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FRAMLINGHAM , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Eye See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Suffolk, 9r m. N.E. from See also:London by a See also:branch of the See also:Great Eastern railway. Pop. (1901) 2526. 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 of St See also:Michael is a See also:fine Perpendicular and Decorated See also:building of See also:black See also:flint, surmounted by a See also:tower 96 ft. high. In the interior there are a number of interesting monuments, among which the most noticeable are those of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Howard, 3rd See also:duke of See also:Norfolk, and 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 Howard, the famous See also:earl of See also:Surrey, who was beheaded by Henry VIII. The See also:castle forms a picturesque ruin, consisting of the See also:outer walls 44 ft. high and 8 ft. thick, 13 towers about 58 ft. high, a gateway and some outworks. About See also:half a mile from the town is the See also:Albert Memorial See also:Middle Class See also:College, opened in 1865, and capable of accommodating 300 boys. A See also:bronze statue of the See also:Prince See also:Consort by See also:Joseph See also:Durham adorns the front See also:terrace.
Framlingham (Frendlingham, Framalingaham) in See also:early Saxon times was probably the site of a fortified earthwork to which St See also:Edmund the See also:Martyr is said to have fled from the Danes in
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See also:coin was termed a See also:franc a pied. As a coin it disappeared after the reign of See also:Charles VI., but the name continued to be used as an See also:equivalent for the livre tournois, which was See also:worth twenty sols. See also:French writers would speak without distinction of so many livres or so many francs, so See also:long as the sum mentioned was an even sum; otherwise livre was the correct See also:term, thus "trois livres" or " trois francs," but " trois livres cinq sols." In 1795 the livre was legally converted into the franc, at the See also:rate of 81 livres to 8o francs, the See also:silver franc being made to weigh exactly five grammes. The franc is now the unit of the monetary See also:system and also the See also:money of See also:account in See also:France, as well as in See also:Belgium and See also:Switzerland. In See also:Italy the equivalent is the See also:lira, and in See also:Greece the drachma. The franc is divided into See also:loo centimes, the lira into roo centesimi and the drachma into 100 lepta. See also:Gold is now the See also:standard, the coins in See also:common use being ten and twenty franc pieces. The twenty franc gold piece weighs 6.4516 grammes, -900 fine. The silver coins are five, two, one, and half franc pieces. The five franc silver piece weighs 25 grammes, -900 fine, while the franc piece weighs 5 grammes, •835 fine. See also MONEY.
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