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	NICHOLAS FERRAR - LoveToKnow Article on NICHOLAS FERRAR
		The Council accordingly listened to the accusations of Ferrars chapter, and in 1552 he was summoned to London and imprisoned on a charge of praemunire incurred by omitting the kings authority in a commission which he issued for the visitation of his diocese.
		Ferrars marriage accounts for the loss of his bishopric in March 1554, and his opinions for his further punishment.
		As soon as the heresy laws and ecclesiastical jurisdiction had been re-established, Ferrar was examined by Gardiner, and then with signal indecency sent down to be~ried by Morgan, his successor in the bishopric of St Davids.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FE/FERRAR_NICHOLAS.htm (802 words)

	Appendix: Little Gidding \| British History Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nicholas Ferrar was born on 22 February 1593; he was the fourth of the seven children of Nicholas Ferrar, a London merchant of considerable wealth and standing, and of his wife Mary, daughter of Laurence Woodnoth of Shavington Hall, Cheshire.
		Ferrar himself watched two nights a week and on the other nights the watching was done by two men or two women of the community in their respective oratories.
		Ferrar was the founder, grandmother or mother, her place being taken in 1632 by Mary Collet; John Ferrar was guardian and Nicholas the visitor; Susannah Collet, who married Joshua Mapletoft, being the goodwife.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=38153 (5681 words)

	Nicholas Ferrar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nicholas Ferrar (1592-1637) came from a family deeply involved in the London Virginia Company.
		Ferrar's pamphlet Sir Thomas Smith's Misgovernance of the Virginia Company was only published by the Roxborough Club in 1990.
		In 1626 Nicholas Ferrar became involved in setting up a religious community in Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicholas_Ferrar (304 words)

	The Giddings
		Nicholas Ferrar, born in 1593, was the founder of a religious community that lasted from 1626 to 1646.
		Nicholas Ferrar was ordained Deacon and was the leader and spiritual director of the community.
		It's easy to believe that this was the peace and quiet which drew Nicholas Ferrar and his family from the busy world of London commerce to establish the only community in the Church of England in the 300 years between the dissolution of the monasteries, and the Oxford movement.
	www.thegiddings.org.uk /giddingshtmlfiles/gsbodylghist.html (2618 words)

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		Nicholas II Land Nicholas II Land: see Severnaya Zemlya, Russia.
		Nicholas V Nicholas V, antipope (1328-30); see Rainalducci, Pietro.
		Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen, 1802-65, English prelate, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, b.
	www.encyclopedia.com /search.asp?target=@DOCTITLE+Nicholas+I (125 words)

	++ Little Gidding Church - Nicholas Ferrar ++
		Nicholas Ferrar was of a merchant family in London, which had set up the Virginia Company in the Americas, and was much involved in Court and Parliamentary life.
		Old Mrs Ferrar's first action was to enter the church for prayer, and to give instructions that the church must be cleaned and restored before any attention was paid to the house.
		In 1626 Nicholas was ordained Deacon by Archbishop Laud at Westminster Abbey: he refused later to proceed to ordination to the Priesthood.
	www.littlegiddingchurch.org.uk /lgchtmlfiles/lgpeople1.html (741 words)

	Descendants of John Ferrar (Ferris) - pafg02.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nicholas Ferris-238 (John) was born in 1544/1546 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.
		Nicholas married Mary Wodenorth-532 daughter of George Woodnett-539 and Anne Starkey-540 in 1587 in
		Nicholas Ferrar-534 was born on 22 Feb 1593 in
	home.att.net /~boshy/Ferris/pafg02.htm (64 words)

	§13. The Ferrars and Little Gidding. VI. Caroline Divines. Vol. 7. Cavalier and Puritan. The Cambridge History of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nicholas Ferrar was a man of affairs, like not a few of his time and temper, before he entered holy orders.
		Nicholas Ferrar died in 1637, but the house itself survived for nine years more till house and church were “ransacked” by parliamentary troops in 1646.
		The literary remains of Little Gidding are partly biographical—touching little histories of lives of exquisite charm—together with the “Story Books” which still exist in five manuscript volumes, chiefly written by Nicholas Ferrar himself and all bound by Mary Collet.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/217/0613.html (441 words)

	GEORGE HERBERT - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE HERBERT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was at Ferrars suggestion that he undertook to rebuild the church at Layton, an undertaking carried through by his own gifts and the generosity of his friends.
		On his death-bed he gave to Nicholas Ferrar a manuscript with the title The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations.
		Nicholas Ferrars translation (Oxford, 1638) of the Hundred and Ten Considerations.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HERBERT_GEORGE.htm (1123 words)

