Sir William Cavendish's Memoirs of the life of Cardinal Woolsey, Legate for the Pope, Archbishop of...
Sir William Cavendish's Memoirs of the life of Cardinal Woolsey, Legate for the Pope, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester, Lord High-Chancellor of England, and Principal Minister of State in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth. Containing I. His Rise and Excessive Power. II. His Embassies, Negociations and Treaties of Peace with Germany and France, &c. III. His Secret Transactions in Church and State. IV. The Plots of the Nobility against him. V. The King's Descent into France. VI. An Account of the Perpetual Peace 'twixt the English and French, sign'd and swore to by both Kings. Vii. The Cardinal's Contrivances to humor the King's Amours and Entertainments. Viii. His Fall, Last Speech, and Death. To which is added, a memorial against favourites, presented to Q. Elizabeth, written by the Lord-Treasurer Burleigh [electronic resource].
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London : printed, and are to be sold by E. Read, the Corner of Vere-Street, against Clare-Market, 1708.
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1708.
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[6],230,[2]p. ; 8°.
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London : printed, and are to be sold by E. Read, the Corner of Vere-Street, against Clare-Market, 1708.
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The second edition.
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England
Date Published
1708.
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Sir William Cavendish's Memoirs of the life of Cardinal Woolsey, Legate for the Pope, Archbishop of York, Bishop of Winchester, Lord High-Chancellor of England, and Principal Minister of State in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth. Containing I. His Rise and Excessive Power. II. His Embassies, Negociations and Treaties of Peace with Germany and Fra...
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First published in 1641 as 'The negotiations of T. Woolsey'.
Not in fact by William Cavendish, but by his brother, George Cavendish.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
With a final advertisement leaf.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VvXydDlRVA
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