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See also:WHETHAMSTEDE, See also:JOHN (d. 1465) , See also:English 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, was a son of See also:Hugh Bostock, and was See also:born at Wheathampstead in See also:Hertfordshire, owing his name, the Latin See also:form of which is Frumentarius, to this circumstance. In See also:early See also:life he entered St Albans See also:Abbey and in 1420 he was chosen abbot of this See also:house. In 1423 he attended a See also:council at See also:Pavia, but in See also:England his 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 was mainly occupied with lawsuits, several of which he carried on to defend the See also:property and enforce the rights of the abbey. In 1440 he resigned his See also:post, but in 1451, on the See also:death of his successor, John Stoke, he became abbot for the second time. He died on the 20th of See also:January 1465, and his See also:tomb may still be seen in the abbey 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. Whethamstede was an energetic and successful abbot. He greatly improved the buildings at St Albans, which suffered somewhat during his later years owing to the See also:wars of the See also:roses; he also did some See also:building at See also:Gloucester
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, with which he was connected. He was a friend of See also:Duke See also:Humphrey of Gloucester, whom he helped to gather together his famous collection of books, and was himself a writer, his See also:works including Granarium de viris illustribus; Pa/See also:atrium poetarum; and Super Valerium in Augustinum de Anchona.
Whethamstede's See also:Chronicle, or the Registrum abbatiae Johannis Whethamstede, is a See also:register compiled soon after the abbot's death, which tells the events of his second abbacy. It has been edited by H. T. See also:Riley, and is in vol. i. of the Registra quorundam abbatum monasterii S. See also:Albani (See also:London, 1872). The events of his first abbacy are narrated in the Annales monasterii S. Albani of John Amundesham, also edited by H. T. Riley (London, 187o-1871).
End of Article: WHETHAMSTEDE, JOHN (d. 1465)
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