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BRACKLEY , 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:southern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Northamptonshire, See also:England, 59 m. N.W. by W. from See also:London by the See also:Great Central railway; served also by a See also:branch of the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 2467. 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:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter, the See also:body of which is Decorated and Perpendicular, has a beautiful See also:Early See also:English See also:tower. Magdalen See also:College school was founded in 1447 by 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 of See also:Waynflete, See also:bishop of See also:Winchester, bearing the name of his great college at 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. Of a previous See also:foundation of the 12th See also:century, called the See also:Hospital of St See also:John, the transitional See also:Norman and Early English See also:chapel remains. See also:Brewing is carried on. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors., See also:Area, 3489 acres.
Brackley (Brachelai, Brackele) was held in 1o86 by See also:Earl Alberie, from whom it passed to the earl of See also:Leicester and thence to the families of De Quinci and See also:Roland. Brilliant tournaments were held in 1249 and 1267, and others were prohibited in 1222 and 1244. The market, formerly held on See also:Sunday, was changed in 1218 to Wednesday, and in See also:answer to a See also:writ of Quo Warranto Maud de Holand claimed in 1330 that her See also:family had held a See also:fair on St See also:Andrew's See also:day from See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time immemorial.
In 1553 See also:Mary granted two fairs to the earl of See also:Derby. By See also:charter of 1686
6 See also:Judgment on the See also:Post Nati.
' Speech to the See also:parliament, 24th of See also:October 1597.
8 Harleian MS. 231o, f. i.; See also:Gardiner's Hist. of England, ix 56.
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 II. incorporated the town under a mayor, 6 aldermen, and 26 burgesses, granted three new fairs and confirmed the old fair and market. In 1708 See also:Anne granted four fairs to the earl of See also:Bridgewater, and in 1886 the borough had a new charter of See also:incorporation under a mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors under the Municipal Corporations See also:Act of 1882. See also:Camden (Brit. p. 430) says that Brackley was formerly a famous See also:staple for See also:wool. It first sent members to parliament in 1547, and continued to send two representatives till disfranchised by the Reform Act of 1832. The town formerly had a considerable woollen and See also:lace-making See also:trade.
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