William Maurice (other)
William Maurice may refer to: *Sir William Maurice (politician), Welsh politician * William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen *William Maurice (antiquary) (1620–1680) * William Maurice (pirate), first man to be hanged, drawn and quartered in England in 1241 * William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein, see Prince Franz Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym See also * *William Morice (other) *William Morris (other) William Morris (1834–1896) was a British writer, designer, and socialist. William, Bill, Willie, or Billy Morris may also refer to: Arts Literature * (1889–1979), writer, archdruid of Wales *William C. Morris (1928/29–2003), American publis ...

William Maurice (politician)
Sir William Maurice (April 1552 – August 1622) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1593 and 1611. Maurice was the son of Morys ap Ellis ap Morys, and grandson of Ellis ap Morris of Clennenau, his brother was captain Ellis Maurice fought for Queen Elizabeth I in Ireland. He was one of the Council of the Marches of Wales. He was High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1582 and High Sheriff of Merionethshire in 1591. In 1593, he was elected Member of Parliament for Carnarvonshire. He was High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire again in 1596. In 1597 he was re-elected MP for Carnarvonshire. In 1601 he was elected MP for Beaumaris. He was a personal friend of James I, and induced him to assume the title of King of Great Britain. He was knighted at Whitehall on 23 July 1603. In 1604 he was elected MP for Carnarvonshire again. He was High Sheriff of Merionethshire again in 1606. He was of Clennenau and was probably constable of Harlech Castle. Mauric ...
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William Maurice, Prince Of Nassau-Siegen
Prince William Maurice of Nassau-Siegen (18/28 January 1649 – 23 January 1691 Jul.), german: link=no, Wilhelm Moritz Fürst von Nassau-Siegen, official titles: ''Fürst zu Nassau, Graf zu Katzenelnbogen, Vianden, Diez, Limburg und Bronkhorst, Herr zu Beilstein, Stirum, Wisch, Borculo, Lichtenvoorde und Wildenborch, Erbbannerherr des Herzogtums Geldern und der Grafschaft Zutphen'', was a count from the House of Nassau-Siegen, a cadet branch of the Ottonian Line of the House of Nassau. He served as an officer in the Dutch States Army. In 1664, he was elevated to the rank and title of prince. In 1679 he became Fürst of Nassau-Siegen, a part of the County of Nassau. Biography William Maurice was born at in Terborg on 18/28 January 1649Huberty, et al. (1981), p. 273. as the eldest son of Count Henry of Nassau-Siegen and Countess Mary Magdalene of Limburg-Stirum.All sources that mention both parents, name these parents. After the death of their father, W ...
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William Maurice (antiquary)
William Maurice (1620–1680) was a well-known seventeenth-century collector and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts and books from Denbighshire, Wales. Early life Maurice was born around 1620 in the small community of Cefn-y-Braich in the parish of Llansilin in the historic county of Denbighshire in Wales. He owned land and lived most of his life in the area. Mid life Maurice collected Welsh literature. He had so many books and manuscripts that he built a three-storey library near his home in Cefn-y-Braich called "the Study" in which to store them. He spent much of his time there. His collection of books was a ''fac simile'' of Friar Baeon's Study, because his library was similar to Roger Bacon's books and manuscripts. Maurice was associated with the antiquary Robert Vaughan in the collecting and maintaining of these ancient Welsh manuscripts and books that ultimately became a collection of the Hengwrt-Peniarth library, an important part of the National Library of Wale ...
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William Maurice (pirate)
William Maurice may refer to: *Sir William Maurice (politician), Welsh politician * William Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen *William Maurice (antiquary) (1620–1680) * William Maurice (pirate), first man to be hanged, drawn and quartered in England in 1241 * William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein, see Prince Franz Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym See also * *William Morice (other) *William Morris (other) William Morris (1834–1896) was a British writer, designer, and socialist. William, Bill, Willie, or Billy Morris may also refer to: Arts Literature * (1889–1979), writer, archdruid of Wales *William C. Morris (1928/29–2003), American publis ...

Hanged, Drawn And Quartered
To be hanged, drawn and quartered became a statutory penalty for men convicted of high treason in the Kingdom of England from 1352 under Edward III of England, King Edward III (1327–1377), although similar rituals are recorded during the reign of Henry III of England, King Henry III (1216–1272). The convicted traitor was fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was then hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculation, emasculated, disembowelment, disembowelled, decapitation, beheaded, and Dismemberment, quartered (chopped into four pieces). His remains would then often be displayed in prominent places across the country, such as London Bridge, to serve as a warning of the fate of traitors. For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead Burning of women in England, burned at the stake. The same punishment applied to traitors against the King in Ireland from the 15th century onward; William ...
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William Maurice, Count Of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-German ...
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Prince Franz Adolph Of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym
Franz Adolph of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym ( Schaumburg Castle, 7 July 1724 – Halle an der Saale, 22 April 1784), was a German prince of the House of Ascania from the Anhalt-Bernburg branch through the sub-branch of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. He was the fourth (but third surviving) son of Victor I Amadeus Adolph, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, by his first wife Charlotte Louise, daughter of William Maurice, Count of Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein. Life The death of his elder surviving brother the Hereditary Prince Christian in 1758 made Franz Adolph the heir presumptive of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, preceded only by his other older brother and new heir, Karl Louis. He retained his position as heir presumptive until the birth of Karl Louis's first son, Victor Karl Frederick, in 1767. Marriage and issue In Nieder-Kaufung on 19 October 1762 Franz Adolph married Maria Josepha (b. 13 September 1741 – d. Halle, 2 December 1785), daughter of Count John ...
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William Morice (other)
William Morice may refer to: * William Morice (died 1554) (1500–1554), MP * William Morice (Secretary of State) (1602–1676), English Secretary of State 1660–8, Member of Parliament for Devon, Newport (Cornwall) and Plymouth * Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet (1628–1690), his eldest son, Member of Parliament for Newport 1689–1690 * William Morice (1660-1688), eldest son of the 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament for Newport 1681–1688 * Sir William Morice, 3rd Baronet (1707–1750), Member of Parliament for Newport 1727–1734, and for Launceston 1734–1750 * William Morice (Archdeacon of Armagh) See also * William Maurice (other) * William Morris (other) William Morris (1834–1896) was a British writer, designer, and socialist. William, Bill, Willie, or Billy Morris may also refer to: Arts Literature * (1889–1979), writer, archdruid of Wales *William C. Morris (1928/29–2003), American publis ...