Sentence examples for I granted the from inspiring English sources

In 1621 the English king James I granted the area to a Scottish nobleman, Sir William Alexander.

I granted the legal distinction but always remembered the urgent and specific way that message was delivered.

The English king Henry I granted the town its first charter (early 12th century), and an Augustinian priory was founded about 1200.

The suggestion that I granted the pardons because Mr. Rich's former wife, Denise, made political contributions and contributed to the Clinton library foundation is utterly false.

It wasn't until 1606, when King James I granted the Virginia Company's charter for what would become Jamestown, that a fresh attempt at colonization was made — this time, successfully.

Though I had been politically persecuted and imprisoned by the military regime, I granted the pardons to help transcend a painful era in Argentine history and to foster social reconciliation.

Before I granted the pardons, I received from their lawyer a letter confirming that they "waive any and all defenses which could be raised to the lawful imposition of civil fines or penalties in connection with the actions and transactions alleged in the indictment against them pending in the Southern District of New York".

In 1284 Edward I granted the hundred of Iscennen in Carmarthenshire to John Giffard.

In 1127 King Henry I granted the castle to the Bishops of Canterbury in perpetuity.

Elizabeth I granted the College of Physicians the right to anatomise four felons annually in 1564.

In 1189, Richard I granted the rectory of Crosthwaite to the Cistercian order of Fountains Abbey.