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  Heywood - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Heywood Hall in the neighbourhood of the town was the residence of Peter Heywood, who contributed to the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot.
Heywood owes its rise to the enterprise of the Peels, its first manufactures having been introduced by the father of the first Sir Robert Peel.
Heywood was incorporated in 1881, and the corporation consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Heywood   (167 words)

  
 Peter Heywood
Peter Heywood was born on the isle of Man into a prominent family.
Heywood felt that he had done nothing during the mutiny unbecoming to his position and rank, and the evidence seems to suggest that he tried to keep out of the way, understandable when you consider his age, and lack of experience.
Peter Heywood married Frances Simpson on 31 Jul 1816, at the age of 44.
www.lareau.org /heywood.html   (1143 words)

  
 Peter Heywood
Heywood was the youngest of three midshipmen aboard and this voyage was to be the first, and the most eventful, of his life.
Peter Heywood laughed at the absurdity of the request, and it was that laugh that sealed his fate.
Heywood barely escaped with his life though four of his fellow prisoners and thirty one of the Pandora's crew, went down with her.
tales.co.uk /PHEYWOOD2.HTML   (718 words)

  
 Borders - Feature - The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
Peter Heywood, former midshipman on the Bounty, had been only a few weeks shy of seventeen on the morning the mutiny had broken out and his close friend and distant relative Fletcher Christian had taken the ship.
Peter Heywood had been one of the last men to take his farewell of Christian, whom he still regarded with affectionate sympathy.
Peter would later claim that he had seen this sight "with the utmost Joy," but it is probable that his emotions were somewhat more complicated.
www.bordersstores.com /features/feature.jsp?file=bounty   (3350 words)

  
 A brief history of Heywood
By the 12th century Heywood was identified as a hamlet in the township of Heap.
Heywood Hall, the family seat, was built in the 13th Century and rebuilt in 1611.
The growth of Heywood as a cotton town in the 19th century meant that the chapel was too small and so in 1859 it was pulled down.
www.heywood.org.uk /history.htm   (588 words)

  
 Old Manx Families - Heywood's of the Nunnery
Heywood’s of Heywood in Lancashire, and the Nunnery in the Isle of Man
Peter (born 1661, died 1699, buried in Malew Church), married in 1685 Leonora (died 1732) daughter and heiress of Hugh Cannell, Water-Bailiff, and Margaret Calcott, of the Nunnery, Braddan, by whom the Nunnery estates came to the Heywoods.
Robert Heywood married secondly Elizabeth (died 1793, buried at Braddan), daughter of John Joseph Bacon, at Braddan, in 1788, and had issue two daughters and a son.
www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/famhist/families/awm1889/heywood.htm   (914 words)

  
 Capt. Peter Heywwod RN, a biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Peter Heywood was picked up by a boat and carried, in a state of nudity, some three miles to a small sandy beach about ninety yards long by sixty wide.
Heywood had been obliged to resign his ship due to ill health and the death of his elder brother, which required his presence to sort out family affairs.
Heywood convoyed a large number of troops from Naples to Genoa and Marseilles and then acted as senior officer at Gibraltar until February 1816.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /hey.htm   (2329 words)

  
 The Bounty
Peter Heywood was one of the last to get out, and when he emerged in the sea he could see nothing above the water but the Pandora's crosstrees.
Peter Heywood, in the launch under the sympathetic Lieutenant Corner, had drawn what was probably the happiest boat, while James Morrison, as he reported, "had the good or evil fortune, call it which you please to go in the Pinnace with Capt. Edwards."
Peter Heywood had brought away a single possession from his long ordeal, a Book of Common Prayer, which he had carried in his teeth as he swam from the wreck of the Pandora.
us.penguingroup.com /static/packages/us/maritime/bounty-excerpts3.html   (9268 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Peter Heywood
Captain Peter Heywood (1772- 1831) was a Manx naval officer and accused mutineer best known for being part of the Mutiny on the Bounty.
Heywood and the others who remained behind and were captured when Captain Edward Edwards on the HMS Pandora arrived at Tahiti searching for them.
Heywood and his companions (fourteen in total) spent four months imprisoned in this box, chained and in leg-irons.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Peter_Heywood   (589 words)

