See also:PEMBROKE See also:DOCK (formerly known as See also:Pater, or Paterchurch)
, a See also:naval dockyard and See also:garrison See also:town, is situated See also:close to Hobb's Point, at the eastern extremity of See also:Milford Haven
.
It forms the See also:Pater See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
Ward of See also:Pembroke, from which it is distant 2 M. to the See also:north-See also:west
.
The See also:place owes its origin to the decision of the See also:government in 1814 to See also:form a naval See also:depot on Milford Haven
.
The dockyard, enclosed by high walls and covering 8o acres, is protected by a powerful fort—the construction and repairing of ironclads are extensively carried on here
.
There is a submarine depot at See also:Pennar Gut, and also See also:accommodation for See also:artillery and See also:infantry
.
See also:Ferry boats ply frequently between Pembroke See also:Dock and Neyland on the opposite See also:shore of the Haven
.
Pembroke is probably an Anglo-See also:Norman form of the Cymric Penfro, the territory lying between Milford Haven and the See also:Bristol Channel, now known as the See also:Hundred of Castlemartin
.
During the invasion of See also:South See also:Wales under 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 See also:Rufus, See also:Arnulf de Montgomeri, fifth son of See also:Roger See also:earl of See also:Shrewsbury, seems to have erected a fortress of See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone (c
.
1090) on the site of the See also:castle
.
The first castellan of this new stronghold was Giraldus de See also:Windsor, See also:husband of the Princess See also:Nest of South Wales and grandfather of Giraldus Cambrensis
.
Throughout the 12th and 13th centuries the castle was strengthened and enlarged under successive earls See also:palatine of Pembroke, who made this fortress their See also:chief seat
.
As the See also:capital of the See also:palatinate and as the nearest See also:port for See also:Ireland, Pembroke was in See also:Plantagenet times one of the most important fortified cities in the See also:kingdom
.
The town, which had grown up under the See also:shadow of the almost impregnable castle, was first incorporated by 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 I. in 1109 and again by Earl See also:Richard de See also:Clare in 1154 (who also encircled the town with walls), and these privileges were confirmed and extended under succeeding earls palatine and See also:kings of See also:England
.
In 1835 the See also:corporation was remodelled under the Municipal Corporations See also:Act
.
Henry II. occasionally visited Pembroke, notably in 1172, and until the close of the See also:Wars of the See also:Roses, both town and castle played a prominent See also:part in the See also:history of See also:Britain
.
With the passing of the Act of See also:Union of Wales and England in 1536 however, the See also:jura See also:regalia of the See also:county palatine of Pembroke were abolished, and the prosperity of the town began to decline
.
Although acknowledged as the county town of See also:Pembrokeshire, Pembroke was superseded by See also:Haverfordwest as the judicial and administrative centre of the See also:shire on See also:account of the more convenient position of the latter place
.
By the act of 1536 Pembroke was declared the leading 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 in the
Pembroke See also:parliamentary See also:district, yet the town continued to dwindle until the See also:settlement of the government dockyard and See also:works on Milford Haven
.
At the outbreak of the See also:Civil Wars the town and castle were garrisoned for See also:parliament by the See also:mayor, See also:John Poy-er, a leading Presbyterian, who was later appointed See also:governor, with See also:Rowland Laugharne of St Brides for his lieu-See also:tenant
.
But 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 Presbyterian defection in 1647, Foyer and his See also:lieutenant-See also:governors, Laugharne and See also:Powell, declared for See also:Charles and held the castle in 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's name
.
In See also:June 1648 See also:Cromwell himself proceeded to invest Pembroke Castle, which resisted with See also:great obstinacy
.
But after the See also:water-See also:supply of the garrison had been cut off, the besieged were forced to capitulate, on the rrth of See also:July 1648, on the See also:condition of surrendering up the three chief defenders of the castle
.
Poyer, Laugharne and Powell were accordingly brought to See also:London, but finally only Foyer was executed
.
The magnificent ruin of Pembroke Castle is the nominal See also:property of the See also:Crown, but has been held on See also:lease since the reign of 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 IL by the See also:family of Pryse of Gogerddan in See also:Cardiganshire
.
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