John Halle (other)
John Halle (c. 1529/1530 – c. 1568) was an English surgeon, medical writer and poet. John Halle may also refer to: *John Halle (MP for Dover) (died 1409) * John Halle (MP for Sussex), represented Sussex *John Halle (?–1479), wool merchant and Mayor of Salisbury, builder of John Halle's Hall See also *John Hall (other) John Hall may refer to: Academics * John Hall (NYU President) (fl. c. 1890), American academic * John A. Hall (born 1949), sociology professor at McGill University, Montreal * John F. Hall (born 1951), professor of classics at Brigham Young Unive ...

John Halle
John Halle, or John Hall of Maidstone (c. 1529/1530 – c. 1568) was an English surgeon, known as a medical writer and poet. Life Born in 1529, probably in Willesborough Kent to a farming family who rented from the Wyatt family of Allington Castle, Maidstone. He was highly educated, possibly at Kings School Canterbury. In 1548/9 he was apprenticed to John Banckes, a senior officer of the London Company of Barber-Surgeons. John, already a radical Protestant, started to write, mainly poetical versions of Bible texts especially the psalms, utilizing a variety of rhyming patterns First published in 1549, his verse reappeared in multiple editions, rivaling in popularity then the better-known psalm translations of Sternhold and Hopkins. In 1553/4 he left London to volunteer with the army of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger, who was attempting to overthrow the newly-crowned Queen Mary Tudor, Catholic daughter of Henry VIII. The rebellion failed, and John was captured and convicted of ...
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John Halle (MP For Dover)
John Halle (died c. 1409), of Dover, Kent, was an English politician. Family Halle was the son of Nicholas atte Halle, an innkeeper who also became an MP and mayor. John married a woman named Isabel and they had one son and two daughters. Career He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dover in 1371, 1372, 1373, 1376, 1378, 1381, May 1382, October 1382, February 1383, November 1384, 1386 and February 1388. He was Mayor of Dover Mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor ... in the periods September 1371 – 1372, 1373–4, 1380–1, 1388–9, 1391–2 and 1393–4. References 14th-century births 1409 deaths English MPs 1371 15th-century English people English MPs 1372 Mayors of Dover English MPs 1373 English MPs 1376 English MPs 1378 English MPs 1 ...
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John Halle (MP For Sussex)
John Halle, or John Hall of Maidstone (c. 1529/1530 – c. 1568) was an English surgeon, known as a medical writer and poet. Life Born in 1529, probably in Willesborough Kent to a farming family who rented from the Wyatt family of Allington Castle, Maidstone. He was highly educated, possibly at Kings School Canterbury. In 1548/9 he was apprenticed to John Banckes, a senior officer of the London Company of Barber-Surgeons. John, already a radical Protestant, started to write, mainly poetical versions of Bible texts especially the psalms, utilizing a variety of rhyming patterns First published in 1549, his verse reappeared in multiple editions, rivaling in popularity then the better-known psalm translations of Sternhold and Hopkins. In 1553/4 he left London to volunteer with the army of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger, who was attempting to overthrow the newly-crowned Queen Mary Tudor, Catholic daughter of Henry VIII. The rebellion failed, and John was captured and convicted of ...
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Sussex (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sussex was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire, elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Reform Act 1832 the constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, at the 1832 general election. The county was then represented by the East Sussex and West Sussex divisions. Boundaries The constituency comprised the whole historic county of Sussex. Sussex contained nine boroughs: Arundel, Bramber, Chichester, East Grinstead, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, New Shoreham and Steyning; and four Cinque Ports: Hastings, Rye, Seaford and Winchelsea. Each of these areas also elected two MPs in their own right and they were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning property within the boroughs or ports could confer a vote at the county election. Members of ...
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John Halle's Hall
John Halle's Hall is a 15th-century late medieval building, a hall house, in Salisbury, England, with later 16th-, 19th- and 20th-century additions. The Hall is a Grade I listed building, the top category, 'of highest significance'. The medieval part of the building is now the foyer of a cinema, with a Victorian mock-Tudor street façade added in 1880–1881, together with the main cinema screening room built in 1931 behind the foyer. The noted architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described this conglomeration as '... a great curiosity, a cinema with a grossly overdone timber-framed Tudor façade..., and behind this façade the substantial and memorable remains of the House of John Hall'. Early history John Halle was a wealthy and influential Salisbury wool merchant. He was possibly the son of Thomas Halle, who was a member of the Salisbury Corporation from 1436 to 1440. John Halle is recorded as being a member of the Salisbury Common Council in 1446. In 1448 he became ...
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