The person to whom he offered the chaire was Sir Edward
Nevill, a comelie knight, that much more resembled the king's
person in that mask than anie other. The King perceiving the
Cardinal so deceived, could not forbear laughing, and pulled
down his visor and Maister Nevill's too."
Sir Edward Nevill of Aldington, in Kent, was the second surviving son of
George Nevill, Lord Abergavenny, and the father of Sir Henry Nevill
above mentioned, who laid the foundation-stone and built the body and
one wing of Billingbear House, which still belongs to his descendant.
Sir Edward Nevill was beheaded for high treason in 1538, his likeness to
Henry VIII. not saving him from the fate which befell so many of that
king's unhappy favourites.
BRATHBROOKE.
Audley End.
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MINOR NOTES.
_Whales._--Tychsen thinks the stories of whales mistaken for islands
originated in the perplexities of inexperienced sailors when first
venturing from {308} the Mediterranean into a sea exposed to the tides.
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