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ABERGAVENNY , a See also:market See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the See also:northern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Monmouthshire, See also:England, 14 M. W. of See also:Monmouth on the See also:Great Western and the See also:London and See also:North-Western See also:railways. Pop. (1901) 7795. It is situated at the junction of a small stream called the Gavenny with the See also:river See also:Usk; and the site, almost surrounded by lofty hills, is very beautiful. The town was formerly walled, and has the remains of a See also:castle built soon after the See also:conquest, frequently the See also:scene of border strife. The See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:Mary belonged origin-ally to a See also:Benedictine monastery founded See also:early in the 12th See also:century. The existing See also:building, however, is Decorated and Perpendicular, and contains a See also:fine See also:series of memorials of See also:dates from the 13th to the 17th century. There is a See also:free See also:grammar school, which till 1857 had a fellowship at Jesus See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford. Breweries, ironworks, quarries, See also:brick See also:fields and collieries in the See also:neighbour-See also:hood are among the See also:principal See also:industrial establishments. Abergavenny was incorporated in 1899, and is governed by a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 825 acres.
This was the See also:Roman Gobannium, a small fort guarding the road along the valley of the Usk and ensuring quiet among the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill tribes. There is practically no trace of this fort. Abergavenny (Bergavenny) See also:grew up under the protection•of the lords of Abergavenny, whose See also:title dated from See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William I. Owing to its situation, the town was frequently embroiled in the border warfare of the 12th and 13th centuries, and Giraldus Cambrensis relates how in 1175 the castle was seized by the Welsh. Hamelyn de Baalun, first See also:lord of Abergavenny, founded'the Benedictine priory, which was subsequently endowed by William de See also:Braose with a tenth of the profits of the castle and town. At the See also:dissolution of the priory See also:part of this endowment went towards the See also:foundation of a free grammar school, the site itself passing to the See also:Gunter See also:family. During the See also:Civil See also:War See also:prior to the See also:siege of See also:Raglan Castle in 1645, See also:Charles I. visited Abergavenny, and presided in See also:person over the trial of See also:Sir Trevor See also:Williams and other parliamentarians. In 1639 Abergavenny received a See also:charter of See also:incorporation under the title of See also:bailiff and burgesses. A charter with extended privileges was drafted in 1657, but appears never to have been enrolled or to have come into effect. Owing to the refusal of the See also:chief See also:officers of the See also:corporation to take the See also:oath of See also:allegiance to William III. in 1688, the charter was annulled, and the town subsequently declined in prosperity. The See also:act of 27 See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII., which provided that Monmouth, as See also:county town, should return one See also:burgess to See also:parliament, further stated that other See also:ancient Monmouthshire boroughs were to contribute towards the See also:payment of the member. In consequence of this clause Abergavenny on various occasions shared in the See also:election, the last instance being in 1685.
Reference to a market at Abergavenny is found in a charter granted to the prior by William de Braose (d. 1211). The right to hold two weekly markets and three yearly fairs, as hitherto held, was confirmed in 1657. Abergavenny was celebrated for the See also:production of Welsh See also:flannel, and also for the manufacture, whilst the See also:fashion prevailed, of periwigs of goats' See also:hair.
The title of See also:Baron Abergavenny, in the See also:Neville family, dates from See also:Edward Neville (d. 1476), who was the youngest son of the 1st See also:earl of Westmoreland by See also:Joan See also:Beaufort, daughter of See also:John of Gaunt. He married the heiress of See also:Richard, earl of See also:Worcester, whose See also:father had inherited the castle and See also:estate of Abergavenny, and was summoned in 1392 to parliament as Lord Bergavenny. Edward Neville was summoned to parliament with this title in 1450. His See also:direct male descendants ended in 1587 in Henry Neville, but a See also:cousin, Edward Neville (d. 1622), was confirmed in the See also:barony in 1604. From him it has descended continuously, the title being increased to an earldom in 1784; and in 1876 William Nevill (sic), 5th earl (b. 1826), an indefatigable and powerful supporter of the Conservative party, was created 1st See also:marquess of Abergavenny.
(See NEVILLE.)
ABERIGH-See also:MACKAY, See also:GEORGE See also:ROBERT (1848-188r), Anglo-See also:Indian writer, son of a See also:Bengal See also:chaplain, was See also:born on the 25th of See also:July 1848, and was educated at Magdalen College School and See also:Cambridge University. Entering the Indian See also:education See also:department in 187o, he became See also:professor of See also:English literature in See also:Delhi College in 1873, See also:tutor to the See also:raja of Rutlam 1876, and principal of the Rajkumar College at See also:Indore in 1877. He is best known for his See also:book Twenty-one Days in See also:India (1878-1879), a See also:satire upon Anglo-Indian society and modes of thought. This book gave promise of a successful See also:literary career; but the author died at the See also:age of See also:thirty-three.
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