See also:

• SIR

SIR 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:

• SIR THOMAS ELYOT (c. 1490-1546)

ELYOT (c. 1490-1546)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English diplomatist and See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

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

Richard See also:

• ELYOT, SIR THOMAS (c. 1490-1546)

Elyot (d . 1522), who held considerable estates in See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, was made (1503) See also:

• SERJEANT

serjeant-at-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general to the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen See also:

• CONSORT (Lat. consors, a companion)

consort, and soon afterwards was commissioned to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of See also:

• ASSIZE

assize on the western See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit, becoming in 1513 See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of See also:

• COMMON

common pleas . 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 was the son of his first See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with Alice Fynderne, but neither the date nor See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of his See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth is accurately known . See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony a See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood claimed him as an alumnus of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary 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, while C . H . See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper in the Athenae Cantabrigienses put in a claim for Jesus See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge . Elyot himself says in the See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface to his See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary that he was educated under the paternal roof, and was from the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twelve his own See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor . He supplies, in the introduction to his See also:

• CASTELL, EDMUND (16o6-1685)

Castell of Helth, a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of the authors he had read in See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine, adding that a " worshipful physician " read to him See also:

• GALEN (or GALENUS), CLAUDIUS
• GALEN, CHRISTOPH BERNHARD, FREIHERR VON (16o6-1678)

Galen and some other authors . In 1511 he accompanied his father on.the western circuit as clerk to the assize, and he held this position until 1528 . In addition to his father's lands in Wiltshire and See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire he inherited in 1523 the Cambridge estates of his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin, Thomas Fynderne . His See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title was disputed, but See also:

• WOLSEY, THOMAS (c. 1475–1530)

Wolsey decided in his favour, and also made him clerk of the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council .

Elyot, in a See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter addressed to Thomas See also:

• CROMWELL, HENRY (1628-1674)
• CROMWELL, OLIVER (1599-1658)
• CROMWELL, RICHARD (1626–1712)
• CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF

Cromwell, says that he never received the emoluments of this 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, while the barren See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood conferred on him when he was displaced in 1530 merely put him to further expense . In that See also:

• YEAR

year he sat on the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission appointed to inquire into the See also:

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridgeshire estates of his former See also:

• PATRON

patron, See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal Wolsey . He married See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret See also:

• BARROW
• BARROW (from A.S. beorh, a mount or hillock)
• BARROW, ISAAC (1630-1677)
• BARROW, SIR JOHN (1764-1848)

Barrow, who is described (Stapleton, Vita Thomae Mori, p . 59, ed . 1558) as a student in the " school " of Sir Thomas More . In 1531 he produced the Boke named the Governour, dedicated to 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:

• 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 VIII . The See also:

• WORK

work advanced him in the king's favour, and in the See also:

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

close of the year he received instructions to proceed to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. to induce him to take a more favourable view of Henry's projected See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce from See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine of See also:

• ARAGON, or ARRAGON (in Span. Aragon)

Aragon . With this was combined another commission, on which one of the king's agents, See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• VAUGHAN, CHARLES JOHN (1816-1897)
• VAUGHAN, HENRY (1622-1695)
• VAUGHAN, HERBERT (1832-1903)
• VAUGHAN, THOMAS (1622-1666)
• VAUGHAN, WILLIAM (1577-1641)

Vaughan, was already engaged . He was, if possible, to apprehend 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:

• TYNDALE (or TINDALE), WILLIAM (c. 1492-1536)

Tyndale . It is probable that Elyot was suspected, as Vaughan certainly was, of lukewarmness in carrying out the king's wishes, but this has not prevented his being much abused by See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant writers . As See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador Elyot had been involved in ruinous expense, and on his return he wrote to Thomas Cromwell, begging to be excused from serving as See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of Cambridgeshire and See also:

• HUNTINGDONSHIRE (HUNTS)

Huntingdonshire, on the See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of his poverty . The See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request was not granted .

He was one of the commissioners in the inquiry instituted by Cromwell See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

prior to the suppression of the monasteries, but he did not obtain any See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share of the spoils . There is little doubt that his known friendship for Thomas More militated against his chances of success, for in a letter addressed to Cromwell he admitted his friendship for More, but protested that he rated higher his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty to the king . William Roper, in his See also:

• LIFE

Life of More, says that Elyot was on a second See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy to Charles V., in the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter of 1535-1536, when he received at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples the See also:

• NEWS

news of More's See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution . He had been kept in the dark by his own See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, but heard the news from the emperor . The See also:

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

story of an earlier embassy to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome (1532), mentioned by See also:

• BURNET
• BURNET, GILBERT (1643-1715)
• BURNET, THOMAS (1635-1715)

Burnet, rests on a See also:

