Facsimiles of original drawings by Hans Holbein, in the collection of His Majesty; for the portraits of illustrious persons of the court of Henry VIII ... with biographical notices by Edmund Lodge
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Facsimiles of original drawings by Hans Holbein, in the collection of His Majesty; for the portraits of illustrious persons of the court of Henry VIII ... with biographical notices by Edmund Lodge Details
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...he was removed to St. Mary Hall, or, as some say, to Christchurch, in the university of Oxford. Having naturally embraced his father's profession, and soon becoming famous in it, he was very early a member of the House of Commons, and was distinguished there for a freedom of conduct which, at that time, could only have arisen from the purest motives. In this spirit, he opposed a tax which was required for the marriage of the Princess Margaret, sister to the King, who revenged himself, as has been already said, by committing the young senator's father to the Tower. Henry, however, who with all his faults easily discovered, and generally encouraged, true merit, soon after directed Wolsey to bring More to the court, and having made him a Master of Requests, and a Knight, received him into the Privy-council, and sent him ambassador to France, and afterwards to Flanders. In 1523, he was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons; in 1528 was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; and in 1530, in spite of his objection to Henry's darling project of divorcing Queen Catherine, Lord Chancellor of England. Such, indeed, was his independent spirit, that not long before this period he stedfastly refused a present of four thousand pounds from the body of the clergy, for his watchful attention to the interests of that religion which he cherished for its own sake merely, and to which at last he sacrificed even his life. He sat but three years in his high office. Henry condescended once more to ask his consent to the divorce, and the Chancellor had again the boldness to refuse. A storm immediately gathered against him, and he prudently requested leave to resign, which the king granted, and accepted the seals with much seeming grace. He retired thereupon to his house a...
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