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 See also:

• JOHN SELDEN (1584–1654)

SELDEN (1584–1654)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English jurist, legal See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary and See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 16th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1584 at Salvington, in the See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Tarring, 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 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, also 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 See also:

• SELDEN, JOHN (1584–1654)

Selden, held a small See also:

• FARM

farm . It is said that his accomplishments as a See also:

• VIOLIN

violin-player gained him his wife, whose social position was somewhat See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to his own . She was See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret, the only See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of 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:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker of Rustington, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village in the vicinity of West Tarring, and was more or less remotely descgnded from a knightly See also:

• FAMILY

family of the same name in See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent . John Selden commenced his See also:

• EDUCATION

education at the See also:

• FREE

free See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar-school at See also:

• CHICHESTER

Chichester, whence in 1600 he proceeded to See also:

• HART, ALBERT BUSHNELL (1854– )
• HART, CHARLES (d. 1683)
• HART, ERNEST ABRAHAM (1835–1898)
• HART, SIR ROBERT
• HART, WILLIAM (1823–1894)

Hart 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:

• 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 . In 1603 he was admitted a member of See also:

• CLIFFORD
• CLIFFORD, JOHN (1836- )
• CLIFFORD, WILLIAM KINGDON (1845-1879)

Clifford's See also:

• INN

Inn, See also:

• LONDON

London, and in 1604 migrated to the Inner See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

Temple, and in 1612 he 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 . His earliest See also:

• PATRON

patron was See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

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

Robert See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

Cotton, the antiquary, by whom he seems to have been employed in copying and abridging certain of the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary records then pre-served in the See also:

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

Tower . For some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason which has not been explained, Selden never went into See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court as an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save on rare and exceptional occasions . But his practice in See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers as a conveyancer and consulting counsel is stated to have been large, and, if we may See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge from the considerable See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune he accumulated, it must also have been lucrative . It was, however, as a scholar and writer that Selden won his reputation both amongst his contemporaries and with posterity . His first See also:

• WORK

work, an See also:

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

account of the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England before the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• CONQUEST

Conquest, is said to have been completed when he was only two.. or three-and-twenty years of See also:

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

age . But if this was the Analecton Anglo-Britannicon, as is generally supposed, he withheld it from the See also:

• WORLD

world until 16r5 .

In 16ro appeared his England's Epinomis and See also:

• JANUS

Janus Anglorum; Facies Altera, which dealt with the progress of English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law down to 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 II.; and The Duello, or Single Combat, in which he traced the See also:

• HISTORY

history of trial by See also:

• BATTLE

battle in England from the Norman Conquest . In 1613 he supplied a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of notes, enriched by an immense number of quotations and references, to the first eighteen cantos of See also:

• DRAYTON, MICHAEL (1563-1631)

Drayton's Polyolbion . In 1614 he published Titles of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour, which, in spite of some obvious defects and omissions, has remained to the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day the most comprehensive and trustworthy work of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind that we possess; and in 1616 his notes on See also:

• FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN (c. 1394-c. 1476)
• FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN (c. 1531-1607)

Fortescue's De laudibus legum Angliae and See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph de Hengham's Summae magna et parva . In 1617 his De diis Syriis was issued, and immediately established his fame as an oriental scholar among the learned in all parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . It is remarkable for its brilliant use of the See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative method, in which it was far ahead of its age, and is still consulted by students of Semitic See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology . In 1618 his History of See also:

• TITHES

Tithes, although only published after it had been submitted to the censorship and duly licensed, nevertheless aroused the See also:

• APPREHENSION (Lat. ad, to; prehendere, to seize)

apprehension of the bishops and provoked the intervention of 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 . The author was summoned before the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council and compelled to retract his opinions, or at any See also:

• RATE

rate what were held to be his opinions . Moreover, his work was suppressed and himself forbidden to reply to any of the controversialists who had come or might come forward to See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer it . This seems to have introduced Selden to the See also:

• PRACTICAL

practical See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of See also:

• POLITICAL

political affairs . The discontents which a few years later See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out into civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war were already forcing themselves on public See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, and it is See also:

• PRETTY

pretty certain that, although he was not in See also:

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

parliament, he was the instigator and perhaps the draftsman of the memorable protestation on the rights and privileges of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House affirmed by the See also:

• COMMONS

Commons on the 18th of December 1621 . He was with several of the members committed to See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, at first in the Tower and subsequently under the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of Sir Robert Ducie, See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of London . During his detention, which only lasted a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short 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, he occupied himself in preparing an edition of See also:

• EADMER, or EDMER (c. 1o6o-c. 1124)

Eadmer's History from a See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent to him by his See also:

• HOST

host or jailor, which he published two years afterwards .

