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:

• THOMAS RYMER (1641—1713)

RYMER (1641—1713)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English historiographer royal, was the younger son of See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph See also:

• RYMER, THOMAS (1641—1713)

Rymer, 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 of the See also:

• MANOR

manor of Brafferton in See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, described by See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon as " possessed of a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate," and executed for his See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the " Presbyterian rising " of 1663 . 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 was probably See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Yafforth See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1641, and was educated at a private school kept at See also:

• DANBY, FRANCIS (1793-1861)

Danby-Wiske by Thomas See also:

• SMELT (Osmerus eperlanus; Fr. eperlan; Scotch sparling or spirling)

Smelt, a noted Royalist, with whom Rymer was " a See also:

• GREAT

great favourite," and " well known for his great See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical skill in human learning, especially in See also:

• POETRY

poetry and See also:

• HISTORY

history." He was admitted as pensionarius See also:

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

minor at See also:

• SIDNEY
• SIDNEY (or SYDNEY), ALGERNON (1622-1683)
• SIDNEY, SIR HENRY (1529-1586)
• SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586)

Sidney See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, on See also:

• APRIL

April 29, 1658, but See also:

• LEFT

left the university without taking a degree . On May 2, 1666, he became a member of See also:

• GRAY
• GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
• GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
• GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
• GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
• GRAY, HENRY PETERS (1819-18/7)
• GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
• GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
• GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
• GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
• GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
• GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
• GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)

Gray's See also:

• INN

Inn, and was called to the See also:

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

bar on See also:

• JUNE

June 16, 1673 .. His first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in See also:

• PRINT

print was as translator of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero's See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince (1668), from the Latin See also:

• TREATISE

treatise (16o8) See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up for Prince 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 . He also translated See also:

• RAPIN, PAUL DE (1661-1725)

Rapin's Reflections on See also:

• ARISTOTLE
• ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.)

Aristotle's Treatise of Poesie (1694), with a See also:

• PREFACE (Med. Lat. prefatia, for classical praefatio, praefari, to speak beforehand)

preface in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the classical rules for unity in the See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama, and followed the principles there set forth in a tragedy in See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, licensed See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 13, 1677, called See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar, or the English Monarch, which was a failure . The printed See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of 1678, 1691 and 1693 belong to the same issue, with new See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title-pages . Rymer's views on the drama were again given to the See also:

• WORLD

world in the shape of a printed See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to See also:

• FLEETWOOD
• FLEETWOOD, CHARLES (d. 1692)
• FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM (1656-1723)

Fleetwood Shepheard, the friend of See also:

• PRIOR (from Lat. prior—former, and hence superior, through O. Fr. priour)
• PRIOR, MATTHEW (1664-1721)

Prior, under the title of The Tragedies of the Last See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age Consider'd (1678, 2nd ed . 1692) . To See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid's Epistles Translated by Several Hands (168o), with preface by See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden, " See also:

• PENELOPE

Penelope to Ulysses " was contributed by Rymer, who was also one of the " hands " who " Englished " the See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch of 1683—86 . The See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• NICIAS
• NICIAS (d. 414 B.C.)

Nicias See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to his share . He furnished a preface to See also:

• WHITELOCKE, BULSTRODE (1605-1675)
• WHITELOCKE, SIR JAMES (1570-1632)

Whitelocke's Memorials of English Affairs (1682), and wrote in 1681 A See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

Draught and Prospect of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

Government of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, reprinted in 1689 and 1714 as Of the Antiquity, See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

Power, and Decay of Parliaments, where, ignorant of his future dignity, the critic had the misfortune to observe, " You are not to expect truth from an historiographer royal." He contributed three pieces to the collection of Poems to the Memory of See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• WALLER, EDMUND (1606-1687)
• WALLER, LEWIS (186o- )
• WALLER, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1597-1668)

Waller (1688), afterwards reprinted in Dryden's See also:

• MISCELLANY

Miscellany Poems, and is said to have written the Latin inscription on Waller's See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument in See also:

• BEACONSFIELD
• BEACONSFIELD, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, EARL OF

Beaconsfield See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard . The preface to the See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

posthumous Histaria Ecclesiastica (1688) of Thomas See also:

• HOBBES, THOMAS (1588–1679)

Hobbes is said to have been by Rymer, but the Life of Hobbes (1681) sometimes ascribed to him was written by See also:

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

Richard See also:

• BLACKBURNE, FRANCIS (1782-1867)

Blackburne .