• LATE

late endorsement of instructions dated from that year, which cannot be regarded as authoritative . In 1542 he represented the See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough of Cambridge in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament . He had See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased from Cromwell the See also:

• MANOR

manor of See also:

• CARLETON, WILLIAM (1794-1869)

Carleton in Cambridgeshire, where he died on the 26th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1546 . Sir Thomas Elyot received little See also:

• REWARD

reward for his services to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, but his scholarship and his books were held in high esteemby his contemporaries . The Boke named the Governour was printed by Thomas Berthelet (1531, 1534, 1536, 1544, &c.) . It is a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on moral philosophy, intended to See also:

• DIRECT

direct the See also:

• EDUCATION

education of those destined to fill high positions, and to inculcate those moral principles which alone could See also:

• FIT

fit them for the performance of their duties . The subject was a favourite one in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and the See also:

• BOOK

book, which contained many citations from classical authors, was very popular . Elyot expressly acknowledges his obligations to See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus's Institutio Principis Christiani; but he makes no reference to the De regno et regis institution of See also:

• FRANCESCO
• FRANCESCO, 210

Francesco See also:

• PATRIZZI, FRANCESCO (FRANCISCUS PATRITIUS) (1529-1597)

Patrizzi (d .

1494), See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• GAETA (anc. Caietae Portus)

Gaeta, on which his work was undoubtedly modelled . As a See also:

• PROSE

prose writer, Elyot enriched the English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language with many new words . In 1534 he published The Castell of Helth, a popular treatise on medicine, intended to place a scientific knowledge of the See also:

• ART

art within the reach of those unacquainted with See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek . This work, though scoffed at by the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty, was appreciated by the general public, and speedily went through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . His Latin Dictionary, the earliest comprehensive dictionary of the language, was completed in 1538 . The copy of the first edition in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum contains an autograph letter from Elyot to Thomas Cromwell, to whom it originally belonged . It was edited and enlarged in 1 548 by Thomas Cooper, bishop of See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester, who called it Bibliotheca Eliotae, and it formed the basis in 1565 of Cooper's See also:

• THESAURUS (Gr. B17o-avp6s)

Thesaurus linguae Romanac et Britannicae . Elyot's See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations include: The Doctrinal of Princes (1534), from Isocrates; Cyprianus, A Swete and Devoute See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

Sermon of See also:

• HOLY

Holy Saynt Ciprian of the Mortalitie of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man (1534) ; Rules of a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Life (1534), from See also:

• PICO

Pico della See also:

• MIRANDOLA

Mirandola; The Education or Bringing up of See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

Children (c . 1535), from See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch; and See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• HOWE, JOSEPH (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

Howe one may take Profite of his Enymes (1535), from the same author is generally attributed to him . He also wrote: The Knowledge which maketh a See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

Wise Man and Pasquyll the Playne 0533); The Bankette of Sapience (1534), a collection of moral sayings; Preservative agaynste Deth (1545), which contains many quotations from the Fathers; See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

Defence of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• WOMEN

Women (1545) . His See also:

• IMAGE (Lat. imago, perhaps from the same root as imitari, copy, imitate)

Image of Governance, compiled of the Actes and Sentences notable of the most See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble Emperor See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus (1540) professed to be a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation from a Greek MS. of the emperor's secretary Encolpius (or Eucolpius, as Elyot calls him), which had been See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent him by a See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman of Naples, called Pudericus, who asked to have it back before the translation was See also:

• COMPLETE

complete . In these circumstances Elyot, as he asserts in his preface, supplied the other See also:

• MAXIMS, LEGAL

maxims from different See also:

• SOURCES

sources .

He was violently assailed by See also:

• HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

Humphrey See also:

• HODY, HUMPHREY (1659-1707)

Hody and later by William See also:

• WOTTON, NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567)
• WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568–1639)
• WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666-1727)

Wotton for putting forward a pseudo-translation; but Mr H . H . S . See also:

• CROFT (or CROFTS), WILLIAM (1678–1727)
• CROFT, SIR HERBERT
• CROFT, SIR JAMES (d. 1590)

Croft has discovered that there was a Neapolitan gentleman at that 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 bearing the name of Poderico, or, Latinized, Pudericus, with whom Elyot may well have been acquainted . See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger See also:

• ASCHAM, ROGER (c. 1515-1568)

Ascham mentions his De See also:

• REBUS (Lat. rebus, " by things ")

rebus memorabilibus Angliae; and See also:

• WEBBE, WILLIAM (fl. 1586)

Webbe quotes a few lines of a lost translation of the Ars poetica of See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace . A learned edition of the Governour (2 vols., 1880), by H . H . S . Croft, contains, besides copious notes, a valuable glossary of 16th century English words .