Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 62
. Edward Stafford, the traitors son, was ultimately restored totitle and estates, by Henry VII.; like liis father, he was proud, ambitious, and/elt himself a duke:— He deemed plebeians, with patrician bloodCompared, the creatures of a lower species ;Mere menial hands, by nature meant to serve him.… … k^w- • ST. JOHN S, BRECON. destruction; he was executed on Tower Hill, May 17th, 1521. He met his fatewith heroic courage, disdaining to sue for mercy. A foreign emperor, when heheard of his execution, severely remarked that a butchers dog had run down thefinest buck in England (alluding to Wolseys…
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