| Thomas Evans - 1810 - 386 strani
...fathers and mothers of the said Richard Whittington and Alice his wife : for. king Richard the Second, and Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, special lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington,'&c. , riKRE must I tell the praise Of worthy Whittington, Known to he in his days Thrice... | |
| 1823 - 494 strani
...Whittington's college. The members of it «re directed to remember in their prayers " Richard the Second', and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, special...lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington;" showing distinctly, that it was to some special privilege or favour conferred on him by these princes,... | |
| Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 strani
...Whittington's college. The memhers of it are directed to rememher in their prayers " Richard the Second, and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, special...lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington ,•" showing distinctly, that it was to some special privilege or favour conferred on him by these... | |
| Sholto Percy, Reuben Percy - 1824 - 388 strani
...Whittington's college. The members of it are directed to remember in their prayers " Richard the Second, and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, special...lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington;" showing distinctly, that it was to some special privilege or favour conferred on him by these princes,... | |
| Emma Roberts - 1827 - 572 strani
...language in which the charter of Whittington College is couched: its members are directed in this document to remember in their prayers for ever " Richard II....lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington." Whittington therefore owed to the king and the duke some exclusive privilege or favour, for which he... | |
| Emma Roberts - 1827 - 576 strani
...fortune, which enabled him to found that college whose members were thus to remember in their prayers Richard II. and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester,...lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington. As to the story of " Whittington's cat," so preciousin its character as being oneof thefew romances... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 strani
...Whittington's College. The members of it are directed to remember in their prayers ' Richard the Second, and Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, special...lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington ;' showing distinctly, that it was to some special privilege or favor conferred on him by these princes,... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 254 strani
...and from the ordinances of this foundation we learn that he was the son of Sir William Whittington, knight. A descent such as this strips our lord-mayor's...when we may suppose Whittington a boy, the burning of pit-coal in London was esteemed so great a nuisance, that those who ventured to consume the prohibited... | |
| Sir Richard WHITTINGTON - 1841 - 416 strani
...their founders; for the souls of Hugh Fitzwarren, and Dame Maud his wife ; of King Richard the Second, and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, special lords and promoters of the said Whittington ; and for Anne and Eleanor, the wives of the said king and duke. Moreover, for the good... | |
| Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 strani
...Molde his wife ; the fathers and mothers of the said Richard Whittington, and Alice his wife ; for King Richard II. ; and Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester; special lords and promoters of the said Richard Whittington."1 This foundation was suppressed at the Reformation, by the statute of Edward VI. As his... | |
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