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3 days ago · THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. The 16th century, which was troubled by many serious dissensions between town and gown, opened with a composition between the two parties, made by three arbitrators under the auspices of Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, the mother of King Henry VII (1503).
- The Middle Ages
In the rolls of petitions for benefices sent to Rome,...
- The Middle Ages
3 days ago · Relations between town and gown, though still troubled, were, on the whole, better in this period than during the 16th century. The position of the University was strengthened by the grant in 1604 of the right to return members to Parliament, (fn. 1) and in 1605 by a new royal charter.
5 days ago · The University of Cambridge: The modern university (1882-1939) A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3, the City and University of Cambridge. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1959. This free content was digitised by double rekeying.
21 hours ago · This article is about English monarchs until 1707. For British monarchs since the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, see List of British monarchs.
4 days ago · This continued until the Stuart Dynasty (1603–1714), with records showing that Charles II (reigned 1660–1685) touched 23,000 people in four years (1660–1664), and his brother James II (reigned 1685–1688), who was deposed in the Glorious Revolution, touched 4,422 scrofula patients in nine months (March-December 1685).
3 days ago · Her weak eyesight and indifferent health forced her to rely more upon her ministers than had any of her Stuart predecessors, but she was no less effective for that. Anne had decided views about people and policies, and these did much to shape her reign.
5 days ago · Edgar (r. 1097-1107) Born around 1074, Edgar was the fourth son of Malcolm III and St Margaret. He found refuge in England on his father's death and, about 1095, William II of England recognised him as the rightful King of Scots. In return, Edgar agreed to hold Scotland as William's vassal.
