WARWICKSHIRE  , a midland 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 of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, bounded N. by See also:

• STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, E. by See also:

• LEICESTERSHIRE

Leicestershire and See also:

• NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Northamptonshire, S. by See also:

• OXFORDSHIRE (or OxoN)

Oxfordshire and See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire, and W. by See also:

• WORCESTERSHIRE

Worcestershire .. The See also:

• AREA

area is 902.3 sq. m . The See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• AVON

Avon, watering a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich valley on a See also:

• LINE

line from N.E. to S.W., divides the county into two unequal parts . The greater, lying to the N.W., drains principally to the See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent through the See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers See also:

• COLE, SIR HENRY (1808–1882)
• COLE, THOMAS (1801–1848)
• COLE, TIMOTHY (1852– )
• COLE, VICAT (1833–1893)

Cole, Blythe, Rea, Anker and See also:

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

minor streams . Between these valleys, and dividing the See also:

• SYSTEM

system from that of the Avon, the See also:

• LAND

land rises in See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle undulations, and is of 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-like See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, generally between 400 and 600 ft. in See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation . There are considerable tracts of this nature on the western boundary, both See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, on the eastern boundary north of See also:

• RUGBY

Rugby, and in the centre between the Blythe, the Anker and the Avon . From this See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side the Avon receives the See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

Swift, the Sowe and the Alne . The See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• DISTRICT

district was distinguished by See also:

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

Camden as the Woodland, as opposed to the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern or Feldon, " a See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain champain." The northern See also:

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

wood-land embraced 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:

• FOREST

forest of See also:

• ARDEN, FOREST OF

Arden (q.v.) and it is this district which gave to the county the See also:

• COMMON

common epithets of " woody " or " leafy." The Feldon or south-eastern district is almost wholly in the Avon valley . From this side the Avon receives the Learn, the Itchen and the See also:

• STOUR

Stour . Along the 342 south-eastern boundary runs the highest line of hills in the county, reaching some 800 ft., and including Edge See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill (which gives name to the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of 1642), and the Brailes, Dassett, Napton and Shuckburgh hills . The county boundary here extends across the highest line of hills, to include the headwaters of some of the feeders of the Cherwell, and thus a small See also:

• PART

part of the drainage area of the See also:

• THAMES

Thames . These hills rise abruptly, and command wide views over the See also:

• CHAMPAIGN

champaign .

The finest silvan scenery is found on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Avon; the position of See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy's Cliffe and of See also:

• WARWICK
• WARWICK, EARLS OF
• WARWICK, RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF (1382—1439)
• WARWICK, RICHARD NEVILLE, EARL OF (1428—1471)
• WARWICK, SIR PHILIP (1609-1683)
• WARWICK, SIR ROBERT RICH, 2ND EARL OF (1587–1658)

Warwick See also:

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

Castle are well-known examples . It is not difficult to trace the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the scenic characteristics of the county in the writings of its most famous son, 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 Shake- speare . See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

Geology.—The Archean rocks are represented by some volcanic ashes and intrusive dykes (the Caldecote See also:

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

Series), which are exposed north-See also:

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

west of See also:

• NUNEATON

Nuneaton . They See also:

• DIP (Old Eng. dyppan, connected with the common Teutonic root seen in " deep ")

dip south-westward under the See also:

• CAMBRIAN

Cambrian beds—Hartshill See also:

• QUARTZITE

Quartzite and Stockingford Shales—which give rise to higher ground; the quartzite, which is opened up in numerous large roadstone quarries, contains towards its See also:

• SUMMIT

summit a See also:

• FAUNA

fauna suggesting that of the Olenellus See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone, one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest faunas known . The quartzite as well as the overlying shales is seamed with intrusive dykes of See also:

• DIORITE (from the Gr. S&oi4eiv to distinguish, from hA through, Epos, a boundary)

diorite . A small inher of the same shales occurs at Dosthill, south of See also:

• TAMWORTH

Tamworth . The See also:

• COAL

Coal See also:

• MEASURES

Measures of the Warwickshire coalfield See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop out in the north of the county between Nuneaton and Tamworth and contain valuable coal-seams; they pass conformably under the so-called See also:

• PERMIAN

Permian red sandstones and marls which are apparently the equivalents of the Keele Beds of Staffordshire, and like them should be grouped with the Coal Measures; they occupy a considerable area north and west of See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry, and at Corley See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form high ground (625 ft.) ; in several places shafts have been sunk through them to the productive Coal Measures below . 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 of the county is occupied in the northern See also:

