Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 268
tion affirms thatit was while Henry was at Kenilworth he receivedfrom the French Dauphin that insulting present ofa barrel of tennis-balls with a message that theywere the most fit playthings for him and his youngmen. Henry replied that he would soon send theFrench balls which should make their… … Castle of ** Princely Pleasures ** 197 of those seventeen days in the July of 1575 whenthe Earl of Leicester entertained Queen Elizabethwith such prodigious splendour. It is sometimesforgotten, however, that that was not the VirginQueens first visit to Kenilworth. Twice before hadshe been the guest…
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