remove all Inconveniencies, here shall be answered certain Objections, which may be conceived against the creating of the Princes of this Kingdom; with an Answer likewise to that which has been published by Dr. Powell in his Welsh Chronicles, p. 369, against the creating of Prince Edward, Son to King Henry Viii. and all other succeeding Princes. Which Collections may serve as an Inducement for the more speedy creating of Prince Henry, his Majesty's first begotten Son that now is, and other the eldest Sons of the Kings of this Realm; thereby the better to judge what yearly Revenues, Authority and Jurisdiction, were most fit for his and their Princely Supportation and Honour. To which are added, advice to Prince Henry, and An Order from the Black Prince.
Connak, Richard.Date: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XLVII. [1747]- Books
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Johannis de Trokelowe annales Edvardi II. Henrici de Blaneforde chronica, et Edvardi II. vita A Monacho quodam Malmesburiensi fuse enarrata. E Codicibus Mss. nunc primus divulgavit Tho. Hearnius. Qui &, praeter Appendicem (in qua, inter alia, Ordinationes Collegii Orielensis) Monumenta quaedam vetera, ab Edmundo Archero communicata, subjunxit.
Trokelowe, John de, active 1330.Date: MDCCXXIX. [1729] [1730]- Books
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Majesty misled: or, the overthrow of evil ministers. A tragedy. As intended to be acted at one of the theatres, but was refus'd for certain reasons.
Philathes.Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]- Books
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Majesty misled: a tragedy.
Philathes.Date: MDCCLXX. [1770]- Books
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A Complete account of the ceremonies observed in the coronations of the Kings and Queens of England. Containing, I. The form of the royal letters of summons, sent to the peers and peeresses, to attend the solemnity of the coronation. II. The usual disposition of the horse and foot-guards, and their respective habits, parades, and stations on the coronation day. ... XII. A complete list of the lords spiritual and temporal, the knights of the most noble order of the Garter, and of the knights of the Bath; whereby the reader will have, at one view, most of the names of the illustrious persons who will have place in the grand solemnity of the coronation of their present majesties. XIII. A bill of fare at a former coronation-feast. With many other notable particulars, for which the reader is referred to the index. The whole adorn'd with curious cuts, representing on a copper-plate the manner of the champion's challenge, as also the imperial crowns, scepters, orb, Queen's circlet, the two pointed swords, and curtana, the Kings and Queen's rings, St. Edward's chair, &c. To which is also prefix'd very large and curious copper-plate, exhibiting (in that of King William and Queen Mary) the magnificent form of the procession usually observed in the coronation of the Kings and Queens of England.
Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]- Archives and manuscripts
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Roll of Edward I, King of England (1239-1307)
Date: 1278-1279Reference: MS.253- Pictures
The Catholic powers gather around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688, with letterpress.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1688]Reference: 2136644i- Pictures
The Catholic powers gather around the infant James Francis Edward Stuart. Etching by R. de Hooghe, 1688, with letterpress.
Hooghe, Romeyn de, 1645-1708.Date: [1688]Reference: 3224192i- Pictures
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Berkeley castle, view from a distance, with a river or lake in the foreground. Pencil drawing by S. Jenner.
Jenner, Stephen, 1796-Date: 1800-1899Reference: 560538i- Pictures
Edward II's cradle. Engraving.
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King Edward I, at the birth of his son Edward Prince of Wales, while the baby's mother Eleanor of Castile lies in bed. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1788, after J.G. Huck.
Huck, Johann Gerhard.Date: January 18th 1788Reference: 3225800iPart of: Acta historica reginarum Angliae- Books
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The Unfortunate concubines: or The history of fair Rosamond, mistress to Henry II. and Jane Shore, concubine to Edward IV. Kings of England: Shewing how they came to be so, with their lives, remarkable actions, and unhappy ends. Extracted from eminent records, and the whole illustrated with cuts suitable to each subject.
Date: 1762- Books
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Death and its consequences considered: a sermon, preached in the church of Moffat, on the death of his late Majesty King George II. By Edward Johnstone, M. A. Minister at Moffat.
Johnstone, Edward, 1716-1761.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLX. [1760]- Pictures
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King Charles II. Stipple engraving by E. Scriven, 1808.
Date: 1808Reference: 2043066i- Pictures
King Charles II as the saviour of Great Britain. Engraving, 1684.
Date: [1684]Reference: 2043462i- Books
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The memoirs of King James II. Containing An Account of the transactions of the Last Twelve Years of his life: with the Circumstances of his Death. Translated from the French Original.
Monastère de la Visitation Sainte Marie de Chaillot.Date: [1702]- Books
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A continuation of the Complete history of England: containing the lives and reigns of Edward I, II & III and Richard the Second / [Robert Brady].
Brady, Robert, 1627?-1700.Date: 1700- Books
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The travels and memoirs / The former [now first published] exhibiting a view of the governments and society in the principal states of Europe during the time of Cromwell's usurpation ... with anecdotes ... of the courts of Charles II and James II.
Reresby, John, 1634-1689.Date: 1831- Books
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An ode on the death of the late King James. Written originally in French at St. Germains, and dedicated to his son the Prince. And now translated into English with very little alteration.
Date: 1701- Pictures
Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender. Engraving by E. Finden, 1821, after L. Tocqué, 1748.
Tocqué, Louis, 1696-1772.Date: September 1821Reference: 2044873i