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LISKEARD , 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 See also:Bodmin See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Cornwall, See also:England, 15 M. W.N.W. of See also:Plymouth, on the See also:Great Western and the Liskeard and See also:Looe See also:railways. Pop. (See also:loot) 4010. It lies high, above two small valleys opening to that of the Looe See also:river, in a hilly, picturesque See also:district. The Perpendicular 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:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, with a See also:tower of earlier date, having a See also:Norman See also:arch, is one of the largest ecclesiastical buildings in the See also:county. The site of a See also:castle built by See also:Richard, See also:brother 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 III. and See also:earl of Cornwall, is occupied by public gardens. At the See also:grammar school,
See also:Wolcot, otherwise known as 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:Pindar, was educated. Liskeard was formerly an important See also:mining centre. Its manufactures include See also:leather and woollen goods, and there are See also:iron foundries. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors. See also:Area, 2704 acres.
Liskeard (Liscarret) was at the 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 of the Domesday Survey an important See also:manor with a See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill rendering 12d. yearly and a market rendering 4s. By the Conqueror it had been given to the See also:count of See also:Mortain by whom it was held in See also:demesne. Ever since that time it has passed with the earldom or duchy of Cornwall. The fertility of its See also:soil and the river Looe probably led to See also:early See also:settlement at Liskeard. Richard, 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 of the See also:Romans, recognized its natural advantages and built the manor See also:house or castle and resided there occasionally. In 1240 he constituted Liskeard a See also:free borough and its burgesses freemen with all the liberties enjoyed by the burgesses of See also:Launceston and See also:Helston. In 1266 he granted fairs at the Feasts of the See also:Assumption and St See also:Matthew. His son See also:Edmund earl of Cornwall in 1275 granted to the burgesses for a yearly See also:rent of £18 (sold 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 III. to See also:Lord See also:Somers) the borough in See also:fee See also:farm with its See also:mills, tolls, fines and pleas, pleas of the See also:crown excepted. Liskeard was made a coinage town for See also:tin in 1304. See also:Edward the See also:Black See also:Prince secured to the burgesses in 1355 See also:immunity from pleas outside their See also:franchise for trespass done within the borough. See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth granted a See also:charter of See also:incorporation in 1580 under which there were to be a mayor, See also:recorder and eight councillors. This charter was surrendered to See also:Charles II. in 168o and a new one granted by his brother under which the See also:corporation became a self-elected See also:body. From 1295 to 1832 Liskeard sent two members to the House of See also:Commons. The parliamentary franchise, at first exercised by the burgesses, was vested 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' charter in the corporation and freemen. By determining to admit no new freemen the voters became reduced to between 30 and 6o. See also:Sir Edward See also:Coke was returned for this borough in 1620, and Edward See also:Gibbon the historian in 1774. In 1832 Liskeard was deprived of one of its members and in 1885 it became merged in the county.
Besides the fairs already mentioned a third was added by Elizabeth's charter to be held on See also:Ascension See also:Day. These are still among the most considerable See also:cattle fairs in the county. The same charter ratified a market on Mondays and provided for another on Saturdays. The latter is now held weekly, the former twice a See also:month. The See also:flour mill at Lamellion mentioned in the charter of 1275, and probably identical with the mill of the Domesday Survey, is still driven by See also:water.
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