Curialia: Or, An Historical Account of Some Branches of the Royal Houshold &c., &c, Volumes 1-2J. Nichols, Printer to the Society of Antiquaries; and sold by T. Payne, 1782 - 204 pages |
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... rank ; as they are , in many cales , at this day . Apart from the enlargement of the number of Ef- quires mentioned , ( p . 11. ) let us revert to the establishment of the four which , we find , with fome innovations had been the ufual ...
... rank ; as they are , in many cales , at this day . Apart from the enlargement of the number of Ef- quires mentioned , ( p . 11. ) let us revert to the establishment of the four which , we find , with fome innovations had been the ufual ...
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... rank to the gentlemen ushers daily - waiters , one of whom now waits monthly in the pre- fence - chamber . This term , in the prefent inftance , merely implies a curtain ; but it is fre- quently used , by a Synecdoche , to exprefs the ...
... rank to the gentlemen ushers daily - waiters , one of whom now waits monthly in the pre- fence - chamber . This term , in the prefent inftance , merely implies a curtain ; but it is fre- quently used , by a Synecdoche , to exprefs the ...
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... rank . Sir Henry Spelman gives them the pas of all efquires by office ( fuch as may be termed , if I am allowed the expreffion , artificial efquires ) , and even doubts whether they did not precede the eldest fons of KNIGHTS : but of ...
... rank . Sir Henry Spelman gives them the pas of all efquires by office ( fuch as may be termed , if I am allowed the expreffion , artificial efquires ) , and even doubts whether they did not precede the eldest fons of KNIGHTS : but of ...
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... rank little * Decade II . Epiftle 6. London 1626 , small folio . + Honour Military and Civil , p . 253 . At the coronation of king James I. no knights walked . E can can be collected : but as it is a glaring ESQUIRES of the King's BODY .
... rank little * Decade II . Epiftle 6. London 1626 , small folio . + Honour Military and Civil , p . 253 . At the coronation of king James I. no knights walked . E can can be collected : but as it is a glaring ESQUIRES of the King's BODY .
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... rank with refpect to efquires by birth , viz . below the eldeft fons of bannerets and knights - bachelors , and above their younger fons . THE wife of the ESQUIRE Would likewife have a derivative rank , which is in fome fort ascertained ...
... rank with refpect to efquires by birth , viz . below the eldeft fons of bannerets and knights - bachelors , and above their younger fons . THE wife of the ESQUIRE Would likewife have a derivative rank , which is in fome fort ascertained ...
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acceffion ancient appear Arms attend BAND of GENTLEMEN BAND of PENSIONERS Becs de Corbin Bed Chamber BODY cafe Cheque circumftance Clerk command Coronation Court Duke duty Earl Eltham ESQUIRES Eſtabliſhment faid Band faid Captaine faid Gentlemen falary fame fays fecond feems feen fervants ferved fervice feveral fhall fhould fimilar firft firſt fome foon fuch fufficient Gentlemen Penfioners Guard himſelf Honourable Horfes Horſe Houfhold King Charles king Edward king Edward IV King Henry VIII King James King's Knights Knights Bachelors laft laſt Lieutenant Lieutenante likewife Lord Chamberlain LORD LOVELACE MAJESTY MAJESTY's Memoir moft moſt Mufter muſt obferve occafion Officers Order Ordinances PENSIONERS perfon pleaſure prefent preferved prefume PRIVY CHAM PRIVY CHAMBER proceffion Queen refpectively reign of King Royal SAMUEL PEGGE ſeems ſeen ſhall Sir Anthony Browne Standard-bearer thefe themſelves theſe theſe GENTLEMEN thoſe TLEMEN tyme unto uſed Wages William Yeomen
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Page 10 - Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us, that are squires of the night's body, be called thieves of the day's beauty : let us be — Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon : And let men say, we be men of good government; being governed as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we — steal.
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Page 65 - He kept state to the full, which made his court very orderly, no man presuming to be seen in a place where he had no pretence to be.
Page 63 - ... the other in his privy chamber ; he is served on the knee, and all that come to see him kiss his hand on their knee. My lord of Salisbury hath sent him pole-axes for his pensioners. He sent, to my lord of Holland, his justice in Eyre, for venison, which he willingly sends him ; to the lord mayor and sheriffs of London for wine, all obey.
Page 23 - that coming to the king's bedchamber door, which was bolted on the inside, the late Earl of Bristol, then being in waiting and lying there, he unbolted the door upon my knocking, and asked me, ' What news ? ' I told him I had a letter for the king. The earl then demanded the letter of me, which I told him I could deliver to none but the king himself.
Page 23 - I could deliver to none but to the King himself; upon which the King said, " The esquire is in the right : for he ought not to deliver any letter or message to any but myself, he being at this time the chief officer of my house ; and if he had delivered the letter to any other, I should not have thought him fit for his place.
Page 56 - This was bare-faced enough to be sure ! — Had the King made a momentary connexion with a Lady of that denomination, the offence might have been connived at by The Queen, but the placing one of the meanest of his Creatures so near the Queen's person, was an insult that nothing could palliate but the licentiousness of the age, and the abandoned character of...
Page 75 - ... and required, upon any application made to him by any of His Majesty's Servants in Ordinary, with Fee, to cause a stop to be put to all Proceedings already had, or to be commenced against them or any of them, for refusing to watch, or...
Page 75 - Majesty's pleasure be duly observed and put in execution ; and that His Majesty's Attorney General for the time being be, and he is hereby authorised and required, upon any application made to him by any of His Majesty's servants in ordinary with fee, to cause a stop to be put to all proceedings already had or to be commenced against them, or any of them, for refusing to watch or to serve on juries, or bear or undergo any public office...
Page 47 - Chambers within Court, there to keep honest company after their cunning, in talking of Chronicles of Kings, and of other policies, or in piping or harping, singing, or other acts martial, to help to occupy the Court, and accompany strangers till the time require of departing.