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See also:WALTHEOF (d. Io76) , See also:earl of See also:Northumbria, was a son of Earl See also:Siward of Northumbria, and, although he was probably educated for a monastic See also:life, became earl of See also:Huntingdon and See also:Northampton about Io65. After the See also:battle of See also:Hastings he submitted to 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 the Conqueror; but when the Danes invaded the See also:north of See also:England in 1069 he joined them and took See also:part in the attack on See also:York, only, however, to make a fresh submission after their departure in 1070. Then, restored to his earldom, he married William's niece, See also:Judith, and in 1072 was appointed earl of Northumbria. In 1075 Waltheof joined the See also:conspiracy against 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 arranged by the earls of See also:Norfolk and See also:Hereford; but soon repenting of his See also:action he confessed his See also:guilt to See also:Archbishop See also:Lanfranc, and then to William, who was in See also:Normandy. Re-turning to England with William he was arrested, and after being brought twice before the king's See also:court was sentenced to See also:death. On the 31st of May Io76 he was beheaded on St See also:Giles's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill, near See also:Winchester. Weak and unreliable in See also:character, Waltheof, like his See also:father, is said to have been a See also:man of immense bodily strength. Devout and charitable, he was regarded by the See also:English as a See also:martyr, and miracles were said to have been worked at his See also:tomb at See also:Crowland. The earl See also:left three daughters, the eldest of whom, See also:Matilda, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second See also:husband, See also:David I., king of See also:Scotland. One of Waltheof's grandsons was Waltheof (d. 1159), See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of See also:Melrose.
See E. A. See also:Freeman, The See also:Norman See also:Conquest, vols. ii., iii. and iv. (z 87o-1876).
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