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Bridget Egerton
Bridget Egerton or Bridget, Lady Egerton ( Grey; 1577 – 28 July 1648) was an English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ... religious writer. Life She was born Bridget Grey in 1577. She was the only daughter of Jane Sibylla and Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton. Her brother -- Thomas, 15th and last Baron -- was arrested as a traitor and he would have been executed if he had not confessed on the day he was to have been killed. He was spared but spent the rest of his life in prison. She wrote a series of essays on religious subjects based on references within the bible. The thrust of the essays was to belittle the Catholic faith. She came to notice when these were published in 1872 by the Chetham Society. Personal Bridget married Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Barone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of England
The Kingdom of England (, ) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 12 July 927, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. On 12 July 927, the various Anglo-Saxon kings swore their allegiance to Æthelstan of Wessex (), unifying most of modern England under a single king. In 1016, the kingdom became part of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway. The Norman conquest of England in 1066 led to the transfer of the English capital city and chief royal residence from the Anglo-Saxon one at Winchester to Westminster, and the City of London quickly established itself as England's largest and principal commercial centre. Histories of the kingdom of England from the Norman conquest of 1066 conventionally distinguish periods named after successive ruling dynasties: Norman (1066–1154), Plantagenet (1154–1485), Tudor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey De Wilton
The Rt Hon. Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton, KG (1536–1593), was a baron in the Peerage of England. Lord Grey de Wilton is now largely remembered for his memoir of his father, for participating in the last defence of Calais (1558), and for his involvement in the massacre after the Siege of Smerwick (1580) on ''Corca Dhuibhne'' in County Kerry. He served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1580 until 1582. Life Arthur Grey was the eldest son of The 13th Baron Grey de Wilton and Mary, daughter of The 1st Earl of Worcester. He was a Knight and he was recorded as being Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire on two separate occasions, in both 1569 and 1587, though it is not recorded if he held that title for all the years in between. He probably went with his father to Guisnes in 1553; certainly, he was there when the French declared war in 1557; his eyewitness account of his father's last desperate defence of Guisnes, after Calais itself has fallen, remains the best source f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet
Sir Roland Egerton, 1st Baronet DL (died 1646) was an English landowner and politician from the Egerton family who sat in the House of Commons in 1624. Life Egerton was the son of Sir John Egerton (known as "black Sir John"), of Egerton and Oulton, Cheshire, of Wrinehill, Staffordshire, and of Farthingho, Northamptonshire, and his first wife, Margaret Stanley, daughter of Sir Rowland Stanley, of Hooton, Cheshire, and sister of the conspirator Sir William Stanley. He succeeded his father on 27 April 1614 and was knighted on 14 March 1617 at Whitehall. He was much troubled for some years with litigation over his father's estate, and in particular the validity of his last will and testament, which left much of the estate away from the immediate family to a cousin, Edward Egerton of Wrinehill. He was created baronet of Egerton and Oulton on 5 April 1617. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wootton Bassett in the Happy Parliament He was a great supporter of the Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Egerton (died 1614)
Sir John Egerton (1551 – 28 April 1614) was an English landowner from the Egerton family and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1614. He became one of the leading politicians in Cheshire and Staffordshire. Egerton was the eldest son of Sir John Egerton of Egerton and Oulton and his wife Jane Mostyn, daughter of Piers Mostyn of Talacre, Flintshire. He was a J.P. for Cheshire by 1587. He succeeded to the estates of his father in 1591 and subsequently purchased the Wrinehill estate in Staffordshire from his cousin Edward Egerton, later to be a major beneficiary under his will. He was knighted in Dublin in 1599, during a brief residence there. He was custos rotulorum by 1601. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Staffordshire. He was commissioner for musters in 1601 and became high steward of Tamworth in 1602. He was elected MP for Staffordshire again in a by-election in 1607. In 1614 he was elected MP for Lichfield for the Addl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farthinghoe
