John Mandeville - John Mandeville Jehan de Mandeville ("Sir John Mandeville"), the name claimed by the compiler of a singular book of travels, written in French, and published between 1357 and 1371. By aid of translations into many other languages it acquired extraordinary popularity, while a few interpolated words in a particular edition of an English version gained for Mandeville in modern times the spurious credit of being "the father of English prose." In his preface the compiler calls himself a knight, and states that he was born and bred in England, of the town of St Albans; had crossed the sea on Michaelmas Day 1322; had travelled by way of Turkey (Asia Minor), Armenia the little (Cilicia) and the great, Tartary, Persia, Syria, Arabia, Egypt upper and lower,.
Prester John - Prester John Prester John was a legendary Christian ruler in India, combining the roles of patriarch and king. The legend of Prester John began in 12th century with two reports of visits of an archbishop of India to Constantinople and of a Patriarch of India to Rome at the time of Pope Calixtus II (1119-1124). These visits cannot be confirmed, evidence of both being second hand reports. What is very definite is a letter, the Letter of Prester John, believed to be a forgery, which was supposedly written to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180) by Prester John, the King of India. This letter, appearing around 1165, which recounted many marvels of richness and magic, captured the imagination of Europeans and circulated in ever more embellished.
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Cambridge. He devoted himself to antiquarian research, particularly into early English literature. In 1839 he edited Sir John Mandeville's Travels; in 1842 published an Account of the European manuscripts in the Chetham Library, besides a newly discovered metrical romance of the 18th century (Torrent of Portugal). He became best known, however, as a Shakespearean editor and collector. In 1848 he brought out his Life of Shakespeare, which passed through several editions; in 1853-1865 a sumptuous edition, limited to 150 copies, of Shakespeare in folio, with full critical notes; in 1863 a Calendar of the Records at Stratford-on-Awn; in 1864 a History of New Place. After 1870 he entirely gave up textual criticism, and devoted his attention to elucidating the particulars of Shakespeare's life. He collated all the available facts and documents.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Émile Montégut - produced the Å’uvres completes (10 vols. 1868-1873) of Shakespeare. Among his numerous critical works are Ecrivains modernes d'Angleterre (3rd series, 1885-1892) and Heures de lecture d'un critique (1891), studies of John Aubrey, Pope, Wilkie Collins and Sir John Mandeville. Reference This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica..
Henry Irving - Henry Irving John Henry Brodribb Irving (1838-1905), better known as Sir Henry Irving, was one of the most famous stage actors of all time. He was born at Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, England, and worked as a clerk in London before becoming an actor. His first appearances were in Scotland and the north of England, and he did not tread the London stage until 1866. He played all the major Shakespearean roles, including Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello, and by 1878, when he entered into a partnership with the actress Ellen Terry and became manager of the Lyceum Theatre, London, he was already famous. In 1895, he became the first actor ever to receive a knighthood. He and Ellen Terry continued to work together until 1902, but the Lyceum had.
Huntingdonshire - the Elder wrested the fen-country from the Danes, repairing and fortifying Huntingdon, and a few years later the district was included in the earldom of East Anglia. Religious foundations were established at Ramsey, Huntingdon and St Neots in the 10th century, and that of Ramsey accumulated vast wealth and influence, owning twentysix manors in this county alone at the time of the Domesday Survey. In 1011 Huntingdonshire was again overrun by the Danes and in 1016 was attacked by Canute. A few years later the shire was included in the earldom of Thored (of the Middle Angles), but in 1051 it was detached from Mercia and formed part of the East Anglian earldom of Harold. Shortly before the Conquest, however, it was bestowed on Siward, as a reward for his part.
Geomancy - dirt land when you toss them. It was explained as divination (in the same sentence with pyromancy and hydromancy) in the best-selling Travels of Sir John Mandeville (1400), as "geomantie that superstitious arte" in a book of alchemy (1477), and defined in a book of Cornelius Agrippa's magic (1569) as a form of divination "which doth divine by certaine conjectures taken of similitudes of the cracking of the Earthe." In Africa the traditional form of geomancy consists of throwing handfuls of dirt in the air and observing how the dirt falls. In China, the diviner may enter a trance and make markings on the ground that are interpreted by an associate (often a young boy). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "geomancy" appeared in vernacular English in 1362 (vernacular English at.