In 1623 he was returned to the House of Commons for the 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 of See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster, and sat with See also:

• COKE (a northern English word, possibly connected with " colk," core)
• COKE, SIR EDWARD (1552-1634)
• COKE, SIR JOHN (1563-1644)
• COKE, THOMAS (1747-1814)

Coke, See also:

• NOY, WILLIAM (1577-1634)

Noy and See also:

• PYM, JOHN (1584-1643)

Pym on Sergeant Glanville's See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee . He was also nominated reader of See also:

• LYON, MARY MASON (1797-1849)
• LYON, NATHANIEL (1818-1861)

Lyon's Inn, an 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 which he declined to undertake . For this the benchers of the Inner Temple, by whom he had been appointed, fined him £2o and disqualified him from being chosen one of their number . But he was relieved from this incapacity after a few years, and became a See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

bench . In the first 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 . (1625), it appears from the " returns of members " printed in 1878 that, contrary to the assertion of all his biographers, he had no seat . In Charles's second parliament (1626) he was elected for See also:

• GREAT

Great Bedwin in See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, and took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment of See also:

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

George See also:

• VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year, in the " benevolence " See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, he was counsel for Sir See also:

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

Edmund See also:

• HAMPDEN, HENRY BOUVERIE WILLIAM BRAND, 1ST
• HAMPDEN, JOHN (c. 1595-1643)
• HAMPDEN, RENN DICKSON (1793-1868)

Hampden in the court of king's bench . In 1628 he was returned to the third parliament of Charles for Ludgershall in Wiltshire, and had a large and important 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 See also:

• DRAWING

drawing up and carrying the See also:

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

Petition of Right . In the session of 1629 he was one of the members mainly responsible for the tumultuous passage in the House of Commons of the See also:

• RESOLUTION

resolution against the illegal See also:

• LEVY (Fr. levee, from lever, Lat. levare, to lift, raise)
• LEVY, AMY (1861–1889)
• LEVY, AUGUSTE MICHEL (1844– )

levy of See also:

• TONNAGE

tonnage and poundage, and, along with See also:

• ELIOT, CHARLES WILLIAM (1834– )
• ELIOT, GEORGE
• ELIOT, JOHN (1604-1690)
• ELIOT, SIR JOHN (1592-1632)

Eliot, See also:

• HOLLES, DENZIL HOLLES, BARON (1599-1680)

Holles, See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long, See also:

• VALENTINE, or VALENTINUS

Valentine, See also:

• STRODE
• STRODE, WILLIAM (1598-1645)

Strode, and the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, he was sent once more to the Tower . There he remained for eight months, deprived for a part of the time of the use of books.and See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing materials . He was then removed, under less rigorous conditions, to the See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

Marshal-See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, until not long afterwards owing to the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good offices of See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

Arch-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:

• LAUD (Lat. laws)
• LAUD, WILLIAM (1573-1645)

Laud he was liberated .

Some years before he had been appointed steward to the See also:

• EARL

earl of Kent, to whose seat, Wrest in See also:

• BEDFORDSHIRE [abbreviated Beds]

Bedfordshire, he now retired . In 1628 at the See also:

• SUGGESTION

suggestion of Sir Robert Cotton he had compiled, with the assistance of two learned coadjutors, See also:

• PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
• PATRICK, ST

Patrick See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

Young and See also:

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

Richard 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, a See also:

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

catalogue of the See also:

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

Arundel See also:

• MARBLES

marbles . He employed his leisure at Wrest in writing De successionibus in See also:

• BONA (BONE)
• BONA, JOHN (1609-1674)

bona defuncti secundum leges Ebraeorum and De successione in pontificatum Ebraeorum, published in 1631 . About this See also:

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

period he seems to have inclined towards the court rather than the popular party, and even to have secured the See also:

• PERSONAL

personal favour of the king . To him in 1635 he dedicated his See also:

• MARE

Mare clausum, and under the royal patronage it was put forth as a kind of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper . It had been written sixteen or seventeen years before; but James I. had prohibited its publication for political reasons; hence it appeared a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century after See also:

• GROTIUS, HUGO (1583-1645)

Grotius's Mare liberum, to which it was intended to be a rejoinder, and the pretensions advanced in which on behalf of the Dutch fishermen to See also:

• POACH (probably from Fr. poche, bag, or Eng. " poke," thrust into)

poach in the See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters off the See also:

• BRITISH

British coasts it was its purpose to explode . The fact that Selden was not retained in the great case of See also:

• SHIP

ship See also:

