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TIVERTON , a See also:market See also:town and municipal See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough in the Tiverton See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Devonshire, See also:England, situated amid beautiful scenery at the confluence of the Loman and Exe, 1874 m. W. by S. of See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway. Pop. (1901), 10,382. The upper town is built on high ground along the See also:left See also:bank of the Exe, and a See also:bridge leads to the See also:lower town, named See also:West Exe. St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter's 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, originally consecrated as a See also:chapel by See also:Leofric, See also:bishop of See also:Exeter, in 1073, is a beautiful Perpendicular See also:building. Its high See also:tower has four stages, each adorned with grotesques; and Greenway's chapel, built in 1517 by See also:John Greenway, a See also:wool See also:merchant of Tiverton, is ornamented with figures minutely carved in See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone. Of the See also:original See also:Norman fabric only a See also:doorway remains. Within are some See also:fine carvings, See also:brasses and monuments. Of the See also:castle, founded about IIo5 by See also:Richard de Redvers, the banqueting-See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall, a tower, the chapel and a 14th-See also:century gateway remain. After serving as the See also:home of the Red vers and See also:Courtenay families,earls of See also:Devon, until the 16th century, the castle was dismantled by See also:Fairfax. Partly rebuilt, it is used as a dwelling-See also:house; while in its gardens an See also:annual See also:race-See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting is held in See also:August. Blundell's See also:grammar school, founded under the will of Peter Blundell, a See also:rich See also:cloth merchant, in 1604, has See also:modern buildings outside the town in Tudor See also:style; and, among others, scholarships at Balliol See also:College, 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 See also:Sidney See also:Sussex College, See also:Cambridge. The number of boys is about 230. The Chilcott See also:Free School was established in 1611, and the Bluecoat Charity School, dating from 1714, was reorganized in 1876 to give secondary See also:education to boys and girls. After the decline of its woollen See also:trade Tiverton became noted for the See also:lace manufacture introduced by John See also:Heathcoat (1783-1861), inventor of the bobbin See also:net See also:frame. There are also breweries, See also:flour-See also:mills, and a large trade in See also:farm produce and livestock. Amicia, countess of Devon, brought a stream of See also:water from See also:Norwood, 5 M. distant: This See also:system was improved in the 19th century. Hannah See also:Cowley, the dramatist (1743-1809), Richard See also:Cosway, the See also:miniature painter (b. 1742) and John See also:Cross, an artist of some celebrity (b. 1819), were natives of Tiverton. The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. See also:Area, 17,68o acres.
Tiverton (Tuyverton, Tovretona) exhibits traces of very See also:early See also:settlement, and is mentioned under the name of Tuyford in the will 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 See also:Alfred. In the Domesday survey it appears as a royal See also:manor containing two mills, but it was bestowed 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 I. on Richard de Redvers, and in 1245 appears as a See also:mesne borough under See also:Baldwin de Redvers, who in that See also:year obtained a 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 of a See also:Monday market and a three days' See also:fair at the feast of St 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. In 1275 Amicia, countess of Devon, claimed to hold fairs at Tiverton at the feasts of St See also:Andrew and St See also:Giles, and at the See also:translation of St 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 the See also:Martyr. In 1618 the borough received its first See also:charter of See also:incorporation from James I., instituting a governing See also:body of a mayor, 12 See also:chief burgesses, and 12 assistant burgesses, with a See also:recorder, See also:deputy-recorder, town-clerk and two serjeants-at-See also:mace; a See also:court of See also:record every fort-See also:night on Tuesday; and fairs at Michaelmas and on the second Tuesday after Trinity See also:Sunday, which were kept up until within the last fifty years. The borough also sent two representatives to See also:parliament until disfranchised by the Reform See also:Act of 1885. See also:Cromwell in 1655 changed the market See also:day from Monday to Tuesday. Fresh charters of incorporation from James II. in 1689 and from See also:George I. in 1724 left the style and constitution of the governing body unchanged. Tiverton was an important centre of the woollen trade in the 16th century, and Risdon, See also:writing in 16o8, describes it as thronged with rich clothiers, and the Monday market famous for its kersies, known as " Tiverton kersies," while as See also:late as the reign of George II. the town had 56 fulling-mills; but about this 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 the See also:industry began to decay, and is now See also:extinct.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History: Devonshire; M. Dunsfold, See also:Historical See also:Memoirs of the Town and See also:Parish of Tiverton (Exeter, 1790) ; W. See also:Harding, History of Tiverton (1845—1847).
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