He produced a congratulatory poem upon the arrival of 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:

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

Mary in 1689 . His next piece of authorship was to translate the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth See also:

• ELEGY

elegy of the third See also:

• BOOK

book of Ovid's Tristia for Dryden's Miscellany Poems (1692, p . 148) . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Thomas See also:

• SHADWELL, THOMAS (c. 1642-1692)

Shadwell in 1692 Rymer received the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of historiographer royal, at a yearly See also:

• SALARY

salary of £200 . Immediately afterwards appeared his much discussed See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short View of Tragedy (1693), criticizing See also:

• SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)

Shakespeare and See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben See also:

• JONSON

Jonson, which produced The Imperial Critick (1693) of See also:

• DENNIS, JOHN (1657—1734)

Dennis, the See also:

• EPIGRAM

epigram of Dryden,2 and the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay that Rymer was " the ' See See also:

• HICKES, GEORGE (1642-1715)

Hickes, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of 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 Kettlewell (1718), pp . 10-14 . 2 " The corruption of a poet is the See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation of a critic " (Ded. of the Third Miscellany, in See also:

• WORKS

Works (1821), xii. p . 49), which is much more pointed than Beaconsfield's reterence to critics as " men who have failed in literature and See also:

• ART

art" (See also:

• LOTHAIR (825-869)
• LOTHAIR (941–986)

Lothair, See also:

• CHAP

chap. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv.) or See also:

• BALZAC, HONORS DE (1790-1850)
• BALZAC, JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE (1594-1654)

Balzac's sly See also:

• HIT

hit at See also:

• MERIMEE, PROSPER (1803-1870)

Merimee in similar terms . The poet's remarks on theworst critic that ever lived." John See also:

• DUNTON, JOHN (1659-1733)

Dunton (Life and Letters, p . 354), however, considered him " orthodox and modest," and See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope " one of the best critics we ever had " (See also:

• SPENCE, THOMAS (1750-1814)

Spence's Anecdotes) . Rymer contended that although Shakespeare possessed See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour he had no See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius for tragedy, Othello being merely " a bloody See also:

• FARCE

farce without See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt or savour." Within eight months of his See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official appointment Rymer was directed (See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 26, 1693) to carry out that great See also:

• NATIONAL

national undertaking with which his name will always be honourably connected, and of which there is See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to believe that Lords See also:

• SOMERS, JOHN SOMERS (or SOMMERS), BARON (1651–1716)

Somers and See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax were the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original promoters . The Codex See also:

• JURIS

Juris Gentium Diplomaticus (1693) of See also:

• LEIBNITZ (LEIBNIZ), GOTTFRIED WILHELM

Leibnitz was taken by the editor as the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of the Foedera .

The See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was to publish all records of alliances and other transactions in which See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England was concerned with See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers from r 101 to 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 publication, limiting the collection to original documents in the royal archives and the great national See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries . Unfortunately, this was not uniformly carried out, and the See also:

• WORK

work contains some extracts from printed See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles . From 1694 he corresponded with Leibnitz, by whom he was greatly influenced with respect to the plan and formation of the Foedera . While See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting materials, Rymer unwisely engraved a See also:

• SPURIOUS

spurious See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of 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:

• MALCOLM
• MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

Malcolm, acknowledging that See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland was held in See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage from See also:

• EDWARD

Edward the See also:

• CONFESSOR

Confessor . When this came to be known the Scottish antiquaries were extremely indignant . G . Redpath published a MS. on the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of the Scottish See also:

• CROWN

crown, by See also:

• SIR

Sir T . See also:

• CRAIG, JOHN (1512 ?-1600)
• CRAIG, SIR THOMAS (c. 1538–1608)

Craig, entitled Scotland's See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

Sovereignty Asserted (1695), and the subject was referred to by 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 See also:

• NICOLSON, WILLIAM (1655-1727)

Nicolson in his Scottish See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Library (1702) . This led Rymer to address three Letters to the Bishop of See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle (1702—1706) explaining his See also:

• ACTION

action, and discussing other antiquarian matters . Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• SIBBALD, SIR ROBERT (1641-1722)

Sibbald answered the second letter (1704) . The first and second letters are usually found together; the third is extremely rare . Rymer had how been for some years working with great See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry, but was constantly obliged to See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

petition the crown for See also:

• MONEY

money to carry on the undertaking .

Up to August 1698 he had expended £1253, and had only received £500 on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . At last, on See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 20, 1704, was issued the first See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio See also:

• VOLUME

volume of the Foedera, Conventiones, Litterae et cujuscunque generis Acta Publica inter reges Angliae et alios quosvis imperatores, reges, &c., ab . A.D.1101 ad nostra usque tempora habita See also:

• AUT

aut tractata . The publication proceeded with great rapidity, and fifteen volumes were brought out by Rymer in nine years . Two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred and fifty copies were printed; but, as nearly all of them were presented to persons of distinction, the work soon became so scarce that it was priced by booksellers at one hundred guineas . A hundred and twenty sheets of the fifteenth volume and the copy for the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder were burnt at a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire at 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:

• BOWYER, WILLIAM (1663-1737)

