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:

• JOHN FECKENHAM (c. 1515-1584)

FECKENHAM (c. 1515-1584)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English ecclesiastic, last See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FECKENHAM, JOHN (c. 1515-1584)

Feckenham, See also:

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

Worcester-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, of ancestors who, by their See also:

• WILLS, WILLIAM GORMAN (1828-1891)

wills, seem to have been substantial yeomen . The See also:

• FAMILY

family name was Howman, but, according to the English See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, Feckenham, on monastic profession, changed it for the territorial name by which he is always known . Learning his letters first from the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest, he was sent at an See also:

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

early See also:

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

age to the claustral school at See also:

• EVESHAM

Evesham and thence, in his eighteenth See also:

• YEAR

year, to 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 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 See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine student . After taking his degree in arts, he returned to the See also:

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

abbey, where he was professed; but he was at the university again in 1537 and took his B.D. on the 11th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1539 . Returning to Evesham he was there when the abbey was surrendered to the 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 (27th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1540) ; and then, with a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £10 a year, he once more went back to Oxford, but soon after became See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to 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 See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell of Worcester and then served See also:

• BONNER, EDMUND (1500?—1569)

Bonner in that same capacity from 1543 to 1549 . In 1544 Bonner gave him the living of Solihull; and Feckenham established a reputation as a preacher and a disputant of keen See also:

• INTELLECT (Lat. intellectus, from intelligere, to understand)

intellect but unvarying charity . About 1549 See also:

• CRANMER, THOMAS (1489-1556)

Cranmer sent him to the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of See also:

• LONDON

London, and while there " he was borrowed out of See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison " to take See also:

• PART

part in seven public disputations against See also:

• HOOPER, JOHN (d. 1555)

Hooper, See also:

• JEWEL, JOHN (1522-1571)

Jewel and others . Released by 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:

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

Mary (5th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1553), he returned to Bonner and became See also:

• PREBENDARY (Lat. praebendo = give or grant, through Low Lat. praebenda)

prebendary of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's, See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of See also:

• FINCHLEY

Finchley, then of Greenford Magna, chaplain and See also:

• CONFESSOR

confessor to the queen, and See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of St Paul's (loth 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 1554) . He took part, with much charity and mildness, in the Oxford disputes against Cranmer, See also:

• LATIMER, HUGH (c. 1490-1555)

Latimer and See also:

• RIDLEY, NICHOLAS (c. 1500-1555)

Ridley; but he had no liking for the fierce bigotry and bloody See also:

• MEASURES

measures then in force against Protestants . Feckenham used all his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence with Mary " to procure See also:

• PARDON (through the Fr. from Late Lat. perdonare, to remit a debt or other obligation on a penalty)

pardon of the faults or mitigation of the See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment for poor Protestants " (See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller), and he was sent by the queen to prepare See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Jane See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey for See also:

• DEATH

death . When See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth was sent to the Tower (18th of March 1554), Feckenham interceded for her See also:

• LIFE

life and See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty, even at the cost of displeasing the queen . The royal abbey of Westminster having been restored to its See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive use, Feckenham was appointed abbot, and the old life began again within its hallowed walls on the 21st of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1556 .

The abbey school was reopened and 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 See also:

• EDWARD

Edward restored . On the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Elizabeth Feckenham consistently opposed all the legislation for changes in See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, and, when the See also:

• HOUR

hour of trial came, he refused the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of supremacy, rejecting also Elizabeth's offer to remain with h's monks at Westminster if he would conform to the new See also:

• LAWS

laws . The abbey was dissolved (12th of See also:

• JULY

July 1559), and within a year Feckenham was sent by See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker to the Tower (loth of May 156o), according to Jewel, "for having obstinately refused attendance on public See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship and everywhere declaiming and railing against that religion which we now profess " (Parker Society, first See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, p . 79) . Henceforth, except for some brief periods when he was a prisoner at large, Feckenham spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his life in confinement either in some recognized prison, or in the more distasteful and equally rigorous keeping of the bishops of See also:

• WINCHESTER
• WINCHESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Winchester and See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely . After fourteen years' confinement, he was released on See also:

• BAIL

bail and lived in See also:

• HOLBORN

Holborn, where his benevolence was shown by all manner of See also:

• WORKS

works of charity . "He relieved the poor wheresoever he came, so that flies See also:

• FLOCK

flock not thicker to spilt See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey than beggars constantly See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd about him " (Fuller) . He set up a public See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct in Holborn, and a See also:

• HOSPICE (Lat. hospitium, entertainment, hospitality, inn, hospes, host)

hospice for the poor at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath; he distributed every See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day to the sick the See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk of twelve cows, took care of orphans, and encouraged manly See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports on Sundays among the youth of London by giving prizes . In 1577 he was committed to the care of See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox of Ely with strict rules for his treatment; and the bishop (1578) could find no See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault with him except that " he was a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person but in the popish religion too, too obstinate." In 158o he was removed to Wisbeach See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle, and there exercised such an influence of charity and See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace among his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-prisoners that was re-membered when, in after years, the notorious Wisbeach Stirs See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out under the Jesuit See also:

• WESTON, THOMAS (1737-1776)

Weston . Even here Feckenham found a means of doing public See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good; at his own cost he repaired the road and set up a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

• CROSS

cross in the See also:

• TOWN

town, After twenty-four years of suffering for his See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience he died in prison and was buried in an unknown See also:

• GRAVE

grave in the parish 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 at Wisbeach on the 16th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1584 . The fullest See also:

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

account of Feckenham is to be found in E . See also:

• TAUNTON
• TAUNTON, HENRY LABOUCHERE, BARON (1798–1869)

Taunton's English See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Monks of St See also:

• BENEDICT (BENEDICTUS)
• BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (1804-1885)

Benedict (London, 1897), vol. i. pp .

160-222 . (E .