Example sentences of "it be gloucester [Wh pn] " in BNC.

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1 In 1474 William lord Hastings was made steward of Tutbury , Castle Donington ( Leics. ) and the Peak by Edward IV ; but it was Gloucester who , by his own letters patent , made him steward of Ollerton ( Notts . ) .
2 But in the partition of the Warwick and Salisbury lands which was finally achieved in 1474 it was Gloucester who secured the Welsh estates .
3 It was Gloucester who chose to put an end to it .
4 The Woodvilles , in short , may constitute a potential weakness in Edward 's scheme of things , but it was Gloucester who actually dictated events , first by seizing the prince and then by taking the throne , and the Woodvilles ' importance becomes a question of how far it was they who triggered Gloucester 's actions .
5 In 1474 William lord Hastings was made steward of Tutbury , Castle Donington ( Leics. ) and the Peak by Edward IV ; but it was Gloucester who , by his own letters patent , made him steward of Ollerton ( Notts . ) .
6 But in the partition of the Warwick and Salisbury lands which was finally achieved in 1474 it was Gloucester who secured the Welsh estates .
7 It was Gloucester who chose to put an end to it .
8 The Woodvilles , in short , may constitute a potential weakness in Edward 's scheme of things , but it was Gloucester who actually dictated events , first by seizing the prince and then by taking the throne , and the Woodvilles ' importance becomes a question of how far it was they who triggered Gloucester 's actions .
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