See also:EARL OF See also:GEORGE See also:GORING See also:NORWICH (1583?-1663)
, See also:English soldier, was the son of See also:George See also:Goring of Hurstpierpoint and Ovingdean, See also:Sussex, and of See also:Anne Denny, See also:sister of See also:Edward Denny, See also:earl of See also:Norwich
.
He was knighted in '16o8, and became a favourite at See also:court, benefiting largely from monopolies granted by See also:Charles I
.
He became See also:Baron Goring in 1628, and privy councillor in 1639
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When the troubles between Charles and his See also:parliament became acute Goring devoted his See also:fortune freely to the royal cause; and 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 in See also:November 1644 renewed for him the See also:title of earl of Norwich which had become See also:extinct at his See also:uncle's See also:death
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He went with the See also:queen to 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 in 1642 to raise See also:money for the king, and in the autumn of the next See also:year he was seeking arms and money from See also:Mazarin in See also:Paris
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His proceedings were revealed to the parliament in See also:January 1644 by an intercepted See also:letter to Henrietta Maria
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He was consequently impeached of high See also:treason, and prudently remained abroad until 1647 when he received a pass from the parliament under a pretext of seeking reconciliation
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Thus he was able to take a prominent See also:part in the Second See also:Civil See also:War of 1648 (see See also:GREAT See also:REBELLION)
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He commanded the Kentish levies, which See also:Fairfax dispersed at See also:Maidstone and elsewhere, and was forced to surrender unconditionally at See also:Colchester
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He was condemned to See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile in November 1648 by a See also:vote of the See also:House of See also:Commons, but in the next See also:month the vote was annulled
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See also:Early in the next year a court was formed under See also:Bradshaw to try Norwich and four others
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All five were condemned to death on the 6th of See also:March, but petitions for See also:mercy were presented to parliament, and Norwich's See also:life was spared by the See also:Speaker's casting vote
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Shortly after his liberation from See also:prison in May he joined the exiled court of Charles II., by whom he was employed in fruitless negotiations with the See also:duke of See also:Lorraine
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He became See also:captain of the king's guard at the Restoration, and in See also:consideration of the fortune he had expended in the king's service a See also:pension of
2000 a year was granted him
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He died at See also:Brentford on the 6th of January 1663
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By his wife See also:Mary Nevill (d
.
1648), daughter of the 6th See also:Lord See also:Abergavenny, he had four daughters and two sons: George, Lord Goring (q.v.); and Charles, who fought
2.58 million sq. km
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1.79 1.65 I.05 0.30
4.12 million cubic km
.
1600 metres
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in the Civil War, succeeded his See also:father in the earldom, and died without heirs in March 1671
.
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