Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] edward [num] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | No wonder that the winning of the French crown became so important a part of Edward III 's war policy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | These devices protected the integrity of the inheritance , and both the patronage of the crown and the wealth won from war enabled many inheritances to grow larger in the course of Edward III 's reign . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But many districts which had secured their freedom from the Forest law during Edward II 's reign were once more made subject to it . |
| 7 | From 1316 to 1319 Audley was one of a small group of courtiers , including Roger Damory [ q.v. ] and Hugh Despenser junior [ q.v. ] , husbands of the other two Gloucester co-heiresses , who kept a tight grip on Edward II 's patronage and favour ; though he was perhaps the least prominent of the three . |
| 8 | During the political unrest of Edward II 's reign , Eastry sought to restore tranquillity to the realm . |
| 9 | Bodley drew Manning 's portrait in Cardinal Manning and Other Essays ( 1912 ) , and wrote by royal command the official record of Edward VII 's coronation ( published 1903 ) . |
| 10 | In the period before Edward V 's deposition only a handful of references to his household survive , but all the men named were former servants of Edward IV . |
| 11 | In the period before Edward V 's deposition only a handful of references to his household survive , but all the men named were former servants of Edward IV . |
| 12 | The Earl of Arundel was made Justice of North Wales for life , and in a gesture of reconciliation towards the Despenser family Hugh Despenser , the heir to Edward II 's favourite , was restored to some of his father 's lands . |
| 13 | After a string of scandals involving the younger royals , many believe the House of Windsor is facing its biggest crisis since Edward VIII 's abdication in 1936 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 1160 ) , whose famous namesake and descendant , bearer of Edward III 's standard at Creçy , was known as Sir Guy Brian , with later generations being called Bryan . |
| 17 | By the last decade of Edward III 's reign it had become customary for the contracts of service to specify how the gains of war were to be divided . |
| 18 | Londoners were deeply involved in the revival of the Gascon wine trade in Edward IV 's reign , and also in the trade in metals , particularly Cornish tin . |
| 19 | Such an outcome would have been so great a blow to Edward II 's prestige that he decided to throw all his resources into reaching the garrison and destroying the besiegers . |
| 20 | Whatever the council 's response to Edward IV 's death , it was soon overtaken by events . |
| 21 | Whatever the council 's response to Edward IV 's death , it was soon overtaken by events . |
| 22 | The revival in the fortunes of the Mortimer family is an outstanding example of the working of Edward III 's patronage , first in setting aside the forfeiture of 1330 and then in permitting Edmund Mortimer to marry his granddaughter . |
| 23 | It is difficult to point to any area where the church gained at the expense of the monarchy in Edward II 's reign . |
| 24 | By the autumn of 1283 the danger of Armagnac submission to the immediate lordship of the French crown appeared to have passed , but the behaviour of Philip III 's officers , especially his seneschal of Toulouse , had given rise to great concern among Edward I 's Gascon council at Bordeaux and among his proctors and advocates at Paris . |
| 25 | This was nowhere more true than on the northern border , where the nobles who held office as Wardens of the Marches , a system that had reached full development by the end of Edward III 's reign , were in effect allowed to maintain permanent standing armies at the Exchequer 's expense . |
| 26 | The same attitude can be seen in the matter of Edward V 's household . |
| 27 | The same attitude can be seen in the matter of Edward V 's household . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |