Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: William Sacheverell


In the News (Tue 14 Feb 12)

  
  William Sacheverell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Sacheverell (1638 - October 9, 1691), was an English statesman.
Sacheverell was one of the managers on behalf of the Commons at the trial of Lord Stafford in Westminster Hall; but took no further part in public affairs till after the elections of March 1681, when he was returned unopposed for Derbyshire.
In the judgment of Speaker Onslow, Sacheverell was the "ablest parliament man" of the reign of Charles II.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Sacheverell   (1007 words)

  
 HENRY SACHEVERELL - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY SACHEVERELL
Sacheverell took his degree of B.A. in 1693, and became M.A. in 1695 and D.D. in 1708.
The trial lasted from 27th February to 23rd March 1710, and the verdict was that Sacheverell should be suspended for three years and that the two sermons should be burnt at the Royal Exchange.
This was the decree of the state, and it had the effect of making him a martyr in the eyes of the populace and of bringing about the downfall of the ministry.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SACHEVERELL_HENRY.htm   (395 words)

  
 WILLIAM SACHEVERELL - LoveToKnow Article on WILLIAM SACHEVERELL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sacheverell took especial interest in the state of the navy and spoke in many debates on this question.
When the secret treaty with France became known, thus confirming Sacheverells insight, the latter called for the disbandment of the forces and advocated the refusal of further supplies for military purposes; and in June 1678 he resolutely opposed Lord Danbys proposal to grant 300,000 per annum to Charles II.
Sacheverell was elected member for Nottinghamshire; but be died on the 9th of October 1691, before taking his seat.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SACHEVERELL_WILLIAM.htm   (1043 words)

  
 WILLIAM SACHEVERELL FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Sacheverell (1638 - October_9, 1691), was an English statesman.
This resolution was the forerunner of the Test_Act, in the preparation of which Sacheverell took an active part, and which caused the break up of the cabal.
In the conflict between the Petitioners and the Abhorrers he supported the former, and on October_27 1680 brought forward a motion asserting the right of petitioning the king to summon parliament, and proposed the impeachment of Chief Justice North as the author of the proclamation against tumultuous petitioning.
www.witwib.com /William_Sacheverell   (969 words)

  
 William Sacheverell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
William Sacheverell (1638 - October 9, 1691), was an (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English (A man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs) statesman.
Jean Barillon mentions Sacheverell among the (A member of the Whig Party in the United States in pre-Civil-War times) Whig leaders who accepted bribes from Louis XIV, but the evidence against him is not conclusive.
Sacheverell was elected member for (additional info and facts about Nottinghamshire) Nottinghamshire; but be died before taking his seat.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_sacheverell.htm   (943 words)

  
 [No title]
The Whigs loved William indeed: but they loved him not as a King, but as a party leader; and it was not difficult to foresee that their enthusiasm would cool fast if he should refuse to be the mere leader of their party, and should attempt to be King of the whole nation.
William was admirably qualified to supply that in which the most accomplished statesmen of his kingdom were deficient.
William doubtless hoped that this appointment would be considered by the clergy and the Tory country gentlemen as a sufficient guarantee that no evil was meditated against the Church.
www.cumorah.com /etexts/3hoej10.txt   (19945 words)

  
 Editor's Preface - vol I Manx Soc
Sacheverell, ex dono charissimi fratris Francisci Sitwell, Anno Domini 1708." On referring to the genealogical table given in this work, it will be noticed that Francis Sitwell, of Renishaw, was the brother of Alicia Sitwell, wife of the William Sacheverell, of Barton, presumed to be our author.
It will be seen by Note I that the two sons of William Sacheverell, of Barton, by his wife Alicia, who was also his cousin, were born, the elder, William in 1707, and the younger, Henry, in 1709, and that they died at the ages respectively of 16 and 15.
Fox, the Rector of Morley, to the genealogical table of the Sacheverell family are gratefully acknowledged; thanks are also due to Dr. Dodd, of Great Corringham, Thomas Heywood, Esq., Dr. Hume, of Liverpool, and Paul Bridson, Esq., of Douglas, for their most valuable additions to it.
www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol01/epreface.htm   (1957 words)

  
 classical music - andante - william the conqueror
William, having a weird sense of humor, said he only accepted to come because he was certain that Buenos Aires was the center of the white slave trade, which was complete nonsense.
William was enormously lucky because when he was at Oxford University the younger Sitwell, Sacheverell, was sent by his brother Osbert to look for a very talented undergraduate to sponsor, and William was recommended to him.
This was real luck for William and it was they who introduced him to the world of literature and poetry and they also took him round Europe to show him all the marvelous buildings, paintings and works of sculpture.
www.andante.com /magazine/article.cfm?id=16335   (2651 words)

  
 CHAPTER X.
William had welcomed him with great satisfaction, but had not been able to suppress a sarcastic smile at seeing the ingenious and accomplished politician, who had aspired to be the umpire in that great contention, forced to abandon the middle course and to take a side.
William, however, wisely excused himself from coming to any decision till he had ascertained the sense of the gentlemen who had formerly been honoured with the confidence of the counties and towns of England.
William's manners were dry and cold, his constitution was infirm, and his temper by no means bland; he was not a man who would commonly be thought likely to inspire a fine young woman of twenty-six with a violent passion.
www.globusz.com /ebooks/England2/00000015.htm   (21019 words)

  
 Inventory to the Elliott and Gonzales Family Papers,Mss. Dept., UNC-Chapel Hill.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
INTRODUCTION Biographical Note William Elliott, son of William Elliott and Phoebe Waight, was born 27 April 1788 in Beaufort, South Carolina, and died 3 February 1863 in Charleston, South Carolina.
William Elliott's correspondence of 1813 and 1814 includes letters to and from his sister Caroline Elliott Pinckney and her husband Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Jr.
William Elliott, Jr., and Ralph Elliott both wrote to their mother in 1866 about their efforts to get clear title to their land, money to buy seed and supplies, and laborers to work on the land.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/e/Elliott_and_Gonzales_Family.html   (10265 words)

  
 William King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
WILLIAM KING was born in London in 1663, the son of Ezekiel King, a gentleman.
In 1710 he appeared, as a lover of the Church, on the side of Sacheverell; and was supposed to have concurred at least in the projection of The Examiner.
His eyes were open to all the operations of Whiggism; and he bestowed some strictures upon Dr. Kennet's adulatory sermon at the funeral of the duke of Devonshire.
www2.hn.psu.edu /Faculty/KKemmerer/poets/king   (1060 words)

  
 The Parish of Boulton by Derby
The first endowment on record was made by Robert de Sacheverell in the reign of Henry II, 1154 to 1189, when the sum of 12 shillings per annum was gifted to the Church.
The post of the chaplain of Boulton had become vacant and Sir Robert claimed the right to nominate the new man. William de Wymondham contested this as he said he had the right to nominate the chaplain in his position as owner of St. Peter's Church in Derby to which Boulton was a chapelry.
The dispute between Sir Robert de Sacheverell and William de Wymondham was settled by inquisition and whilst money changed hands and compromises accepted, Boulton was recognised as being within the parish of and subject to St. Peter's Church, Derby.
home.clara.net /boultonchurch/history/bp.html   (953 words)

  
 Notes on the Fones (Fownes) family in England
William Fownes was a Bromsgrove man, a relative of his John Fownes was the principal land owner at Dodford and one of the school governors named in the Maarion Charter.
William Fownes a constable of Belbroughton was summoned for letting Mr Appleton a recusant of the county excape.
William Williams, his brother Thomas Fowens Mr Abel Kytchen, and Mr John Guy, to be his overseers, and bequeaths to each of them twenty shilling in gold for a ring and as much fine fl clothe as will make them a gowne.
www.fones.org /EnglishFones.html   (6902 words)