Bowyer's, the printer, on See also:

• JANUARY

January 30, 1712—13 . Rymer died shortly after the appearance of this volume, but he had prepared materials for carrying the work down to the end of 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 I . These were placed in the hands of Robert See also:

• SANDERSON, ROBERT (1587-1663)

Sanderson, his assistant . For the greater See also:

• PART

part of his life Rymer derived his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief subsistence from a See also:

• MORTGAGE

mortgage assigned to him by his See also:

• FATHER

father . His See also:

• MISCELLANEOUS

miscellaneous See also:

• LITERARY

literary work could not have been very profitable . At one time he was reduced to offer his See also:

• MSS

MSS. for a new edition for See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale to the See also:

• EARL

earl of 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 . About 1703 his affairs became more settled, and he afterwards regularly received his salary as historiographer, besides an additional £zoo a See also:

• YEAR

year as editor of the Foedera .

Twenty-five copies of each volume were also allotted to him . He died at See also:

• ARUNDEL
• ARUNDEL, EARLDOM OF
• ARUNDEL, EARLS OF
• ARUNDEL, THOMAS (1353-1414)

Arundel See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street, Strand, See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 14, 1713, and was buried in the 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 of St See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement Danes . His will was dated See also:

• JULY

July ro, 1713 . See also:

• TONSON

Tonson issued an edition of See also:

• ROCHESTER
• ROCHESTER, JOHN WILMOT, 2ND EARL
• ROCHESTER, LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL OF (1641-1711)

Rochester's Works (1714), with a short preface by the See also:

• LATE

late historiographer . Another posthumous publication was in a miscellaneous collection called Curious Amusements, by M . B . (1714), which included "some See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, Latin and . See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian poets, by T . Tragedies of the Last Age have been reprinted in his Works (1821), xv . pp . 383-396, and in See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson's Life of Dryden . See also Dryden's Works, i .

377, Vi . 251, xi . 6o, xiii . 2o . " I never came across a worse critic than Thomas Rymer," says Prof . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• SAINTSBURY, GEORGE EDWARD BATEMAN (1845- )

Saintsbury, who discusses his theories at length in History of See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

Criticism (1902), pp . 391-397 . See also A . Hofherr, T . Rymers dramatische Kritik (19(38) . Rymer." Some of his poetical pieces were also inserted in J . See also:

• NICHOLS, JOHN (1745–1826)

Nichols's Select Collection (178o-86, 8 vols.), and two are reproduced in A .

H . Bullen's Musa Proterva (1895) . Two more volumes of the Foedera were issued by Sanderson in 1715 and 1717, and the last three volumes (xviii., xix. and xx.) by the same editor, but upon a slightly different plan, in 1726-35 . The latter volumes were published by Tonson, all the former by See also:

• CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)
• CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764)
• CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH HENRY SPENCER (1849-1895)

Churchill . Under Rymer it was carried down to 1586, and continued by Sanderson to 1654 . The rarity and importance of the work induced Tonson to obtain a See also:

• LICENCE (through the French from Lat. licentia, licere, to be lawful)

licence for a second edition, and George See also:

• HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL (18o9-1894)

Holmes, See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy keeper of the See also:

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

Tower records, was appointed editor . The new edition appeared between 1727 and 1735 . The last three volumes are the same in both issues . There are some corrections, enumerated in a volume, The Emendations in the New Edition of Mr Rymer's Foedera, printed by Tonson in 1730, and on the whole the second is an improvement upon the first edition . A third edition, embodying Holmes's See also:

• COLLATION (Lat. collatio, from conferre, to bring together or compare)

collation, was commenced at the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague in 1737 and finished in 1745 . It is in smaller type than the others, and is compressed within ten folio volumes . The arrangement is rather more convenient; there is some additional See also:

• MATTER

matter; the See also:

• INDEX

index is better; the type is not so good, but it is to be preferred to either of the previous editions .

When the volumes of the Foedera first appeared they were analysed by Leclerc and Rapin in the Bibliotheque choisie and Bibliotheque ancienne et moderne . Rapin's articles were collected together and appended, under the title of Abrege historique See also:

• DES

des actes publiques de l'Angleterre, to the Hague edition . A See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation, called Acta Regia, was published by See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen Whatley, (1726-27), 4 vols . 8vo, reprinted both in 8vo and folio, the latter edition containing an See also:

• ANALYSIS (Gr. avci and Meta, to break up into parts)

analysis of the cancelled sheets, See also:

• RELATING

relating to the See also:

• JOURNALS

journals of the first See also:

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

parliament of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I., of the 18th volume of the Foedera . In 1810 the See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

Record Commissioners authorized Dr See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

Adam See also:

• CLARKE, ADAM (1762?—1832)
• CLARKE, CHARLES COWDEN (1787-1877)
• CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL (1769–1822)
• CLARKE, JAMES FREEMAN (1810–1888)
• CLARKE, JOHN SLEEPER (1833–1899)
• CLARKE, MARCUS ANDREW HISLOP (1846–1881)
• CLARKE, MARY ANNE (c.1776–1852)
• CLARKE, SAMUEL (1675–1729)
• CLARKE, SIR ANDREW (1824-1902)
• CLARKE, SIR EDWARD GEORGE (1841– )
• CLARKE, THOMAS SHIELDS (1866- )
• CLARKE, WILLIAM BRANWHITE (1798-1878)

Clarke to prepare a new and improved edition of the Foedera . Six parts, large folio, edited by Clarke, Caley and Holbrooke, were published between 1816 and 183o . Considerable additions were made, but the editing was performed in so unsatisfactory a manner that the publication was suspended in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing a seventh part . The latter portion, bringing the work down to 1383, was ultimately issued in 1869 . A general introduction to the Foedera was issued by the Record See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission in 1817, 4to . The wide learning and untiring labours of Rymer have received the warmest praise from historians . His industry was praised by See also:

• HEARNE, SAMUEL (1745–1792)
• HEARNE, THOMAS (1678-1735)

Hearne (Collections, ii . 296) .

Sir T . D . See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

Hardy styles the Foedera " a work of which this nation has every reason to be proud, for with all its blemishes—and what work is faultless?—it has no See also:

• RIVAL

rival in its class " (See also:

• SYLLABUS (from Gr. auXXa 43aveuv, to take together, cf. " syllable ")

Syllabus, vol. ii. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi.), and Mr J . B . Mullinger calls it " a collection of the highest value and authority " (See also:

• GARDINER
• GARDINER, JAMES (1688-1745)
• GARDINER, SAMUEL RAWSON (1829–1902)
• GARDINER, STEPHEN (c. 1493–1555)

Gardiner and Mullinger's Introduction to English History, p . 224) . The best account of Rymer is to be found in the prefaces to Sir T . D . Hardy's Syllabus (1869-85, 3 vols . 8vo) . There is an unpublished life by Des Maizeaux (Brit . See also:

• MUS

Mus .

Add . MS . No . 4223), and a few memoranda in Bishop Kennet's collections (Lansd . MS . No . 987) . See also Dict. of Nat . Biogr. vol . 1 . In Caulfield's Portraits, &c . (1819), i .

50, may be seen an See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving of Rymer, with a description of a satirical print of him as ` a garreteer poet." Rymer's two critical works on the drama are discussed by Sir T . N . See also:

• TALFOURD, SIR THOMAS NOON (1795-1854)

Talfourd in the Retrospective See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (182o), vol. i. pp . 1—15 . Sir T . D . Hardy's Syllabus gives in English a condensed See also:

• NOTICE

notice of each See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument in the several editions of the Foedera, arranged in See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . The third volume contains a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete index of names and places, with a See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue of the volumes of transcripts collected for the Record edition of the Foedera . In 1869 the Record See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office printed, for private destribution, Appendices A to E " to a See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on the Foedera intended to have been submitted by C . Purton See also:

• COOPER
• COOPER (or COUPER), THOMAS (c. 1517-1594)
• COOPER, ABRAHAM (1787—1868)
• COOPER, ALEXANDER (d. i66o)
• COOPER, CHARLES HENRY (18o8-1866)
• COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851)
• COOPER, PETER (1791-1883)
• COOPER, SAMUEL (1609-1672)
• COOPER, SIR ASTLEY PASTON (1768-1841)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1759–1840)
• COOPER, THOMAS (1805–1892)
• COOPER, THOMAS SIDNEY (1803–1902)

Cooper to the late Commissioners of Public Records," 3 vols . 8vo (including accounts of MSS. in foreign archives relating to Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, with facsimiles) . In the See also:

• BRITISH

British Museum is preserved (Add .

MS . 24699) a folio volume of reports and papers relating to the Record edition . Rymer left extensive materials for a new edition of the Foedera, See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound in 59 vols. folio, and embracing the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period from 1115 to 1698 . This was the collection offered to the earl of Oxford . It was See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by the See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury for 215 from a Mrs See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

Parnell, to whom Rymer left all his See also:

• PROPERTY

property, and is now in the British Museum (Add . MSS . Nos . 4573 to 4630, and 18911), A catalogue and index may be consulted in the 17th volume of Tonson's edition of the Foedera . The Public Record Office possesses a MS. volume, compiled by Robert See also:

• LEMON
• LEMON, MARK (1809-1870)

Lemon about 'Roo, containing See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments in the Patent Rolls omitted by Rymer . In the same See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place may be seen a volume of reports, orders, &c., on the Foedera, 18o8-11, and the transcripts collected for the new and unfinished edition . (H . R .