 | Mark Noble - Heraldry - 1804 - 548 pages
...until his father gave him that of Fitz-Roy; the lady having been represented as previously saying, " It were to me a great shame, " To have a lord withouten his twa name." But But though surnames had long been in use, yet the nobility retained their ancient custom of omitting... | |
 | Stephen Reynolds Clarke - England - 1826 - 450 pages
...desirous of having his natural son Robert married to a great heiress, the lady refused on this ground : " It were to me a great shame To have a lord withouten his twa name." • Whereupon his father gave him the name of Fitz Roy, and afterwards created him Earl of Gloucester. P. — But... | |
 | Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...King Henry the first would have maried her to his base sonne Robert, shee first refusing answered ; It were to me a great shame To have a Lord withouten his twa name. Whereupon the King his father gave him the name of Fitz-Roy, who after was Earle of Glocester, and the onely worthy of... | |
 | Edward Duke - Architecture, Domestic - 1837 - 686 pages
...King Henry the first would have maried her to his base sonne Robert, shee first refusing answered ; It were to me a great shame To have a Lord withouten his twa name. Whereupon the King his father gave him the name of Fitz-Roy, who after was Earle of Glocester, and the onely worthy of... | |
 | Books - 1837 - 654 pages
...King Henry the first would have married her to his base sonne Robert, shee first refusing answered : It were to me a great shame To have a Lord withouten his twa name, Whereupon the King his father gave him the name of Fitx-Roy, who after was Earle of Glocester, and the onely worthy of... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Table-talk - 1840 - 290 pages
...King Henry the First would have married her to his base sonne Robert, she, first refusing, answered, It were to me a great shame, To have a lord withouten his twa name : Whereupon the king, his father, gave him the name of Fitz-Roy, who after was Earle of Gloucester, and the onely worthy... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Table-talk - 1840 - 286 pages
...King Henry the First would have married her to his base sonne Robert, she, first refusing, answered, It were to me a great shame, To have a lord withouten his twa name : Whereupon the king, his father, gave him the name of Fitz-Roy, who after was Earlc of Gloucester, and the onely worthy... | |
 | William Arthur - Names, Personal - 1857 - 326 pages
...Fitzhamon, an English nobleman of wealth, refused the hand of Robert, the natural son of the king, saying, " It were to me a great shame To have a lord withouten hia twa name." Whereupon, the king gave him the name of Fitz Roy, " the son of the king." Children... | |
 | Cosmo Innes - Names, Personal - 1860 - 88 pages
...marry his natural son Robert to Mabel, one of the heiresses of Fitz-Hamon. The lady demurred, — " It were to me a great shame To have a lord withouten his twa name." Robert of Gloster. " Whereupon," says Camden, " the King, his father, gave him the name of Fitzroy,... | |
 | SMITH - 1862 - 924 pages
...Henry I. wished to marry his son Robert to Mabel, co-heiress of Fitz-IIamon, the lady demurred — " It were to me a great shame, To have a lord withouten his twa name." Robert of Glaster. " Whereupon," says Camden, " the King, his father, gave him the name of 1'itz-Roy,... | |
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Henry I wished to marry his natural son Robert to Mabel, one of the heiresses of Fitz-Hamon. The lady demurred : "It were to me a great shame To have a lord withouten his twa name. 
