See also:SIR See also:ROGER See also:TWYSDEN (1597-1672)
, See also:English See also:antiquary and royalist pamphleteer, belonging to an See also:ancient Kentish See also:family
.
His See also:mother, See also:Anne, was the daughter of See also:Sir Moule See also:Finch, and his See also:father, Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Twysden, was a courtier and See also:scholar who shared in some of the voyages against the Spaniards in the reign of See also:Queen See also:Elizabeth and was well known at the See also:court 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:- 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
.
He was one of the first baronets
.
See also:Roger Twysden was educated at St See also:Paul's School, See also:London, and then at See also:Emmanuel See also:College, See also:Cambridge
.
He entered 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 on the 2nd of See also:February 1623
.
He succeeded to the baronetcy on his father's See also:death in 1629
.
For some years he remained on his See also:estate at Roydon, See also:East See also:Peckham, largely engaged in See also:building and planting, but also in studying antiquities and the See also:law of the constitution
.
The king's attempts to govern without a See also:parliament, and the vexatious interference of hislawyers and See also:clergy with the freedom of all classes of men, offended Sir Roger as they did most other See also:country gentlemen
.
He showed his determination to stand on his rights by refusing to pay See also:ship See also:money, but, probably because the advisers of the See also:Crown were frightened by the unpopularity of the See also:impost, was not molested
.
He was chosen member of parliament for See also:Kent in the See also:Short Parliament of 164o, but was not elected to the See also:Long Parliament
.
In See also:common with most men of his class Sir Roger applauded the See also:early See also:measures of the parliament to restrict the king's See also:prerogative, and then became alarmed when it went on to assail 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
.
The See also:- ATTAINDER (from the O. Fr. ataindre, ateindre, to attain, i.e. to strike, accuse, condemn; Lat. attingere, tangere, to touch; the meaning has been greatly affected by the confusion with Fr. taindre, teindre, to taint, stain, Lat. tingere, to dye)
attainder of See also:Lord See also:Strafford frightened him as a tyrannical use of See also:power
.
He be-came in fact a very typical example of the men who formed the strength of the king's party when the See also:sword was at last See also:drawn
.
He considered himself too old to serve in the See also:- FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
- FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
- FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
- FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
- FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
- FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
- FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
- FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
- FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
- FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
- FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)
field, and therefore he did not join the king at 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
.
But he took the most prominent See also:part in preparing the Kentish See also:petition of See also:March 1642 and in subsequent demonstrations on behalf of See also:Charles
.
He incurred the wrath of the parliament, was arrested on the 1st of See also:April 1642, but was soon let out on See also:bail, and on his promise to keep quiet
.
But his respect for legality would not let him See also:rest, and he was soon in trouble again for another demonstration known as " The Instruction to Mr See also:Augustine See also:Skinner." For this he was again arrested and for a 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 confined in a public-See also:house, called " The Two See also:Tobacco Pipes," near Charing See also:Cross, London
.
He was released with a distinct intimation that he would be well advised not to go back to Roydon 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, but to keep out of temptation in London
.
He took the See also:advice and applied himself to See also:reading
.
One See also:plan for going abroad was given up, but at last he endeavoured to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape in disguise, was detected, and brought back to London
.
He was now subjected to all the vexations inflicted on Royalist partisans of See also:good See also:property, sequestrations of his rents, fines for " malignancy," and confinement in the See also:Tower, where he consoled himself with his books
.
At last he compounded in 165o and went See also:home, where he lived quietly till the Restoration, when he resumed his position as See also:magistrate
.
He died on the 27th of See also:June 1672
.
He published The See also:Commons' See also:Liberty (London, 1648), demonstrating that finings and imprisonings by parliament were illegal; Historiae anglicanae scriptores decem (London, 1652), a w6rk encouraged by See also:Cromwell; and See also:Historical Vindication of the Church of See also:England (London, 1657)
.
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