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See also:SPENCER See also:COMPTON , 2nd See also:earl of See also:Northampton in the Compton See also:line (1601—1643), was the son 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, 1st earl, See also:lord See also:president of the See also:marches, whose See also:father had been created See also:Baron Compton by See also:Elizabeth, and of Elizabeth, daughter and See also:heir of See also:Sir See also:John Spencer, lord See also:mayor of See also:London. On the 3rd of See also:November 1616 he was created a See also:Knight of the See also:Bath, and was elected for See also:Ludlow in the See also:parliament of 1621, the same See also:year being appointed See also:master of the See also:robes to the See also:prince of See also:Wales and attending the latter in the See also:adventure to See also:Spain in 1623. He warmly supported 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 in the Scottish expeditions, at the same 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 giving his See also:advice for the summoning of the parliament, which " word of four syllables " he declared was " like the See also:dew of See also:heaven."1 On the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War he was entrusted with the See also:execution of the See also:commission of See also:array in See also:Warwickshire. After varying success and failure in the Midlands he fought at Edgehill, and after the king's return to 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 was given, in November 1642, the military supervision of See also:Banbury and the neighbouring See also:country. He was attacked in Banbury by the See also:parliamentary forces on the 22nd of See also:December, but relieved by Prince See also:Rupert the next See also:day. In See also:March 1643 he marched from Banbury to relieve See also:Lichfield, and having failed there proceeded to See also:Stafford, which he occupied. Thence on the 19th of March, accompanied by three of his sons, he marched out with his troops and engaged Sir John See also:Gell and Sir William Brereton at See also:Hopton See also:Heath. He put to See also:flight the enemy's See also:cavalry and took eight guns, but in the moment of victory, while charging too far in advance, he was surrounded by the parliament soldiers. To these who offered him See also:quarter he answered that " he scorned to take quarter from such See also:base rogues and rebels as they were," whereupon he was despatched by a See also:blow on the See also:head. See also:Clarendon describes his loss as a See also:great one to the cause. Northampton married See also:Mary, daughter of Sir See also:Francis See also:Beaumont, by whom besides two daughters he had six sons, of whom the eldest, 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 (1622—1681), succeeded him as 3rd earl of Northampton, 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 (1632—1713) became See also:bishop of London, and See also:Charles, William and Spencer all distinguished themselves in the king's cause. The 3rd earl's third
1 See also:Hardwicke See also:State Papers, ii. 210.
son Spencer (1673–1743) was a favourite of See also:George II. and in 1728 was created earl of See also:Wilmington, a See also:title which became See also:extinct at his See also:death.
See the See also:article in the See also:Diet. of See also:Net. Biog. by C. H. See also:Firth; E. B. G. See also:Warburton's See also:Life of Prince Rupert ! S. R. See also:Gardiner's Hist. of See also:England and of the Civil War; See also:Thomason Tracts, E 99 (18) [Hopton Heath and Northampton's death], E 103 (11) [See also:elegy], E 111 (11), E 110 (8) 1642 [Proceedings at Banbury], E 83 (47) [speech].
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