  
 Dr. J. Charles Cox - Boulton, St. Mary the Virgin - page 2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This agreement was again finally confirmed by Sacheverell and the abbot at Easter, 1280.
Ralph de Sacheverell died seized of the manor of Boulton, 4 Henry VII.
; William Sacheverell, who died 5 Philip and Mary, held 36 acres here of the crown ; and Henry Sacheverell, in the reign of Elizabeth, also held lands in Boulton.
website.lineone.net /~jno.blaylock/jccb/jccb2.html   (347 words)

  
 [No title]
Thus, this is one of the few existing scions of the family that claims to be able to bridge the genealogical gap between the ninth and the seventeenth centuries.
All this is reflected in their success on attaching the name Reformation to the whole process, for in fact, the process of reformation, when it did take place belatedly but thoroughly, took place inside the Church, making the post-Tridentine Church very unlike the Church of the last century of the Middle Ages.
Throughout her reign she was the puppet, or figurehead of the group of new millionaires established on the loot of religion begun in her father's time.
www.seanmcalpine.com /mcalpine/roots/right.htm   (20767 words)

  
 "S" Famous People
Sacheverell, Henry (c.1674-1724) Political preacher, born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, S England, UK.
Shawcross (of Friston), Hartley William Shawcross, Baron (1902-2003) Jurist, born in Giessen, WC Germany.
Shelburne, William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of (1737-1805) British statesman and prime minister (1782-3), born in Dublin...
www.jonathanselby.com /Sfam   (17397 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: 1691   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Treaty of Limerick ended the Williamite war in Ireland between the Jacobites and the supporters of William of Orange.
October 9 - William Sacheverell, English statesman (b.
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel (1630 – 14 August 1691), the youngest of sixteen children of Sir William Talbot, Bart.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1691   (3104 words)

  
 Contents of the Linley Wood Library As recorded around 1919.
Bingley, William Rev.Tour round North Wales performed during the Summer of 1798.Published in1800.Earliest known publication date1800.
Cadell, William Archibald.Journey in Carniola, Italy, and France, in the years 1817, 1818.Published in1820.Earliest known publication date1820.
Williams, Helen Maria.Tour in Switzerland; or A view of the present state of the governments and manners of those cantons.Published in1798.Earliest known publication date1798.
www.jjhc.info /linleywoodlibrarybooks.htm   (6945 words)

  
 Sitwell. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Façade, characterized by ragtime rhythms and abstract word patterns, was set to music by William Walton and first read by her in 1922.
Important among her critical works are Poetry and Criticism (1925), Aspects of Modern Poetry (1934), and A Poet’s Notebook (1943), a collection of aphorisms on the art of poetry.
Sir Sacheverell was known for his art criticism—Southern Baroque Art (1924), German Baroque Art (1927), and The Gothick North (1929)—and for his poetry—The Cyder Feast (1927) and Canons of Giant Art (1933).
www.bartleby.com /65/si/Sitwell.html   (583 words)

  
 The French War 1689-1697   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
King James II had fled to France to escape the advance of William of Orange at the head of a Dutch army.
These vessels were at risk from privateers cruising in the vicinity of the Isle of Man. Deputy Governor William Sacheverell wished to send Lord Derby's yacht to Liverpool.
Later Sacheverell was informed from Ireland, that the privateers had taken eight Whitehaven vessels off the Bay of Dublin.
website.lineone.net /~eakelly/manxatsea/frenchwar.html   (408 words)

  
 Harrow, including Pinner : Manors | British History Online
The house of William Barnville was mentioned in 1400, (Footnote 31) but the later manor-house dated from c.
All his property seems to have passed to the Spilmans, (Footnote 67) but the Gerards reorganized it (Footnote 68) and in 1609, after the death of William Gerard, Flambards manor was described as three messuages, 610 a.
(Footnote 25) When William Edlin, John's heir, died seised of the manor of Marlpits in 1606, it comprised 56 a., 32 selions and 5 furlongs in Broad Field and Hampet Field, the Lea, Galportes garden, and several closes, including Cannons and Marlpits.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=22466   (7621 words)

