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See also:WESLEY (See also:FAMILY) . The Wesley family sprang from Welswe, near See also:Wells in See also:Somerset. Their See also:pedigree has been traced back to See also:Guy, whom See also:Athelstan made a thane about 938. One See also:branch of the family settled in See also:Ireland. See also:Sir See also:Herbert Westley of Westleigh, See also:Devon, married See also:Elizabeth See also:Wellesley of Dangan in Ireland. Their third son, See also:Bartholomew, studied both See also:medicine and See also:theology 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, and, in 1619, married the daughter of Sir 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 See also:Colley of See also:Kildare. In 166o he held the rectories of Catherston and Charmouth in See also:Dorset valued at £35, 1os. per annum. He was ejected in 1662 and gained his living as a See also:doctor. He was buried at Lyme Regis on See also:February 15th, 167o.
His son, See also:JOHN WESTLEY, grandfather of the founder of See also:Methodism, was See also:born in 1636 and studied at New See also:Inn 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, Oxford, where he became proficient in See also:Oriental See also:languages and won the See also:special regard of John See also:Owen, then See also:vice-See also:chancellor. See also:Cromwell's See also:Triers approved him as See also:minister of Winterborn-See also:Whitchurch, Dorset, in 1658. The following See also:year he married the daughter of John See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White, the See also:patriarch of See also:Dorchester. In 1661 he was committed to See also:prison for refusing to use the See also:Book of See also:Common See also:Prayer. His candour and zeal made a deep impression on See also:- GILBERT
- GILBERT (KINGSMILL) ISLANDS
- GILBERT (or GYLBERDE), WILLIAM (1544-1603)
- GILBERT, ALFRED (1854– )
- GILBERT, ANN (1821-1904)
- GILBERT, GROVE KARL (1843– )
- GILBERT, J
- GILBERT, JOHN (1810-1889)
- GILBERT, MARIE DOLORES ELIZA ROSANNA [" LOLA MONTEZ "] (1818-1861)
- GILBERT, NICOLAS JOSEPH LAURENT (1751–1780)
- GILBERT, SIR HUMPHREY (c. 1539-1583)
- GILBERT, SIR JOSEPH HENRY (1817-1901)
- GILBERT, SIR WILLIAM SCHWENK (1836– )
Gilbert Ironside the See also:elder, See also:Bishop of See also:Bristol, with whom he had an interview. He was ejected in 1662 and became a See also:Nonconformist pastor at See also:Poole. He died in 1678; his widow survived him for 32 years. One of his sons, See also:Matthew, became a surgeon in See also:London, where he died in 1737.
Another son, See also:SAMUEL, was trained in London for the Nonconformist See also:ministry, but changed his views, and, in See also:August 1683, entered See also:Exeter See also:College, Oxford, as a See also:sizar. He dropped the " t " in his name and returned to what he said was the See also:original spelling, Wesley. In 1689 he was ordained and married Susanna, youngest daughter of Dr Samuel Annesley, See also:vicar of St See also:Giles, Cripplegate, and See also:nephew of the 1st See also:earl of Anglesea. Annesley gave up his living in 1662 and formed a See also:congregation in Little St See also:Helen's, Bishopsgate, where he was honoured as the St See also:Paul of the Nonconformists. Samuel Wesley was appointed See also:rector of See also:South Ormsby in 1691, and moved to Epworth in 1697. He had nineteen See also:children, of whom eight died in See also:infancy. His lawless parishioners could not endure his faithful See also:preaching, and in 1705 he was confined in See also:Lincoln See also:Castle for a small See also:debt. Two-thirds of his parsonage was destroyed by See also:fire in 1702 and in 1709 it was burnt to the ground. He managed to rebuild the rectory, but his resources were so heavily strained that thirteen years later it was only See also:half furnished. Samuel Wesley was a busy author. At Oxford in 1685 he wrote a See also:volume of poems bearing the See also:strange See also:title Maggots. He wrote a See also:Life of See also:Christ in See also:verse (1693), The See also:History of the Old and New Testament in Verse (1701?), a See also:noble See also:Letter to a See also:Curate, full of strong sense and ripe experience, and See also:Dissertations on the Book of See also:Job (1735). He died at Epworth in 1735. Susanna Wesley died at the Foundery, London, in 1742 and was buried in Bunhill See also:Fields.
Their eldest son, SAMUEL WESLEY (1690-1739), was born in London, entered See also:Westminster School in 1704, became a See also:Queen's See also:scholar in 1707 and in 1711 went up to Christ 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, Oxford. He returned to Westminster as See also:head See also:- USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
- USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)
usher, took orders and enjoyed the intimate friendship of Bishop See also:Atterbury, Harley earl of Oxford, See also:Addison, See also:Swift and See also:Prior. He became head-See also:master of Blundell's School at See also:Tiverton in 1732 and died there on the 6th of See also:November 1739. He was a finished, classical scholar, a poet and a devout See also:man, but he was never reconciled to the Methodism of his See also:brothers. His poems, published in 1736, reached a second edition in 1i43, and were reprinted with new poems, notes and a Life by W. See also:Nichols, in 1862.
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