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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:- 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. 1554) , See also:English soldier and writer, was probably a native of See also:Radnorshire and was educated at 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. In 1544 he went to See also:Italy, where he spent the greater See also:part of the next five years, and in See also:April 1550, soon after his return to See also:England, he was made one of the clerks of the privy See also:council; he also taught the See also:science of politics to the See also:young 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 See also:Edward VI., for whose instruction he wrote some See also:treatises and some " commonplaces of See also:state." Being a strong See also:Protestant he took part in the rising against See also:Queen See also:Mary led by See also:Sir Thomas See also:Wyat in 1554, being captured and thrown into the See also:Tower of See also:London. Having whilst in See also:prison tried to commit See also:suicide and been tortured on the See also:rack in the See also:hope of incriminating the princess See also:Elizabeth, he was found guilty and was hanged at See also:Tyburn on the 18th of May 1554.
During his See also:residence at See also:Bologna Thomas, who was a very learned See also:man, wrote Il Pellegrino in lese, published in 1552. This is a valuable and interesting See also:defence 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. by a contemporary and it originated in a discussion between the author and some See also:Italian gentlemen. He also prepared an English version of this See also:work, but this was not published during his lifetime. As The See also:Pilgrim: a See also:dialogue of the See also:life and actions of King Henry VIII., it was edited with notes by A. See also:Froude and appeared in 1861. It had previously been edited by A. D'Aubant, who had added to it the six treatises written for Edward VI. and had called the whole The See also:Works of William Thomas (1774). Of his other writings perhaps the most important isThe Historic of See also:Italic (1549), and his See also:Principal Rules of the Italian See also:Grammar with a Dictionarie for the better under-See also:standing of Boccate, Petrarcha and See also:Dante (1550, 1'560, 1562 and 1567) may also be mentioned. This was the first work of its See also:kind in English. Thomas made an English See also:translation of Josafat See also:Barbaro 's See also:account of his voyages, Barbaro being a Venetian traveller who died in 1494. With an introduction by See also:Lord See also:Stanley of Alderley this was published by the See also:Hakluyt Society in a See also:volume of Travels to See also:Tana and See also:Persia (London, 1873). See See also:John See also:Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials (Oxford, 1822).
Thomas has a namesake, William Thomas (1613-1689), See also:bishop of St See also:David's from 1677 to 1683 and bishop of See also:Worcester from 1683 to 1689. He was one of the bishops who refused to take the oaths of See also:allegiance to William and Mary in 1689 and was suspended, but in the midst of the dispute he died on the 25th of See also:June 1689 (see See also:NoNJuRORS). The bishop's See also:grandson was William Thomas (167o-1738), the See also:Worcestershire See also:antiquary.
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