  
 Northvegr - The Swastika
Prime, William C. Pottery and Porcelain Of All Times And Nations With Tables of Factory and Artists' Marks For the Use of Collectors by William C. Prime, LL.
Diary of a Journey through Mongoloia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892 by William Woodville Rockhill Gold Medalist of the royal Geographical Society (Design.) City of Washington Published by the Smithsonian Institution 1894.
By William Sacheverell, Esq.: Late Governour of Man. To which is added, A Dissertation about the Mona of Cæsar and Tacitus; and an Account of the Ancient Druids, andc.
www.northvegr.org /lore/swastika/148.php   (829 words)

  
 Electronic texts, European history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Political House that Jack Built by William Hone, ed.
An Account of the Isle of Man (with additional non-Manx material omitted) by William Sacheverell, ed.
William H. King, a Senator from the State of Utah, Delivered in the Senate, January 22 and April 24, 1924 by William Henry King
www.hinduwebsite.com /general/etextshistory2.htm   (3442 words)

  
 McCabe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The next morning Goddard., assembling all his forces, gave them their choice of dividing their land, or booty, among them.
Sacheverell (or the author from whom he borrows) is evidently at fault here.
The line of sucession after Macon was Goel(lard), brother to Macon, A.D. Reginald, his son, 996, whose nephew, Suibne, cailie to the throne in 1004, and was succeeded by his sou Haralcl in 1034.
members.aol.com /lochlan2/caba.htm   (3961 words)

  
 Isle of Man
1344 - 1392 William II Montague, Earl of (b.
7 Jul 1609 - 1627 William IV Stanley, Earl of Derby (b.
21 Dec 1672 - 5 Nov 1702 William V Stanley, Earl of Derby (b.
www.worldstatesmen.org /Isle_of_Man.htm   (1064 words)

  
 The Nation, 09/30/1897 - Notes
...and the notice of William Sacheverell, the "ablest parliament-man of Charles II.'s reign," as being the first that has found Its way into any dictionary...
...With ' an Appendix by William Coolidge Lane...
...William Spohn Baker, whose Washingtonian researches have been as valuable as they have been indefatigable," and whose diary of "Washington after the Revolution, 1784-1799," chances to be concluded in the present issue of the magazine...
www.archive.thenation.com /Summaries/v065i1683_05.htm   (9985 words)

  
 Classics/Literature/Poetry/Plays, Paperbacks Unlimited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Poems by Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, William H. Matchett, Spencer Brown, Alexander Trocchi, Galway Kinnell, Patrick Boland, Howard Moss, Sydney Goodsir Smith, Byron Vazakas, John Ashbery, Harry Duncan, Herbert Morris, Lucinda Collins, B. Rajan.
One is overwhelmed by their drive, their vigor, their viciousness and the infuriation they bring to the printed page.
Authors include William Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, Frank Yerby, Langston Hughes, Angelica Gibbs, Thomas Wolfe, Dorothy Parker, Robert Lewis, Mark Schorer, Richard Wright, Shirley Jackson, Paul Green, John Dos Passos, Roark Bradford, Ann Petry, Lillian Smith, J.F. Powers (1969, Pyramid, C) 5.25 Cdn.
home.golden.net /~paperbacks/cl.htm   (2757 words)

  
 The Andrews Pages : South Normanton, DBY : Kelly's Directory, 1891   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SCHOOLS :- A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1876 ; Henry Thurman, clerk to the board.
Bingham William, Miners' Arms P.H. Bircumshaw William, draper, milliner, clothier and general outfitter ; and large assortment of hats, caps, ties, collars andc.
Farnsworth William, chemist and druggist, and agent for W. and A. Gilbey, wine and spirit merchants, and insurance agent, Post Office, High street
www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com /dby/kelly/normantonsouth.htm   (520 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.