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DEVIZES , a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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 in the Devizes See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Wiltshire, See also:England, 86 m. W. by S. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901) 6532. Its See also:castle was built on a See also:tongue of See also:land flanked by two deep ravines, and behind this the town See also:grew up in a semicircle on a stretch of See also:bare and exposed tableland. Its See also:main streets, in which a few See also:ancient timbered houses are See also:left, radiate from the market See also:place, where stands a See also:Gothic See also:cross, the See also:gift of See also:Lord See also:Sidmouth in 1814. The Kennet and See also:Avon See also:Canal skirts the town on the N., passing over the high ground through a See also:chain of See also:thirty-nine locks. St See also:John's 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, one of the most interesting in Wiltshire, is cruciform, with a massive central See also:tower, based upon two See also:round and two pointed See also:arches. It was originally See also:Norman of the 12th See also:century, and the See also:chancel See also:arch and See also:low vaulted chancel, in this See also:style, are very See also:fine. In the interior several ancient monuments of the Suttons and Heathcotes are preserved, besides some beautiful carved 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 See also:work, and two See also:rich ceilings of See also:oak over the chapels. St See also:Mary's, a smaller church, is partly Norman, but was rebuilt in the 15th and again in the loth century. Its lofty clerestoried See also:nave has an elaborately carved See also:timber roof, and the See also:south See also:porch, though repaired in 1612, preserves its Norman See also:mouldings. The woollen See also:industries of Devizes have lost their prosperity; but there is a large See also:grain See also:trade, with See also:engineering See also:works, breweries, and manufactures of See also:silk, See also:snuff, See also:tobacco and agricultural implements. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, six aldermen and eighteen councillors. See also:Area, 906 acres.
Devizes (Divisis, la Devise, De Vies) does not appear in any See also:historical document See also:prior to the reign of 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., when the construction of a castle of exceptional magnificence by See also:Roger, See also:bishop of See also:Salisbury, at once constituted the town an important See also:political centre, and led to its speedy development. After the.
disgrace of Roger in 1139 the castle was seized by the See also:Crown; in the 14th century it formed See also:part of the See also:dowry of the queens of England, and figured prominently in See also:history until its See also:capture and demolition by See also:Cromwell in the See also:Civil See also:War of the 17th century. Devizes became a borough by See also:prescription, and the first See also:charter from See also:Matilda,, confirmed by successive later sovereigns, merely grants exemption from certain tolls and the enjoyment of undisturbed See also:peace. See also:Edward III. added a clause conferring on the town the liberties of See also:Marlborough, and See also:Richard II. instituted a See also:coroner. A gild See also:merchant was granted by Edward I., Edward II. and Edward III., and in 1614 was divided into the three companies of drapers, mercers and leathersellers. The See also:present governing charters were issued by 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 I. and See also:Charles I., the latter being little more than a See also:confirmation of the former, which instituted a See also:common See also:council consisting of a mayor, a town clerk and thirty-six See also:capital burgesses. These charters were surrendered to Charles II., and a new one was conferred by James IL, but abandoned three years later in favour of the See also:original See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant. Devizes returned two members to See also:parliament from 1295, until deprived of one member by the See also:Representation of the See also:People See also:Act of 1867, and of the other by the Redistribution Act of 1885. The woollen manufacture was the See also:staple See also:industry of the town from the reign of Edward III. until the See also:middle of the 18th century, when complaints as to the decay of trade began to be prevalent. In the reign of See also:Elizabeth the market was held on See also:Monday, and there were two See also:annual fairs at the feasts of the See also:Purification of the Virgin and the Decollation of John the Baptist. The market was transferred to See also:Thursday in the next reign, and the fairs in the 18th century had become seven in number.
See See also:Victoria See also:County History, Wiltshire; History of Devizes (Devizes, 1859).
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