It was believed by William's friends that the count had died of a broken heart after Thomas Becket refused to allow his marriage.

Thurstan had claimed independence, and refused to consecrate William when the latter demanded recognition of Canterbury's primacy ; the ceremony was performed instead by William's own suffragan bishops on 18 February 1123.

Thurstan refused to accept that the new Archbishop of Canterbury, William de Corbeil, was his superior, and did not help with William's consecration.

The latter however followed a policy of neutrality and refused to aid Frederick William's campaign, which was furthermore opposed by the Imperial estates as well as the local ones.

In consequence, however, of the incessant agitation William now requested Somers to resign ; this he refused to do, but gave up the seals to William's messenger.

Despite being questioned harshly several times he always refused to give any details on William's passage.

Anne was furious, and Bolingbroke advised that the request be refused.

He refused his consent to the election of Quiney as bailiff in 1592, but gave it at the request of the recorder, his cousin Sir Fulke Greville.

You should make any request for an extension early so that if it is refused, your return may still be on time.

In 385 Ambrose, backed by Milan's populace, refused Valentinian II's imperial request to hand over the Portian basilica for the use of Arian troops.

He refused the request of Alexandrian Greeks to dedicate a temple to his divinity, saying that only gods may choose new gods.

Sherf's request was initially refused but he managed to persuade the driver to take him.

President John Quincy Adams assumed the Calhoun – Monroe policy and was determined to remove the Indians by non-forceful means, but Georgia refused to submit to Adams ' request and forced Adams to make a treaty with Creeks and Cherokees granting Georgia what it wanted.

Although the libertines controlled the council, his request was refused.

John refused Innocent's request that he consent to Langton's appointment, but the pope consecrated Langton anyway in June 1207.

On August 28, the FBI New York field office requested that a criminal case be opened to determine whether Mihdhar was still in the United States, but the request was refused.

Apparently the Soviet Union made a move to request the use of the base, but the Maldives refused.

Bede says that Mellitus was exiled because he refused the brothers ' request for a taste of the sacramental bread.

Under protest from the PLO, Iraq, and Libya, who claimed that because Abu Daoud was traveling to a PLO comrade's funeral he should receive diplomatic immunity, the French government refused a West German extradition request on grounds that forms had not been filled in properly, and put him on a plane to Algeria before Germany could submit another request.

Husseini refused the request, stating that Orient House, as a diplomatic institution, was exempt.

Argentina refused Solano López's request for permission for his army to cross Argentine territory to attack the Brazilian province of Río Grande do Sul, Undeterred, Solano López sent his forces into Argentina.

These bad feelings were compounded in 1125, when Oderisio refused a request from Pope Honorius for some financial assistance after he had been enthroned.

While ill, he asked Saladin to pay him a visit to request that he take care of his young children, but Saladin refused, fearing treachery against the Abbasids, and is said to have regretted his action after realizing what al-Adid had wanted.

In this emergency, the emir of Damascus appealed to Saif al-Din ( a cousin of Gumushtigin ) of Mosul for assistance against Aleppo, but he refused, forcing the Syrians to request the aid of Saladin who complied.

The State government sent a delegation to Westminster to request that this result be enacted into law, but the British Government refused to intervene on the grounds that this was a matter for the Commonwealth of Australia to be concerned with.

This caused family members to ask ` Abdu ' l-Bahá to quiet him down, a request which he apparently refused.

In the case, the Supreme Court refused to entertain a request for an injunction preventing President Andrew Johnson from executing the Reconstruction Acts, which were claimed to be unconstitutional.

He then refused to resign at Kekkonen's request.

Some proxy servers generate a 404 error when the remote host is not present, rather than returning the correct 500-range code when errors such as hostname resolution failures or refused TCP connections prevent the proxy server from satisfying the request.

Kind by nature, he never refused charity to a beggar or help to anyone who asked him for it ( as Lewis would one day discover ).

All of the elders except three voted for death, but a majority of the deputies refused to sanction the sentence.

If his circumspection in regard to Philip's sensibilities went so far that he even refused to grant a dispensation for the marriage of Amadee's daughter, Agnes, to the son of the dauphin of Vienne -- a truly peacemaking move according to thirteenth-century ideas, for Savoy and Dauphine were as usual fighting on opposite sides -- for fear that he might seem to be favoring the anti-French coalition, he would certainly never take the far more drastic step of ordering the return of Gascony to Edward, even though, as he admitted to the English ambassadors, he had been advised that the original cession was invalid.

I couldn't invite Viola to our house, for Mother snobbishly refused to receive her.

He refused to change his approach, and instead he attacked high and low -- the officials for their not backing him, and subordinates for their laxness, stupidity, and stubbornness.

Gorham refused to accept money for slave property, but did he realize how much expense and trouble the transportation of his Negroes to the North involved??

She refused to have a doctor, insisting there was nothing a doctor could do for her.

The lean and leathery Oklahoma amateur, who has been playing topnotch tournament golf for many years, refused to let the Masters jitters overtake him and closed the tournament with his second straight 69.

But when it came time for Admetus to die, his parents, whom he had assumed would gladly die for him, refused to cooperate.

Apollo refused to forgive Clytia for betraying his beloved, and a grieving Clytia wilted and slowly died.

In the past, a defendant who refused to plead ( or " stood mute ") was subject to peine forte et dure ( Law French for " strong and hard punishment ").

Gen. Felix Huston, challenging each other for the command of the Texas Army ; Johnston refused to fire on Huston and lost the position after he was wounded in the pelvis.

He formally requested reinstatement as I Corps commander, but Meade refused, and Doubleday left Gettysburg on July 7 for Washington.

One of his first acts as Emperor was to persuade the Senate to grant divine honours to Hadrian, which they had at first refused ; his efforts to persuade the Senate to grant these honours is the most likely reason given for his title of Pius ( dutiful in affection ; compare pietas ).

At first he energetically refused the office, for which he was in no way prepared: Ambrose was neither baptized nor formally trained in theology.

Ambrose refused and was required to answer for his conduct before the council.

The British refused and only agreed to transfer Hasan Ali Shah ’ s residence to Calcutta, where it would be more difficult for him to launch new attacks against the Persian government.

Herman wished to move the seat of his see, but Edward refused permission for the move.

The story of Ealdred being deposed comes from the Vita Edwardi, a life of Edward the Confessor, but the Vita Wulfstani, an account of the life of Ealdred's successor at Worcester, Wulfstan, says that Nicholas refused the pallium until a promise to find a replacement for Worcester was given by Ealdred.