Farthinghoe is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England. It is located on the A422 road about north-west of Brackley and south-east of Banbury. The origin of the village's name is uncertain. Possibly, 'hill-spur of the dwellers among the ferns' or perhaps, 'ferny-place hill spur'. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 418 people,Office for National Statistics: Farthinghoe CP: Parish headcounts Retrieved 11 December 2009 reducing slightly to 413 at the 2011 census. Buildings The |
Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles
Sir Francis Haskins Eyles-Stiles, 3rd Baronet (died 26 January 1762), formerly Eyles, was a British landowner. He was the only son and heir of Sir John Eyles, 2nd Baronet, by his wife Mary Haskins Stiles. Under the will of his maternal uncle, Benjamin Haskins Styles, of Moor Park, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, who died unmarried on 4 April 1739, he assumed the additional name of Stiles after that of Eyles.Cokayne, George Edward (1906) Complete Baronetage'. Volume V. Exeter: W. Pollard & Co. . p. 22 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1742, and succeeded to the family baronetcy on 11 March 1745. A few months later, in October 1745, he sold the Gidea Hall estate he had inherited. He was a Commissioner for Victualling, 26 January 1762. He married, probably about 1735, Sibella Egerton (baptised 1 December 1711 at Astbury, Cheshire), daughter of the Rev. Philip Egerton, D.D., Rector of Astbury, by Frances, daughter of John Offley. He died at Naples on 26 January 1762, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tomkinson
Lieutenant Colonel William Tomkinson (18January 1790 – 1872) was a British Army officer who served during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo Campaign. Life The fourth son of Henry Tomkinson of Dorfold, Cheshire, his mother was Anne, daughter of John Darlington of Aston, Chester. Tomkinson was gazetted to the 16th Light Dragoons as a cornet in December 1807, joining his regiment the following April. During the Peninsular War (1809-1813) he was seriously wounded at the crossing of the Douro on 11May 1809 but recovered to see action at the battles of Busaco (1810), Redhina (1811), Fuentes de Oñoro (1811), El Bodón (1811), Salamanca (1812) and Vittoria (1813). He was subsequently at Waterloo and remained in France with the Army of Occupation until December 1815. Retirement Tomkinson retired on half-pay in 1821 and bought the land for Willington Hall, Cheshire, on the former estate of Lord Alvanley in 1827. In retirement he became a magistrate and huntsman. Famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1577 Births
__NOTOC__ Year 1577 ( MDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 9 – The second Union of Brussels is formed, first without the Protestant counties of Holland and Zeeland (which is accepted by King Philip II of Spain), later with the Protestants, which means open rebellion of the whole of the Netherlands. * March 17 – The Cathay Company is formed, to send Martin Frobisher back to the New World for more gold. * May 28 – The ''Bergen Book'', better known as the ''Solid Declaration'' of the Formula of Concord, one of the Lutheran confessional writings, is published. The earlier version, known as the ''Torgau Book'' (1576), had been condensed into an ''Epitome''; both documents are part of the 1580 ''Book of Concord''. July–December * July 9 – Ludvig Munk is appointed Governor-General of Norway. * September 17 – The Treaty of Bergerac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1648 Deaths
1648 has been suggested as possibly the last year in which the overall human population declined, coming towards the end of a broader period of global instability which included the collapse of the Ming dynasty and the Thirty Years' War, the latter of which ended in 1648 with the Peace of Westphalia. Events January–March * January 15 – Manchu invaders of China's Fujian province capture Spanish Dominican priest Francisco Fernández de Capillas, torture him and then behead him. Capillas will be canonized more than 350 years later in 2000 in the Roman Catholic Church as one of the Martyr Saints of China. * January 15 – Alexis of Russia, Alexis, Tsar of Russia, marries Maria Miloslavskaya, who later gives birth to two future tsars (Feodor III and Ivan V) as well as Sophia Alekseyevna of Russia, Princess Sophia Alekseyevna, the regent for Peter I. * January 17 – By a vote of 141 to 91, England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Religious Writers
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century English Writers
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 ( MDCI), to December 31, 1700 ( MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal court could be more easily k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century English Women Writers
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 ( MDCI), to December 31, 1700 ( MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal court could be more easily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
