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2 giorni fa · Sam Neill. as Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (10 episodes) Sam Neill portrayed Cardinal Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors. Cardinal Wolsey was a key figure in Henry VIII's court, serving as his chief advisor and diplomat. Neill's performance showcased the political cunning and ambition of Wolsey, as well as his eventual downfall. # 3.
2 giorni fa · Edward VI granted Chelsea manor, valued at £30 3s. 1½d. a year, to John Dudley, earl of Warwick and later duke of Northumberland, in 1551 as part of an exchange to hold in chief for 1/40th knight's fee. (fn. 44) Northumberland surrendered the manor to the king early in 1552, (fn. 45) though he apparently continued to be resident in Chelsea ...
3 giorni fa · In this reign the marriage of Richard, Duke of York, with Anne Mowbray, was solemnized at Greenwich with great splendor . Henry VII. resided much at this place; where his second son (afterwards Henry VIII.), and his third son, Edmund Tudor , (created Duke of Somerset,) were born.
4 giorni fa · The parish of Shepton Beauchamp, 2 miles west of South Petherton, has an area of 841 a. (fn. 1) It is roughly rectangular in shape, nearly 2 miles from north to south and 1¼ mile from east to west, and its boundaries are largely artificial except the stream which divides it from South Petherton in the east. The southern boundary follows in ...
5 giorni fa · We are grateful for David Coast’s perceptive review of The Murder of King James I and for his interesting questions about further research. As he suggests, a properly historicized approach to how contemporaries imagined that political life operated is essential to further progress in the field, and, in the past few months, our understanding of this particular issue has come into even sharper ...
1 giorno fa · Henry, Lord Clifford (fn. n2), was created Earl of Cumberland in 1525. The title became extinct by the death of Henry, the fifth Earl, in 1643. The following year King Charles created his cousin, Prince Rupert, Duke of Cumberland; the title became extinct at his death, in 1682. Prince George of Denmark, created Duke of Cumberland in 1689, died ...
4 giorni fa · Ibid. Sir George Howard was son of lord Edmund Howard, and one of the brothers of queen Katharine Howard. He was knighted by the duke of Somerset in Scotland in 1547; and in March 1550–1 had a warrant for office of Master of the Henchmen for one whole year.
