ISBN: 1230216243

[EAN: 9781230216249], Neubuch, [PU: TheClassics.us], WILLIAM WILLIAMS MORTIMER,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 218 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.5in.This his… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781230216249], Neubuch, [PU: TheClassics.us], WILLIAM WILLIAMS MORTIMER,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 218 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.5in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: . . . might be presented to the Commander-in-chief, Leicester at once appointed Sir William Stanley, Governor of Deventer, and placed under his command a garrison of about fourteen hundred Irish troops. Within a few weeks after taking the command he entered into negotiations to deliver the fortress into the hands of the Spaniards, in the service of whose monarch he was to have the same rank as he held in the English, and to retain the government of Deventer. After the fortress had been recovered by Prince Maurice, Stanley remained in Holland, arranging the communications of Philip with his native country, and pointing out those parts which were most vulnerable to the assaults of the Spanish Armada. The ministers of Elizabeth were not inattentive to these proceedings; numerous spies were employed to watch his conduct, and many of their observations, most minute in every particular, are recorded in the JIarl. MSS. which also contain the examination of some of his servants, who were intercepted at Chester on their route into Wirral. After the defeat of the Armada, Sir William retired into the dominions of his new master, Philip II. ; and, high in his favour, was at one time spoken of as the probable leader of an expedition into Ireland. He was finally appointed governor of Mecklin, where he terminated his mortal existence. an extensive view of the river, and the entire coast of Cheshire and Lancashire, to the sea, was erected from designs by Wyatt, with stone from the Stanley quarries in Storeton. The grand circular stone staircase is universally admired. Several ancient portraits, removed from the old house, are now at Hooton Hall, one of which is of Alan Silvestre, the ancestor of the Storetons, upon whom the office of chief forester of Wirral. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2013, ISBN: 1230216243

[EAN: 9781230216249], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781230216249], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: .might be presented to the Commander-in-chief, Leicester at once appointed Sir William Stanley, Governor of Deventer, and placed under his command a garrison of about fourteen hundred Irish troops. Within a few weeks after taking the command he entered into negotiations to deliver the fortress into the hands of the Spaniards, in the service of whose monarch he was to have the same rank as he held in the English, and to retain the government of Deventer. After the fortress had been recovered by Prince Maurice, Stanley remained in Holland, arranging the communications of Philip with his native country, and pointing out those parts which were most vulnerable to the assaults of the Spanish Armada. The ministers of Elizabeth were not inattentive to these proceedings; numerous spies were employed to watch his conduct, and many of their observations, most minute in every particular, are recorded in the JIarl. MSS. which also contain the examination of some of his servants, who were intercepted at Chester on their route into Wirral. After the defeat of the Armada, Sir William retired into the dominions of his new master, Philip II.; and, high in his favour, was at one time spoken of as the probable leader of an expedition into Ireland. He was finally appointed governor of Mecklin, where he terminated his mortal existence. an extensive view of the river, and the entire coast of Cheshire and Lancashire, to the sea, was erected from designs by Wyatt, with stone from the Stanley quarries in Storeton. The grand circular stone staircase is universally admired. Several ancient portraits, removed from the old house, are now at Hooton Hall, one of which is of Alan Silvestre, the ancestor of the Storetons, upon whom the office of chief forester of Wirral.<

2013, ISBN: 1230216243

[EAN: 9781230216249], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing tex… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781230216249], Neubuch, [PU: Theclassics.Us, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: .might be presented to the Commander-in-chief, Leicester at once appointed Sir William Stanley, Governor of Deventer, and placed under his command a garrison of about fourteen hundred Irish troops. Within a few weeks after taking the command he entered into negotiations to deliver the fortress into the hands of the Spaniards, in the service of whose monarch he was to have the same rank as he held in the English, and to retain the government of Deventer. After the fortress had been recovered by Prince Maurice, Stanley remained in Holland, arranging the communications of Philip with his native country, and pointing out those parts which were most vulnerable to the assaults of the Spanish Armada. The ministers of Elizabeth were not inattentive to these proceedings; numerous spies were employed to watch his conduct, and many of their observations, most minute in every particular, are recorded in the JIarl. MSS. which also contain the examination of some of his servants, who were intercepted at Chester on their route into Wirral. After the defeat of the Armada, Sir William retired into the dominions of his new master, Philip II.; and, high in his favour, was at one time spoken of as the probable leader of an expedition into Ireland. He was finally appointed governor of Mecklin, where he terminated his mortal existence. an extensive view of the river, and the entire coast of Cheshire and Lancashire, to the sea, was erected from designs by Wyatt, with stone from the Stanley quarries in Storeton. The grand circular stone staircase is universally admired. Several ancient portraits, removed from the old house, are now at Hooton Hall, one of which is of Alan Silvestre, the ancestor of the Storetons, upon whom the office of chief forester of Wirral.<

2013, ISBN: 9781230216249

Theclassics.Us, Taschenbuch, Publiziert: 2013-09-12T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 0.88 kg, Kategorien, Bücher, Theclassics.Us, 2013