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  • On the other hand, Nicholl seems attracted to and fascinated by Mountjoy's wife Mary, who had died by the time of the court case but is very visible in other surviving records of the early James I years, supplying headgear to the new Queen, consulting with the notorious astrologer Simon Foreman.

    Supreme Court Meme nwhyte 2008

  • Shakespeare was not only the upstairs lodger in the Mountjoy's house; he also "perswaded" Belott to marry Mary and officiated at their handfasting ceremony a few weeks before their church marriage.

    Supreme Court Meme nwhyte 2008

  • Back in 1604, Mountjoy's daughter Mary had married his apprentice, Stephen Belott.

    Supreme Court Meme nwhyte 2008

  • Given that Mountjoy's health had deteriorated since his return from Ireland, they probably thought it was worth the risk to finally be man and five after 15 years together.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2009

  • The city was not properly circumstanced to sustain a siege, the defenders consisting of a body of raw undisciplined protestants, who had fled thither for shelter, and half a regiment of lord Mountjoy's disciplined soldiers, with the principal part of the inhabitants, making in all only seven thousand three hundred and sixty-one fighting men.

    Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs John Foxe

  • Before they knew it, they were within range of Mountjoy's concealed riflemen.

    Rebel Raider H. Beam Piper 1934

  • The picture is overdrawn for modern taste, but making due allowance for Mountjoy's turgid efforts to emulate his master's eloquence, enough remains to indicate the impression made by

    Henry VIII. 1908

  • When we came into the hall, the attendants not only of the palace, but also of Mountjoy's household, were all assembled.

    Henry VIII. 1908

  • In a sense, of course, he was correct; for the letter was written in Mountjoy's name.

    The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901

  • I have been dining at Lord Mountjoy's; and am come to study; our news from Spain this post takes off some of our fears.

    The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

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