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KENILWORTH , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Rugby See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England; pleasantly situated on a tributary of the See also:Avon, on a See also:branch of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway, 99 M. N.W. from London. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4544• The town is only of importance from its antiquarian See also:interest and the magnificent ruins of its old See also:castle. The walls originally enclosed an See also:area of 7 acres. The See also:principal portions of the See also:building remaining are the See also:gatehouse, now used as a dwelling-See also:house; See also:Caesar's See also:tower, the only portion built by See also:Geoffrey de See also:Clinton now extant, with massive walls 16 ft. thick; the Merwyn's tower of See also:Scott's Kenilworth; the See also:great See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall built by See also:John of Gaunt with windows of very beautiful See also:design; and the See also:Leicester buildings, which are in a very ruinous See also:condition. Not far from the castle are the remains of an Augustinian monastery founded in 1122, and afterwards made an See also:abbey. Adjoining the abbey is the See also:parish 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:Nicholas, restored in 1865, a structure of mixed See also:architecture, containing a See also:fine See also:Norman See also:doorway, which is supposed to have been the entrance of the former abbey church.
Kenilworth (Chinewrde, Kenillewurda, Kinelingworthe, Kenilord, Killingworth) is said to have been a member of Stoneleigh before the Norman See also:Conquest and a See also:possession of the Saxon See also:kings, whose royal See also:residence there was destroyed in the See also:wars between See also:Edward and Canute. The town was granted 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. to Geoffrey de Clinton, a Norman who built the castle See also:round which the whole See also:history of Kenilworth centres. He also founded a monastery here about 1122. Geoffrey's See also:grandson released his right to 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 John, and the castle remained with the See also:crown until Henry III. granted it to See also:Simon de See also:Montfort, See also:earl of Leicester. The famous " Dictum de Kenilworth " was proclaimed here in 1266. After the See also:battle of See also:Evesham the See also:rebel forces rallied at the castle, which, after a See also:siege of six months, was surrendered by Henry de See also:Hastings, the See also:governor, on See also:account of the scarceness of See also:food and of the " pestilent disease " which raged there. The king then granted it to his son See also:Edmund. Through John of Gaunt it came to Henry IV. and was granted by See also:Elizabeth in 1562 to See also:Robert See also:Dudley, afterwards earl of .Leicester, but on his See also:death in 1588 again merged in the possessions of the Crown. The earl spent large sums on restoring the
See on this question, See also:HEBREW See also:RELIGION, and Budde, Religion of See also:Israel to the See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
Exile, vol. i.; G. A. See also:Barton, Semitic Origins, pp. 272 sqq.; L. B. See also:Paton, Biblical See also:World (1906, See also:July and See also:August). On the See also:migration of the See also:Kenites into See also:Palestine (cf. Num. x. 29 with See also:Judges i. 16), see See also:CALEB, See also:GENESIS, See also:JERAHMEEL, See also:JUDAH. (S. A.
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