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Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… known as the Viscount of Ghent. A letter from Thomas Stokes at Bruges (No. 292) depicts the dismay caused by this mishap. Though Stokes professes to fear 'the Italian fig' for him, the … force, according to the version given by Gilpin, whom Stokes corroborates (Nos. 426, 428). It is right to say that …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… by Parma with a small force. Quite early in the month Stokes reported that Monsieur was stated to be at … Whether Elbuf was among the 'some about him' who, as Stokes wrote in September (No. 328), kept Monsieur back, it … the past year. The correspondence is fairly copious. Stokes writes from Bruges almost every Sunday ; Rossel's and …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… August 8, 1174. He is known to have so waited at Stokes (Bay) three years later (July 9 1177), so this charter being granted apud Stokes harmonises with the supposition that he was waiting to …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… stood their ground and were nearly all put to the sword. Stokes said that it was the German mercenaries (mofes) who … chiefest of all the enemy's horsemen, mentioned in Stokes' letter, was probably Farrente Spinola, who was …
Calendar of State Papers Foreign: Elizabeth
… town had been loosely invested before the end of April. Stokes, writing on May 20, expresses surprise at the … leaving particulars to the report of the bearer; but Stokes (No. 294) and Herle more fully (No. 302) give … of Scots is recorded, curiously enough, in a letter from Stokes at Bruges. It was evidently regarded as of serious …