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See also:WIDDRINGTON, BARONS . In See also:November 1643 See also:Sir 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 Widdrington (1610-1651), of Widdrington, See also:Northumberland, son and See also:heir 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 Widdrington (d. 1623), was created See also:Baron Widdrington, as a See also:reward for his See also:loyalty to See also:Charles I. He had been member for Northumberland in both the See also:Short and the See also:Long Parliaments in 1640, but in See also:August 1642 he was expelled because he had joined the royal See also:standard. He fought for 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 chiefly in See also:Yorkshire and See also:Lincolnshire during 1642 and 1643; he was See also:governor of See also:Lincoln in 1643, but in 1644, after helping to defend See also:York, he See also:left See also:England. Although in 1648 he had been condemned to See also:death by the See also:House of See also:Commons, he accompanied Charles II. to See also:Scotland in 165o, and he was mortally wounded whilst fighting for him at See also:Wigan, dying on the 3rd of See also:September 1651. His See also:great-See also:grandson, William, the 4th baron (1678-1743), took See also:part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, and with two of his See also:brothers was taken prisoner after the fight at See also:Preston. He was convicted of high See also:treason, and his See also:title and estates were forfeited, but he was not put to death, and he survived until the 19th of See also:April 1743. When his son, Henry See also:Francis Widdrington, who claimed the See also:barony, died in September 1774, the See also:family appears to have become See also:extinct.
Other eminent members of this family were Sir 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 Widdrington and his See also:brother See also:Ralph. Having married adaughterof Ferdinando See also:Fairfax, afterwards and See also:Lord Fairfax, Thomas Widdrington was knighted at York in 1639, and in 1640 he became member of See also:parliament for See also:Berwick. He was already a See also:barrister, and his legal know-ledge was very useful during the See also:Civil See also:War. In 1651 he was chosen a member of the See also:council of See also:state, although he had declined to have any See also:share in the trial of the king. Widdrington was elected See also:Speaker in September 1656, and in See also:June 1658 he was appointed See also:chief baron of the See also:exchequer. In 1659 and again in 166o he was a member of the council of state, and on three occasions he was one of the commissioners of the great See also:seal, but he lost some of his offices when Charles II. was restored. However, he remained in parliament until his death on the 13th of May 1664. He left four daughters, but no sons. Widdrington, who founded a school at Stamfordham, Northumberland, wrote Analecta Eboracensia; some Remaynes of the See also:city of York. This was not published until 1877, when it was edited with introduction and notes by the Rev. See also:Caesar See also:Caine. His younger brother, Ralph Widdrington (d. 1688), was educated at See also:Christ's See also:College, See also:Cambridge, where he made the acquaintance of See also:Milton. In 1654 he was appointed regius See also:professor of See also:Greek at Cambridge, and in 1673 See also:Lady See also:Margaret professor of divinity.
The name of See also:Roger Widdrington was taken by Thomas Preston (1563–1640), a See also:Benedictine See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
monk, who wrote several books of a controversial nature, and passed much of 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 in See also:prison, being still a See also:captive when he died on the 3rd of April 1640. (See Rev. E. See also:Taunton, The See also:English See also:Black Monks of St See also:Benedict, 1897.)
In 184o the writer, See also:Samuel See also:Edward See also:Cook, took the name of Widdrington, his See also:mother being the heiress of some of the estates of this family. Having served in the See also:British See also:navy he lived for some years in See also:Spain, See also:writing Sketches in Spain during the years 1829–1832 (See also:London, 1834) ; and Spain and the Spaniards in 1843 (London, 1844). He died at his See also:residence, See also:Newton 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, Northumberland, on the 11th of See also:January 1856 and was succeeded in the ownership of his estates by his See also:nephew, Shalcross See also:Fitzherbert Jacson, who took the name Widdrington. See Rev. See also:John See also:Hodgson, See also:History of Northumberland (182o-1 84o) .
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