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:

• BRADSHAW, GEORGE (1801–1853)
• BRADSHAW, HENRY (1831—1886)
• HENRY BRADSHAW (c. 1450–1513)
• BRADSHAW, JOHN (i6o2-1659)

BRADSHAW (c. 1450–1513)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHESTER
• CHESTER, EARLS OF

Chester . In his boyhood he was received into the See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine monastery of St Werburgh, and after studying with other novices of his See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order at See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester (afterwards See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester) See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, 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, he returned to his monastery at Chester . He wrote a Latin See also:

• TREATISE

treatise De antiquitate et magnificentia Urbis Cestriae, which is lost, and a See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

• PATRON

patron See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

saint of his monastery in English seven-lined See also:

• STANZA (Low Lat. stantia, Ital. stantia or stanza)

stanza . This See also:

• WORK

work was completed in the See also:

• YEAR

year of its author's See also:

• DEATH

death, 1513, mentioned in " A balade to the auctour " printed at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the work . A second ballad describes him as " Harry Braddeshaa, of Chestre See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey monke." See also:

• BRADSHAW, GEORGE (1801–1853)
• BRADSHAW, HENRY (1831—1886)
• BRADSHAW, HENRY (c. 1450–1513)
• BRADSHAW, JOHN (i6o2-1659)

Bradshaw disclaims the merit of originality and quotes the authorities from which he translates—See also:

• BEDE, BEDA, or B
• BEDE, CUTHBERT

Bede, 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 of See also:

• MALMESBURY
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HARRIS, IST EARL OF (1746-1820)
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HOWARD HARRIS, 3RD EARL OF (1807-1889)

Malmesbury, Giraldus Cambrensis, See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred of See also:

• BEVERLEY
• BEVERLEY, WILLIAM ROXBY (1814?-1889)

Beverley, 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 of See also:

• HUNTINGDON
• HUNTINGDON, EARLS OF
• HUNTINGDON, SELINA HASTINGS, COUNTESS OF (1707—1791)

Huntingdon, Ranulph Higden, and especially the " Passionary " or life of the saint preserved in the monastery . The poem, therefore, which is defined by its editor, Dr Carl Horstmann, as a "legendary epic," is rather a compilation than a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation . It contains a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of See also:

• HISTORY

history beside the actual life of the saint . St Werburgh was the daughter of Wulfere, 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 of See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia, and Bradshaw gives a description of the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom of Mercia, with a full See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of its royal See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . He relates the history of St Ermenilde and St Sexburge, See also:

• MOTHER

mother and grandmother of Werburgh, who were successively abbesses of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely . He does not neglect the miraculous elements of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, but he is more attracted by See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical fact than See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, and the second See also:

• BOOK

book narrates the Danish invasion of 875, and describes the history and antiquities of Chester, from its See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation by the legendary See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant See also:

• LEON
• LEON, LUIS PONCE DE (1527-1591)
• LEON, MOSES BEN SI
• LEON, or LEON DE LAS ALDAMAS

Leon See also:

• GAUR
• GAUR, or LAKHNAUTI

Gaur, from which he derives the See also:

• BRITISH

British name of See also:

• CAERLEON

Caerleon, down to the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire which devastated the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city in 1180, but was suddenly extinguished when the See also:

• SHRINE (Lat. scrinium, a case or chest for books, hence a casket; from scribere, to write, Fr. ecrin, Ital. scrigno)

shrine of St Werburgh was carried in See also:

• PRO

pro-cession through the streets . The See also:

• HOLY

Holy Lyfe and History of saynt Werburge very frutefull for all Christen See also:

• PEOPLE

people to rede (printed by See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Pynson, 1521) has been very variously estimated . 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:

• WARTON, JOSEPH (1722-1800)
• WARTON, THOMAS (1728-1790)
• WARTON, THOMAS (c. 1688-1745)

Warton, who deals with Bradshaw at some length,' quotes as the most splendid passage of the poem the description of the feast preceding Werburgh's entry into the religious life .

He considered Bradshaw's versification " infinitely inferior to See also:

• LYDGATE, JOHN (c. 1370–c. 1451)

Lydgate's worst manner." Dr Horstmann, on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, finds in the poem " See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius, of a truly epic See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone, with a 1 History of English See also:

• POETRY

Poetry (ed . W . C . See also:

• HAZLITT, WILLIAM (1778-1830)

Hazlitt, 1871; iii. pp . 140-'49) native simplicity of feeling which sometimes reminds the reader of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer." Most readers will probably adopt a view between these extremes . Bradshaw expresses the humblest See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion of his own abilities, and he certainly had no delicate See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear for See also:

• RHYTHM (Greek pvBµds, from bap, to flow)

rhythm . His sincerity is abundantly evident, and his piety is admitted even by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BALE
• BALE, JOHN (1495-1563)

Bale,' hostile as he was to monkish writers . W . Herbert2 thought that a Lyfe of Saynt Radegunde, also printed by Pynson, was certainly by Bradshaw . The only extant copy is in the Britwell library . Pynson's edition of the Holy Lyfe is very rare, only five copies being known . A reprint copying the original type was edited by Mr .

See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• HAWKINS, CAESAR HENRY (1798-1884)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR JOHN (1532-1595)
• HAWKINS, or HAWKYNS, SIR RICHARD (c. 1562-1622)
• HAWKINS, SIR JOHN (1719-1789)

Hawkins for the Chetham Society in 1848, and by Dr Carl Hortsmann for the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early English See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

Text Society in 1887 .