See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC See also:

• PENINGTON, SIR ISAAC (c. 1587-1661)

PENINGTON (1616-1679)  , See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac's eldest son, was one of the most notable of the 17th-See also:

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

century See also:

• QUAKERS

Quakers . He was See also:

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

early troubled by religious perplexities, which found expression in many voluminous writings . No less than eleven religious See also:

• WORKS

works, besides a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• TREATISE

treatise in See also:

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

defence of democratic principles, were published by him in eight years . He belonged for a 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 to the See also:

• SECT

sect of the See also:

• INDEPENDENTS

Independents; but about 1657, influenced probably by the See also:

• PREACHING (Fr. preecher, from Lat. praedicare, to proclaim)

preaching of See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox, whom he heard in See also:

• BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

Bedfordshire, See also:

• PENINGTON, SIR ISAAC (c. 1587-1661)

Penington and his wife joined the Society of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends . His wife was daughter and heiress of Sir 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 Proude, and widow of Sir 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 Springett, so that the worldly position of the couple made them a valuable acquisition to the Quakers . Isaac Penington was himself a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of very consider-able gifts and sweetness of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . In 1661 he was imprisoned for refusing to take the See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance, and on several subsequent occasions he passed See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long periods in See also:

• READING

Reading and See also:

• AYLESBURY

Aylesbury gaols . He died on the 8th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1679; his wife, who wrote an See also:

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

account of his imprisonments, survived till 1682 . In 1681 Penington's writings were published in a collected edition, and several later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions were issued before the end of the 18th century . His son John Penington (1655–1710) defended his See also:

• FATHER

father's memory against attack, and published some controversial tracts against George See also:

• KEITH
• KEITH, FRANCIS EDWARD JAMES (1696-1758)
• KEITH, GEORGE (c. 1639-1716)
• KEITH, GEORGE KEITH ELPHINSTONE, VISCOUNT (1746-1823)

Keith . See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Penington (1667-1711), another of Isaac Penington's sons, emigrated to See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, where he founded a See also:

• FAMILY

family . Isaac Penington's stepdaughter, Gulielma Springett, married William See also:

• PENN, WILLIAM (1621–1670)
• PENN, WILLIAM (1644-1718)

Penn .

See Maria See also:

• WEBB, MATTHEW (1848-1883)
• WEBB, SIDNEY (1859– )

Webb, The Penns and Peningtons of the 17th Century (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1867) ; See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the See also:

• REBELLION

Rebellion and See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WARS

Wars in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (7 vols., 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, 1839) ; See also:

• BULSTRODE, SIR RICHARD (1610-1711)

Bulstrode See also:

• WHITELOCKE, BULSTRODE (1605-1675)
• WHITELOCKE, SIR JAMES (1570-1632)

Whitelocke, Memorials of See also:

• ENGLISH

English Affairs: 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 I. to the Restoration (London, 1732); J . See also:

• GURNEY
• GURNEY, EDMUND (1847—1888)

Gurney Bevan, See also:

• LIFE

Life of Isaac Penington (London, 1784); 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:

• ELLWOOD, THOMAS (1639—1714)

Ellwood, History of the Life of Ellwood by his own See also:

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

hand (London, 1765) ; Willem Sewel, History of the Quakers (6th ed., 2 vols., London, 1834) .