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See also:KEN, 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 (1637-1711) , the most eminent of the See also:English non-juring bishops, and one of the fathers of See also:modern English hymnology, was See also:born at Little See also:Berkhampstead, Herts, in 1637• He was the son of Thomas Ken of Furnival's See also:Inn, who belonged to an See also:ancient stock,—that of the Kens of Ken See also:Place, in See also:Somerset-See also:shire; his See also:mother was a daughter of the now forgotten poet, See also:John See also:Chalkhill, who is called by See also:Walton an " acquaintant and friend of See also:Edmund See also:Spenser." Ken's step-See also:sister, See also:Anne, was married to Izaak Walton in 1646, a connexion which brought Ken from his boyhood under the refining See also:influence of this See also:gentle and devout See also:man. In 1652 Ken entered See also:Winchester See also:College, and in 1656 became a student of See also:Hart 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, 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. He gained a fellowship at New College in 1657, and proceeded B. A. in 1661 and M.A. in 1664. He was for some 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 See also:tutor of his college; but the most characteristic See also:reminiscence of his university See also:life is the mention made by See also:Anthony See also:Wood that in the musical gatherings of the time " Thomas Ken of New College, a junior, would be sometimes among them, and sing his See also:part." Ordained in 1662, he successively held the livings of Little See also:Easton in See also:Essex, Brighstone (sometimes called See also:Brixton) in the Isle of See also:Wight, and See also:East Wood-See also:hay in See also:Hampshire; in 1672 he resigned the last of these, and returned to Winchester, being by this time a See also:prebendary of the See also:cathedral, and See also:chaplain to the See also:bishop, as well as a See also:fellow of Winchester College. He remained there for several years, acting as See also:curate in one of the lowest districts, preparing his See also:Manual of Prayers for the use of the Scholars of Winchester College (first published in 1674), and composing See also:hymns. It was at this time that he wrote, primarily for the same See also:body as his prayers, his See also:morning, evening and midnight hymns, the first two of which, beginning " Awake, my soul, and with the See also:sun " and " See also:Glory to Thee, my See also:God, this See also:night," are now See also:household words wherever the English See also:tongue is spoken. The latter is often made to begin with the See also:line " All praise to Thee, my God, this night," but in the earlier See also:editions over which Ken had See also:control, the line is asfirst given.l In 1674 Ken paid a visit to See also:Rome in See also:company with See also:young Izaak Walton, and this See also:journey seems mainly to have resulted in confirming his regard for the See also:Anglican communion. In 1679 he was appointed by See also:Charles II. chaplain to the Princess See also:Mary, wife of 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:Orange. While with the See also:court at the See also:Hague, he incurred the displeasure of William by insisting that a promise of See also:marriage, made to an English See also:lady of high See also:birth by a relative of the See also:prince, should be kept; and he therefore gladly returned to See also:England in 168o, when he was immediately appointed one of the 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's chaplains. He was once more residing at Winchester in 1683 when Charles came to the See also:city with his doubt-fully composed court, and his See also:residence was chosen as the See also:home of 'Nell Gwynne; but Ken stoutly objected to this arrangement, and succeeded in making the favourite find quarters elsewhere. In See also:August of this same See also:year he accompanied See also:Lord See also:Dartmouth to See also:Tangier as chaplain to the See also:fleet, and See also:Pepys, who was one of the company, has See also:left on See also:record some See also:quaint and kindly reminiscences of him and of his services on See also:board. The fleet returned in See also:April 1684, and a few months after, upon a vacancy occurring in the see of See also:Bath and See also:Wells, Ken, now Dr Ken, was appointed bishop. It is said that, upon the occurrence of the vacancy, Charles, mindful of the spirit he had shown at Winchester, exclaimed, " Where is the See also:good little man that refused his lodging to poor Nell? " and determined that no other should be bishop. The See also:consecration took place at See also:Lambeth on the 25th of See also:January 1685; and one of Ken's first duties was to attend the See also:death-See also:bed of Charles,- where his See also:wise and faithful ministrations won the admiration of everybody except Bishop See also:Burnet. In this year he published his Exposition on 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 See also:Catechism, perhaps better known by its sub-See also:title, The Practice of Divine Love. In 1688, when 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 reissued his " See also:Declaration of See also:Indulgence," Ken was one of the " seven bishops " who refused to publish it. He was probably influenced by two considerations: first, by his profound aversion from See also:Roman Catholicism, to which he See also:felt he would be giving some episcopal recognition by compliance; but, second and more especially, by the feeling that James was compromising the spiritual freedom of the church. Along with his six brethren, Ken was committed to the See also:Tower on the 8th of See also:June 1688, on a See also:charge of high See also:misdemeanour; the trial, which took place on the 29th and 3oth of the See also:month, and which resulted in a See also:verdict of acquittal, is See also:matter of See also:history. With the revolution which speedily followed this impolitic trial, new troubles encountered Ken; for, having sworn See also:allegiance to James, he thought himself thereby precluded from taking the See also:oath to William of Orange. Accordingly, he took his place among the non-jurors, and, as he stood See also:firm to his refusal, he was, in August 1691, superseded in his bishopric by Dr Kidder, See also:dean of See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter-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. From this time he lived mostly in retirement, finding a congenial home with Lord See also:Weymouth, his friend from college days, at Longleat in See also:Wiltshire; and though pressed to resume his See also:diocese in 1703, upon the death of Bishop Kidder, he declined, partly on the ground of growing weakness, but partly no doubt from his love for the quiet life of devotion which he was able to See also:lead at Longleat. His death took place there on the 19th of See also:March 1711.
Although Ken wrote much See also:poetry, besides his hymns, he cannot be called a See also:great poet; but he had that See also:fine See also:combination of spiritual insight and feeling with poetic See also:taste which marks all great hymn-writers. As a hymn-writer he has had few equals in England; it can scarcely be said that even See also:Keble, though possessed of much rarer poetic gifts, surpassed him in his own See also:sphere (see HYMNS). In his own See also:day he took high See also:rank as a See also:pulpit orator, and even See also:royalty had to beg for a seat amongst his audiences; but his sermons are now forgotten. He lives in history, apart from his three hymns, mainly as a man of unstained purity and invincible fidelity to See also:conscience, weak only in a certain narrowness of view which is a frequent at-See also:tribute of the intense See also:character which he possessed. As an ecclesiastic he was a High Churchman of the old school.
Ken's poetical See also:works were published in collected See also:form in four volumes by W. See also:Hawkins, his relative and executor, in 1721; his See also:prose
' The fact, however, that in 1712—only a year after Ken's death—his publisher, See also:Brome, published the hymn with the opening words " All praise," has been deemed by such a high authority as the 1st See also:earl of See also:Selborne sufficient See also:evidence that the alteration had Ken's authority.
works were issued in 1838 in one See also:volume, under the editorship of J. T. See also:Round. A brief memoir was prefixed by Hawkins to a selection from Ken's works which he published in 1713; and a life, in two volumes, by the Rev. W. L. See also:Bowles, appeared in 183o. But the See also:standard See also:biographies of Ken are those of J. Lavicount Anderdon (The Life of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells, by a Layman, 1851; 2nd ed., 1854) and of Dean See also:Plumptre (2 vols., 1888; revised, 1890). See also the Rev. W. See also:Hunt's See also:article in the Dict. Nat. Biog.
End of Article: KEN, THOMAS (1637-1711)
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