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See also:CURFEW, CURFEU Or COUVRE-See also:FEU, a See also:signal, as by tolling a See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell, to warn the inhabitants of a See also:town to extinguish their fires or See also:cover them up (hence the name) and retire to See also:rest. This was a See also:common practice throughout See also:Europe during the See also:middle ages, especially in cities taken in See also:war. In the See also:law Latin of those times it was termed ignitegium or pyritegium. In See also:medieval See also:Venice it was a regulation from which only the Barbers' See also:Quarter was exempt, doubtless because they were also surgeons and their services might be needed during the See also:night. The curfew originated in the fear of See also:fire when most cities were built of See also:timber. That it was a most useful and See also:practical measure is obvious when it is remembered that the See also:household fire was usually made in a hole in the middle of the See also:floor, under an opening in the roof through which the See also:smoke escaped. The See also:custom is commonly said to have been introduced into See also:England 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 the Conqueror, who ordained, under severe penalties, that at the ringing of the curfew-bell at eight o'See also:clock in the evening all See also:lights and fires should be extinguished. But as there is See also:good See also:reason to believe that the curfew-bell was See also:rung each night at Carfax, 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 (see Peshall, Hist. of Oxford), in the reign of See also:Alfred the See also:Great, it would seem that all William did was to enforce more strictly an existing regulation. The See also:absolute See also:prohibition of lights after the ringing of the curfew-bell was abolished by 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 I. in 11oo. The practice of tolling a bell at a fixed See also:hour in the evening, still extant in many places, isa survival of the See also:ancient curfew. The common hour was at first seven, and it was gradually advanced to eight, and in some places to nine o'clock. In See also:Scotland ten was not an unusual hour. In See also:early See also:Roman times curfew may possibly have served a See also:political purpose by obliging See also:people to keep within doors, thus preventing treasonable nocturnal assemblies, and generally assisting in the preservation of law and See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order. The ringing of the " See also:prayer-bell," as it is called, which is still practised in some See also:Protestant countries, originated in that of the curfew-bell. In 1848 the curfew was still rung at See also:Hastings, See also:Sussex, from
Michaelmas to See also:Lady-See also:Day, and this was the custom too at See also:Wrexham, N. See also:Wales.
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