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He continued grand master under the reign of Richard II.; was succeeded by Thomas Fitz Allen, Earl of Surrey, in Henry IV. 's reign; and on Henry V. 's accession, Chichely, Archbishop of Canterbury, presided over the society.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 491, May 28, 1831 Various
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Chichely as Lieutenant-Governor, and verily he might as well have left a weather-cock as that well-intentioned but pliable gentleman.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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None of the colony, least of all the militia, stood in awe of Sir Henry Chichely, nor regarded him as more than a figure-head of authority when my Lord Culpeper had set sail.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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"As well go to a branch of a locust-tree blown by the May wind with honey for all seeking noses, as to Chichely," said Parson Downs.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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We hurried along the moonlit road, then struck into a bridle-path, being bound for Major Robert Beverly's plantation, he being supposed to know naught of it, and indeed after his issuing of orders he had ridden to Jamestown, to see Sir Henry Chichely, and keep him quiet with a game at piquet, which he much affected.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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When my Lord Culpeper had arrived in Virginia, succeeding Berkeley, Jeffries, and Chichely, then returned the brothers Richard and Nicholas Barry, or Dick and Nick, as they were termed among the people; and as my Lord Culpeper was not averse to increasing his revenues, there were those who whispered, though secretly and guardedly, that the two bold brothers purchased their safety and peaceful home-dwelling.
The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century 1900
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Chichely, nor regarded him as more than a figure-head of authority when my Lord Culpeper had set sail.
The Heart's Highway Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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"As well go to a branch of a locust-tree blown by the May wind with honey for all seeking noses, as to Chichely," said Parson Downs.
The Heart's Highway Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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Jeffries, and Chichely, then returned the brothers Richard and
The Heart's Highway Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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Chichely shook his head with much meaning: he was not going to incur the certainty of being accepted by the woman he would choose.
 
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