 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 770 pages
...by Parliament, he made confession to twenty-eight charges of corruption, whereupon he was condemned to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned...in the Tower during the king's pleasure, and to be debarred from any office in the state. Thus, in 1621, Bacon fell from his high position, ruined in... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 pages
...by Parliament, he made confession to twenty-eight charges of corruption, whereupon he was condemned to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, to be imprisoned...in the Tower during the king's pleasure, and to be debarred from any office in the state. Thus, in 1621, Bacon fell from his high position, ruined in... | |
 | Philip Gibbs - 1908 - 512 pages
...examined by a Grand Jury of the Commons, was, after a stubborn defence, condemned to lose his office, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure, and to be fined £50,000. The downfall of the merchant statesman was some time after the opening of the Parliament... | |
 | Abby Willis Howes - 1903 - 238 pages
...he was impeached for taking bribes in his office as judge, was sentenced to pay a fine of .£40,000, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure, and to be otherwise disgraced. He did not remain long a prisoner, however, for King James soon released him,... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 690 pages
...1621, being convicted of corruption, he was sentenced, by the House of Peers, to be fined «£.4O,OOO, imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure,...and to be for ever incapable of holding any office in the State, never to sit in Parliament, or come within the verge of the Court. After a short confinement,... | |
 | Ronald Christenson - 1986 - 316 pages
...denying that he had been influenced. The House of Lords condemned him to pay a ruinous fine of £40,000. to be imprisoned in the Tower during the king's pleasure, and to be barred from holding office. Granting a full pardon. James released Bacon from the Tower after four... | |
 | 1850 - 820 pages
...several charges of corruption, lie \\ THE WORKING MAN'S FHIEKD, sentenced to pay a fine of £40,000, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure, and to be for ever incapable of place or employment. He was soon released from the Tower; a handsome pension wad conferred upon him,... | |
 | Philip Gibbs - 1908 - 502 pages
...examined by a Grand Jury of the Commons, was, after a stubborn defence, condemned to lose his office, to be imprisoned in the Tower during the King's pleasure, and to be fined £50,000. The downfall of the merchant statesman was some time after the opening of the Parliament... | |
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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,... 
