See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)  , a municipal and contributory See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary 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 the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• MONMOUTHSHIRE

Monmouthshire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, 18 m . S. of See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford, on the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway . Pop . (1901), 5095 . It is picturesquely situated at the confluence of the Wye and the Monnow, between the two See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and is almost surrounded by hills . Portions of the town walls remain, and there is a picturesque old gateway on the Monnow See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge; but there are only insignificant ruins of the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, which was originally a Saxon fortress, and was twice taken by the Parliamentary forces during the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

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

War . Besides the churches—that of St See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, completed in 1882 on an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient site, and the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of St 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, a See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman structure—the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal buildings are 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, the Rolls Hall and the See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar-school, which was founded in 1614, and educates about 150 boys on the usual lines of a public school . A statue 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 V., who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in its castle, stands in the See also:

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

market-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . With See also:

• NEWPORT

Newport and See also:

• USK
• USK, THOMAS (d. 1388)

Usk, See also:

• MONMOUTH (Welsh Mynwy)
• MONMOUTH, BATTLE OF (1778)
• MONMOUTH, JAMES SCOTT
• MONMOUTH, ROBERT CAREY, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1560-1639)

Monmouth forms the Monmouth parliamentary See also:

• DISTRICT

district of boroughs, returning one member . Monmouth (Monemuta) from the coincidence of position is supposed to be the Blaestium of See also:

• ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

Antoninus . Situated between the See also:

• SEVERN
• SEVERN, JOSEPH (1793-1879)

Severn and the Wye its strategic importance was See also:

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

early recognized by the See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons, who fortified it against the Britons, while in later years it played a leading See also:

• PART

part in Welsh border warfare . At 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 of the Domesday Survey the castle was in the custody of 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 Fitz Baderon .

Henry III. granted it, together with the lordship of the borough, to his son See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund Crouchback, through whose descendants both borough and castle passed into the duchy of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster . Since the 18th See also:

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

century the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• BEAUFORT
• BEAUFORT, FRANCOIS DE VENDOME
• BEAUFORT, HENRY (c. 1377–1447)
• BEAUFORT, LOUIS DE (d. 1795)

Beaufort have been lords of the borough . Monmouth was a borough by See also:

• PRESCRIPTION

prescription as early as 1256, and was governed by a See also:

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

mayor in 1461, but was not incorporated until 1550 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of "Mayor, Bailiffs and Commonalty." 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 in 1558, 16o6 and 1666, a See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder and town clerk being added to the constitution . In accordance with the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of 1535-1536 Monmouth as county town obtained the right of See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament; the earliest returns existing are for 1553, since which date one member has been returned regularly . Wednesday and Saturday markets were confirmed to Monmouth in 1550, with the further proviso that no others were to be held within five See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of the borough . See also:

• FRIDAY (A.S. frige-dreg, fr. frige, gen. of frigu, love, or the goddess of love—the Norse Frigg,—the dreg, day; cf. Icelandic frjddagr, O.H. Ger. friatag, frigatag, mod. Ger. Freitag)

Friday is now the weekly market-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day . At the same time an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual three-days' See also:

• FAIR

fair, which still exists, was granted on Whit-Tuesday and successive days . During the 16th and 17th centuries the manufacture of Monmouth caps was an important See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, fostered by legislation and mentioned by See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller in his Worthies of England . See 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 See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

Heath, The Town of Monmouth (Monmouth, 1804) . MONMOUTH, a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the county=seat of See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren county' See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, in the W. part of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, about 40 M . S. of See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

Rock See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island . Pop .

(1890), 5936; (1900), 7460, (594 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-born); (1910), 9128 . It is served by the See also:

• CHICAGO
• CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF

Chicago, See also:

• BURLINGTON

Burlington & See also:

• QUINCY
• QUINCY, JOSIAH (1744–1775)

Quincy and the See also:

• IOWA

Iowa Central See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by electric railways to See also:

• GALES (mod. Calvi)

Gales-See also:

• BURG

burg and to Rock Island . The city is the seat of Monmouth See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College (1856; See also:

• UNITED

United Presbyterian), which in 1908 had 28 instructors and 454 students . Among the public buildings and institutions are the county 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-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, the federal See also:

• BUILDING

building, a See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital and the Warren county library (1836) . Monmouth is situated in a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good farming region, and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

• SWINE

swine and ponies are raised in the vicinity . The city has various manufactures . Monmouth was settled about 1824, first incorporated as a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in 1836, chartered as a city in 1852 and in 1882 reorganized under a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general state See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law .