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Michael Tyson (antiquary)
Michael Tyson (1740–1780) was an English Anglican priest, academic, antiquary, and artist. Life He was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire on 19 November 1740, the only child of Michael Tyson (d. 22 February 1794, aged 83), dean of Stamford and archdeacon of Huntingdon, by his first wife, Elizabeth Curtis of Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire. He entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1759, became a scholar, and studied Greek under the Rev. John Cowper, brother of William Cowper, the poet. He graduated B.A. (11th Wrangler) in 1764, M.A. in 1767, and B.D. in 1775, and in 1767 was elected to a fellowship at his college. In the autumn of 1766 Tyson accompanied Richard Gough in a tour, of which he kept a journal, through the north of England and Scotland; during the journey he was made a burgess of Glasgow (12 September 1766) and of Inverary (17 September) He returned to residence at college, and devoted himself to etching and botany. With Israel Lyons the younger he made trips in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Most are members of national or regional Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, one of the largest Christian bodies in the world, and the world's third-largest Christian communion. When united and uniting churches, united churches in the Anglican Communion and the breakaway Continuing Anglican movement were not counted, there were an estimated 97.4 million Anglicans worldwide in 2020. Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The provinces within the Anglican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Green (bishop)
John Green (1706 – 25 April 1779) was an English clergyman and academic. He became the chaplain of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Life Green was born at Beverley in Yorkshire in 1706. Having been schooled in his home town, he was admitted to St John's College, Cambridge in 1724. Green graduated Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in 1728 and was awarded a fellowship in 1730. He was ordained in 1731 and became vicar of Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. He was eventually made domestic chaplain to the Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, Duke of Somerset, who was chancellor (education), chancellor of the University of Cambridge. In 1748, the Duke died and was succeeded by the Duke of Newcastle who quickly saw to it that Green was appointed Regius Professor of Divinity, the most senior chair in the university. In 1750, Green was appointed as master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge despite the fact he had no links with the college. In 175 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Love
Richard Love (1596–1661) was an English churchman and academic, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, member of the Westminster Assembly, and Dean of Ely. Life He was son of Richard Love, an apothecary who died in 1605, and was born in the parish of St. Mary the Great, Cambridge, on 26 December 1596. He was probably educated at the free school, Cambridge, subsequently at Clare College, Cambridge, Clare Hall, where he was a fellow before 1628. In 1628 he was proctor, and about the same time was made chaplain in ordinary to Charles I of England, Charles I, who on 27 October 1629 presented him to the living of Eckington, Derbyshire. In January 1631 he proceeded D.D., on the king's recommendation. On 12 October 1631 he received the prebend of Tachbrook in Lichfield Cathedral. By a mandate from Charles I, Love was made Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College on 4 April 1632, immediately on the death of Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Dalton (legal Writer)
Michael Dalton (1564–1644) was an English barrister and legal writer, author of two works well known in his time. Life He was the son of Thomas Dalton of Hildersham, Cambridgeshire, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1580. He was associated with Lincoln's Inn, moving there from Furnivall's Inn, being called to the bar and eventually becoming a bencher. He resided at West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, and was in the commission of the peace for the county. Works Dalton published: * '' The Countrey Justice'', London, 1618, a treatise on the jurisdiction of justices of the peace out of session. Anthony Fitzherbert in ''L'Office et Auctoritee de Justices de Peace'', 1514, English translation 1538) and William Lambarde (''Eirenarcha'', 1610) had already devoted substantive treatises to the duties of justices. Dalton's book differed from these in the limitation of its scope and the extent of its detail. It covered the types of case and offence where a magistrate ( justic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cole (antiquary)
William Cole (3 August 1714 – 16 December 1782), was a Cambridgeshire clergyman and antiquary, known for his extensive manuscript collections on the history of Cambridgeshire and of Buckinghamshire. He published little, but left his manuscript volumes (over 100 of them) to the British Museum, where they have proved invaluable to people writing about the history of Cambridgeshire. He kept a diary between 1765 and 1770, and two volumes – one relating to a trip to France, and one to his time at Bletchley – were published in 1931. A nineteenth-century biographer described Cole as "one of the most learned men of the eighteenth century in his particular line, and the most industrious antiquary that Cambridgeshire has ever had, or is likely to have", while the verdict of a contemporary, Professor Michael Lort, was "... with all his oddities, he was a worthy and valuable man". Early life and education Cole was born in Little Abington, a village near Babraham, Cambridgeshire, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nichols (printer)
John Nichols (2 February 1745 – 26 November 1826) was an English printer, author and antiquary. He is remembered as an influential editor of the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' for nearly 40 years; author of a monumental county history of Leicestershire; author of two compendia of biographical material relating to his literary contemporaries; and as one of the agents behind the first complete publication of Domesday Book in 1783. Early life and apprenticeship He was born in Islington, London, to Edward Nichols and Anne Wilmot. On 22 June 1766 he married Anne, daughter of William Cradock. Anne bore him three children: Anne (1767), Sarah (1769), and William Bowyer (born 1775 and died a year later). His wife Anne also died in 1776. Nichols was married a second time in 1778, to Martha Green, who bore him eight children. Nichols was taken for training by "the learned printer", William Bowyer the Younger in early 1757. Nichols was formally apprenticed in February 1759 by Bowyer, whom he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browne Willis
