co-senators

Updated: May 24, 2025

A grand tournament at Court preceded, and a bear-baiting followed, the humiliating spectacle of the Parliament of England kneeling at the feet of Cardinal Pole, and abjectly craving absolution from Rome. One man Sir Ralph Bagenall stood out, and stood up, when all his co-senators were thus prostrate in the dust.

Emily Sarah Holt - For the Master's Sake: A Story of the Days of Queen Mary