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See also:BURY ST See also:EDMUNDS , a See also:market See also:town and municipal and See also:parliamentary 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 of See also:Suffolk, See also:England, on the See also:Lark, an affluent of the See also:Great See also:Ouse; 87 m. N.E. by N. from See also:London by the Great Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 16,255. It is pleasantly situated on a See also:gentle See also:eminence, in a fertile and richly cultivated See also:district. The See also:tower or 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-See also:gate, one of the finest specimens of See also:early See also:Norman See also:architecture in England, and the western gate, a beautiful structure of See also:rich Decorated See also:work, together with ruined walls of considerable extent, are all that remains of the great See also:abbey. St See also:Mary's church, with a beautifully carved roof, was erected in the earlier See also:part of the 15th See also:century, and contains the See also:tomb of Mary Tudor, See also:queen of See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis XII. of See also:France. St 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's church is also a See also:fine Perpendicular See also:building, with a See also:modern See also:chancel, and without a tower. All these splendid structures, fronting one of the See also:main streets in See also:succession, See also:form, even without the abbey church, a remarkable memorial of the See also:wealth of the See also:foundation. Behind them See also:lie picturesque gardens whichcontain the ruins, the See also:plan of which is difficult to trace, though the outlines of some portions, as the See also:chapter-See also:house, have been made clear by excavation. There is a handsome See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:Edmund. The so-called Moyses See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall (perhaps a See also:Jew's House, of which there is a parallel example at See also:Lincoln) retains transitional Norman work. The See also:free See also:grammar school, founded by See also:Edward VI., has two scholarships at See also:Cambridge, and six exhibitions to each university, and occupies modern buildings. The Church See also:Schools See also:Company has a school. There are large agricultural See also:implement See also:works, and the agricultural See also:trade is important, See also:cattle and See also:corn markets being held. In the vicinity is Ickworth, the seat of the See also:marquess of See also:Bristol, a great See also:mansion of the end of the 18th century. The parliamentary borough, which returns one member, is coextensive with the municipal borough. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 2947 acres.
Bury St Edmunds (Beodricesworth, St Edmund's Bury), sup-posed by some to have been the See also:Villa See also:Faustina of the See also:Romans, was one of the royal towns of the See also:Saxons. See also:Sigebert, 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 of the See also:East Angles, founded a monastery here about 633, which in 903 became the See also:burial See also:place of King Edmund, who was slain by the Danes about 87o, and owed most of its early celebrity to the reputed miracles performed at the See also:shrine of the See also:martyr king. By 925 the fame of St Edmund had spread far and wide, and the name of the town was changed to St Edmund's Bury. Sweyn, in 1020, having destroyed the older monastery and ejected the See also:secular priests, built a See also:Benedictine abbey on its site. In 942 or 945 King Edmund had granted to the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot and See also:convent See also:jurisdiction over the whole town, free from all secular services, and Canute in 1020 freed it from episcopal See also:control. Edward the See also:Confessor made the abbot See also:lord of the See also:franchise. By various grants from the abbots, the town gradually attained the See also:rank of a borough. 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 III. in 1235 granted to the abbot two See also:annual fairs, one in See also:December (which still survives), the other the great St See also:Matthew's See also:fair, which was abolished by the Fairs See also:Act of 1871. Another fair was granted by Henry IV. in 1405. See also:Elizabeth in 1562 confirmed the charters which former See also:kings had granted to the abbots, and James I. in 16o6 granted a See also:charter of See also:incorporation with an annual fair in See also:Easter See also:week and a market. Further charters were granted by him in 16o8 and 1614, and by See also:Charles II. in 1668 and 1684. The reversion of the fairs and two markets on Wednesday and Saturday were granted by James I. in See also:fee See also:farm to the See also:corporation. Parliaments were held here in 1272, 1296 and 1446, but the borough was not represented until 16o8, when James I. conferred the See also:privilege of sending two members. The Redistribution Act 1885 reduced the See also:representation to one. There was formerly a large woollen trade.
See See also:Richard See also:Yates, Hist. and Antigs. of the Abbey of St Edmund's Bury (2nd ed., 1843) ; H. R. See also:Barker, See also:History of Bury St Edmunds.
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