The earldom of Lincoln fell into abeyance but the earldom of Salisbury had already been forfeited in 1322. The lands which had once belonged to the Longspée dynasty passed back up the collateral line to James Audley who was descended from William Longspée the younger’s eldest daughter Ela ...
THE LIFE OF KING HENRY V by William Shakespeare DRAMATIS PERSONAE KING HENRY V. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, brother to the King. DUKE OF BEDFORD, brother to the King. DUKE OF EXETER, uncle to the King. DUKE OF YORK, cousin to the King. EARL OF SALISBURY. EARL OF
William later explained what happened: "Edward sent Harold himself to Normandy so that he could swear to me in my presence what his father, Earl Godwin and Earl Leofric (Mercia) and Earl Siward (Northumbria) had sword to me here in my absence. On the journey Harold incurred the danger of...
THE LIFE OF HENRY THE EIGHTH by William Shakespeare DRAMATIS PERSONAE KING HENRY THE EIGHTHCARDINAL WOLSEYCARDINAL CAMPEIUSCAPUCIUS, Ambassador from the Emperor Charles V CRANMER, archbishop of CanterburyDUKE OF NORFOLKDUKE OF BUCKINGHAMDUKE OF SUFFOLKEARL OF SURREYLORD CHAMBERLAINLORD CHANCELLORGARDINER,...
Theodore of Tarsus and Cnut of Denmark, Lanfranc of Pavia and Anselm of Aosta, Randolf Flambard and Roger of Salisbury, Henry of Anjou and Simon of Montfort, are all written on a list of which William is but the foremost. The largest number come in William’s own generation and in the...
SIGNS OF CHANGE Contents: How we Live and How we Might Live Whigs, Democrats, and Socialists Feudal England The Hopes of Civilization The Aims of Art Useful Work versus Useless Toil Dawn of a New Epoch HOW WE LIVE AND HOW WE MIGHT LIVE The word Revolutio
Lord William Bentinck (born September 14, 1774, Bulstrode, Buckinghamshire, England—died June 17, 1839, Paris, France) was a British governor-general of Bengal (1828–33) and of India (1833–35). An aristocrat who sympathized with many of the liberal ideas of his day, he made important...