	Thinking Anglicans: The right, good old way (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nicholas Ferrar lived in a time of increasing prosperity, with the foundations being laid for the later British commercial and imperial greatness.
		Ferrar himself came from a wealthy mercantile family, involved in foreign trade and the settlement of English colonies in North America.
		When Ferrar was 12 a conspiracy to blow up the Houses of Parliament and to kill the king and his government was only narrowly averted, thanks to careful intelligence and leaks from the inside.
	www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk /archives/001267.html (650 words)

	Exciting Holiness: 4 December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born in London in 1592, Nicholas Ferrar was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge and elected a Fellow there in 1610.
		He wrote to his niece in 1631, "I purpose and hope by God's grace to be to you not as a master but as a partner and fellow student." This indicates the depth and feeling of the community life Nicholas and his family strove to maintain.
		After the death of Nicholas on this day in 1637, the community was broken up in 1646 by the Puritans, who were suspicious of it and referred to it as the Arminian Nunnery.
	www.excitingholiness.org /first-edition/m12/d04b.html (235 words)

	Anti Essays : : Nicholas Ferrar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nicholas Ferrar was assumed to be born in 1592.
		Nicholas Ferrar was one of the more interesting figures in English history.
		Nicholas Ferrar, who was never married, died in 1637, and was buried outside the church
	www.antiessays.com /print.php?eid=790 (1019 words)

	Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Man of Prayer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Nicholas Ferrar, born in 1592, was the founder of a religious community that lasted from 1626 to 1646.
		Lord God, make us so reflect thy perfect love; that, with thy Deacon Nicholas Ferrar and his household, we may rule ourselves according to thy Word, and serve thee with our whole heart; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
		Lord God, make us so reflect your perfect love; that, with your Deacon Nicholas Ferrar and his household, we may rule ourselves according to your Word, and serve you with our whole heart; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/295.html (371 words)

	Ferrar, Nicholas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Vigils were kept throughout the night; and Ferrar himself, who slept on the floor, arose at one o'clock in the morning for religious meditation.
		It was Ferrar's theory that everybody should learn a trade; and bookbinding was taught in his institution.
		Ferrar also provided a free school for the children of the neighborhood, and served himself as teacher.
	www.ccel.org /s/schaff/encyc/encyc04/htm/ii.viii.iii.htm (389 words)

	The First Anglican Monk
		A businessman and a politician, Nicholas decided to retire into the countryside in the village of Little Gidding which was his wealthy family's ancestral possession.
		Nicholas also emphasized the memorization of the Psalms and the Gospels, so that he, his mother, Mary, and the other members of this pious household knew the Psalms by heart.
		It was Ferrar's great devotion to the works of the Fathers that also helped inspire the Catholic revival in the Anglican Church and, later, the contacts with the Orthodox Church.
	www.unicorne.org /orthodoxy/articles/alex_roman/anglican.htm (742 words)

	Ferrar, Nicholas -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Ferrar was also a friend of the English devotional poet George Herbert and brought Herbert's poetry to public attention.
		The British poet and dramatist Nicholas Rowe was the first to attempt a critical edition of the works of William Shakespeare.
		Charles Dickens' early novel Nicholas Nickleby is the melodramatic tale of the adventures of a young man as he struggles to seek his fortune in Victorian England.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9034082?tocId=9034082 (648 words)

	A December Pilgrimage: Little Gidding and Nicholas Ferrar
		This was written in December 1993 in response to a brief biographical note on Nicholas Ferrar, posted by James Kiefer.
		The village remained the property of the Ferrar family, however, and in the early 18th century Ferrar's great-nephew John Ferrar restored the church, shortening the nave by about 8 feet, and building the ‘dull façade’ as Eliot calls it.
		Before his death Nicholas Ferrar said to his community: ‘It is the right, good old way you are in; keep in it.’ These words express the aspirations of the present Society.
	www.kershaw.org.uk /december_pilgrimage.html (2531 words)

	Nicholas Ferrar
		After Nicholas had been ordained as a deacon, he and his family and a few friends retired to Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, England, to devote themselves to a life of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving (Matthew 6:2,5,16).
		This is the site of a Christian community formed in 1626 by Nicholas Ferrar, and his beautiful chapel continues to be used for prayer each day by Society members.
		The Feast of Nicholas Ferrar is celebrated on 1st December in the ECUSA calendar, and on 2nd December the English Alternative Service Book calendar.
	www.satucket.com /lectionary/Nicholas_Ferrar.htm (3088 words)

	Sunday Telegraph (London, England): Eliot's memorable landmarks.(Travel)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The hamlet of Little Gidding, a few miles off the A1 in Huntingdonshire, was chosen by Nicholas Ferrar - a friend of George Herbert - as the site of the religious community that he founded in 1626.
		Ferrar occupied the manor house with his followers and restored the tiny, sparse church, where his tomb still stands.
		The church font was thrown into the local pond by Cromwell's forces when they broke up the community a few years after Ferrar's death.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:91002199&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (189 words)