Browne Willis (16 September 1682 – 5 February 1760) was an antiquary, author, numismatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1708. Early life Willis was born at Blandford St Mary, Dorset, the eldest son of Thomas Willis of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and his wife Alice Browne, daughter of Robert Browne of Frampton, Dorset. He was grandson of Dr Thomas Willis, the physician. He was educated at Beachampton School under the care of Abraham Freestone, and later at Westminster School. He attended Christ Church, Oxford and entered the Inner Temple in 1700. In 1707 he married Katherine Eliot, the daughter of Daniel Eliot. He joined the recently reformed Society of Antiquaries in 1717–18. Political career In 1705, Willis was elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham. He held the seat until 1708. Published works His published works are: * ''Notitia Parliamentaria'', vol. 1 (1715) * ''Survey of St David’s Cathedral'' (1716) * ''Notitia Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banwell
Banwell is a village and civil parish on the River Banwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its population was 3,251 according to the 2021 census. Toponymy Banwell's name is first securely attested around the year 900 in forms including ''Banuwille'' and ''Bananwylle''; it appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form ''Banwelle''. This name was taken by Margaret Gelling and Victor Watts as an Old English compound of ''bana'' 'slayer' (in its genitive singular form ''banan'') and ''wielle'' 'well, fountain, spring', thus meaning something like 'murderer's stream'. However, Harry Jelley suggested in the 1990s that Banwell was the home of St Patrick's father, who according to Patrick’s autobiographical ''Confessio'' 'fuit vico Bannavem Taburniae, villulam enim prope habuit, ubi ego capturam dedi' ('lived at Bannavem Taburniae, because he had a small estate nearby, where I was taken prisoner'). Jelley argued that ''Bannavem Taburniae'' is a scribal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Browne Willis 1771
Browne is a variant of the English surname Brown, meaning "brown-haired" or "brown-skinned". It may sometimes be derived from French ''le Brun'' with similar meaning. The ''Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh'' clan of County Donegal have anglicized as Browne since about 1800. The name has also been used throughout North America as an anglicization of the Spanish surname Pardo. An Irish originated branch of this English family passed to Portugal in the 17th century. Andrew then André Browne was father of Dr Pedro Browne, married to Francisca Xavier Clamouse, and these of Domingos Clamouse Browne, professed Knight of the Order of Christ, Consul of France in the city of Porto, married to Maria Custódia do Nascimento, daughter of Domingos Fernandes Sada and his wife Maria da Cruz, of whom he had Manuel Clamouse Browne, who had Chart of Arms with the arms of the Brownes on 13 February 1850. They used the following arms: argent, flanked sable, three merlettes sable aligned pale, and one leopard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh & Sotheby
Sotheby's ( ) is a British-founded multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, and maintains a significant presence in the UK. Sotheby's was established on 11 March 1744 in London by Samuel Baker, a bookseller. In 1767 the firm became Baker & Leigh, after George Leigh became a partner, and was renamed to Leigh and Sotheby in 1778 after Baker's death when his nephew, John Sotheby, inherited Leigh's share. Other former names include: Leigh, Sotheby and Wilkinson; Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge (1864–1924); Sotheby and Company (1924–83); Mssrs Sotheby; Sotheby & Wilkinson; Sotheby Mak van Waay; and Sotheby's & Co. The American holding company was initially incorporated in August 1983 in Michigan as Sotheby's Holdings, Inc. In June 2006, it was reincorporated in the State of Delaware and was renamed Sotheby's. In June 2019, Soth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chipping Ongar
Chipping Ongar () is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ongar, in the Epping Forest District of the county of Essex, England. It is located east of Epping, southeast of Harlow and northwest of Brentwood. In 2020 the built-up area had an estimated population of 6420. Origin of the name The name "Ongar" means "grass land" (cognate with the German word ). "Chipping" is from Old English , "a market, a market-place", akin to Danish and Swedish ; the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury, Chipping Barnet and Chipping (now High) Wycombe. History Ongar was an important market town in the Medieval era, at the centre of a hundred and has the remains of Ongar Castle, which was a Norman castle built in and demolished between 1558 and 1603. The Church of England parish church, St Martin's, dates from the 11th century and shows signs of Norman work. A small window in the chancel is believed to indicate the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambourne
Lambourne is a civil parish in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is located approximately 4.5 miles (7 km) south of Epping and 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Romford. It covers an area of , and in 2001 its population was 1,828, increasing to 2,013 at the 2011 Census. History Like much of the neighbouring area, Lambourne was thickly wooded in the Middle Ages with forest gradually being cleared for agriculture. A few remnants of the historic Hainault Forest are found in the southern fringe of the parish, and now form part of a country park. Its population was 505 in 1801 rising to 904 by 1841, remaining at about that level for the next century. Historically Lambourne was included in the hundred of Ongar. It formed part of the Ongar Rural District from 1894 to 1955, and then Epping and Ongar Rural District until it became part of Epping Forest District in 1974. Geography The parish is mostly rural and agricultural, and lies in the valley of the River Rod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
