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William Berry (Roundhead)
Sir William Bury (–1669) fought for the Parliamentary causes during the English Civil War and was a colonel in the New Model Army during Interregnum (England), Interregnum. He was also a Member of the First Protectorate Parliament, and held various Commonwealth (England), Commonwealth government offices. Biography Bury was only son of William Bury (died 28 March 1617), of the Friars, in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Emma, his wife, the youngest daughter of John Dryden, of Canons Ashby, and Elizabeth (''née'' Cope). He was baptised at Grantham on 3 June 1605. Bury entered at Gray's Inn on 18 May 1631. He was found guilty of High Treason for taking up arms against King Charles I of England, Charles I, April 21, 1643 (see Declaration of Lex Talionis). The same year he had been appointed to collect subsidy from Lincolnshire, He was named in despatches of the Committee of Both Kingdoms 1644–1645, and was one of the commissioners for the reduction of Belvoir Castle in June 1649. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Civil War
The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Cavaliers, Royalists and Roundhead, Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War. The Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652), Anglo-Scottish War of 1650 to 1652 is sometimes referred to as the ''Third English Civil War.'' While the conflicts in the three kingdoms of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland had similarities, each had their own specific issues and objectives. The First English Civil War was fought primarily over the correct balance of power between Parliament of England, Parliament and Charles I of England, Charles I. It ended in June 1646 with Royalist defeat and the king in custody. However, victory exposed Parliamentarian divisions over the nature of the political settlemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Coote, 1st Earl Of Mountrath
Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath ( 1609 – 18 December 1661) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and politician from County Roscommon. A strong advocate of the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland, he fought for Parliament and the Commonwealth in the 1641 to 1652 Irish Confederate Wars. Coote also sat as an MP, and held various senior administrative posts, including Lord President of Connaught. Personal details Charles Coote was born 1609, eldest son of Sir Charles Coote (died 1642), and his wife Dorothea. One of five surviving children, he had three brothers, Chidley (1608–1668), Richard (1620–1683), and Thomas (1621–1671), and a sister, Letitia. Prior to 1630, Coote married Mary Rushe, with whom he had a son, another Charles (1630–1672). Mary died before 1645, when Coote married again, this time to Jane Hannay (died 1684). They had four children together, Richard, Chidley, Dorothy (1652–1677), Hannah, and Jane. Irish Confederate Wars Relatively little is known of Coote' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1669 Deaths
Events January–March * January 2 – Pirate Henry Morgan of Wales holds a meeting of his captains on board his ship, the former Royal Navy frigate ''Oxford'', and an explosion in the ship's gunpowder supply kills 200 of his crew and four of the pirate captains who had attended the summit. * January 4 – A 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes the city of Shamakhi in Iran (now in Azerbaijan) and kills 7,000 people. Fourteen months earlier, an earthquake in Shamakhi killed 80,000 people. * February 13 – The first performance of the ''Ballet de Flore'', a joint collaboration of Jean-Baptiste Lully and Isaac de Benserade is given, premiering at the Palais du Louvre in Paris. King Louis XIV finances the performance and even appears in a minor role in the production as a dancer. * February 23 – Isaac Newton writes his first description of his new invention, the reflecting telescope. * March 11 – Mount Etna erupts, destroying the Sicilian town of Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1600s Births
Sixteen or 16 may refer to: *16 (number) *one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016 Films * '' Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film * ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen * ''Sixteen'' (2013 Indian film), a 2013 Hindi film * ''Sixteen'' (2013 British film), a 2013 British film by director Rob Brown Music * The Sixteen, an English choir * 16 (band), a sludge metal band * Sixteen (Polish band), a Polish band Albums * ''16'' (Robin album), a 2014 album by Robin * 16 (Madhouse album), a 1987 album by Madhouse * ''Sixteen'' (album), a 1983 album by Stacy Lattisaw *''Sixteen'' , a 2005 album by Shook Ones * ''16'', a 2020 album by Wejdene Songs * "16" (Sneaky Sound System song), 2009 * "Sixteen" (Thomas Rhett song), 2017 * "Sixteen" (Ellie Goulding song), 2019 *" Six7een", by Hori7on, 2023 *"16", by Craig David from ''Following My Intuition'', 2016 *"16", by Green Day from ''39/Smooth'', 1990 *"16", by Highly Suspect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bury (judge)
Thomas Bury (1655–1722) was an English judge. He took part in the decision regarding the 1704 Aylesbury election. King George I raised Bury to the position of Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Early life and education Bury was born in 1655, the youngest son of Sir William Bury, knight, of Linwood, Lincolnshire. In February 1667, Bury earned a bachelor's degree at Lincoln College, Oxford, and entered Gray's Inn as a student the following year. Career He was called to the bar in 1676, and after some years' practice became a serjeant-at-law in 1700. Later, on 26 January 1701, when Sir Littleton Powys was removed to the Court of King's Bench (England), King's Bench, he was made a Baron of the Exchequer.Sir John Sainty (comp.) ''The Judges of England, 1272–1990: a list of the judges of the Superior courts'' (Selden Society: Supplementary Series 1993), 128. Regarding this appointment, his epitaph says that he "by his Great Application to the Study of the Law, raised himself to one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln College, Oxford
Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford, in the United Kingdom. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming (bishop), Richard Fleming, the then Bishop of Lincoln, who obtained a charter for the college from King Henry VI. The college is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford and has three quadrangle (architecture), quadrangles. The first quadrangle dates from the 15th century, with the second Chapel quadrangle added in the early 17th century and The Grove added in the 19th century. The college library is located in the converted 18th-century All Saints' Church, Oxford, All Saints' Church which became part of the college in 1971. Its sister college is Downing College, Cambridge. Mensa International, Mensa, the oldest high-IQ society in the world, was founded at the college in 1946. The Rector (academic), Rector of the college is former pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terrington St Clement
Terrington St Clement is a village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough and district in Norfolk, England. It is in the drained marshlands to the south of the Wash, west of King's Lynn, Norfolk, and east of Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, on the old route of the A17 trunk road. The parish covers an area of . Much of the farmland is of alluvial silt and clay which has been reclaimed from the sea. About half the parish has been reclaimed from the east bank of the River Nene, in Anglo-Saxon times. It is bordered by the so called ''Roman Bank'', which is of a later than Roman date. The other half has been reclaimed from The Wash since the end of the 18th century. Terrington St Clement in area is the largest village in Norfolk, and the second largest in the country. History The name Terrington derives from the Old English for 'Farm/settlement of Tir(a)'s people' as ''-ingtūn'' means a settlement called after, or connected with... . Iron Age, Salt winning Dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skellow
Skellow is a village in the Doncaster district, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village is roughly north-west of Doncaster. The village falls in the Askern Spa Ward of Doncaster MBC. To the north and south is mixed farmland, the A1 runs immediately along the western edge of the village, and to the east Skellow merges with the adjacent village of Carcroft along the B1220 road. As of 2023, the village had a population of 3,800. Geography The village derives its name from the River Skell which flows from the nearby village of Skelbrooke, through the locally named 'Five Lanes End' area of Skellow where it joins the Ea Beck, a tributary of the River Don, of which it joins near the former Thorpe Marsh Power Station at Barnby Dun. The village lies on the north side of the east-west Ea Beck valley. To the north-east with access from the village is Burghwallis. Skellow is well served for open public spaces, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Carlow
County Carlow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county located in the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region of Ireland, within the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster. Carlow is the List of Irish counties by area, second smallest and the List of Irish counties by population, third least populous of Ireland's 32 traditional counties. Carlow County Council is the governing Local government in the Republic of Ireland, local authority. The county is named after the town of Carlow, which lies on the River Barrow and is both the county town and largest settlement, with over 40% of the county's population. Much of the remainder of the population also reside within the Barrow valley, in towns such as Leighlinbridge, Bagenalstown, Graiguenamanagh, Tinnahinch, Borris, County Carlow, Borris and St. Mullins, St Mullins. Carlow shares a border with County Kildare, Kildare and County Laois, Laois to the north, County Kilkenny, Kilkenny to the west, County Wicklow, Wicklow to the east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hacketstown
Hacketstown (, IPA: �bˠalʲəˈhaceːdʲ, historically known as Ballydrohid (), is a small town and civil parish in County Carlow, Ireland, near the border with County Wicklow. The civil parish extends into County Wicklow. It is located on the R747 road at its junction with the R727. The River Derreen flows westwards just north of the town and the River Derry rises just south of the town. History In the early thirteenth century, an Anglo-Norman castle was built on the site where St Brigid's Church sits now. In the seventeenth century the wealthy Chetham family from New Moston, Lancashire, England acquired lands here. Although they lived mainly in England, a Chetham daughter married into the powerful Irish Loftus family. Hacketstown was the scene of two battles during the 1798 rebellion. On 25 May 1798, there were several skirmishes in the town. Later, on 25 June, several thousand rebels including Michael Dwyer and his followers, tried to capture the military barracks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blankney
Blankney is a village and civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 251. The village is situated approximately south from the city and county town of Lincoln and 9 miles north from Sleaford. Blankney is a small stone-built estate village, built around the large estate of Blankney Hall. According to the 2021 census, the population was 261. History Blankney has existed at least since the time of William the Conqueror, when it belonged to the major land-owner Walter D'Aincourt. The place-name 'Blankney' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Blachene''. It is listed as ''Blancaneia'' in 1157 in ''Early Yorkshire Charters'', and as ''Blankenei'' in 1202 in the Assize Rolls. The name is the Old English ''blancan ēg'', thought to mean 'Blanca's island'. In the 15th century the estate passed through marriage to the Lovels of Titchmarsh. After the Battle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
