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" He acknowledged twenty-eight articles; and was sentenced to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment, and never again to sit in Parliament,... "
Hume and Smollett's Celebrated History of England, from Its First Settlement ... - Page 271
by David Hume, John Robinson - 1827 - 496 pages
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 4

David Hume - 1854 - 566 pages
...particular confession of all his corruptions. He acknowledged twenty-eight articles; and was sentenced to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment, and never again to sit in Parliament,...
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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pages
...high-priest of nature." On the 3d of May, he was unanimously declared to be guilty, and he was sentenced to a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure, to be incapable of holding any public office, and of sitting in Parliament or of coming within the...
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Hume and Smollet's Celebrated History of England from Its First Settlement ...

David Hume - 1858 - 566 pages
...motives of friendship alone. At this time the great seal was in the hands of Francis Bacon, lord Verulum, a man universally admired for the sublimity of his...in the tower during the king's pleasure, and to be tor ever incapable of holding any office, place or employment. Bacon, however, was soon released from...
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(New series, v.1-6). Reformation period

Walter Farquhar Hook - 1879 - 468 pages
...mover of the sentence was Lord Cottington, who condemned him to pay a fine of 10,000/. to the king, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, and to be suspended by the High Commission Court from all his offices, preferments, and functions. The sentence...
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The history of England ... to the revolution in 1688, Volume 4

David Hume - 1864 - 602 pages
...particular confession of all his corruptions. He acknowledged twentyeight articles ; and was sentenced to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be for ever incapable of any office, place, or employment, and never again to sit in Parliament,...
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John Cassell's illustrated history of England. The text, to the ..., Volume 3

Cassell, ltd - 1865 - 648 pages
...bribery and corruption, both by his own confession and the evidence of witnesses, he was condemned to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, to be dismissed from all his offices, and deemed incapable of either holding office again or sitting...
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George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Mrs. Elizabeth Stone - 1865 - 554 pages
...Wales. In a few days after, he was deprived of the great seal, sentenced to a fine of -10,000/., to he imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, and to be for ever incapable of holding any public office, or of sitting in parliament ; he was even forbidden to come within " the verge" —...
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Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury: (New series, v. 1-6). Reformation period

Walter Farquhar Hook - 1875 - 470 pages
...the sentence was Lord Cottington, who seiitrncecondemned him to pay a fine of 10,000/. to the king, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, and to be suspended by the High Commission Court from all his offices, preferments, and functions. The sentence...
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Great English Churchmen: Or, Famous Names in English Church History and ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - 1879 - 462 pages
...arraigned before the Star Chamber in July, on various charges, and sentenced to pay a fine of £10,000, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, and to be suspended from all his offices, preferments, and functions. The feud between Laud and Williams was...
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The history of England ... to ... 1688, Volume 4

David Hume - 1882 - 614 pages
...particular confession of all his corruptions. He acknowledged twenty-eight articles ; and was sentenced to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pbasure, to be forever incapable of any office, place, or employment, and never again to sit in parliament,...
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