MALDON
, a See also:market See also:town, 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 and See also:port, in the Maldon See also:parliamentary borough of See also:Essex, See also:England, on an acclivity rising from the See also:south See also:side of the See also:Blackwater, 43 M
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E.N.E. from See also:London by a See also:branch from See also:Witham of the See also:Great Eastern railway
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Pop
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(1901), 5565
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There are See also:east and See also:west railway stations
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The 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, dating from 1056, but, as it stands, See also:Early See also:English and later, consists of See also:chancel, See also:nave and aisles, with a triangular Early English See also:tower (a unique See also:form) at the west end surmounted by a hexagonal See also:spire
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The tower of St See also:Mary's Church shows See also:Norman See also:work with See also:Roman materials
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The other public buildings are the See also:grammar school, founded in 1547; the town-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, formerly D'Arcy's tower, built in the reign of 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 VI.; and the public hall
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There are manufactures of crystallized See also:salt, breweries, an See also:oyster See also:fishery and some See also:shipping
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On Osea See also:Island, in the Blackwater See also:estuary, there is a See also:farm See also:colony for the unemployed
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A mile west of Maldon are re-mains of Beeleigh See also:Abbey, a Premonstratensian See also:foundation of the 12th See also:century
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They consist of the See also:chapter-See also:house and another chamber, and are of See also:fine Early English work
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The borough is under a See also:mayor, 4 aldermen and 12 councillors
.
See also:Area, 3028 acres
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At Maldon (Maelduna, Melduna, Mealdon or Mealdon) See also:palaeolithic, See also:neolithic and Roman remains that have been found seem to indicate an early See also:settlement
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It is not, however, an important Roman site
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An earthwork, of which traces exist, may be Saxon or Danish
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The Anglo-Saxon See also:Chronicle relates that See also:Edward the See also:Elder established a " burh " there about 921, and that Ealdorman Brihtnoth was killed there by the Danes in 991
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The position of Maldon may have given it some commercial importance, but the fortress is the point emphasized by the Chronicle
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Maldon remained a royal town up to the reign of Henry I., and thus is entered as on terra regis in Domesday
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Henry II. granted the burgesses their first See also:charter, probably in 1155, giving them the See also:land of the borough and suburb with See also:sac and See also:soc and other judicial rights, also freedom from See also:county and See also:forest See also:jurisdiction, See also:danegeld, See also:scutage, See also:tallage and all tolls, by the service of one See also:ship a See also:year for See also:forty days
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This charter was confirmed by Edward I. in 1290, by Edward III. in 1344, and by See also:Richard II. in 1378
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In 14o3 the See also:bishop of London granted further judicial and See also:financial rights, and Henry V. See also:con-firmed the charters in 1417, Henry VI. in 5443, and Henry VIII. in 1525
.
Maldon was incorporated by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip and Mary in 1554, and received confirmatory charters from See also:Elizabeth in 1563 and 1592, from See also:Charles I. in 1631, Charles II. and See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James II
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In r 768 the See also:incorporation charter was regranted, with modifications in 181o
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