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Há 2 dias · — William Godwin to Mary Shelley After her husband's death, Mary Shelley lived for a year with Leigh Hunt and his family in Genoa, where she often saw Byron and transcribed his poems. She resolved to live by her pen and for her son, but her financial situation was precarious. On 23 July 1823, she left Genoa for England and stayed with her father and stepmother in the Strand until a small ...
Há 5 dias · The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used by modern historians to identify four distinct royal houses: the Angevins , who were also counts of Anjou; the main line of the Plantagenets following the loss of Anjou; and the Houses of Lancaster and York , two of the Plantagenets ...
Há 2 dias · Disputes over promises of land, money, and royal favour in exchange for their continued support drove the House of Percy, led by Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland and Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, to rebel multiple times against Henry.
15 de mai. de 2024 · This belonged to Henry, the third Earl of Northumberland, in the reign of Henry VI.; and after his time it became converted into a gambling-house, and its gardens into bowling-alleys. A third Northumberland House, occupied by Henry, the ninth earl, was in the Blackfriars, in a house abutting on the property of William Shakespeare.
Há 5 dias · Roger de Scamelesbi, c. 1240 (fn. 4) William de Merden, c. 1270 (fn. 5) Robert de Haleghton, or Halton, occurs 1290, 1293 (fn. 6) Thomas de Thoulouse, c. 1301 (fn. 7) William de Grafton, occurs 1304, (fn. 8) arrested 1308 (fn. 9) 68. THE PRECEPTORY OF COPMANTHORPE, WITH THE CASTLE MILLS, YORK. William Malbys gave the manor of Copmanthorpe and ...
Há 3 dias · Carpenter's elevations of 1841 were carried out with no more than minor modifications. To fit the road layout the twenty-seven houses of Percy Circus were grouped in multiples of three, with three sections of three, one of six and one of twelve. The mid-terrace houses have conventional rear-staircase layouts.
7 de mai. de 2024 · Percy is a male given name of French origin, which means ‘one who pierces the valley.’ It is also an English surname that originated from Percy-en-Auge, a Normandy town. William de Percy brought the surname to Britain after his arrival in England soon after the conquest.