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol - from Pym's table Vane's notes on which the prosecution mainly depended. On July 15 his speech was burnt by the hangman by the order of the House of Commons. Meanwhile on February 8 he had made an important speech in the Commons advocating the reformation and opposing the abolition of episcopacy. On June 8, during the angry discussion on the army plot, he narrowly escaped assault in the House; and the following day, in order to save him from further attacks, the king called him up to the Lords in his father's barony of Digby. He now became the evil genius of Charles, who had the incredible folly to follow his advice in preference to such men as Hyde and Falkland. In November he is recorded as performing singular good service,.
Francis Hutcheson (theologian) - to professorial duties. His reputation as a teacher attracted many young men from dissenting families of England and Ireland, and was popular with both pupils and colleagues. Though quick-tempered, he was kind and generous. He was accused in 1738 before the Glasgow presbytery for "following two false and dangerous doctrines: first, that the standard of moral goodness was the promotion of the happiness of others; and second, that we could have a knowledge of good and evil without and prior to a knowledge of God" (Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895). The accusation seems to have had no result. Other works In addition to the works named, the following were published during Hutcheson's lifetime: a pamphlet entitled Considerations on Patronage (1735); Philosophiae moralis institutio compendiaria, ethices et jurisprudentiae naturalis elementa continens,.
Earl of Essex - associated with the title was Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1566 - 1601). It was first created in the twelfth century for Geoffrey de Mandeville. Upon the death of the third Earl, the title became extinct. It was created again for Geoffrey Fitzpeter, and again became extinct after William Fitzpeter's death. The third creation was for Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford in 1239. Both the Earldom of Hereford and the Earldom of Essex became extinct in 1373. There were several more creations until the famous Devereux creation in 1572. Upon its extinction, the present creation was made in 1661. The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Essex are: Viscount Malden (created 1661) and Baron Capel (1641). The title Viscount Malden is the courtesy title of the Earl's eldest.
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester - of the 1st earl by his first wife, Catherine Spencer, granddaughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorpe, was born in 1602, and was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was member of parliament for Huntingdonshire 1623-1626, and in the latter year was raised to the peerage in his father's lifetime as Baron Montagu of Kimbolton, but was known generally by his courtesy title of Viscount Mandeville. His first wife, who was related to the Duke of Buckingham, having died in 1625 after two years of marriage, Mandeville married in 1626 Anne, daughter of the 2nd earl of Warwick. The influence of his father-in-law, who was afterwards admiral on the side of the parliament, drew Mandeville to the popular side in the questions in dispute with the crown, and at the.
Duke of Albemarle - valiantly at Antioch, died about 1127, leaving by his wife Hawise, daughter of Ralph de Mortimer, a son--William of Blois, known as "le Gros." William, who distinguished himself at the battle of the Standard (1138), and shared with King Stephen in the defeat of Lincoln (1141), married Cicely, daughter of William Fitz-Duncan, grandson of Malcolm, king of Scotland, who as "lady of Harewood" brought him vast estates. He founded abbeys at Meaux in Holderness and at Thornton, and died in 1179. His elder daughter and heiress Hawise married (1) William de Mandeville, 3rd earl of Essex (d. 1189), (2) William de Fortibus (de Fors, de Fortz or des Forts1), (3) Baldwin de Betun or Bethune, all of whom bore the title of earls of Albemarle. Soon after the death of Baldwin.
14th century in literature - Dante Alighieri. 1350 (approx) - The Tale of Gamelyn (anonymous) 1353 - The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. 1369 - The Book of the Duchess by Geoffrey Chaucer 1371 - The Travels of Sir John Mandeville (anonymous) 1375 - The Bruce by John Barbour 1390 Confessio Amantis by John Gower Births 1304 - Fransesco Petrarca, later known as Petrarch. 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio. 1343 - Geoffrey Chaucer. Deaths September 14, 1321 - Dante Alighieri. July 18, 1374 - Petrarch. December 21, 1375 - Giovanni Boccaccio. 1396 - John Barbour October 25, 1400 - Geoffrey Chaucer..
