See also:GOFFE (or Govc11), 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 (fl. 1642-1660)
, See also:English parliamentarian, son of See also:Stephen See also:Goffe, puritan See also:rector of Stanmer in See also:Essex, began See also:life as an apprentice to a See also:London See also:salter, a zealous parliamentarian, but on the outbreak of the See also:civil See also:war he joined the See also:army and became See also:captain in See also:Colonel Harley's See also:regiment of the new See also:model in 1645
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He was imprisoned in 1642 for his See also:share in the See also:petition to give the See also:control of the See also:militia to the See also:parliament
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By his See also:marriage with Frances, daughter of See also:General See also:Edward See also:Whalley, he became connected with See also:Oliver See also:Cromwell's See also:family and one of his most faithful followers
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He was a member of the deputation which on the 6th of See also:July 1647 brought up the See also:charge against the eleven members
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He was active in bringing 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 to trial and signed the See also:death See also:warrant
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In 1649 he received the honorary degree of M.A. 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
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He distinguished himself at See also:Dunbar, commanding a regiment there and at See also:Worcester
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He assisted in the See also:expulsion of Barebone's parliament in 1653, took an active See also:part in the suppression of Penruddock's rising in July 1654, and in See also:October 1655 was appointed See also:major-general for See also:Berkshire, See also:Sussex and See also:Hampshire
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Meanwhile he had been elected member for See also:Yarmouth in the parliament of 1654 and for Hampshire in that of 1656
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He supported the proposal to bestow a royal See also:title upon Cromwell, who greatly esteemed him, was included in the newly-constituted See also:House of Lords, obtained See also:Lambert's See also:place as major-general of the See also:Foot, and was even thought of as a See also:fit successor to Cromwell
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As a member of the See also:committee of nine appointed in See also:June 1658 on public affairs, he was See also:witness to the See also:protector's See also:appointment of See also:Richard Cromwell as his successor
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He supported the latter during his brief See also:tenure of See also:power and his fall involved his own loss of See also:influence
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In See also:November 1659 he took part in the futile See also:mission sent by the army to See also:- MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
Monk in See also:Scotland, and at the Restoration escaped with his See also:father-in-See also:law General Edward Whalley to See also:Massachusetts
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Goffe's See also:political aims appear not to have gone much beyond fighting " to pull down See also:Charles and setup Oliver "; and he was no doubt a See also:man of deep religious feeling, who acted throughout according to a strict sense of See also:duty as he conceived it
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He was destined to pass the See also:rest of his life in See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile, separated from his wife and See also:children, dying, it is supposed, about 1679
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