| Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 626 pages
...Anthony Bek. Surrounded by his officers of state, or marching at . " ' f Dugdale's Baronage, vol. ip 426. the head of his troops, in peace or in war, he appeared...his table, bare-headed and standing.' .Impatient of control, whilst he asserted an'oppressive superiority over the convent, and trampled on the rights... | |
| William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1828 - 882 pages
...Anthony Bek. Surrounded hy his officers of state, or marching at the head of hii troops, in peace or war, he appeared as the military chief of a powerful...instead of menial servants, knights waited in his presence chamber and at bis table, bareheaded and standing. Impatient of control, whilst he asserted... | |
| Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1828 - 426 pages
...imperfections. " The Palatine power reached its highest elevation under the splendid pontificate of Anthony Bek. Surrounded by his officers of state, or marching at the head of his troops, in peace or war, he appeared as the military chief of a powerful and independent franchise. The court of Durham... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1829 - 558 pages
...— ' The Palatine power reached its highest elevation under the splendid pontificate of Antony Beke. Surrounded by his officers of state, or marching at...at his table, bareheaded and standing. Impatient of control, whilst he asserted an oppressive superiority over the convent, and trampled on the rights... | |
| John Donald Carrick - 1830 - 324 pages
...by his officers of state, or marching at f Dugdale's Baronage, vol. ip 426. 264 APPENDIX D. the bead of his troops, in peace or in war, he appeared as...his table, bare-headed and standing.' Impatient of control, whilst he asserted an oppressive superiority over the convent, and trampled on the rights... | |
| 1841 - 894 pages
...patriarch, and king. The palatine power reached its highest elevation under his splendid pontificate. Surrounded by his officers of state, or marching at...presence-chamber, and at his table, bareheaded and standing. His high birth gave him a natural claim to power, and he possessed every popular and splendid quality... | |
| Moses Aaron Richardson - 1841 - 452 pages
...patriarch, and king. The palatine power reached its highest elevation under his splendid pontificate. Surrounded by his officers of state, or marching at...presence-chamber, and at his table, bareheaded and standing. His high birth gave him a natural claim to power, and he possessed every popular and splendid quality... | |
| Moses Aaron Richardson - 1841 - 452 pages
...patriarch, and king. The palatine power reached its highest elevation under his splendid pontificate. Surrounded by his officers of state, or marching at...presence-chamber, and at his table, bareheaded and standing. His high birth gave him a natural claim to power, and he possessed every popular and splendid quality... | |
| William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe - 1854 - 610 pages
...Derlington. ANTHONY BEKE. Elected 9 July, 1283 ; consecrated 9 Jan. 1283 ; died 1310, March 3. In his time the court of Durham exhibited all the appendages of...instead of menial servants, knights waited in his presence chamber, and at his table, bareheaded and standing. He gave 40*.* for as many fresh herrings... | |
| Whellan, William, & Co - 1856 - 1082 pages
...tho high meridian of its greatness," and the court of Durham exhibited all the appendages of royalty. Surrounded by his officers of state, or marching at...head of his troops, in peace or in war, he appeared us the military chief of a powerful and independent franchise. Nobles addressed the palatine sovereign... | |
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