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CORFE See also:CASTLE , a See also:town in the eastern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Dorsetshire, See also:England, in the See also:district called the Isle of Purbeck, 129; M. S.W. by W. from See also:London by the London & See also:South-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 1440. The castle, through which the town is famous, guarded a See also:gap in the See also:line of considerable hills which rise in the centre of Purbeck. It is strongly placed on an See also:eminence falling almost sheer on three sides. Its ruins are extensive, and date for the most See also:part from the See also:Norman See also:period to the reign of See also:Edward I. There is, however, a trace of See also:early See also:masonry which may have belonged to the Saxon See also:house where,in 978, 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 Edward the See also:Martyr was murdered. Corfe Castle was held for the empress Maud against King See also:Stephen in 1139, was frequently the See also:residence-of King See also:John, and was a stronghold of the barons against 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. Edward II. was imprisoned here for a See also:short period. The castle withstood a protracted See also:siege by the Parliamentarians in 1643, and See also:fell to them by treachery in 1646, after which it was dismantled and wrecked. 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 in the town, almost wholly rebuilt, is dedicated to St Edward the Martyr. The See also:quarrying of Purbeck See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and the raising of potters' See also:clay are the See also:chief See also:industries.
Probably Corfe Castle (Corfes geat, Corf See also:Beat, Corve, Corph) was an early Anglo-Saxon See also:settlement. According to 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:Malmesbury the church was founded by St See also:Aldhelm in the 7th See also:century. In 1o86 the See also:abbey of See also:Shaftesbury held the See also:manor, which afterwards passed to the Norman See also:kings, who raised the castle. Its date is disputed, but the town dependent on it seems to have grown up during the 13th century, being first mentioned in 1290, when an See also:inquisition states that the See also:mayor has pesage of See also:wool and See also:cheese. The rights of the burgesses seem to have been undefined, for frequent commissions attest to encroachments on the rights of See also:warren, See also:forest and wreckage belonging to the royal manor. In 138o-1381 at an inquisition into the liberties of Corfe Castle, the jurors declared that 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 the See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable and his steward had held all pleas and amerciaments except those of the mayor's See also:court of See also:Pie See also:Powder, but that the town had See also:judgment by See also:fire, See also:water and combat. The tenants, or " barons," elected themselves a mayor and coroners, but the constable received the See also:assize of See also:ale. See also:Elizabeth in 1577 gave exclusive See also:admiralty See also:jurisdiction within the See also:island of Purbeck to See also:Sir See also:Christopher See also:Hatton, and granted the mayor and " barons " of Corfe the rights they enjoyed by See also:prescription and See also:charter and that of not being placed on juries or assizes in matters beyond the island. See also:Charles II. incorporated Corfe Castle in 1663, the mayor being elected at a court leet from three nominees of the See also:lord of the manor. Corfe Castle first returned two representatives to See also:parliament in 1572, but was disfranchised in 1832. A See also:market for each Saturday was granted to Corfe in 1214, and in 1248 the town obtained a See also:fair and a market on each See also:Thursday, while Elizabeth granted fairs on the feasts of St See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip and 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 and of St See also:Luke; both of these still survive. As early as the 14th century the quarrying and export of See also:marble gave employment to the men of Corfe, and during the 18th century the See also:knitting of stockings was a flourishing See also:industry.
See T. See also:Bond, See also:History and Description of Corfe Castle (London and See also:Bournemouth, 1883).
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