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See also:NICOLSON, 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 (1655-1727) , See also:English divine and See also:antiquary, was educated at See also:Queen's See also:College, 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 (M.A., 1679; See also:fellow, 1679-16S2). After visiting See also:Leipzig to learn See also:German he was made See also:prebendary of See also:Carlisle in 1681, See also:archdeacon in 1682. Twenty years later he was appointed See also:bishop of the same See also:diocese, where he remained until his See also:translation to Derry in 1718. In 1727 he was nominated See also:archbishop of See also:Cashel and Emly, but died before he could assume See also:charge. Nicolson is remembered by the impulsiveness of his temperament, which led him into a See also:good See also:deal of strife as a bishop, and more happily by his zeal in See also:collecting and guarding See also:manuscripts and other See also:official documents. For this purpose he had See also:special rooms built at Derry. His See also:chief See also:works were the See also:Historical Library (English, 1696-97-99; Scottish, 1702; Irish, 1724; See also:complete later See also:editions, 1732 and 1776), and Leges Marchiarum or Border See also:Laws (1705, new ed., 1747).
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