 | John Nichols - 1823 - 710 страници
...lands worth an a£.100 by year in Staffordshire, that I had of good King Edward. " My house of Burghley is of my mother's inheritance ; who liveth and is the owner thereof : and I but a parmour. And for the building there, I have set my walls upon the old foundation. Indeed, I have made... | |
 | John Nichols - 1828 - 700 страници
...Treasurer Burleigh, that eminent Statesman thus modestly speaks in 1585 : " My house of Burghleigh is of my mother's inheritance; who liveth and is the owner thereof: and I but a paramour. And for the building there, I have set my walls upon the old foundation. Indeed, I have made... | |
 | 1836 - 748 страници
...lands worth an 1001. by year in Staffordshire, that I had of good King Edward. " My house of Burghley is of my mother's inheritance ; who liveth and is...I but a farmer. And for the building there, I have set my walls but upon the old foundation. Indeed, I have made the rough stone walls to be of square... | |
 | 1836 - 746 страници
...Staffordshire, that I had of good King Edward. " My house of Burghley is of my mother's inheritance j who liveth and is the owner thereof : and I but a farmer. And for the building there, I have set my walls bnt upon the old foundation. Indeed, I have made the rough stone walls to be of square... | |
 | 1844 - 84 страници
...proximity to the metropolis. The Lord Treasurer himself, indeed, writes, in 1585, " My house of Burghley is of my mother's inheritance, who liveth, and is the owner thereof, and I but a farmer." On the death of the Lord Treasurer, in 1598, the manor devolved upon his eldest son, Thomas, the second... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1866 - 354 страници
...celebrated WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURLEIGH. In one of his letters, dated 1585, he says, "My house of Burleigh is of my mother's inheritance, who liveth, and is...I but a farmer; and for the building there, I have set my walls on the old foundations. Indeed, I have made the rough stone walls to be square, and yet... | |
 | 1873 - 670 страници
...Jane Hackington. Be this as it may, Lord Burghley, under date of 1585, writes, "My house of Burghley is of my mother's inheritance, who liveth, and is...the owner thereof, and I but a farmer ; and for the buildinj there I have set my walls on the old foundations. Indeed. I have made the rough stone walls... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - 1879 - 562 страници
...with the account given by Lord Burghley himself, who writes in 1585 as follows : "My house of Burghley is of my mother's inheritance, who liveth, and is the owner thereof, and I but a farmer." Before speaking more particularly of this stately home of the Marquis of Exeter, it may not be out... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1880 - 262 страници
...celebrated WILLIAM CECIL, LORD BURLEIGH. In one of his letters, dated 1585, he says, "My house of Burleigh is of my mother's inheritance, who liveth, and is...I but a farmer; and for the building there, I have set my walls on the old foundations. Indeed I have made the rough stone walla to be square, and yet... | |
 | George Ravenscroft Dennis - 1914 - 376 страници
...Herlle (August 14th, 1585), he makes light of these accusations. " My house of Burghley," he says, " is of my mother's inheritance who liveth and is the...I but a farmer. And for the building there, I have set my walls but upon the old foundation. Indeed, I have made the rough stone walls to be of square... | |
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I have set my walls but upon the old foundation. Indeed, I have made the rough stone walls to be of square ; and yet one side remaineth as my father left it me. I trust my son shall be able to maintain it, considering that there are in that shire a dozen... 
