lord-admiral

Sir Francis was much vexed that the lord-admiral had not complied with the earnest request the Earl of

By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 1867

This was under the command of Lord Howard as lord-admiral, the Earl of

By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 1867

The protector and council soon after refused to the lord-admiral certain grants of land and valuable jewels which he claimed as bequests to his wife from the late king, and the, perhaps, real injury, thus added to the slights of which he before complained, gave fresh exasperation to the pride and turbulence of his character.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

Whilst the lord-admiral, with the principal fleet stationed off

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

By this means it happened, that after the queen's remarriage she found herself domesticated under the roof of the lord-admiral; and in this situation she had soon the misfortune to become an object of his marked attention.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

For his good service he was knighted by the lord-admiral on board his own ship immediately after the action, when the like honor was bestowed on that eminent navigator Frobisher, who led into action the Triumph, one of the three first-rates which were then all that the

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

Parry was the person who had filled for many years the office of her cofferer, who was perfectly in the secret of whatever confidential intercourse she might formerly have held with the lord-admiral, and whose fidelity to her in that business had stood firm against all the threats of the protector and council, and the artifices of those by whom his examination had been conducted.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

Leicester, the lord-admiral, and Hatton, "very despitefully" repeated them in hearing of them all.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

Her majesty rewarded the lord-admiral with a considerable pension, and settled annuities on the wounded seamen and on some of the more necessitous among the officers; the rest she honored with much personal notice and many gracious terms of commendation, which they were expected to receive in lieu of more substantial remuneration; -- for parsimony, the darling virtue of Elizabeth, was not forgotten even in her gratitude to the brave defenders of her country.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

But in no way she will not confess any practice by Mrs. Ashley or the cofferer concerning my lord-admiral; and yet I do see it in her face that she is guilty, and do perceive as yet that she will abide the storms or she accuse Mrs. Ashley.

Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822