See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
PETER See also:MEWS (1619-1706)
, See also:English royalist and divine, was See also:born at Caundle See also:Purse in See also:Dorset on the 25th of See also:March 1619, and was educated at the See also:Merchant Taylors' school, and at St See also:John's See also:College, 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, of which he was See also:scholar and See also:fellow
.
When the See also:Civil See also:War See also:broke out in 1642 he joined the Royalist See also:army, and, having been made a See also:captain, was taken prisoner at See also:Naseby; but he was soon released and in 1648 sought See also:refuge in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland
.
He became friendly with See also:Charles I.'s secretary, See also:Sir See also:Edward See also:Nicholas, and being skilful at disguising himself was very useful to the Royalists during the See also:rule of See also:Oliver See also:Cromwell, undertaking two, journeys to See also:Scotland in 1653
.
Before this See also:Mews had been ordained
.
Taking the degree of D.C.L. and regaining his fellowship at Oxford after the Restoration, he became See also:archdeacon of See also:Huntingdon, See also:vicar of St See also:Mary's, See also:Reading, and See also:chaplain 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; then, having obtained two other livings, he was made See also:canon of See also:Windsor, canon of St See also:David's, and archdeacon of See also:Berkshire
.
In 1667, when at See also:Breda arranging See also:peace between See also:England and Holland, he was chosen See also:president of St John's College, Oxford, in See also:succession to his See also:father-in-See also:law, Dr See also:Richard Baylie, afterwards becoming See also:vice-See also:chancellor of the university and See also:dean of See also:Rochester
.
Appointed See also:bishop of See also:Bath and See also:Wells in 1672, Mews resigned his See also:presidency in 1673, and in 1684 he was elected bishop of See also:Winchester, a position which this " old, honest See also:cavalier," as 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:Hearne calls him, filled until his See also:death on the 9th of See also:November 1706
.
The bishop is buried in Winchester See also:cathedral
.
Mews See also:- LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")
lent his See also:carriage horses to pull the See also:cannon at a See also:critical moment during the See also:battle of Sedgemoor, where he was wounded whilst accompanying the royal army
.
He was, however, in sympathy with the seven bishops, and was only prevented by illness from attending their See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting; and as visitor of Magdalen College, Oxford, he supported the See also:fellows in their resistance to 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., admitted their nominee, John Hough, to the presidency, and restored the ejected fellows in See also:October 1688
.
He took the oaths to 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 and Mary in 1689
.
In the See also:absence of See also:Compton, bishop of See also:London, Mews took the See also:chief See also:part at the. See also:consecration of See also:Tillotson as See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury in 1691
.
See S
.
H
.
Cassan, Lives of the Bishops of Winchester (1827) ; and the Nicholas Papers, edited by G
.
F
.
See also:Warner (1886-1897)
.
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