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" It is this day ordered by his Majesty, with the advice of the Board, that Archibald Armstrong, the king's fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature, spoken by him against the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, his Grace, and proved to be uttered... "
Some traditionall memorialls on the reign of Queene Elizabeth [by Francis ... - Page 402
by Walter Scott - 1811
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Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter

Ben Jonson - English prose literature - 1892 - 222 pages
...his class, as the records of the Council, March n, 1637-8, show that "Archibald Armstrong, the king's fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature,...against the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his grace, shall have his coat pulted over his head, and be discharged the king's service and banished the court"...
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Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter; Ed. with an Introduction ...

Ben Jonson - 1892 - 216 pages
...class, as the records of the Council, March II, 1637-8, show that " Archibald Armstrong, the king's fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature,...against the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his grace, shall have his coat pulled over his head, and be discharged the king's service and banished the court"...
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Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter

Ben Jonson - English prose literature - 1892 - 216 pages
...class, as the records of the Council, March n, 1637-8, show that "Archibald Armstrong, theJyagJlsJoolT for certain scandalous words of a high nature, spoken...against the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his grace, shall have his coat pulled over his head, and be discharged the king's service and banished the court"...
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A Life of Archbishop Laud

Thomas Longueville, Romish recusant - Laud, William - 1894 - 526 pages
...this day ordered by His Majesty, with the advice of the board, that Archibald Armstrong, the King's fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature,...have his coat pulled over his head, and be discharged the King's service, and banished the court, for which the Lord 1 " History of Court Fools," by Dr Doran,...
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Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly ..., Volume 1

John Brand - Christian antiquities - 1895 - 602 pages
...11, 1637,) ordered by his Majesty, with the advice of the board, that Archibald Armstrong, the King's Fool, for certain scandalous words, of a high nature, spoken by him against the Lord Archbishop of Canter, bury, his Grace, and proved to be uttered by him by two witnesses, shall have his coat pulled...
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Observations on Popular Antiquities Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our ...

John Brand, Henry Ellis - Christian antiquities - 1900 - 886 pages
...AD 1637), ordered by his Majesty, with the advice of the Board, that Archibald Armstrong, the King's Fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature,...Canterbury his Grace, and proved to be uttered by him by * " In one instance he is biting the tail of a dog, and seems to place his fingers upon his body, as...
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Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reigns of the Stuarts ..., Volume 2

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 368 pages
...this day ordered by his Majesty, with the advice of the Board, that Archibald Armstrong, the king's fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature,...coat pulled over his head, and be discharged of the king's service, and banished the court ; for which the lord chamberlain of the king's household is...
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Memoirs of the court of England during the reigns of the Stuarts, including ...

John Heneage Jesse - Great Britain - 1901 - 376 pages
...this day ordered by his Majesty, with the advice of the Board, that Archibald Armstrong, the king's fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature,...coat pulled over his head, and be discharged of the king's service, and banished the court ; for which the lord chamberlain of the king's household is...
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Royalty in All Ages: The Amusements, Eccentricities, Accomplishments ...

Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer - Europe - 1903 - 482 pages
...n, 1637, will show: — " It is this day ordered by his Majesty that Archibald Armstrong, the King's fool, for certain scandalous words of a high nature,...coat pulled over his head, and be discharged of the King's service, and banished the Court, for which the Lord Chamberlain of the King's household is prayed...
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Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, Volume 62

1907 - 1052 pages
...order dated Whitehall, March 11, 1637, it was decreed that Archibald Armstrong, the King's Fool, should have ' his coat pulled over his head and be discharged of the King's service and banished the court,' the King being present in person at the passing of the sentence,...
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