 | John Lingard - 1825 - 502 Seiten
...the subject was first opened to him, replied : " My father was king : his father was also Oct. 17. " king : I have worn the crown forty years from " my...sovereign, and your fathers have done " the like to my fathers. How then can my right " be disputed ?"201 In conclusion he recommended his interests to their... | |
 | Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 494 Seiten
...once plucked up sufficient spirit to observe to the Peers, " My father was king; his father was also a king; I have worn the crown forty years, from my cradle,...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers, how then can my right be disputed."" Queen Margaret, after the defeat at Northampton, having... | |
 | John Lingard - 1827 - 596 Seiten
...the king, and receive his commands. Henry, when the subject was first opened to ot 17 him, replied: "My father was king: his father was also king : I...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers. How then can my right be disputed?"* In conclusion he recommended his interests to their loyalty,... | |
 | John Lingard - 1827 - 642 Seiten
...commands. Henry, when the subject was first opened to him, replied: "My father was king: his father c ' was also king: I have worn the crown forty years from...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers. How then can my right be disputed?"* In conclusion he recommended his interests to their loyalty,... | |
 | Henry Walter - 1830 - 648 Seiten
...know," said he, " that my father was king ; and his father was also king. I have worn the crown nearly forty years, from my cradle. You have all sworn fealty...sovereign ; and your fathers have done the like to my fathers. How then can my right to be disputed !" Such an answer suited the plain, honest mind of king... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 254 Seiten
...which it had been unclaimed. This demand was laid before Henry, whose reply was short and pithy — " My father was king ; his father was also king ; I...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " The question of right was largely discussed in the... | |
 | Thomas Flanagan - 1847 - 996 Seiten
...without the previous consent of the king. When Henry was informed of this proceeding, he replied, " My father was king ; his father was also king. I have...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers ; how then can my right be disputed ? " He concluded by recommending his interests to their... | |
 | John Lingard - 1848 - 378 Seiten
...king, and 17. to receive his commands. Henry, when the subject was first opened to him, replied: " My father was king; " his father was also king; I...sovereign, and your fathers have done the " like to my fathers. How then can my right be dis" puted t ?" In conclusion, he recommended his interests to their... | |
 | Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1850 - 532 Seiten
...right. Henry's answer to this claim was manly, sensible, and just. His words to the Lords were : — " My father was king ; his father was also king : I...sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to my fathers. How then can my right be disputed ? " The Lords who heard him hesitated ; but it is to be... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1851 - 774 Seiten
...which had the legal claim to the crown, himself, or his cousin Richard duke of York ? Henry, though a captive in the power of his rival, replied in these...father and grandfather. How, then, can my right be disputed?"3 He agreed, nevertheless, to recognise the duke of York as his successor, on which condition... | |
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My father was King; his father also was King; I myself have worn the crown forty years from my cradle ; you have all sworn fealty to me as your sovereign, and your fathers have done the like to mine. How then can my right be disputed... 
