Three Men of the Tudor Time

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. These gleanings of family history, first written in a shorter form, were intended solely for my own kinsfolk. It seemed fitting that such references to the Norths as were to be found scattered among the records of the past, many as yet undiscovered, some unheeded or forgotten, should be garnered up and strung together in some connected form. Thus it came to pass that I set forth upon this pleasant enterprise, and the task finished, the work was laid aside. But as time wore on, it seemed possible that some of the contents of this family scrap-book might prove acceptable to certain readers beyond the narrow limit at first assigned it. For surely no authentic detail of those wonderful times, no matter in what fashion presented to him, can be Wholly Without interest to the student of Tudor history for whoso enters upon that fruitful field, enters upon a land of enchantment, a fairyland of fact' he grows ever more covetous of the treasure Within his grasp.