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Nathan Paget
Nathan Paget (1615–1679) was an England, English physician, active during the English Civil War, under the Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth and the Protectorate, and after Restoration (1660), the Restoration. Despite being a mainstay of a generally conservative profession, he was interested in the experimental methods of the Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment. Although from a strongly Presbyterian background, he seems to have developed radical political and religious sympathies. Origins Paget was baptised at Manchester on 31 March 1615., also at He was the son of :*Thomas Paget (c.1587–1660), Thomas Paget - at the time a minister at Blackley, although he later served in Amsterdam, Shrewsbury and Stockport. Blackley chapel was subsidiary to Manchester Cathedral, St Mary's Church, Manchester, a great collegiate church with many subsidiary chapels across its vast parish of more than 35,000 acres. Thomas Paget had proceeded to Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), M.A. on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackley
Blackley is a suburban area of Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is approximately north of Manchester city centre, on the River Irk. History The hamlet of Blackley was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Blæclēah = "dark wood" or "dark clearing". In the 13th and 14th centuries Blackley was referred to as ''Blakeley'' or ''Blakelegh''. By the Middle Ages, Blackley had become a park belonging to the lords of Manchester.' Its value in 1282 was recorded as £6 13s 4d, a sum approximately equivalent in buying power to £333,500 today. The lords of Manchester leased the land from time to time. In 1473, John Byron held the leases on Blackley village, Blackley field and Pillingworth fields at an annual rent of £33 6s 8d. The Byron family continued to hold the land until the beginning of the 17th century when Blackley was sold in parcels to a number of landowners. By the middle of the 17th century, Blackley was a rural village o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