• MONEY

money in 1637 by John Hampden, the See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin of his former client, may be accepted as additional See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence that his zeal in the popular cause was not so warm and unsuspected as it had once been . During the progress of this momentous constitutional conflict, indeed, he seems to have been absorbed in his oriental researches, See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing De jure naturali et gentium juxta disciplinam Ebraeorum in 1640 . He was not elected to the Short Parliament of 164o; but to the Long Parliament, summoned in the autumn, he was returned without opposition for the university of Oxford . He opposed the resolution against See also:

• EPISCOPACY (from Late Lat. episcopatus, the office of a bishop, episcopas)

episcopacy which led to the exclusion of the bishops from the House of Lords, and printed an answer to the arguments used by Sir Harbottle Grimston on that occasion . He joined in the protestation of the Commons for the See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of the See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion according to the doctrines of 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 England, the authority of the See also:

• CROWN

crown, and the See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of the subject . He was equally opposed to the court on the question of the commissions of lieutenancy of See also:

• ARRAY (from the O. Fr. areyer, Med. Lat. arredare, to get ready)

array and to the parliament on the question of the See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia See also:

• ORDINANCE
• ORDINANCE, or ORDONNANCE

ordinance .

In 1643 he participated in the discussions of the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of divines at See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster, and was appointed shortly afterwards keeper of the rolls and records in the Tower . In 1645 he was named one of the parliamentary commissioners of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty, and was elected master of Trinity Hall in See also:

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

Cambridge—an office he declined to accept . In 1646 he sub-scribed the See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

Solemn See also:

• LEAGUE

League and See also:

• COVENANT
• COVENANT (an O. Fr. form, later convenant, from convenir, to agree, Lat. convenire)

Covenant, and in 1647 was voted 5000 by the parliament as See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation for his sufferings in the evil days of the See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy . He had not, however, relaxed his See also:

• LITERARY

literary exertions during these years . He published in 1642 Privileges of the Baronage of England when they sit in Parliament and Discourse concerning the Rights and Privileges of the Subject; in 1644, Dissertatio de See also:

• ANNO, or HANNO, SAINT (c. Toro—ro75)

anno civili et calendario reipublicae Judaicae; in 1646 his See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage and See also:

• DIVORCE

divorce among the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews entitled Uxor Ebraica; and in 1647 the earliest printed edition of the old English law-See also:

• BOOK

book See also:

• FLETA

Fleta . In 165o Selden passed the first part of De synedriis et prefecturis juridicis veterum Ebraeorum through the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, the second and third parts being severally published in 1653 and 1655, and in 1652 he wrote a See also:

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

preface and collated some of the See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts for Sir See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger See also:

• TWYSDEN, SIR ROGER (1597-1672)

Twysden's Historiae Anglicae scriptores decem . His last publication was a vindication of himself from certain charges advanced against him and his Mare clausum in 1653 by See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore Graswinckel, a Dutch jurist . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of the earl of Kent in 1639 Selden lived permanently under the same roof with his widow . It is believed that he was married to her, although their marriage does not seem to have ever been publicly acknowledged . He died at Friary House in Whitefriars on the 3oth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1654, and was buried in the Temple Church, London . In 188o a See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass tablet was erected to his memory by the benchers of the Inner Temple in the parish church of West Tarring . Several of Selden's See also:

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

minor productions were printed for the first time after his death, and a collective edition of his writings was published by See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

Archdeacon See also:

• WILKINS, GEORGE (ii. 1607)
• WILKINS, JOHN (1614-1672)
• WILKINS, MARY ELEANOR (1862– )
• WILKINS, SIR CHARLES (1749?-1836)

Wilkins in 3 vols. See also:

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

folio in 1725, and again In 1726 .

His Table Talk, by which he is perhaps best known, did not appear until 1689 . It was edited by his See also:

• AMANUENSIS (a Latin word, derived from the phrase servus a menu, slave of the hand, a secretary)

amanuensis, Richard Milward, who affirms that " the sense and notion is wholly Selden's," and that " most of the words " are his also . Its genuineness has sometimes been questioned, although on insufficient grounds . See See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood's Athenae Oxonienses, ed . See also:

• BLISS, CORNELIUS NEWTON (1833– )

Bliss (London; 1817, 4 vols.) ; See also:

• AIKIN, ARTHUR (1773-1854)
• AIKIN, JOHN (1747-1822)

Aikin, Lives of John Selden and See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• USHER (O. Fr. ussier, uissier, mod. huissier, from Lat. ostiarius, a door-keeper, ostium, doorway, entrance, os, mouth)
• USHER (or USSHER), JAMES (1581-1656)

Usher (London, 1812) ; 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, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of John Selden, &c . (London, 1835) ; See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

Singer, Table Talk of John Selden (London, 1847); and Wilkins, Johannis Seldeni See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera amnia, &c . (London, 1725) . SEL$NL in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek mythology, the divine personification of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon, daughter of See also:

• HYPERION

Hyperion and Theia, See also:

• SISTER

sister of Helios and Eos . By See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus she was said to have been the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of Pandia (the all-See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright), who was worshipped with her father at the festival named after her Pandia.l She was also wooed by See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

Pan in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• RAM
• RAM, PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (18o4-1865)

ram, or she had selected a white ram from his See also:

• FLOCK

flock as the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of her favours . The most famous of her 'amours was with See also:

• ENDYMION

Endymion (q.v.) . Selene was represented as a beautiful young woman with wings and a See also:

• GOLDEN

golden diadem, sometimes See also:

• RIDING

riding in a See also:

• CHARIOT (derived from an O. Fr. word, formed from char, a car)

chariot See also:

• DRAWN

drawn by two white, sometimes winged, horses (or cows, symbolizing the moon's See also:

• CRESCENT (Lat. crescens, growing)

crescent, or bulls), or herself mounted on a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, a See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull, a See also:

• MULE (Lat. mulus)

mule or a ram . At Ells there was a statue of Selene, her See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head surmounted by a crescent .

Later, she was identified with See also:

• ARTEMIS

Artemis, and as such 1 The connexion of Selene or Pandia with this festival is denied by Wilamowitz-Mbllendorff (Aus Kydathen, p . 133).called See also:

• PHOEBE

Phoebe, the sister of See also:

• PHOEBUS (Gr. for " bright," " pure,")

Phoebus See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo . She was worshipped on the days of the new and the full moon . Another name for Selene was Mene, in reference to the monthly changes of the moon . The existence of a male moon-See also:

• GOD

god (Men), whose cult probably came to See also:

• ATTICA

Attica from See also:

• ASIA

Asia Minor, is attested by See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman goddess of the moon was See also:

• LUNA (mod. Luni)
• LUNA, ALVARO DE (d. 1453)

Luna, who possessed sanctuaries on the Aventine and See also:

• PALATINE (from Lat. palatium, a palace,)

Palatine hills . In the former she was worshipped on the last day of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March (the first See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month of the old Roman year); in the latter as Noctiluca (giving See also:

• LIGHT

light by See also:

• NIGHT

night), her See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary being illuminated on such occasions . See W . H . See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher, Ober Selene and Verwandtes (189o), with Nachtrage (1895) ; See also:

• PRELLER, FRIEDRICH (1804–1878)
• PRELLER, LUDWIG (1809–1861)

Preller, Griechische Mythologie (4th ed., 1894), pp . 443-446; A . Legrand, s.v .

" Luna " in Daremberg and Saglio's Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des antiquites . SELENGA-ORKHON, a See also:

• RIVER

river of Central Asia, which rises in two See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal head-streams, the Selenga and the Orkhon, on the See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau of N.W . See also:

• MONGOLIA

Mongolia, not far apart in rot° E . Both flow generally E.N.E. as far as their confluence near See also:

• KIAKHTA

Kiakhta, on the frontier of Mongolia and See also:

• SIBERIA

Siberia, at the eastern extremity of the Sayan Mountains . Beyond Kiakhta the river flows generally N. nearly as far as 52° N., when it turns W. and enters See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• BAIKAL (known to the Mongols as Dalai-nor, and to the Turkish tribes as Bai-kul)

Baikal on the S.W., forming a See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta . It is navigable from Kiakhta downwards, a distance of 210 m., its See also:

• TOTAL

total length being 750 M . From the See also:

• LEFT

left it receives the Eghin-gol and the Jida, and from the right the Tala, Kharagoy, Chikoy, Khilok and Uda, streams each 150 to 300 M. in length . Near the upper Orkhon was the permanent See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp of See also:

• KARAKORUM (Turkish, " black stone debris ")

Karakorum, from the 8th century down to the end of the 13th the centre of the Mongol See also:

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

power, especially under the sway of Jenghiz See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan and his son Ogotai or Ogdai in the 12th and 13th centuries . Several remarkable inscriptions were discovered here in the end of the 19th century, and were interpreted by See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor V . See also:

• THOMSEN, GRIMUR (182o-1896)
• THOMSEN, HANS PETER JORGEN JULIUS (1826–1909)

Thomsen of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen Inscriptions de l'Orkhon (See also:

• HELSINGFORS (Finnish Helsinki)

Helsingfors, 1900) .