See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS See also:BOURCHIER (c. 1404-1486)
, See also:English See also:archbishop, See also:lord See also:chancellor and See also:cardinal, was a younger son 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:Bourchier, See also:count of Eu (d
.
1420), and through his See also:mother, See also:Anne, a daughter of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas of See also:Woodstock, See also:duke of See also:Gloucester, was a descendant of See also:Edward III
.
One of his See also:brothers was See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry, See also:earl of See also:Essex (d
.
1483), and his See also:grand-See also:nephew was See also:John, Lord See also:Berners, the translator of See also:Froissart
.
Educated at 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 and then entering 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, he obtained rapid promotion, and after holding some See also:minor appointments he became See also:bishop of See also:Worcester in 1434
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In the same See also:year he was chancellor of the university of Oxford, and in 1443 he was appointed bishop of See also:Ely; then in See also:April 1454 he was made archbishop of See also:Canterbury, becoming lord chancellor of See also:England in the following See also:March
.
Bourchier's See also:short See also:term of See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office as chancellor coincided with the opening of the See also:Wars of the See also:Roses, and at first he was not a strong See also:partisan, although he lost his position as chancellor when See also:Richard, duke of See also:York, was deprived of See also:power in See also:October 1456
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Afterwards, in 1458, he helped to reconcile the contending parties, but when the See also:war was renewed in 1459 he appears as a decided Yorkist; he crowned Edward IV. in See also:June 1461, and four years later he performed a similar service for the See also:queen, See also:Elizabeth Woodville
.
In 1457 Bourchier took the See also:chief See also:part in the trial of Reginald See also:Pecock, bishop of See also:Chichester, for See also:heresy; in 1467 he was created a cardinal; and in 1475 he was one of the four arbitrators appointed to arrange the details of the treaty of Picquigny between England and See also:France
.
After the See also:death of Edward IV. in 1483 Bourchier persuaded the queen to allowher younger son, Richard, duke of York, to See also:share his See also:brother's See also:residence in the See also:Tower of See also:London; and although he had sworn to be faithful to Edward V. before his See also:father's death, he crowned Richard III. in See also:July 1483
.
He was, however, in no way implicated in the See also:murder of the See also:young princes, and he was probably a participant in the conspiracies against Richard
.
The third English 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 crowned by Bourchier was Henry VII., whom he also married to Elizabeth of York in See also:January 1486
.
The archbishop died on the 3oth of March 1486 at his residence, Knole, near See also:Sevenoaks, and was buried in Canterbury See also:cathedral
.
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See also:Hook, Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury (186o-1884)
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