STAMFORD
, a See also:market See also:town and municipal 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, chiefly in the See also:South Kesteven or Stamford See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Lincolnshire, but partly in See also:Northamptonshire, on the See also:river Welland, at the landward edge of the fen See also:country
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Pop
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(1901), 8229
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The town stands picturesquely on the steep See also:banks of the river, and is of the highest antiquarian See also:interest
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It formerly possessed fourteen See also:parish churches, but now has only six, viz
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St See also:Mary's, erected at the end of the 13th See also:century, possessing an See also:Early See also:English See also:tower, with Decorated See also:spire, the See also:principal other parts of the See also:building being Perpendicular; All See also:Saints', also of the 13th century, the See also:steeple being built at the expense of See also:John See also:- BROWNE
- BROWNE, EDWARD HAROLD (18,1–1891)
- BROWNE, ISAAC HAWKINS (1705-1760)
- BROWNE, JAMES (1793–1841)
- BROWNE, MAXIMILIAN ULYSSES, COUNT VON, BARON DE CAMUS AND MOUNTANY (1705-1757)
- BROWNE, PETER (?1665-1735)
- BROWNE, ROBERT (1550-1633)
- BROWNE, SIR JAMES (1839–1896)
- BROWNE, SIR THOMAS (1605-1682)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM (1591–1643)
- BROWNE, WILLIAM GEORGE (1768-1813)
Browne, See also:merchant of the See also:staple at See also:Calais, in the beginning of the 15th century; St See also:Michael's, rebuilt in 1836 on the site of the one erected in 1269; St See also:George's, Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular, for the most See also:part rebuilt in 1450 at the expense of 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:Bruges, first garter 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-at-arms; St John Baptist's, Perpendicular, erected about 1452; and St See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin's, Perpendicular, in which See also:Lord Treasurer See also:Burghley is buried
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Formerly there were several religious houses: the See also:Benedictine monastery of St Leonard's, founded in the 7th century, of,which there are some See also:Norman and later remains; the Carmelite monastery (1291), of which the See also:west See also:gate still stands; and houses for See also:Grey Friars (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 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 III.), See also:Dominicans (1240), Gilbertines (1291), and See also:Augustinians (1316)
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The principal See also:secular buildings are the town 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 (rebuilt 1776), the See also:corn See also:exchange (1859), and the See also:literary and scientific See also:institute (1842), with a library of 6000 volumes
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There are a large number of charitable institutions, including the Stamford and See also:Rutland infirmary (1828), Browne's See also:hospital, founded in the time of See also:Richard III., with its picturesque See also:Late Perpendicular building, Snowden's See also:alms-houses (1604), Truesdale's almshouses (1700), and Burghley hospital, founded by Lord Treasurer Burghley (1597)
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The See also:modern See also:grammar school building incorporates remains 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 St See also:Paul
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To the south of Stamford, in See also:Northampton-See also:shire, is Burghley See also:House, the seat of the See also:marquis of See also:Exeter, a See also:fine quadrangular See also:mansion dating from 1587, containing a See also:note-worthy See also:art collection
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It stands in a well-wooded See also:park
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The prosperity of the town depends chiefly on its connexion with See also:agriculture
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It possesses See also:iron foundries, agricultural See also:implement See also:works, See also:wagon factories and breweries
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There is also some See also:trade in See also:coal, See also:timber, See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and slates
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The town is governed by a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors
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See also:Area, 1918 acres
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Apart from the tradition preserved by Henry of See also:Huntingdon that the See also:Saxons here defeated the Picts and Scots in 449, Stamford (Stamford) is a See also:place of See also:great antiquity
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The Danes built
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a fort here on the See also:north See also:bank of the Welland, See also:round which a town existed when in 922 King See also:Edward fortified the opposite See also:side of the stream
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It passed again into Danish hands and was one of the five boroughs recaptured by See also:Edmund See also:IEtheling in 941
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The priory of St Leonard was a See also:cell of See also:Durham, and a See also:charter of See also:Edgar dated 972 mentions a market and a See also:mint
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In the reign of Edward the See also:Confessor Stamford was a royal borough governed by twelve lawmen, reduced in 1o86 to nine, and divided into six wards
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The Norman See also:castle, built before 1o86, was thrice besieged by Henry II. while See also:Duke of See also:Normandy, but only yielded in 1153
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Two years later he granted it and the See also:manor to Richard Humet; forfeited by his son it was given to John, See also:earl of See also:Warenne, in 1206
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In 1337 it passed to William de See also:Bohun, earl of Northampton, and thence to Edmund See also:Langley, afterwards duke of See also:York, finally reverting to the See also:Crown on the See also:death of See also:Cicely, duchess of York
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See also:Elizabeth granted it to the first Lord Burghley
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The barons met here in 1215 on their See also:march to See also:London, and in 1309 a See also:parliament was held at Stamford
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In 1256 Henry III. gave the burgesses freedom from tolls, the right of receiving tolls and See also:immunity of their goods from See also:arrest, privileges confirmed and enlarged in the following See also:year
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William, earl of Warenne, in 1275 permitted the burgesses to choose their See also:chief officer or See also:alderman, who was still sworn in at the manor See also:court as late as 1615 and was first called " mayor " in 1663
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Edward IV. incorporated Stamford by the name of the alderman and burgesses in 1461 and granted the town immunity from all See also:external See also:jurisdiction and gave it a See also:common See also:seal
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The charters have been frequently confirmed
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As early as 1292 Stamford was well known for its monastic See also:schools, and in 1333 was chosen as the headquarters of the students who seceded from 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, and an Early Decorated gateway remains of Brasenose Hall
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The See also:attempt to establish a See also:regular university was prohibited by royal authority
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The defeat of the Yorkists here was followed by the decay of the castle in the reign of Richard III., and the See also:history of the place henceforth centred chiefly round the See also:family of See also:Cecil, whose ancestor, See also:David Seyceld, settled here about 1566
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Stamford occasionally re-turned two members to parliament from 1295 until 1832
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The See also:representation was reduced to one by the See also:act of 1867, and was abolished in 1885
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The fairs are of See also:ancient origin, and are mentioned in 1245 and the reign of Edward I
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These are the May See also:fair, town fair, and See also:spring fair, and fairs on various See also:dates representing See also:Candlemas, See also:mid-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, the feasts of Corpus Christi, St 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 and SS
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See also:Simon and See also:Jude
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A market is still held every See also:Friday
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In 1182 there were dyers, weavers and fullers here, but these were only the usual See also:home See also:industries
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In 1822 See also:silk throwsting was successfully carried on, but this has See also:long ceased
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See also:Mackenzie-See also:Walcott, Memorials of Stamford, past and See also:present (Stamford, 1867); John Drakard, The History of Stamford in the See also:County of See also:Lincoln, comprising its ancient progressive and modern See also:state (Stamford, 1822); See also:Charles Nevinson, History of Stamford (Stamford, 1879); See also:Victoria County History: Lincoln
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