has gone on public display for the first time in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey.The display follows the discovery by scholars that the bag’s material is a perfect match to the silk cloth used to wrap the remains of the Emperor Charlemagne when he was buried in...
Long within had been spread the snow-white cloth on the table; There stood the wheaten loaf, and the honey fragrant with wild-flowers; There stood the tankard of ale, and the cheese fresh brought from the dairy, And, at the head of the board, the great arm-chair of the farmer. Thus...
James I was persuaded by Sir William Cockayne to launch a project designed to boost the earnings of those involved in the manufacture of undyed cloth setting up a dyeing industry to do the job at home. The government was promised £40,000 p.a. from increased customs through the importing ...
So in 1520, Henry met with Francis I at a get-together called theField of the Cloth of Gold. Naturally this wasn't too far from Calais. The meeting was one big party where everyone had a good time with jousts, banquets, and entertainments. The party lasted a bit more than two weeks ...
And so, seated on a cloth before Blaise's saddle, Harry Esmond was brought to London, and to a fine square called Covent Garden, near to which his patron lodged. Mr. Holt, the priest, took the child by the hand, and brought him to this nobleman, a grand languid nobleman in a ...
1520 Henry holds peace talks with Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, but fails to get support against Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire. 1525 Hampton Court Palace is completed. William Tyndale publishes The New Testament in English. 1526 Cardinal Wolsey re-establishes...
So he took a piece of cloth and some water and cleaned the letter.He worked hard and took a lot of care.At last the letter looked new and he was very pleased with his work. “Now it looks very nice,”he said to himself.“I will be able to sell it for a lot of money.” ...
To Thomas, Lord Clifford, my relation: a ‘hall’ of arras [a fine woven wall-hanging from Arras] bought from Sir Robert Babthorpe; my bed of Arras with three curtains; four cushions of red silk; two long cushions of cloth. To John Clifford, my godson: 12 silver dishes, 6 salt-cell...
“Barons of the Exchequer” in the palace at Westminster, round the table covered with its “chequered” cloth from which they took their name. In one chamber, the Exchequer of Account, the “Barons” received the reports of the sheriffs from every county, and fixed the sums to be levied...
“Concedo triangula (I grant the triangles).” “Do you know, perchance, what is this material which seems to give substantial existence to these eight triangles?” “I do not.” “Nor I! nor does it matter, unless you conceive it to be the work of man?” ...