Dictionary of national biography, ed. by L. Stephen (and S. Lee). [With] Suppl. 3 vols.;Index and epitome [and] Errata, Volume 21885 |
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... held high office under James I and Charles I for forty years . His mother's name was Dorothy Phillips . In 1624 he was sent to England , and in 1630 to Magdalen College , Oxford , where he took his degree in 1634 ( WooD's Ath . Oxon ...
... held high office under James I and Charles I for forty years . His mother's name was Dorothy Phillips . In 1624 he was sent to England , and in 1630 to Magdalen College , Oxford , where he took his degree in 1634 ( WooD's Ath . Oxon ...
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... held a blank commission from Charles II , with Grenville , Peyton , Mordaunt , and Legge , to treat , on the basis of a free pardon , with any of his majesty's subjects who had borne arms against his father except the regicides ...
... held a blank commission from Charles II , with Grenville , Peyton , Mordaunt , and Legge , to treat , on the basis of a free pardon , with any of his majesty's subjects who had borne arms against his father except the regicides ...
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... held a court wherein all matters relating to wills , marriage contracts , & c . , were decided . ' The parishioners were devoted to their ejected clergyman , and were disposed to show their esteem by rude and rough misconduct to- wards ...
... held a court wherein all matters relating to wills , marriage contracts , & c . , were decided . ' The parishioners were devoted to their ejected clergyman , and were disposed to show their esteem by rude and rough misconduct to- wards ...
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... held . Its theolo- gical discussions are ridiculed by Fielding in the Covent Garden Journal ' ( 1752 ) . In 1756 , as appears by a letter of Annet's ( Gent . Mag . liv . 250 ) , he held a small post in some public office , and he says ...
... held . Its theolo- gical discussions are ridiculed by Fielding in the Covent Garden Journal ' ( 1752 ) . In 1756 , as appears by a letter of Annet's ( Gent . Mag . liv . 250 ) , he held a small post in some public office , and he says ...
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... held the office down to 1864 - a period of forty - one years -when he retired from active official life , but still remained the consulting actuary of the company . He also filled a similar post in the National Provident , the Friends ...
... held the office down to 1864 - a period of forty - one years -when he retired from active official life , but still remained the consulting actuary of the company . He also filled a similar post in the National Provident , the Friends ...
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