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WEM , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:northern See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Shropshire, See also:England, 11 m. N. of See also:Shrewsbury on the See also:London & See also:North Western railway. Pop. (1901), 3796. It is a pleasantly situated town with a considerable agricultural See also:trade. The 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 of 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 and St See also:Paul retains a See also:Norman See also:tower. See also:Flour-milling and tanning are the See also:chief See also:industries. In the neighbourhood is the splendid domain of Hawkstone.
In the reign of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor Wem was held as four manors, but at the 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 of the Domesday Survey 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
Pantulf was holding the whole as one See also:manor of See also:Roger, See also:earl of Shrewsbury, from whom it passed to the Botelers, barons of Wem. The famous See also:Judge See also:Jeffreys was among the subsequent lords of the manor and was created See also:Baron Jeffreys of Wem in 1685, but upon the See also:death of his only son and See also:heir in 1720 the See also:title became See also:extinct. The town was a 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 by See also:prescription, but there appears to be no mention of burgesses before the 15th See also:century. In 1459 See also:Ralph, See also:Lord Greystock, is said to have granted a See also:charter, no longer extant, to his tenants in the manor, and in 1674 the freeholders, "borough-holders" and copy-holders, of Wem brought an See also:action against See also:Daniel Wicherley, then lord of the manor, for the See also:establishment of customs and privileges chiefly connected with the See also:tenure of their lands and tenements, which was decided in their favour. The borough was governed by two bailiffs, both elected at the See also:court leet of the lord of the manor, one by his steward, the other by a borough See also:jury, but in the beginning of the 19th century there were only seventy-two burgesses and their rights seem to have gradually disappeared. An See also:urban See also:district See also:council was formed in 1900. Wem has never been represented in See also:parliament. The market was originally held on See also:Sunday under 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 from See also:John to Warin Fitz Gerald in 1205, but in 1351, in consequence of a protest from the See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, it was changed to See also:Thursday, on which See also:day it is still held. The grant of 1205 also included a See also:fair at the feast of SS. Peter and Paul, which was maintained until within See also:recent years, when fairs were also held at the feast of St See also:Mark, chiefly for See also:linen See also:cloth, under grant from See also:Charles I. to 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:Howard in 1636, and at the feast of St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin, See also:bishop of See also:Tours, for the See also:sale of bops. A See also:great See also:fire which See also:broke out at Wem on the 3rd of See also:March 1677 caused damage to the extent of £23,677.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History, Shropshire; See also:Samuel Garbet, The History of Wem (1818).
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