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BRIDEWELL , a See also:district of See also:London between See also:Fleet See also:Street and the See also:Thames, so called from the well of St See also:- BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)
Bride or St See also:Bridget See also:close by. 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 the Conqueror's 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, a See also:castle or See also:Norman See also:tower, See also:long the occasional See also:residence of the See also:kings of ;See also:England, stood there by the Fleet ditch. 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., See also:Stow says, built there " a stately and beautiful See also:house," specially for the See also:housing of the See also:emperor See also:Charles V. and his See also:suite in 1525. During the See also:hearing of the See also:divorce suit by the Cardinals at Blackfriars, Henry and Catharine of See also:Aragon lived there. In 1553 See also:Edward VI. made it over to the See also:city as a See also:penitentiary, a house of correction for vagabonds and loose See also:women; and it was formally taken See also:possession of by the See also:lord See also:mayor and See also:corporation in 1555. The greater See also:part of the See also:building was destroyed in the See also:Great See also:Fire of 1666. New Bridewell, built in 1829, was pulled down in 1864. The See also:term has become a synonym for any reformatory.
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