LYCURGUS  , " THE See also:

• LOGOTHETE (Med. Lat. logothela, Gr. Xo'yoBErtls, from Xdyos, word, account, calculation, and riOEvai, to set, i.e. " one who accounts, calculates or ratiocinates ")

LOGOTHETE " (1772-1851), See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• SAMOS

Samos . He was educated at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople, received the usual training, and followed the customary career of a Phanariot Greek . He accompanied See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine See also:

• YPSILANTI
• YPSILANTI, or HYPSILANTI

Ypsilanti when he was appointed See also:

• HOSPODAR

hospodar of See also:

• WALACHIA, or WALLAHHIA

Walachia, as secretary, and served Ypsilanti's successor, 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 Soutzos, as treasurer and See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor (Logothete) . In 1802 he returned to Samos, and having become suspected by the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish 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 was imprisoned . He fled to See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna, when he was pardoned and released by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . When the War of Independence began he induced his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country-men to declare Samos See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent, and was chosen ruler . His See also:

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

share in the War of Independence is chiefly memorable because he provoked the See also:

• MASSACRE

Massacre of See also:

• CHIOS

Chios in 1822 . Lycurgus See also:

• CON

con-ducted an expedition of 2500 to that island, which was held by a Turkish See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison under Velna See also:

• PASHA

Pasha . His force was in-sufficient, the 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 was See also:

• ILL

ill-chosen, for a strong Turkish See also:

• FLEET

fleet was at See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and Lycurgus displayed utter incapacity as a militaryleader . After these events, he was deposed by the Samians, but recovered some See also:

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

influence and had a share in the See also:

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

defence of Samos against the Turks in 1824 . When the island was See also:

• LEFT

left under the authority of See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey by the See also:

• PROTOCOL (Fr. protocole, Late Lat. protocollum, from Gr. vrp(;rros, first, and KoXXav, to glue, i.e. originally the first sheet of a papyrus roll)

protocol of the 3rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1830, he helped to obtain See also:

• AUTONOMY (Gr. abr6s, self, and v6pos, law)

autonomy for the Samians . He retired to See also:

• GREECE

Greece and died on the 22nd of May 1851 .

See G . See also:

• FINLAY, GEORGE (1799-1875)

Finlay, See also:

• HISTORY

History of the Greek Revolution (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1861) . LYDD, a See also:

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

market See also:

• TOWN

town and municipal 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 in the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 712 M . S.E. by E. of London by a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-Eastern & See also:

• CHATHAM
• CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT

Chatham railway . Pop . (1901) 2675 . It lies in the open See also:

• LOWLAND

lowland of Dunge See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

Marsh . To the south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east are the See also:

• BARE

bare See also:

• SHINGLE

shingle See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the promontory of See also:

• DUNGENESS

Dungeness . Its 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 of All See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

Saints has a beautiful Perpendicular See also:

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

tower with See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich vaulting within . The neighbourhood affords pasture for large flocks of See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep . On the See also:

• LAND

land known as the Rypes, in the neighbourhood, there is a military See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, with See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery and See also:

• RIFLE

rifle ranges; hence the name given to the explosive " lyddite." The town is governed by a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors . See also:

• AREA

Area, 12,043 acres .

The first See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement at Lydd (Hlide, Lide, Lyde) was probably due to its convenience as a fishing-station . After the See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest it became a seaport of some consequence and although now, owing to the alteration of the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, it stands nearly 3 in. inland a number of its inhabitants are still fishermen . In 774 land in Lydd was granted by See also:

• OFFA
• OFFA (d. 796)

Offa to the monks of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ Church, See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, and the See also:

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

archbishop of Canterbury evidently held the lordship of the town from an See also:

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

early date . At some time before the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I . Lydd was made a member of the Cinque See also:

• PORT

Port of See also:

• ROMNEY (NEw ROMNEY)
• ROMNEY, GEORGE (1734-1802)
• ROMNEY, HENRY SIDNEY, EARL OF (1641-1704)

Romney, and in 1290 was granted the same liberties and See also:

• FREE

free customs as the Cinque Ports on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of aiding the service of its See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head-port to the See also:

• CROWN

crown with one See also:

• SHIP

ship . This See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter was confirmed by Edward III. in 1365 . The See also:

• CORPORATION (from Lat. corporare, to form into a body, corpus, corporis)

corporation also possesses documents of 1154, 1399 and 1413, granting to the archbishop's men of Lydd the privileges enjoyed by the Cinque Ports and confirming all former privileges . Lydd is called a borough in the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Rolls . Its See also:

• INCORPORATION (from Lat. incorporare, to form into a body)

incorporation under a See also:

• BAILIFF

bailiff, of which there is See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence in the 15th See also:

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

century, may have been due to the archbishop or 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 Shepway, but it was not incorporated by the crown until 1885, when, by a charter under the Municipal Acts, the last bailiff was elected the first mayor . In 1494 a See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant was made to the bailiff, jurats and commonalty of a yearly See also:

• FAIR

fair on the 12th of See also:

• JULY

July and two days following . A fair was held under this grant until 1874 .