See also:

• SIR

SIR 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 See also:

• SIR HENRY SPELMAN (c. 1564-1641)

SPELMAN (c. 1564-1641)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary, was the eldest son of 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 See also:

• SPELMAN, SIR HENRY (c. 1564-1641)

Spelman, of Congham, See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk, and the See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• SIR

Sir 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 Spelman (c . 1495-1544), See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge 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's 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 . See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

Born probably in 1564, he was educated at See also:

• WALSINGHAM, SIR FRANCIS (c. 1530-1590)
• WALSINGHAM, THOMAS (d. c. 1422)

Walsingham School, and proceeded in 158o to Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

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

Cambridge, where he took his degree in 1583 . His See also:

• FATHER

father had died in '58', and on Spelman devolved the management of the See also:

• FAMILY

family estates . He became a member of See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• INN

Inn, but in '590 he returned to Norfolk, where he married Eleanor 1'Estrange . He became See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-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, Sir See also:

• HAMON, JEAN LOUIS (1821–1874)

Hamon 1'Estrange, on whose See also:

• PROPERTY

property at See also:

• HUNSTANTON [commonly pronounced Hunston]

Hunstanton he resided for some 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 with the See also:

• HISTORY

history and antiquities of his native See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

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

writing an See also:

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

account of Norfolk for John Speeds's See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre of See also:

• GREAT

Great Britaine . He belonged to the Society of Antiquaries, of which 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 and 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:

• CAMDEN
• CAMDEN, CHARLES PRATT, 1ST EARL (1714-1794)
• CAMDEN, JOHN JEFFREYS PRATT, 2ND EARL
• CAMDEN, WILLIAM (1551-1623)

Camden were also members . The society gradually declined, and Spelman's efforts to revive it in '6'4 were frustrated by 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 . Having bought in '594 the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the two leases of two abbeys of which the See also:

• CROWN

Crown was the lessor, he became involved in prolonged litigation over them, and a See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment given against him by See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon makes it interesting to find Spelman subsequently among the petitioners who alleged corruption against the 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 See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor . His experience in this See also:

• PROCESS

process no doubt combined with a See also:

• SCANDAL

scandal connected with a 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 parsonage in the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis See also:

• SANDERS, DANIEL (1819-1896)
• SANDERS, NICHOLAS (c. 1530-1581)

Sanders to occasion his pamphlet De non temerandis ecclesiis (1613-'616), which induced many See also:

• LAY

lay owners of ecclesiastical spoils to make restitution, and Spelman himself acted accordingly . This See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract led up to his History and See also:

• FATE

Fate of See also:

• SACRILEGE

Sacrilege,' which was in the hands of the printer when the Great 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 See also:

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

broke out .

The See also:

• BOOK

book was supposed to have perished, but 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:

• GIBSON, CHARLES DANA (1867- )
• GIBSON, EDMUND (1669-1748)
• GIBSON, JOHN (1790-1866)
• GIBSON, THOMAS MILNER (1806-1884)
• GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON (1850-1896)

Gibson discovered See also:

• PART

part of it in the Bodleian Library . It was printed, not, however, under his editorship, in '698, with the statement on the See also:

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

title-See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page that it was " wrote in 1632." Spelman had conceived the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of a See also:

• WORK

work on the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of English law, based on See also:

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

early charters and records, but finding that there were no adequate means of determining the exact meaning of the Anglo-Saxon and Latin law terms employed in the documents, he began to compile a glossary, the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of which, Archaeologus in modum glossari, was published at his own expense in '626 . He continued to work at the subject until '638 . A second volume, Glossarium archaiologicum (1664), appeared after his See also:

• DEATH

death . His Codex legum veterum statutarum ' This was re-edited as See also:

• LATE

late as 1895, with an appendix bringing the subject up to date, by C . F . S . See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren.regni Angliae, quae ab ingressu Gulielmi I usque ad annum nonum Henry III. edita aunt was published by See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David See also:

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

Wilkins in his Leges anglo-saxonicae (1721) . Spelman's most important work, Concilia, decreta, leges, constitutiones in re ecclesiarum orbis britannici, is an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to See also:

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

place English church history on a basis of genuine documents . The first volume, which occupied him seven years, came down to 'o66 and was published in '636 . A second volume was edited by Sir William See also:

• DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM (16o5-1686)

Dugdale in '664 . Spelman entered See also:

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

parliament as member for See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle Rising in 1597, and in 1604 was high See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of his county .

In '612 he settled in See also:

• LONDON

London near his friend Sir Robert Cotton . In '6'7 he served on a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to inquire into disputed Irish estates, and later took part in three legal inquiries into the exactions levied on behalf of the Crown in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil and ecclesiastical courts . He was member of parliament for See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester in 1625 . In 1627 he became treasurer of the See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana See also:

• COMPANY

Company, and he was also an energetic member of the See also:

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

council for New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . His See also:

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

general services to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state were recognized in '636 by a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of See also:

• MONEY

money, and two years later by the offer of the mastership of See also:

• SUTTON
• SUTTON, SIR RICHARD (d. c. 1524)
• SUTTON, THOMAS (c. 1532—1611)

Sutton's See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, See also:

• CHARTERHOUSE

Charterhouse . He died in London in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 164', and was buried in See also:

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

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . His later years had been spent in 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 of his son-in-law, Sir See also:

• RALPH (d. 1122)

Ralph See also:

• WHITFIELD, JOHN CLARKE (177o-1836)

Whitfield . His son, Sir John Spelman (1594-1643), also gained a reputation as a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar and antiquary . He was knighted in 1641 and served the king actively at the beginning of the Civil See also:

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

War . He edited from See also:

• MSS

MSS. in his father's library Psalterium Davidis latino-saxonicum vetus (164o), and wrote a See also:

• LIFE

Life of See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred the Great which was translated into Latin and published in '678 . See also:

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

Edmund Gibson, bishop of London, published in 1723 The English See also:

• WORKS

Works of Sir Henry Spelman, Kt., Published in his Lifetime; together with his See also:

• POSTHUMOUS

Posthumous works See also:

• RELATING

relating to the See also:

• LAWS

Laws and Antiquities of England . The first See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section contained De non Temerandis Ecclesils, already mentioned; The Larger See also:

• TREATISE

Treatise concerning Tythes, first published in '646; De sepultura; and Villare anglicum, or a View, of the Towns of England; while the second included The See also:

• ORIGINAL

Original, Growth, See also:

• PROPAGATION

Propagation and See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

Condition of Feuds and Tenures by See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight-service in England, written in 1639; Two Discourses : i .

Of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient 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 England, ii . Of Parliaments; The Original of the Four Terms of the See also:

• YEAR

Year, written in '6'4 and first printed in '684; Icenia: a Latin description of Norfolk, and some other See also:

• TREATISES

treatises . This was a revised edition of an earlier collection (1698), and contained a life of the author, based chiefly on the autobiographical See also:

• MATTER

matter prefixed to the Glossary of '626, and two additional papers, Of the See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

Jurisdiction, and the See also:

• OFFICERS

Officers thereof, and Of Antient Deeds and Charters . Wilkins's edition of his Concilia was edited by A . W . Haddan and W . See also:

• STUBBS [STUBBES], PHILIP (c. 1555-c. 161o)
• STUBBS [STUnnE], JOHN
• STUBBS, WILLIAM (1825-1901)

Stubbs in 1869-1873 .