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See also:ARMSTRONG, See also:ARCHIBALD (d. 1672) , See also:court See also:jester, called " Archy," was a native of See also:Scotland or of See also:Cumberland, and according to tradition first distinguished himself as a See also:sheep-stealer; afterwards he entered the service of See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James VI., with whom he became a favourite. When the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king succeeded to the See also:English See also:throne, Archy was appointed court jester. In 1611 he was granted a See also:pension of two shillings a See also:day, and in 1617 he accompanied James on his visit to Scotland. His See also:influence was considerable and he was greatly courted and flattered, but his success appears to have turned his See also:head. He became presumptuous, insolent and mischievous, excited foolish jealousies between the king and 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, See also:prince of See also:Wales, and was much disliked by the members of the court. In 1623 he accompanied Prince See also:Charles and See also:- BUCKINGHAM
- BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
- BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
- BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
- BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)
Buckingham in their See also:adventure into See also:Spain, where he was much caressed and favoured by the See also:Spanish court and, according to his own See also:account, was granted a pension. His conduct here became more intolerable than ever. He rallied the infanta on the defeat of the See also:Armada and censured the conduct of the expedition to Buckingham's See also:face. Buckingham declared he would have him hanged, to which the jester replied that " See also:dukes had often been hanged for insolence but never See also:fools for talking." On his return he gained some complimentary allusions from See also:Ben See also:Jonson by his attacks upon the Spanish See also:marriage. He retained his See also:post on the See also:accession of Charles I., and accumulated a considerable See also:fortune, including the See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant by the king of loco acres in See also:Ireland. After the See also:death of Buckingham in 1628, whom he declared " the greatest enemy of three See also:kings," the See also:principal See also:object of his dislike and See also:rude jests was See also:Laud, whom he openly vilified and ridiculed. He pronounced the following See also:- GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
- GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )
grace at See also:Whitehall in Laud's presence:. " See also:Great praise be given to See also:God and little laud to the See also:devil," and after the See also:news of the See also:rebellion in Scotland in 1637 he greeted Laud on his way to the See also:council chamber at Whitehall with: `" Who's-See also:fool now? Does not your
Grace hear the news from See also:Stirling about the See also:liturgy?" On Laud's complaint to the council, Archy was sentenced the same day " to have his coat pulled over his head and be discharged the king's service and banished the king's court." He settled in See also:London as a See also:money-lender, and many complaints were made to the privy council and See also:House of Lords of his See also:sharp practices. In 1641 on the occasion of Laud's See also:arrest, he enjoyed a ,mean revenge by See also:publishing Archy's See also:Dream; sometimes Jester to his Majestie, but exiled the Court by Canterburie's malice. Subsequently he resided at Arthuret in Cumberland, according to some accounts his birthplace, where he possessed an See also:estate, and where he died in 1672, his See also:burial taking See also:place en the 1st of See also:April. He was twice married, his second wife being Sybilla See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
Bell. There is no See also:record of any legal offspring, but the See also:baptism of a " See also:base son " of Archibald Armstrong is entered in the See also:parish See also:register of the 17th of See also:December 1643. A Banquet of Jests: A See also:change of Cheare, published about 163o, a collection chiefly of dull, stale jokes, is attributed to him, and with still less See also:reason probably A choice Banquet of Witty Jests . . . Being an. addition to Archee's Jests, taken out of his Closet but never published in his Lifetime (166o).
End of Article: ARMSTRONG, ARCHIBALD (d. 1672)
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