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Joseph Spence (author)
Joseph Spence (28 April 1699 – 20 August 1768) was a historian, literary scholar and anecdotist, most famous for his collection of anecdotes (published in 1820) that are an invaluable resource for historians of 18th-century English literature (Augustan literature). Early life Spence was born on 28 April 1699, at Kingsclere, Hampshire, the son of Joseph (Rector of Winnal in Winchester and Precentor of Winchester Cathedral) and Mirabella (née Collier, granddaughter of Sir Thomas Lunsford). In 1709, Spence attended school in Mortimer, near his birthplace, and later attended Eton College and then Winchester College. Spence matriculated to Magdalen Hall, Oxford on 11 April 1717, but did not go up until admitted as scholar or probationary fellow at New College on 22 April 1720. On 30 April 1722, he received a full fellowship, taking his Bachelor of Arts degree on 9 March 1724 and Master of Arts on 2 November 1727. Spence was ordained in the Oxford diocese on 5 June 1726. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsclere
Kingsclere is a large village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. Geography Kingsclere is approximately equidistant ) from the towns of Basingstoke and Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury on the A339 road. History Kingsclere can trace back its history to a place identified as belonging to King Alfred in his will between 872 and 888, the 'clere' possibly meaning 'bright' or 'clearing'. Kingsclere formed part of the ancient demesne of the Crown. In his will King Alfred left Kingsclere for life to his second daughter, Æthelgifu, abbess of Shaftesbury, Ethelgiva, Shaftesbury Abbey, Abbess of Shaftesbury, and there are other mentions of it in Saxon charters. In 931 Æthelstan, King Athelstan at a Witenagemot at Colchester granted 10 hides of land at Clere to Ælfric of Eynsham, Abbot Aelfric, and in 943 Edmund I, King Edmund bestowed 15 hides of land at Clere on the 'religious woman Aelfswith'. While sixteen years later Edgar the Peaceful, King Edgar gave his thegn Aelfwine 10 hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Rolle
Edward Rolle (27 April 1703 – 30 June 1791), known with affectionate admiration as the Captain or Captain Rolle, was an English author, poet, and Anglican vicar. Rolle was "one of a little group of New College men whose essays in verse enjoyed a temporary existence in miscellany". He built a strong alliance with other Winchester and New College alumni in the south and west of England: Christopher Pitt, Edward Young, and others, as well as Magdalen College alumnus Joseph Spence, who once described him as "a lazy, lath-gutted fellow, with a wezel-face." Early life and education Edward Rolle was born on 27 April 1703 and baptised on 7 May 1703 in Meeth, Devon. He was the youngest child of Robert Rolle of Meeth, a great-great grandson of George Rolle, and Margaret Rolle (née Martyn), who married in 1699. The Rolles were already an established family in Devon and would become the biggest landowners in the West Country. Rolle attended Winchester College and matriculated from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Morley Trevor (the Younger)
John Trevor may refer to: Religion *John Trevor (died 1357), Bishop of St Asaph * John Trevor (died 1410), Bishop of St Asaph * John Trevor (1855–1930), Unitarian minister who formed The Labour Church Politicians *Sir John Trevor (1563–1630), MP and Surveyor of the Queen's Ships *Sir John Trevor (1596–1673), his son, MP from 1620, member of the Council of State during the Protectorate *Sir John Trevor (1626–1672), his son, Secretary of State for the Northern Department during the 17th century *Sir John Trevor (speaker) (1637–1717), Speaker of the House of Commons and Master of the Rolls in the late 17th and 18th centuries *John Morley Trevor (the elder) (1681–1719), grandson of the Secretary of State for the Northern Department, MP for Lewes and Sussex *John Morley Trevor (the younger) (1717–1743), son of the above, MP for Lewes * John Trevor, 3rd Viscount Hampden (1748–1824), 18th century British diplomatist *John B. Trevor (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylvani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorboduc
Gorboduc (''Welsh:'' Gorwy or Goronwy) was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was married to Judon. When he became old, his sons, Ferrex and Porrex, feuded over who would take over the kingdom. Porrex tried to kill his brother in an ambush, but Ferrex escaped to France. With the French king Suhardus, he invaded Britain, but was defeated and killed by Porrex. Porrex was killed in revenge by his own mother Judon, then the high strata of society killed his mother and then there was a war between high strata and low strata leading to an anarchy in the society. This anarchy led to civil war denouncing Gorboduc.Geoffrey of Monmouth: ''The History of the Kings of Britain: an Edition and Translation of De Gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Britanniae)'', Boydell & Brewer, 1 Jan 2007, p.44. Geoffrey does not state when Gorbuduc died, but he is not mentioned after the account of the strife between his sons. Cultural references Gorboduc's life is the subj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Duck
Stephen Duck (c. 1705 – 21 March 1756) was an English poet whose career reflected both the Augustan era's interest in "naturals" ( natural geniuses) and its resistance to classlessness. Biography Duck was born at Charlton, near Pewsey, in Wiltshire. Little is known about his family, whether from Duck himself or from contemporary records, except that they were labourers and very poor. Duck attended a charity school and left at the age of thirteen to begin working in the fields. Around 1724, he married as his first wife Ann, and began to attempt to better himself in order to escape the toil and poverty of agricultural work. Encouraged by the village squire, schoolmaster and rector he read Milton, Dryden, Prior, and ''The Spectator'', as well as the Holy Bible, according to Joseph Spence. Rise in popularity He was "discovered" by Alured Clarke, a prebendary of Winchester Cathedral, and Clarke introduced him to high society. Clarke and Spence (the Professor of Poetry at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Tour The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tutor or family member) when they had come of age (about 21 years old). The custom—which flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transport in the 1840s and was associated with a standard itinerary—served as an educational rite of passage. Though it was prima |
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