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Castle - siege whereby a surrounding army would camp out of range of attack and wait for the internees to run out of either food or water. Offensive techniques would include the use of catapults, Siege engines, battering rams and later Mortar and Cannon. The word "castle" (castel) was introduced into English shortly before the Norman Conquest to denote a type of fortress, then new to the country, brought in by the Norman knights whom Edward the Confessor had sent for to defend Herefordshire against the inroads of the Welsh. Richard's castle, of which the earthworks remain and which has given its name to a parish, was erected at this period on the border of Herefordshire and Shropshire by Richard Fitz Scrob. The essential feature of this type was a circular mound of.
Richard I of England - to compose poetry in French and Provençal, Richard was also a magnificent physical specimen (his height is estimated at six feet four inches tall) and gloried in military activity. From an early age he appeared to have significant political and military abilities, became noted for his chivalry and courage, and soon was able to control the unruly nobles of his territory. As with all the true-born sons of Henry II, Richard had limited respect for his father and lacked foresight and a sense of responsibility. In 1173 he joined his brothers, Henry the Young King, crowned king of England as Henry III (but known as "the Young King" so as not to be confused with the later king of this name who was his brother John's son) in 1170, and Geoffrey,.
Peerage of the United Kingdom - 1911 The Baron Merthyr 1911 The Baron Rowallan 1911 The Baron Ashton of Hyde 1911 The Baron Ravensdale 1911 The Baron Hollenden 1912 The Baron Butler of Mount Juliet 1912 Earl of Carrick in the Peerage of Ireland The Baron Parmoor 1914 The Baron Lyell 1914 The Baron Cunliffe 1914 The Baron Wrenbury 1915 The Baron Faringdon 1916 The Baron Shaugnessy 1916 The Baron Rathcreedan 1916 The Baron Sommerleyton 1916 The Baron Carnock 1916 The Baron Beaverbrook 1917 The Baron Gainford 1917 The Baron Forteviot 1917 The Baron Colwyn 1917 The Baron Gisborough 1917 The Baron Morris 1918 The Baron Cawley 1918 The Baron Terrington 1918 The Baron.
Order of precedence in England and Wales - Lord Falconer of Thoroton) The Archbishop of York (The Most Rev and Rt Hon David Hope) The Prime Minister (The Rt Hon Tony Blair) Commonwealth Prime Ministers, while visiting the UK, in order of appointment: The Prime Minister of Singapore (Goh Chok Tong) The Prime Minister of Jamaica (Percival Patterson) The Prime Minister of Canada (Jean Chrétien) The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (Lester Bird) The Prime Minister of Barbados (Owen Arthur) The Prime Minister of Grenada (Keith Mitchell) The Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Denzil Douglas) The Prime Minister of Australia (John Howard) The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (Kenny Anthony) The Prime Minister of India (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) The Prime Minister of Lesotho (Pakalitha Mosisili) The Prime Minister of Belize (Said Musa) The Prime Minister of.
Members of the House of Lords - Elected Hereditary Peer Baroness Blood Cross Bench Lord Blyth of Rowington Conservative Baroness Boothroyd Cross Bench Lord Borrie Labour Lord Boston of Faversham Cross Bench Lord Boyce Cross Bench Lord Bowness Conservative Lord Brabazon of Tara Conservative Elected Hereditary Peer Lord Bradshaw Liberal Democrat Lord Bragg Labour Lord Bramall Cross Bench Lord Brennan Labour Lord Brett Labour Lord Bridge of Harwich Cross Bench Viscount Bridgeman Conservative Elected Hereditary Peer Lord Bridges Cross Bench Elected Hereditary Peer Lord Briggs Cross Bench Lord Brightman Cross Bench Baroness Brigstocke Conservative Lord Brittan of Spennithorne Conservative Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Labour Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Conservative Viscount Brookeborough Cross Bench Elected Hereditary Peer Lord Brookman.
Wynkyn de Worde - press after his death. Books he printed included, Vitae Sanctorum Patrum Bartholomaeus de Proprietatibus Rerum, by John Trevisa Dives and Pauper The Book of St. Albans Canterbury Tales Contemplacyon of sinners by William Touris Mandeville's Travels Beves of Hamtoun Guy of Warwick Robin Hood The Miracles of Our Lady The Rote or mirror of Consolation The Twelve profits of tribulation The Bowge of Court by John Skelton The History of the Three Kings of Cologne The Ship of Fools Approximately 750 books are known to have been printed by Worde, although many are only extant in single copies, with many others being extremly rare..
