Example sentences of "[prep] edward [num] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But many districts which had secured their freedom from the Forest law during Edward II 's reign were once more made subject to it . |
| 2 | English politics throughout the fourteenth century and especially during Edward II 's reign were crucially influenced by Scotland . |
| 3 | Whereas in Exeter cathedral , where endowments were modest and equally divided among the chapter members , only a quarter of the twenty-four canons were nonresident during Edward II 's reign , in the cathedrals of York , Lincoln , Wells , Salisbury and Lichfield between two thirds and three quarters of the canons were occupied elsewhere . |
| 4 | In 1333 he rallied the men of the Cinque ports to defend the country during Edward III 's absence in Scotland and through the early stages of the Hundred Years ' War was inevitably caught up in coastal defence . |
| 5 | Further works at Westminster Palace were entrusted to him in April 1346 , and included the final stages of St Stephen 's chapel , and he was to impress masons and carpenters for Edward III 's expedition against France . |
| 6 | By the time Shaw preached his sermon , informed opinion recognized Gloucester 's accession as inevitable , and this helps to explain the apparent lack of interest with which the most nearly contemporary chroniclers treat the grounds for Edward V 's deposition . |
| 7 | By the time Shaw preached his sermon , informed opinion recognized Gloucester 's accession as inevitable , and this helps to explain the apparent lack of interest with which the most nearly contemporary chroniclers treat the grounds for Edward V 's deposition . |
| 8 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 9 | It was perhaps their awareness of this , rather than their arrogance , which led them to emphasize the relationship so strongly after Edward IV 's death . |
| 10 | Despite Edward II 's attempt to take the lordships of Blanquefort , Montségur , Lectoure , Dunes and Donzac into his own hands on Régine de Gotb 's death in September 1325 , Armagnac retained his territorial foothold in Plantagenet Aquitaine . |
| 11 | On 19 March Pope John XXII reserved the see for John of Puzzuoli , chaplain of Edward II 's queen , Isabella [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | Men from Ponthieu were also prominent among those who played a part in the worsening of English relations with the French monarchy in the latter part of Edward II 's reign and the early part of Edward III's . |
| 13 | Although the new burgesses then exceeded the re-elected ones , by the first parliament of Edward II 's reign , at Michaelmas 1307 , the reverse was true . |
| 14 | During the political unrest of Edward II 's reign , Eastry sought to restore tranquillity to the realm . |
| 15 | It is a measure of Edward II 's loss of control of his family that a matter as important as his heir 's marriage could be arranged without his prior knowledge or consent . |
| 16 | A third was a member of Edward IV 's household , Christopher Worsley , a marshall of the hall , who had been sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1470 and whose links with Gloucester are unknown . |
| 17 | The office of controller of the coinage of tin , previously held by Sir Thomas Vaughan , passed to another of Edward IV 's household men , Avery Cornburgh , who had been feodary of the duchy and occupier of the mines in Devon and Cornwall . |
| 18 | A third was a member of Edward IV 's household , Christopher Worsley , a marshall of the hall , who had been sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1470 and whose links with Gloucester are unknown . |
| 19 | The office of controller of the coinage of tin , previously held by Sir Thomas Vaughan , passed to another of Edward IV 's household men , Avery Cornburgh , who had been feodary of the duchy and occupier of the mines in Devon and Cornwall . |
| 20 | On top of this military expenditure , the government had to find the cost of Edward IV 's funeral ( £1,886 ) and the cost of Edward V 's coronation , now rescheduled for 22 June . |
| 21 | On top of this military expenditure , the government had to find the cost of Edward IV 's funeral ( £1,886 ) and the cost of Edward V 's coronation , now rescheduled for 22 June . |
| 22 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
| 23 | It is only viewed in retrospect that such dual loyalties seem strange : in the context of Edward IV 's reign they made very good sense . |
| 24 | In the context of Edward IV 's reign , in which the retinue was created , neither assumption is true . |
| 25 | It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign . |
| 26 | The year 1475 was to prove crucial for the recovery of cloth exports , as the Treaty of Utrecht with the Hanse and the Treaty of Picquigny with France did much to restore the level of exports in the latter years of Edward IV 's reign ( 94 , pp.26–9 , 34–6 ) . |
| 27 | Only eight at the time of his brother 's accession in 1461 , he spent the early years of Edward IV 's reign in relative obscurity , overshadowed by his elder brother George duke of Clarence . |
| 28 | It is only viewed in retrospect that such dual loyalties seem strange : in the context of Edward IV 's reign they made very good sense . |
| 29 | In the context of Edward IV 's reign , in which the retinue was created , neither assumption is true . |
| 30 | It was only after the rebellion of autumn 1483 had demonstrated that Richard had lost the support of a significant number of his brother 's men , that it made political sense to indulge in general criticism of Edward IV 's reign . |