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 See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• JOHN MORTON (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

MORTON (c. 1420-1500)  , See also:

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

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal and statesman, belonged to a See also:

• FAMILY

family which had migrated from See also:

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

Nottinghamshire into See also:

• DORSET, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF

Dorset, and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born either at Here Regis or Milborne St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew . Educated at the neighbouring See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

abbey of Cerne and at Balliol See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

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, he graduated in 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, and followed that profession in the ecclesiastical courts in See also:

• LONDON

London, where he attracted the See also:

• NOTICE

notice of Archbishop See also:

• BOURCHIER, ARTHUR (1864- )
• BOURCHIER, THOMAS (c. 1404-1486)

Bourchier . He is said (Dict . Nat . Biog.) to have been " at once admitted to the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council "; but probably this is a See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake for the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary council, of which See also:

• MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, 4TH EARL OF (c. 1525-1581)
• MORTON, JOHN (c. 1420-1500)
• MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (1811-1891)
• MORTON, LEVI PARSONS (1824- )
• MORTON, OLIVER PERRY (1823-1877)
• MORTON, THOMAS (1564-1659)
• MORTON, THOMAS (c. 1590-1646)

Morton might well have been made a member when he was appointed See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in See also:

• CHANCERY

chancery and See also:

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

chancellor of the duchy of See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall . He received• a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of ecclesiastical prefermentfrom the Lancastrian party, was See also:

• PRESENT

present, if he did not fight on the losing See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• TOWTON

Towton in 1461, and was subsequently attainted by the victorious Yorkists . He lived with the exiled 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 See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou at See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

Bar until 1470, and took an active See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• DIPLOMACY (Fr. diplomatic)

diplomacy which led to the See also:

• COALITION (Lat. coalitio, the verbal substantive of coalescere, to grow together)

coalition of See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick and See also:

• CLARENCE, DUKES OF

Clarence with the Lancastrians and See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XI., and indirectly to See also:

• EDWARD

Edward IV.'s See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion from the See also:

• THRONE

throne . Morton landed with Warwick at See also:

• DARTMOUTH
• DARTMOUTH, EARL OF

Dartmouth on the 13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1470, but the battle of See also:

• TEWKESBURY

Tewkesbury finally shattered the Lancastrian hopes, and Morton made his See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with Edward IV., probably through the See also:

• MEDIATION (Lat. medius, middle)

mediation of Archbishop Bourchier . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1473 Morton was made master of the rolls, and Edward found employment for his See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic talents; he was sent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary in 1474, and was one of the negotiators of the Treaty of Pecquigny in 1475 . In 1479,' after receiving a number of See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor ecclesiastical promotions, he was elected See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely . He was one of the executors of Edward IV.'s will in 1483, and the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the future See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard III., while preparing Morton's See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest, joking with him about the strawberries the bishop See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew in his See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden at See also:

• HOLBORN

Holborn is well known and apparently See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic . Oxford University in vain petitioned for Morton's See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release, and after some See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks in the See also:

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

Tower he was entrusted to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham's See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge at Brecknock .

Here Morton encouraged Buckingham's designs against Richard, and put him into communication with the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen See also:

• DOWAGER (from the Old Fr. douagiere, mod. douairiere)

dowager, See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Woodville, and with 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 Tudor, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond . He escaped from Brecknock See also:

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

Castle to See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders, avoided Buckingham's See also:

• FATE

fate, and devoted his energies during the next two years to creating a party in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and abroad in the interests of the earl of Richmond . When Richmond secured the See also:

• CROWN

crown as Henry VII . Morton became his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal adviser . He succeeded Bourchier as archbishop of Canterbury in 1486 and See also:

• ALCOCK, JOHN (c. 1430–1500)
• ALCOCK, SIR RUTHERFORD (1809–1897)

Alcock as 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 chancellor in 1487; and he was responsible for much of the diplomatic, if not also of the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial, See also:

• WORK

work of the reign, though the ingenious method of See also:

• EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

extortion popularly known as " Morton's See also:

• FORK (Lat. furca)

fork " seems really to have been the invention of Richard 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 (q.v.), who succeeded to a large part of Morton's See also:

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

influence . Morton no doubt impressed Lancastrian traditions upon Henry VII., but he cannot be credited with any See also:

• GREAT

great originality as a states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, and Henry's policy was as much Yorkist as Lancastrian . The fact that See also:

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

parliament continued to meet fairly often so See also:

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

long as Morton lived, and was only summoned once by Henry VII. after the archbishop's See also:

• DEATH

death, may have some significance; but more probably it was simply due to the circumstance that Morton's death synchronized with Henry's achievement of a See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security in which he thought he could almost dispense with See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary support and supplies . As an ecclesiastic Morton followed orthodox Lancastrian lines: in 1489 he obtained a papal See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull enabling him to visit and reform the monasteries, and he proceeded with some vigour against the abuses in the abbey of St Albans . In 1493 he was created a cardinal, and in 1495 was elected chancellor of the university of Oxford . He encouraged learning to the extent of admitting See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 More into his See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, and 'See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing a Latin See also:

• HISTORY

history of Richard III., which More translated into See also:

• ENGLISH

English . He constructed " Morton's Dyke " across the See also:

• FENS

fens from See also:

• WISBECH

Wisbech to See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough, repaired the episcopal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace at See also:

• HATFIELD

Hatfield and the school of See also:

• CANON

canon law and St See also:

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

Mary's 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 at Oxford . He died at Knole on the 12th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1500, and was buried in the See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt of Canterbury See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral .

Besides the authorities cited in the Dict . Nat . Biogr, see the recently published See also:

• CALENDAR

calendar of Patent Rolls, 1461-1485, passim; %V . See also:

• BUSCH, JULIUS HERMANN MORITZ (1821-1899)
• BUSCH, WILHELM (1832-1908)

Busch, England under the Tudors (1892) ; J . See also:

• GAIRDNER, JAMES (1828– )

Gairdner, Henry VII . (1889) and Lollardy and the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation (1908), and See also:

• POLITICAL

Political History of England, vols. iv. and v . (See also:

• LONGMANS

Longmans) . (A . F .