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See also:CANYNGES, CANYNGE, 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 (c. 1399-1474) , See also:English See also:merchant, was See also:born at See also:Bristol in 1399 or 1400, a member of a wealthy See also:family of merchants and See also:cloth-manufacturers in that See also:city. He entered, and in due course greatly extended, the family business, becoming one of the richest Englishmen of his See also:day. Canynges was five times See also:mayor of, and twice member of See also:parliament for, Bristol. He owned a See also:fleet of ten See also:ships, the largest hitherto known in See also:England, and employed, it is said, 800 See also:seamen. By See also:special license from 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 of See also:Denmark he enjoyed for some 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:monopoly of the See also:fish See also:trade between See also:Iceland, See also:Finland and England, and he also competed successfully with the Flemish merchants in the Baltic, obtaining a large See also:share of their business. In 1456 he entertained See also:Margaret of See also:Anjou at Bristol, and in 1461 See also:Edward IV. Canynges undertook at his own expense the See also:great See also:work of rebuilding the famous Bristol 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, Redcliffe, and for a See also:long time had a See also:hundred workmen in his See also:regular service for this purpose. In 1467 he himself took See also:holy orders, and in 1469 was made See also:dean of See also:Westbury. He died in 1474. The statesman See also:George See also:Canning and the first See also:viscount See also:Stratford de Redcliffe were descendants of his family.
See Pryce, Memorials of the Canynges Family and their Times (Bristol, 1854).
End of Article: CANYNGES, CANYNGE, WILLIAM (c. 1399-1474)
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