See also:SIR See also:RICHARD See also:BAKER (1568-1644/5)
, author of the See also:Chronicle of the See also:Kings of See also:England and other See also:works, was probably See also:born at Sissinghurst in See also:Kent, and entered See also:Hart See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, as a commoner in 1584
.
He See also:left the university without taking a degree, studied See also:law in See also:London and afterwards travelled in See also:Europe
.
In 1593 he was chosen member of See also:parliament for See also:Arundel, in 1594 his university conferred upon him the degree of M.A., and in 1597 he was elected to parliament as the representative of See also:East Grinstead
.
In 1603 he was knighted by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I., in 162o he acted as high See also:sheriff at See also:Oxfordshire where he owned some See also:property, and soon afterwards he married See also:Margaret, daughter of See also:Sir See also:George Mainwaring, of Ightfield, See also:Shropshire
.
By making himself responsible for some debts of his wife's See also:family, he was reduced to See also:great poverty, which led to the seizure of his Oxfordshire property in 1625
.
Quite penniless, he took See also:refuge in the See also:Fleet See also:prison in 1635, and was still in confinement when he died on the 18th of See also:February 1644 (1645)
.
He was buried in the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of St See also:- BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)
Bride, Fleet See also:Street, London
.
During his imprisonment See also:Baker spent his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time mainly in See also:writing
.
His See also:chief See also:work is the Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the See also:Romans' See also:Government unto the See also:Death of King James (1643, and many subsequent See also:editions)
.
It was translated into Dutch in 1649, and was continued down to 1658 by See also:Edward See also:Phillips, a See also:nephew of See also:John See also:Milton
.
For many years the Chronicle was extremely popular, but owing to numerous inaccuracies its See also:historical value is very slight
.
Baker also wrote See also:Cato Variegates or Catoes Morall Distichs, Translated and Paraphrased by Sir See also:Richard Baker, See also:Knight (London, 1636); Meditations on the See also:Lord's See also:Prayer (1637); See also:Translation of New Epistles by Moonsieur D'See also:Balzac (1638); Apologie for Laymen's Writing in Divinity, with a See also:Short Meditation upon the Fall of See also:Lucifer 11641); Motives for Prayer upon the seaven dayes of ye weeke (1642); a translation of Malvezzi's Discourses upon See also:Cornelius See also:Tacitus (1642), and TheatrumRedivivum, or The See also:Theatre Vindicated, a reply to the Histrio-Mastix of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Prynne (1642)
.
He also wrote Meditations upon several of the See also:psalms of See also:David, which have been collected and edited by A
.
B
.
See also:Grosart (London, 1882)
.
See J
.
See also:Granger, See also:Biographical See also:History of England to the Revolution (London, 1804) ; Biographic Britannica, corrected by A
.
See also:Kippis (London, 1778-1793)
.
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