All the Orsini and Girolamo Riario with them, armed themselves for a night attack on the palaces of the Colonnas, with the especial purpose of destroying the Protonotary Colonna, the head of that family.
She was the daughter of Fabrizio, brother of that protonotary Colonna, whose miserable death at the hands of the hereditary enemies of his family, the Orsini, allied with the Riarii, then in power for the nonce during the popedom of Sixtus IV.
But the fierce and vindictive old man would hear of no terms of submission or reconciliation till the Protonotary should give himself up into his hands.
At last, the Protonotarysurrendered to Virgilio Orsini, who, together with the Count Girolamo, dragged him off to the Pope.
That night, after a regular bombardment, in the course of which many lives were lost on both sides, the houses both of the Cardinal and the Protonotary were taken by assault, and given up to pillage.
As Virgilio Orsini and Girolamo Riario took the Protonotary through the streets, the Count made several attempts to put an end to their prisoner with his arquebuss, but was prevented by Orsini.
After the death of the Protonotary the Colonnas attempted by submission to make peace with Sixtus, so as to preserve some remnant of the family possessions.
For the medical men summoned by themselves to the prison of the Protonotary Colonna, have declared, that the varied and most excruciating tortures to which he has been subjected, have made it impossible that he should live.
And when the Protonotary was led out of prison early in the morning to the grating above the Castle, he turned to the soldiers who were there and told them that he had been grievously tormented, wherefore he had said certain things not true.
They found the Protonotary in his room, wounded in the hand and sitting on a chest, and Orsini told him that he was a prisoner and must come.
During the ceremony the Protonotary Apostolic, the Chancellor of the Apostolic Chamber and the Notary of the Chapter of Saint Peter's were busy, pen in hand, writing down the detailed protocol of the proceedings.
And the second time two of the officers returned and told the Protonotary to come, for he should be safe.
Therefore, when this sentence had been read, the Protonotary addressed those present and said: 'I wish no one to be inculpated through me.
Whereupon the Pope sent for Orsini, and commanded him, as the faithful adherent of the Church, to go and take the Protonotary prisoner to his house.
The protonotary Roberto di Bari, counsel for the prosecution, read the sentence aloud, in the presence of the exultant King Charles.
On the previous night he had sent a messenger to the Protonotary Savello, the papal governor of Cesena, with an account of what had happened and the offer of the town.
The protonotary Savello had mysteriously disappeared when the news of Checco's flight had been brought him; but Caterina was soon informed that he had taken refuge in a Dominican monastery.
At that moment a man ascended the ramparts and told us that the protonotary had received a letter from the Pope, in which he informed him that relief was on the way.
And as Checco's influence diminished Savello's increased; the protonotary began to take greater authority in the councils, and often he seemed to contradict Checco for the mere pleasure of overbearing and humiliating him.
She walked on with her stately indifference, and when the protonotary addressed her, repelled him with disdain.
Amid ringing cheers she entered the square, accompanied by her half-brother, the Duke of Milan, and by the Protonotary Savello.
The protonotary did not answer, but walked sulkily into the house.
I quote from an authentic copy which I found among various documents copied out by the protonotary P.
But the magistrate and his wife did not take their nocturnal ride in vain, for after leaving the watch-tower they met the protonotary at St. Sebald's.
Rachel Villeneuve, the youngest of the family, married Alphonse Morin, protonotary of St. Johns.
Marchand, a daughter of Louis Marchand, deputy protonotary at St. Johns, and of Delphine Phineas.
The protonotary was in the chair and three clerks were keeping the minutes.
But this being equivalent to a charge brought against the Government--seeing that it was brought against one of its employes--the protonotary felt it his duty to meet it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "protonotary" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
