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See also:SURTEES, See also:ROBERT (1779-1834) , See also:English See also:antiquary and topographical historian, was the son of Robert Surtees of Mainsforth, See also:Durham. He was educated at See also:Christ 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, 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, and after studying See also:law without being called to the See also:bar he settled on the See also:family See also:estate at Mainsforth, which he inherited on his See also:father's See also:death in 18o2, and where he lived in retirement for the See also:rest of his See also:life, devoting himself to the study of See also:local antiquities and See also:collecting materials for his See also:History of Durham. This
See also:book was published in four volumes, the first of which appeared angular See also:measures See also:bear to one another and is almost always a in 1816, and the last in 1840, after the author's death. The See also:work
contains a large amount of genealogical and antiquarian See also:information; it is written in a readable See also:style, and its learning is enlivened by See also:humour. Surtees had also a See also:gift for ballad See also:writing, and he was so successful in imitating the style of old See also:ballads that he managed to deceive See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott himself, who gave a See also:place in his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border to a piece by Surtees called " The Death of Featherstonehaugh," under the impression that it was See also:ancient. Surtees, who in 1807 married See also:Anne See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
Robinson, died at Mainsforth on the 11th of See also:February 1834. As a memorial of him the "Surtees Society " was founded in 1834 for the purpose of See also:publishing ancient unedited See also:manuscripts bearing on the history of the border See also:country.
See G. See also:- TAYLOR
- TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
- TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
- TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
- TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
- TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
- TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
- TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
- TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
- TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
- TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
- TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
- TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
- TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
- TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
- TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
- TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)
Taylor, Memoir of Robert Surtees, with additions by J. Raine (Surtees Society, See also:London, 1852).
End of Article: SURTEES, ROBERT (1779-1834)
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