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Webster, Richard Everard
(Encyclopedia) Webster, Richard Everard: see Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount.Fox, Henry Richard Vassall
(Encyclopedia) Fox, Henry Richard Vassall: see Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron.Pryor, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Pryor, Richard, 1940–2005, American comedian, b. Peoria, Ill. His iconoclastic, wildly inventive, and racially explosive comic style was expressed in language that was often crude and…Longchamp, William of
(Encyclopedia) Longchamp, William ofLongchamp, William oflôngˈshămp, lôNshäNˈ [key], d. 1197, chancellor and justiciar of England, bishop of Ely. After service with Geoffrey, duke of Brittany, he…Walter, Hubert
(Encyclopedia) Walter, Hubert, d. 1205, English archbishop and statesman. He was clerk to his uncle, Ranulf de Glanvill, and in 1186 he was made dean of York. In 1189 he was appointed bishop of…Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of
(Encyclopedia) Cork, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of: see Boyle, Richard, 1st earl of Cork.Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster
(Encyclopedia) Mortimer, Roger de, 4th earl of March and 2d earl of Ulster, 1374–98, English nobleman. He succeeded (1381) his father, Edmund de Mortimer, 3d earl of March, and was brought up as a…Richard II
(Encyclopedia) Richard II, 1367–1400, king of England (1377–99), son of Edward the Black Prince. Richard is possibly the most enigmatic of the English kings. Some historians have attributed his…Burbage, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Burbage, RichardBurbage, Richardbûrˈbĭj [key], 1567?–1619, first great English actor. The leading tragedian of the Chamberlain's Men, he originated the title roles in Shakespeare's…Mortimer, Edmund de, 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster
(Encyclopedia) Mortimer, Edmund de, 5th earl of March and 3d earl of Ulster, 1391–1425, English nobleman, son of Roger de Mortimer, 4th earl of March. He succeeded (1398) his father not only as earl…Trending
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