 | 1804 - 560 lehte
...upon which the Earl replied, he had titles and estate enough, but desired that he and his successors, the heirs male of his family (after him) might have the privilege, after their first obeisance, to be covered in the roval piesence of him and his successors, Kings of England, which... | |
 | Thomas Christopher Banks - 1807 - 534 lehte
...(35,000 marks fterling per annum : a vaft income in thofe days), but defired, that he and his fucceffors, the heirs male of his family after him, might have...kings of England. Which the king granted ; and the faid privilege is preferved in the family to this day. On the death of the earl, about 1210, his fon,... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1838 - 672 lehte
...upon which the earl replied, he had titles and estate enough, but desired that he and his successors, the heirs male of his family (after him) might have the privilege, after their first obeisance, to be covered in the royal presence of him and his successors, kings of England, which... | |
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... at 25,000 marks sterling per annum, a vast income in those days; and likewise bade him ask for any thing else in his gift he had a mind to, and it should be granted ; upon which the Earl replied, he had titles and estate enough, but desired that he... 