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Observations and remarks upon the lives and reigns of King Henry Viii. King Edward VI. Queen Mary I. Queen Elizabeth, and King James I . With particular Characters, after the Earl of Clarendon's Method, of all their Favourites; And the most Eminent and Illustrious Persons both in Church and State, that Flourish'd in England during those Reigns. Collected from publick histories and private memoirs. By the author of The history of England. In 2 Vol. 8vo. The Third Edition
Author of The history of England.Date: MDCCXII. [1712]
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Court intrigues or, an account of the secret amours of our British nobility and others, ... By Captain Smith.
Smith, Alexander, fl. 1714-1726.Date: 1730
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The unfortunate court-favourites of England Exemplified in some remarks upon the lives, actions, and fatal fall of divers great men, who have been favourites to several English kings and queens; namely, I. Pierce Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall. II. Hugh Spencer, Earl of Winchester. III. Hugh Spencer the son, Earl of Glocester. IV. Roger Mortimer, Earl of March. V. Henry Stafford, Duke of Bucks. VI. Thomas Woolsey, Cardinal of York. VII. Thomas Cromwell, Earl of Essex. VIII. Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex. IX. George Villars, Duke of Buckingham. X. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford. With the picture of each monarch and favourite. By Robert Burton.
Crouch, Nathaniel, 1632?-1725?.Date: 1729
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The lives and amours of queens and royal mistresses, with some intrigues of popes, extracted from the histories of England, France, Turkey, Spain and Italy
Date: 1727
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The history of female favourites . Of Mary de Padilla, under Peter the Cruel, King of Castile; Livia, under the Emperor Augustus; Julia Farnesa, under Pope Alexander the Sixth; Agnes Soreau, under Charles Vii. King of France; and Nantilda, under Dagobert, King of France.
La Roche-Guihen, Anne de.Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]