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Brewer's: King Estmere
(2 syl.) of England was induced by his brother Adler to go to King Adland, and request permission to pay suit to his daughter. King Adland replied that Bremor, King of Spain, had already…Brewer's: King Ryence
of North Wales, sent a dwarf to King Arthur to say “he had overcome eleven kings, all of which paid him homage in this sort viz. they gave him their beards to purfell his mantle. He now…Brewer's: King of Yvetot
(pron. Ev-to). A man of mighty pretensions but small merits. Yvetot is near Rouen, and was once a seigneurie, the possessors of which were entitled kings- a title given them in 534 by…Brewer's: King's Keys
The crow-bars, hatchets, and hammers used by sheriffs' officers to force doors and locks. (Law phrase.) “The door, framed to withstand attacks from exciseman, constables, and other…James: 1
James Chapter 1 1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers…Brewer's: King's Evil
Scrofula; so called from a notion which prevailed from the reign of Edward the Confessor to that of Queen Anne that it could be cured by the royal touch. The Jacobites considered that the…Oates, Titus
(Encyclopedia) Oates, Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator. An Anglican priest whose whole career was marked with intrigue and scandal, he joined forces with one Israel Tonge to invent the story of…Hampton, part of Greater London, England
(Encyclopedia) Hampton, since 1965 part of the Greater London outer borough of Richmond upon Thames, SE England, on the Thames River. It is the site of Hampton Court Palace, which occupies about…Vane, Sir Henry, 1589–1655, English courtier
(Encyclopedia) Vane, Sir Henry, 1589–1655, English courtier; father of the Puritan leader Sir Henry Vane, the younger. He gained the favor of James I, was knighted in 1611, and acquired wealth by the…Warbeck, Perkin
(Encyclopedia) Warbeck, Perkin, 1474?–1499, pretender to the English throne, b. Tournai. He lived in Flanders and later in Portugal and arrived in Ireland in the employ of a silk merchant in 1491.…Trending
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