. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. ELEANOR OF PROVENCE. 409 , â¢* Tlic friend of pity and ttlnw-dwHl, i" Hoiiry Uio Tliinl whilnnio of Kni^land kin^, .1 ( I' " Who thin church bmke, Hnr, at h'w lueed, \i^,\f Again ronowod into thii* lUir buildinf;;, , Now retttoth here, which did so ffrout a ; Tlie pope add
. Flora Americae Septentrionalis, or, A systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America [electronic resource] : containing, besides what have been described by preceding authors, many new and rare species, collected during twelve years travels and residence in that country. Botany. ELEANOR OF PROVENCE. 409 , â¢* Tlic friend of pity and ttlnw-dwHl, i" Hoiiry Uio Tliinl whilnnio of Kni^land kin^, .1 ( I' " Who thin church bmke, Hnr, at h'w lueed, \i^,\f Again ronowod into thii* lUir buildinf;;, , Now retttoth here, which did so ffrout a ; Tlie pope addressed a pastoral letter of condolence to Eleanor on the death of the king her husband: it is written jointly to her and king Edward, whom he felicitates on his accession, and requests Eleanor to give him the letter on his return. One of the first things that occupied the attention of the royal widow was, the refounding St. Katherine's hos- pital, for a master, a chaplain, three sisters, ten bedewomen, and six poor scholars; she having previously dissolved the original cstabhshmeut of Matilda of Boulogne, on account of misgovemment. ⢠â Soon after his return, Edward I. was forced to rectify a wrong committed by his mother, which was much in the stylo of her former acts of rapacity. Just before the death of her husband, she had persuaded him to grant her the custody of London-bridge for six years. Before the term was expired, the citizens found their new-built bridge was suffering great injury, " for," they declared, in their supplication to the king, " the said lady queen taketh aU the tolls, and careth not how the bridge is ;' The very first patent granted by Ed- ward I. in the first year of his reign, is the concession of her dower to liis royal mother. Tins document, which is still preserved among the patent rolls in the Tower, is entituled,â " Ample assignation of a dowry to Alianora, queen of England, mother of the ; There are
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