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 See also:PETRE (c. 1505-1572)
, See also:English politician, was a son of See also:John See also:Petre, a See also:Devon See also:man, and was educated at See also:Exeter See also: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, afterwards becoming a See also:fellow of All Souls' College
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He entered the public service in See also:early See also:life, owing his introduction therein doubtless to the fact that at Oxford he had been See also:tutor to See also:Anne See also:Boleyn's See also:brother, See also:George Boleyn, See also:Viscount See also:Rochford, and began his See also:official career by serving the English See also:government abroad
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In 1536 he was made See also:deputy, or See also:proctor, for the See also:vicar-See also:general, 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 See also:Cromwell, and as such he presided over the See also:convocation which met in See also:June of this See also:year
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In 1543 Petre was knighted and was appointed a secretary of See also:state; in 1J45 he was sent as See also:ambassador to the See also:emperor See also:Charles V
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A very politic man, he retained his position under See also:Edward VI. and also under See also:Mary, forsaking the See also:protector See also:Somerset at the right moment and winning Mary's See also:goodwill byfavouring her See also:marriage with See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. of See also:Spain
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He resigned his secretaryship in 1557, but took some See also:part in public business under See also:Elizabeth until his See also:death at his See also:residence, Ingatestone, See also:Essex, on the 13th of See also:January 1572
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His son John Petre (1549-1613) was created See also:Baron Petre of Writtle in 1603
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The 2nd baron was his son 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 (1575-1637), whose See also:grandson was William, the 4th baron (c
.
1626-1684)
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Denounced by See also:Titus See also:Oates as a papist, the last named was arrested with other See also:Roman See also:Catholic noblemen in 1678 and remained without trial in the See also:Tower of See also:London until his death
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His brother John (1629-1684) was the 5th See also:lord, and the latter's See also:nephew, See also:Robert (1689-1713), was the 7th lord
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It was Robert's See also:action in cutting a See also:lock of See also:hair from a See also:lady's See also:head which led See also:Pope to write his poem " The See also:Rape of the Lock." The Petres have been consistently attached to the Roman Catholic faith, William See also:Joseph, the 13th baron (1847-1893), being a See also:priest of the Roman 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, and the See also:barony is still (1911) in existence
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One of the 1st baron's grandsons was William Petre (1602-1677), who translated the Flos sanctorum of Pedro de See also:Ribadeneira as Lives of the See also:Saints (St Omer, 1699; London, 1730)
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See Genealogical Collections illustrating the See also:History of Roman Catholic Families of See also:England, vol. i., edited by J
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