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during the king's pleasure; he received his release the following
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happened, with their followers, to meet; they made way for each other, and ordered their followers to do the same, but the hindmost came to blows. In the fray, the chancellor was shot dead, and the blame for the murder was assigned by many to
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The 11th earl had a reputation for extravagance, was francophile, and of uncertain religious views. On 17 March 1577–8 he became involved in an affray which resulted in the death of his hereditary enemy, the
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in a correspondence with Spain in reference to a
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