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		Peckard, in his Preface to the _Life of Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding_, says the memoir he published was edited or compiled by him from "the original MS.
		John Ferrar," the elder brother of Nicholas, was the author of it (p.
		Ferrar of Huntingdon, and is now in the possession of the editor.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/13362/13362.txt (10450 words)

	Ferrar Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ferrar is therefore, an occupational surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames.
		Occupational surnames were derived from the primary activity of the bearer.
		This practice, which often included paying homage to the Clan Chief at important events was effective in building respect, devotion and familiarity between different families within the same clan.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/ferrar-coat-arms.htm (1112 words)

	Biography: Nicholas Ferrar, deacon, man of prayer (1 Dec 1637)
		Nicholas threw himself into preserving his family from ruin.
		After being ordained priest he moved elsewhere, but died shortly afterwards, leaving Nicholas Ferrar as his "literary executor".
		The Feast of Nicholas Ferrar is celebrated on 1st December in the ECUSA calendar, and on 2nd December the English _Alternative Service Book_ calendar.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/12/01.html (3154 words)

	Nicholas Ferrar & Little Gidding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Brief Memoirs of Nicholas Ferrar, M.A. and Felllow of Clare-Hall, Cambridge, Founder of a Protestant Religious Establishment at Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire: Collected from a Narrative by the Right Reverend Dr. Turner, Now Edited with Additions and Biographical Notices of Some of Mr.
		Ferrar's Contemporaries by a Clergyman of the Established Church.
		Nicholas Ferrar's House at Little Gidding, and of His Friends Dr. Donne and Mr.
	english.umd.edu /englfac/WPeterson/ELR/bibliographies/documents/21.html (1481 words)

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		Nicholas Ferrar." Isaac Walton, in his _Life of George Herbert_, also notices Ferrar, and describes minutely his mode of life at Little Gidding.
		Nicholas Ferrar_, by Peter Peckard, D.D., Cambridge, 8vo., 1790 (which is reprinted with additions from a manuscript in the archiepiscopal library at Lambeth, in Dr.
		Henning of Hillingden, a descendant of the Ferrar family, through his great-uncle, Dr. John Mapletoft, (see Ward's _Lives of the Gresham Professors_), who was the great-nephew of Nicholas Ferrar, possessed one of the three curious volumes arranged by members of the family, {446} viz.--_A Digest of the History of our Saviour's Life_, with numerous plates.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/5/4/0/15405/15405-8.txt (16090 words)

	Papers of Individuals on Microform in University of Missouri Special Collections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Ferrar Papers, 1590-1790, in Magdalene College, Cambridge, consists of an introduction and finding list by David Ransome, in addition to genealogical charts of the Ferrar family.
		Over 3,000 letters and business papers of the family of Nicholas Ferrar (died 1620) make up this collection, The business archive of the Virginia Company of London and its subordinate, the Somer Islands Company, formed the beginning of the collection.
		Ferrar and her two sons, Nicholas and John make up the bulk of the collection.
	mulibraries.missouri.edu /specialcollections/papermf3.htm (2488 words)

	Ferrar House, Little Gidding
		Ferrar House offers bed and breakfast in Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire, and is adjacent to the original site where Nicholas Ferrar and household came in 1625 and next to Little Gidding church, which they restored to daily use.
		Little Gidding is also famous for the visit, in 1936, of the poet T. Eliot, who published "Little Gidding" as the conclusion of his "Four Quartets" in 1942.
		Other historical figures associated with Little Gidding include King Charles I and the poet George Herbert, a contemporary of Nicholas Ferrar.
	www.ferrarhouse.co.uk (105 words)

	Term Papers on Nicholas Ferrar - Term Papers Lab
		Nicholas Ferrar was oneof the more interesting figures in English history.
		Ferrars' niece was named Virginia, the first knownuse of this name.
		Ferrar studied at Cambridge and would have gone further withhis studies but the damp air of the fens was bad for his health and he traveledto Europe, spending time in the warmer climate of Italy.On his return to England he found...
	www.termpaperslab.com /term-papers/171.html (437 words)

	Camden Miscellany XXXIII - Cambridge University Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		David R. Ransome: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Editorial Conventions; The Parliamentary Papers of Nicholas Ferrar 1624; i.
		Nicholas Ferrar’s Diary, 12 February - 5 March 1623/4; ii.
		Nicholas Ferrar’s Diary, May 1624; Appendix I: Other Diaries of Proceedings in the House of Commons, 1624; Appendix II: Parliament Men Mentioned in Nicholas Ferrar’s Diary; Part II.
	www.cambridge.org /catalogue/print.asp?isbn=0521573955&print=y (213 words)

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