  
 ManchesterOnline - Heywood Advertisier
Heywood's links go back to the Stone Age, though it was not until the Middle Ages that a settled community appeared.
By the 1830s Heywood was described as "a large and modern village" with a population of about 14,8000.
Peter Heywood who was - wrongfully - implicated in the infamous Mutiny on the Bounty.
www.manchesteronline.co.uk /newspapers/heywood.html   (572 words)

  
 peter heywood
Peter Heywood signed on as a midshipman on board the Bounty when he was just fifteen years old.
Heywood only made it public that he had been given this message after he had retired from his successful naval career but he took the details of the message with him to the grave.
Peter Heywood died believing that Fletcher Christian returned to England after the mutiny and that he had seen him in Plymouth.
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 Heywood Advertiser - nostalgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A HEYWOOD man was the key to preventing the destruction of the entire English Parliament in 1605 - and he’s the reason we celebrate Bonfire Night every November.
ONE son of Heywood found himself facing an ignominious death when he was - wrongfully, it transpired, implicated in one of the most notorious episodes in British history - the Mutiny on the Bounty.
HEYWOOD is not traditionally associated with coal mining, although there was a colliery at Ashworth near School Lane, and drift workings in Bamford until as recently as 1950.
www.heywoodadvertiser.co.uk /nostalgia   (397 words)

  
 Mutiny on the bounty, chronicles - Tahitie
Heywood recoiled his own hand circled Graham's wrist as if in an instant thinking to strike out or wrench away.
Heywood looked even more alarmed, his palms sweated as he clenched and unclenched his hands, "Sir, please, no one can understand...
Heywood let the words tumble out, his embarrassment dying as surely as his innocence melted in passion's furnace on Tahitie.
www.geocities.com /~jlhagan/chronicles/chronicle_tahitie.htm   (814 words)

  
 Peter Heywood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christian with some of the Bounty's crew and some Tahitian men and women sailed the Bounty on to Pitcairn Island, where the ship was burned.
The "mutineers" left on Tahiti were those among the Bounty crew who had not gone with Bligh in the open boat (which had space limitations and was a particularly dangerous option), but had no intention of remaining in the Pacific Islands with the other mutineers.
The box was in direct sun-light and poorly ventilated, and was the equivalent of being jailed in a sauna for four months.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Heywood   (578 words)

  
 Peter Heywood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Peter Heywood entered the Royal Navy in 1786 and made his first voyage as a midshipman in the 'Bounty', commanded by Captain Bligh, in the following year.
As soon as the English Government heard of the mutiny it sent out the 'Pandora' frigate, which in March 1791 arrived at Otaheite, where Heywood and thirteen others were found.
The remainder, including Heywood arrived in England in June 1792.
www.mcb.net /manxmen/heywood.html   (376 words)

  
 HEYWOOD - Online Information article about HEYWOOD
Peter Heywood, who contributed to the See also:
Heywood owes its rise to the enterprise of the Peels, its first manufactures having been introduced by the See also:
Heywood was incorporated in 1881, and the See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HEG_HIG/HEYWOOD.html   (291 words)

  
 Inside Publications - Experience the Mutiny on the Bounty through replica of ship, eyewitness acounts; INSIDE Newspaper ...
Heywood's letters, which were written to his sister Nessie while he was in prison, continue to attract historians and others from around the world.
While Heywood was only 16 at the time of the mutiny, Bligh convinced himself that the popular Heywood had conspired against his command.
After Heywood was returned to England in chains, he faced a court-martial and was found guilty.
www.insideonline.com /site/epage/18065_162.htm   (994 words)

  
 Stockport Express - Gunpowder, treason … and Peter Heywood
He was Peter Heywood, a member of the famous family, and a resident of Heywood Hall.
A party of magistrates, led by one Lord Thomas Knyvet and including Peter Heywood, was assigned to watch for the cellar.
Peter’s relative, Robert Heywood, presented a lantern, in recognition of Peter’s achievements, to the Bodelian Library in Oxford.
www.stockportexpress.co.uk /nostalgia/s/88/88003_gunpowder_treason__and_peter_heywood.html   (433 words)

  
 Ask Heywood News & Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Peter Heywood is probably Heywood's most famous unknown figure, even in his home town.
A member of the Heywood Family, and a resident of Heywood Hall, Peter Heywood was solely responsible for capturing Guy Fawkes on 5 November 1605.
To mark the 400th anniversary occasion in Heywood, a special bonfire and firework display is being organised for the community in Heywood to remember Peter Heywood.
www.rochdaleonline.co.uk /Heywood/News/news.asp?ID=996   (385 words)

  
 Sir Arthur Heywood of Duffield Bank - The Heywood Collection
Many people have been entranced by the concept of a railway which is extremely small but which nevertheless performs a useful function, and model-makers have found inspiration for their own creations.
These efforts have included the publication of a new book, Sir Arthur Heywood And The Fifteen Inch Gauge Railway (details here), and the re-creation of lost artefacts such as the locomotives Ursula and Effie, and the Duffield Bank Dining Carriage.
Of course this is a minority interest, but we are encouraged by the excitement and enthusiasm of children who are entranced by their contact with these very small trains.
www.perrygrove.co.uk /heywood-collection.html   (1468 words)

