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WENLOCK , a 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 See also:Ludlow and See also:Wellington See also:parliamentary divisions of See also:Shropshire, See also:England, extending on both sides of the See also:river See also:Severn. Pop. (1901) 15,866. It includes the See also:market towns of See also:BROSELEY, See also:MADELEY and MUCH WENLOCK (q.v.). The See also:parish of Madeley includes the small towns of See also:Iron-See also:bridge and Coalport, with See also:part of COALBROOKEDALE (q.v.). The See also:district is in part agricultural, but contains See also:limestone quarries, some See also:coal-mines and iron-See also:works. The borough is under a See also:mayor, 8 aldermen and 24 councillors. See also:Area, 22,657 acres.
Wenlock (Weneloche) is said to be of pre-See also:Roman origin, but owed its See also:early importance to the nunnery founded c. 68o by St Milburg, daughter of Merewald, 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 of See also:Mercia. This was destroyed by the Danes but refounded as a priory by See also:Earl See also:Leofric in 1017. It was again deserted after the See also:Conquest until See also:Roger de See also:Montgomery founded a See also:house of the Cluniac See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order on its site. The See also:town was a borough by See also:prescription, and its privileges began with the grants made to the priory and its tenants. It was incorporated under the name of " See also:Bailiff, Burgesses and Commonalty " by See also:Edward IV. in 1468 at the See also:request of See also:Sir See also:John Wenlock, Kt., and " in See also:consideration of the laudable services which the men of the town performed in assisting the king to gain See also:possession of the See also:crown," and the See also:charter was confirmed in
1547 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 VIII. and in 1631 by See also:Charles I. The bailiff was to be chosen annually by the burgesses, but his See also:election seems to have depended entirely upon the See also:lord of the See also:manor, and, after a contest in 1821 between Lord Forester and Sir W. W. Wynne, the lord of the manor at that date, was nominated by each of them alternately.. In the See also:report of 1835 the borough is said to consist of seventeen parishes and to be unfit for corporate See also:government. By the charter of Edward IV. the town obtained the right of sending two members to See also:parliament, but was disfranchised in 1885. The first 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 market and See also:fair is dated 1227, when the See also:prior of Wenlock obtained See also:licence to hold a fair on the See also:vigil, See also:day and morrow of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, and a market every See also:Monday. The See also:incorporation charter of 1468 granted these to the burgesses, who continue to hold them.
See See also:Victoria See also:County See also:History: Shropshire; John See also:Randall, Randall's Tourists' See also:Guide to Wenlock (1875) ; " Borough of Wenlock," The Salopian and See also:West Midland Monthly Illustrated See also:Journal, See also:March, See also:April, See also:November, See also:December, 1877, April and See also:October, 1878, March, 1879 (1877-1879).
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