. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD i6l Eighth was bilious, melancholy marked his courtiers for her own. No ! there was not much magnificence about Wolsey during the short time he stayed at Esher Place. He had no steward about him, " which was always a dean, or priest ; no treasurerâa knight ; no controllerâa squireâwho always had within his house their white staves ;" nor in his privy kitchen had he the master cook, " who," according to Cavendish, " went daily cj^jUiil ^^ ^ ,
. Coaching days & ways. Horses; Coaching (Transportation) -- England; England -- Social life and customs. THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD i6l Eighth was bilious, melancholy marked his courtiers for her own. No ! there was not much magnificence about Wolsey during the short time he stayed at Esher Place. He had no steward about him, " which was always a dean, or priest ; no treasurerâa knight ; no controllerâa squireâwho always had within his house their white staves ;" nor in his privy kitchen had he the master cook, " who," according to Cavendish, " went daily cj^jUiil ^^ ^ ,-/â ?'.^~-/'. v^"-f:'@%-"'?h('^^-- *â fiiiBWf'j s Vni (jjSsr w. 4^ ^^-^^^-yU^ir' 7"Ac Z?ean Eshcr. 1' in satin, damask, or velvet, with a chain of gold about his neck "âthough a white cap and apron would surely have been more in harmony with the surroundings. No, Wolsey, when he retired to Esher Place, had none of these things. He was closely shorn of all his magnifi- cence, and was indeed in want of the common necessaries of life. His dejection was not mitigated by this starved condition of the larder, nor by the dampness of the house, of which he wrote a sad account to Gardiner, M. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cuming, E. D. (Edward William Dirom), 1862-1941; Armour, G. D. (George Denholm), 1864-1949. [London] : Hodder and Stoughton
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