  
 Mutiny on the Bounty, Peter Heywood's Account to His Mother
This use of a pseudonym, one of only two used in the book (the other being Heywood) leads to the supposition that his family was prominant and/or his earlier record was of a higher quality than Bligh seemed to indicate.
He apparently was not available to testify at Heywood's trial, and it was his and Tinkler's absence that formed an important part of Heywood's plea for clemency.
A native of Stepney, a neighborhood of St. Peter Port on the Isle of Guernsey in the English Channel, Williams was the illegitimate son of a Jersey Island 'port follower'.
www.corvalliscommunitypages.com /Europe/england/mutinyheywood.htm   (15124 words)

  
 Heywood [1] - AOL Music
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 Amazon.com: "Captain Heywood": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A por- trait of Captain Heywood in full-dress uniform, painted in 1822, captured the former mutineer with what his family referred to as his "thoughtful countenance."...
Captain Heywood was at this island in 1811, where lie found three Americans, who proposed remaining a few years, in order to...
The mutiny, wrote Captain Heywood, preparing Peter for the inevitability of his 'killing', had been a 'crime which, viewed in a political light is of...
www.amazon.com /phrase/Captain-Heywood   (530 words)

  
 The Mutiny on the Bounty - Isle of Man Government Manx National Heritage:
Peter Heywood of Douglas (Midshipman on the Bounty) was the son of a former Deemster (Judge) who was Steward to the Duke of Atholl.
Heywood’s subsequent arrest, trial and sentence to death and the efforts of his sister Nessy and family to have him pardoned are recorded in some detail in family correspondence and subsequent publications.
Nessy was actively involved in securing her brother's pardon from his conviction for his involvement in the mutiny.
www.gov.im /mnh/heritage/library/bibliographies/bounty.xml   (1405 words)

  
 Heywood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heywood is a surname, and may refer to:
James "Jamie" Heywood Director of ALS Therapy Development Foundation
Stephen Heywood Advocate for people with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heywood   (90 words)

  
 Alan Heywood & Company :: Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors :: The Team
Alan Heywood and Company :: Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors :: The Team
She works with two assistants and has been an established staff member since 1998.
Peter runs our payroll department and is our resident expert on the installation of Sage software and the provision of management accounts.
www.alanheywood.co.uk /team.html   (214 words)

  
 Small Biz Resource - Tools, Tips, Dollars and Sense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Peter Heywood 10/09/06 12:51 PM Bringing security issues to light...
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Peter Heywood 08/28/06 05:55 PM This board does not reflect the views of Small Biz Resource or Light Reading Inc. These messages are only the opinion of the poster, are no substitute for your own research, and should not be relied upon for trading or any other purpose.
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 Mutiny on the Bounty, chronicles - for Heywood
Mutiny on the Bounty, chronicles - for Heywood
It is recorded that Christian, with another of Bligh's favourites Heywood, immediately succumbed to the charms of the native women with so much variety that within weeks, according to Sir Joseph’s evidence, they both had the pox.
He looked up and walked slowly around to the center of the table and placed the documents in front of Pitt..
www.geocities.com /~jlhagan/chronicles/chronicle_heywooddef.htm   (2978 words)

  
 Peter Heywood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The potential impact of agricultural biotechnology on hunger is being studied: this work includes analyzing the technologies, projecting their possible application in developing countries, and assessing the effects of these innovations on food supply.
Rothschild, L. and P. Heywood, 1987 Protistan phylogeny and chloroplast evolution.
Biopress, Bristol, U.K. Messer, E., and Heywood, P. Trying Technology.
biomed.brown.edu /Faculty/H/Heywood.html   (93 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "John Hallett": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Key Phrases in this book: Fletcher Christian, Peter Heywood, William Bligh, Aaron Graham, James Morrison, John Fryer, breadfruit expedition, retake the ship, fore hatchway, tackle fall, official log, private log (See more)
Peter Heywood, George Stewart, Fletcher Christian, John Hallett, Thomas Hayward, Edward Young would be his 'young gentlemen'.
Key Phrases in this book: Fletcher Christian, John Adams, Peter Heywood, Captain Cook, Captain Bligh, Articles of War, maro ura, fare atua, plantain branches, mythic chords, feather girdles, breadfruit voyage (See more)
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