See also:PERRERS (or DE See also:WINDSOR), ALICE (d. 1400)
, See also:mistress of the See also:English 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 See also:Edward III., belonged probably to the See also:Hertfordshire See also:family of See also:Perrers, although it is also stated that she was of more humble See also:birth
.
Before 1366 she had entered the service of Edward's See also:queen, Philippa, and she appears later as the wife of See also:Sir 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 de See also:Windsor, See also:deputy of See also:Ireland (d
.
1384)
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Her intimacy with the king began about 1366, and during the next few years she received from him several grants of See also:land and gifts of jewels
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Not content with the See also:great See also:influence which she obtained over Edward, Alice interfered in the proceedings of the courts of See also:law to secure sentences in favour of her See also:friends, or of those who had See also:purchased her favour; actions which induced the See also:parliament of 1376 to forbid all See also:women from practising in the law courts
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Alice was banished, but See also:John of Gaunt, See also:duke of See also:Lancaster, allowed her to return to See also:court after the See also:death of Edward the See also:Black See also:Prince in See also:June 1376, and the parliament of 1397 reversed the See also:sentence against her
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Again attempting to pervert the course of See also:justice, she was tried by the peers and banished after the death of Edward III. in June 1377; but this sentence was annulled two years later, and Alice regained some influence at court
.
Her 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, however, was mainly spent in lawsuits, one being with William of Wykeham, See also:bishop of See also:Winchester, and another with her dead See also:husband's See also:nephew and See also:heir, John de Windsor
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