Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and Biographical, Vol. 2 of 2: Embracing a Period of English History from the Accession of Richard H. to the Death of Henry VII (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and Biographical, Vol. 2 of 2: Embracing a Period of English History From the Accession of Richard H. To the Death of Henry VII Dispersion of Dorset's Followers - Execution of Sir Thomas St Leger - Richmond appears upon the Coast - his Retreat to Bretagne Proceedings of the Lancastrians - Henry Tudor's Oath - The Nobles swear Allegiance to Richmond - Negociations With the Duke of Bretagne - Subservience of Richard's Parliament - The Commons ...
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Excerpt from Memoirs of the Rival Houses of York and Lancaster, Historical and Biographical, Vol. 2 of 2: Embracing a Period of English History From the Accession of Richard H. To the Death of Henry VII Dispersion of Dorset's Followers - Execution of Sir Thomas St Leger - Richmond appears upon the Coast - his Retreat to Bretagne Proceedings of the Lancastrians - Henry Tudor's Oath - The Nobles swear Allegiance to Richmond - Negociations With the Duke of Bretagne - Subservience of Richard's Parliament - The Commons attainted - Richard's Severity - Courtesy shewn to the Countess of Richmond - Libellous Rhyme - Pomp of Richard s Court - Degra dation of Elizabeth wydeville - and of her Daughters - they accept Richard's offered Protection - The King's Oath - Elizabeth's Advice to her Son - Misconstruction of Richard's best Actions - his Designs upon Richard's Person - Honourable Conduct of the Duke of Bre tagne - Treachery of Landois - Richard's Councils are betrayed Narrow Escape of Richmond Obtains Protection from Charles VIII. - Conduct of Foreign Princes towards Richard - Henry Tudor's destitute Condition - his sanguine Hopes - he is Joined by the Earl of Oxford - and other Knights - Richard's Preparations - The Nobles renew their Oaths of Allegiance - Death of the Prince of Wales Anecdotes concerning him - Grief of the King and Queen - Choice of the Heir Presumptive - Imprisonment of Warwick - Elevation of the Earl of lincoln-{i'he Duke of Albany's Visit to England - In vasion of Scotland - Albany is defeated - his Death - Treaty with Scotland - Richard's Proclamation - Weakness of Henry Tudor's Claims - his Letter to his English Friends - Confirmation of 'the Death of the young Princes - Favours enjoyed by the Princess Elizabeth at Court - Reports of the old Writers - Richard's Exulta tion - Illness of the Queen - Letter attributed to the Princess Eliza beth - Death of Queen Anne - Remonstrances of Richard's Friends -apparent Decline of Richmond's Hopes - Richard's Suspicion of the Stanleys Motives of their conduct-the King endeavours to gain Dorset over - is prevented by the Vigilance of the Lancastrian. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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