Rait, Robert S. (Robert Sangster), 1874-1936, Hollings, Marjory · London : Constable & company · leaf 74
en accused of neglecting Eltham, thehome of his carefully-educated childhood, where he had beenvisited in 1500 by the great scholar Erasmus and his friendMore; but during the first half of his reign there werecertainly no grounds for this accusation. As late as 1532 hehad a new bowling alley made… … INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER 51 much ruined that it was necessary to spend ;r400 on repairs.Queen Mary visited Eltham once only, in 1555, and QueenElizabeth came there in August, 1559, to meet the Earl ofArran, who had been proposed as a suitable consort. By1594 the place was again in ruins, and could not,…
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