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the Kg of ill will towards him, & knowing Himself that the Generality of People were but Ill disposed to the Rg, He began forming a Conspiracy against him. He was encouraged by Morton Bishop of Ely, & the Young Earl of Richmond was the Person they lookd up to to free the Nation from the Tyranny of the present Usurper. Henry Earl of Richmond, was at this time detained in a kind of honorable Custody by the Duke of Brittany; & his descent, which see- med to give him some pretensions to the Crown had been a great object of [[deletion]] jalousy [[/deletion]] [[addition]] ^ jealousy [[/addition]] both in the late & in the present reign. John the 1st Duke of Somerset who was Grandson of John of Gaunt, by a Spurious branch, but legitimated by act of Parliament, had left only one Daughter, Margaret;