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See also:SOMMERS, 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 (d. 156o) , See also:court See also:fool 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 VIII., is said to have been brought to 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 at See also:Greenwich by See also:Richard Fermor, about 1525. He was soon in high favour with Henry, whose liberality to Sommers is attested by the accounts of the royal See also:household. The See also:jester possessed a shrewd wit, which he exercised even on See also:Cardinal See also:Wolsey. He is said to have warned his See also:master of the wasteful methods of the See also:exchequer and to have made himself the See also:advocate of the poor. His portrait is shown in a See also:painting of Henry VIII. and his See also:family at See also:Hampton Court, and he again appears with Henry VIII. in a psalter which belonged to the king and is now in the See also:British Museum. He was probably the William Sommers whose See also:death is recorded in the See also:parish of St Leonard's, See also:Shoreditch, on the 15th of See also:June 156o.
For his position in 16th- and 17th-See also:century literature see T. See also:Nash, Pleasant Comedic called Summers' last Will and Testament (pr. 1600) ; S. See also:Rowlands, See also:Good Newes and See also:Bad Newes (1622); and a popular See also:account, A Pleasant Historie of the See also:Life and Death of William Sommers (reprinted 1794). See also See also:John See also:Doran, See also:History of Court See also:Fools (1858).
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