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RUGBY , a See also:market See also:town in the Rugby See also:parliamentary See also:division
of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, finely situated on a tableland rising from the S. See also:bank of the See also:Avon, near the 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 See also:Canal. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (19or), 16,83o. It is an important junction on the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway, by which it is 8z in. N.W. from London; it is served also by the See also:Great Central railway and by a See also:branch of the Midland railway from
See also:Leicester.
The boys' school, ranking as one of the most famous public
See also:schools in England, was founded and endowed under the will (1567) of Laurence See also:Sheriff, a See also:merchant See also:grocer and servant to See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth, and a native either of Rugby or of the neighbouring See also:village of Brownsover. The endowment consisted of the parsonage of Brownsover, Sheriff's See also:mansion See also:house in Rugby, and one-third (8 acres) of his See also:estate in See also:Middlesex, near the Foundling See also:Hospital, London, which, being let on See also:building leases, gradually increased to about £5000 a See also:year. The full
endowment was obtained in 1653. The school originally stood opposite 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, and was removed to its See also:present site on the S. See also:side of the town between 1740 and 1750. In 1809 it was rebuilt from designs 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 Hakewill (1771'—1830); the See also:chapel, dedicated to St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence, was added in 18zo. At the tercentenary of the school in 1867 subscriptions were set on See also:foot for See also:founding scholarships, building additional schoolrooms, rebuilding or enlarging the chapel and other See also:objects. The chapel was rebuilt and reconsecrated in 1872, and further additions were made in 1898. A See also:swimming See also:bath was erected in 1876; the See also:Temple See also:observatory, containing a See also:fine See also:equatorial refractor by Alvan See also:Clark, was built in 1877, and the Temple See also:reading-See also:room with the See also:art museum in 1878. The workshops underneath the gymnasium were opened in 188o, and a new big school and class-rooms were erected in 1885. From about 70 to 1777 the See also:numbers attending the school have increased to nearly 600. A great impulse was given to the progress of the school during the headmastership 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:Arnold, 1827—42. Among Arnold's successors were See also:Archibald See also:- CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
- CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
- CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN
- CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
- CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
- CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
- CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)
Campbell See also:Tait and See also:Frederick Temple, both after-wards archbishops of See also:Canterbury.
The parish church of *St See also:Andrew was rebuilt from designs by W. See also:Butterfield and reconsecrated in 1879. A See also:tower and See also:spire were added in 1895. An See also:aisle commemorates See also:John See also:Moultrie (1799—1874), See also:rector, widely known as the " poet pastor." The church of See also:Holy Trinity is by See also:Sir G. G. See also:Scott, and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic church of St See also:Marie by A. W. See also:Pugin. See also:Trade is mainly agricultural; there is a large See also:cattle market, and several fairs are held annually.
The See also:early See also:history of Rugby is obscure, but a See also:settlement of the Danes is presumed from the name, and from the neighbouring See also:tract of Dunsmore See also:Heath (Danesmoor). Rugby was originally a See also:hamlet of the adjoining parish of See also:Clifton-on-Dunsmore, and is separately treated of as such in Domesday See also:Book. Ernaldus de Bosco (Ernald de Bois), See also:lord of the See also:manor of Clifton, seems to have erected the first chapel in Rugby, in the reign of See also:Stephen, about 114o. It was afterwards granted by him, with certain lands, to endow the See also:abbey of St See also:Mary, Leicester, which See also:- GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
- GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
- GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
- GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
- GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
- GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
- GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
- GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
- GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
- GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
- GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
- GRANT, U
- GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)
grant was confirmed by his successors and by royal See also:charter of Henry II. In the second year of 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 (1200) a suit took See also:place between Henry de Rokeby, lord of the manor of Rugby, and See also:Paul, See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of St Mary, Leicester, which resulted in the former obtaining See also:possession of the See also:advowson of Rugby, on See also:condition of See also:homage and service to the abbot of Leicester. By virtue of this agreement the chapel was converted into a parish church and the vicarage into a rectory.
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