• HALF

half by the Triassic red rocks, and in the south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east by the See also:

• LIAS

Lias . Of the Trias the See also:

• BUNTER

Bunter (soft red sandstones with pebble-beds) is represented only between Birmingham and See also:

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

Sutton Coldfield, where it is succeeded by the See also:

• KEUPER

Keuper See also:

• SANDSTONE

Sandstone, which is occasionally exposed also around the edge of the coalfield (Tamworth, Coventry, Warwick, Maxstoke) ; the Keuper Marls occupy a large area in the centre of the county, while some sandstones in them form picturesque scarps near See also:

• HENLEY, JOHN (1692-1759)
• HENLEY, WILLIAM ERNEST (1849-1903)

Henley-in-Arden . The highly fossiliferous See also:

• RHAETIC (Fr. Rhetien or Rhcetien; Ger. Rhdt or Rhktisch; It. Retico)

Rhaetic beds which introduce the Lias are seldom exposed . The See also:

• LOWER

Lower Lias limestones are worked for See also:

• CEMENT (from Lat. caementum, rough pieces of stone, a shortened form of caedimentum, from caedere, to cut)

cement (as near Rugby) and abound in See also:

• AMMONITES

ammonites . The See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Lias sands and limestones follow, and form escarpments (as at Edge Hill, 710 ft.); but these and the lowest members of the Oolite series scarcely See also:

• CROSS

cross the county boundary from Oxfordshire .

Glacial drifts—See also:

• BOULDER
• BOULDER (short for " boulder-stone," of uncertain origin; cf. Swed. bullersten, a large stone which causes a noise of rippling water in a stream, from bullra, to make a loud noise)

boulder-See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand and See also:

• GRAVEL, or PEBBLE BEDS

gravel—overspread large areas of the older rocks; their See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition shows them to have been deposited from glaciers or See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice-sheets which entered the district from the Irish 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, from North See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and from the North Sea . Later fluvio-glacial gravels of the Avon valley have yielded mammalian remains (See also:

• HIPPOPOTAMUS (" river-horse," Gr. lames, horse and aoraµbs, river)

hippopotamus, See also:

• MAMMOTH
• MAMMOTH (0. Russ. mammot, mod. mamant; the Tatar word mama, earth, from which it is supposed to be derived, is not known to exist)

mammoth, &c.), while See also:

• PALAEOLITHIC (Gr. iraXates, old, and )tWBor, stone)

palaeolithic implements of quartzite have been found in the old gravels of the Rea near Birmingham . Coal, ironstone, See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime and cement are the See also:

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

chief See also:

• MINERAL

mineral products; See also:

• MANGANESE (symbol Mn; atomic weight, 54.93 (0=16)], a metallic chemical element. Its dioxide (pyrolusite)

manganese ore was formerly got from the Cambrian rocks . See also:

• CLIMATE

Climate and See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture.—The climate is generally mild and healthy . The See also:

• SOIL

soil is on the whole See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, and consists of various loams, marls, gravels and See also:

• CLAYS, PAUL JEAN (1819-1900)

clays, well suited for most of the usual crops . It is rich in pasture-land, and See also:

• DAIRY

dairy-farming is increasing . It has excellent orchards and See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-gardens, and possesses some of the finest woodlands in England . About five-sixths of the See also:

• TOTAL

total area, a high proportion, is under cultivation, and of this about two-thirds is in permanent pasture . Oats and See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat occupy the greater part of the area under See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain crops . In connexion with the See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-rearing and dairy-farming, over half the acreage under See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green crops is occupied by turnips, swedes and mangolds . See also:

• INDUSTRIES

Industries.—The See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial part of the county is the northern . Warwickshire includes the greatest manufacturing centre of the Midlands—Birmingham, though the suburbs of that See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city extend into Staffordshire and Worcestershire .

See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

Metal-working in all branches is prosecuted here, besides other industries . Coventry is noted for See also:

• CYCLE
• CYCLE (Gr. KUK)^os, a circle)

cycle-making,and,with See also:

• BEDWORTH

Bedworth and Nuneaton and the intervening villages, is a seat of the ribbon- and tape makers . A small rich coalfield occurs in the north-east, extending outside the county northward from Coventry . Clay, See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone and other 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 are quarried at various points, and an appreciable amount of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore is raised . Communications.—The See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main line of the See also:

• LONDON

London & North-Western railway runs within the county near the N.E. boundary, by Rugby, Nuneaton and Tamworth, with branches to See also:

• LEAMINGTON

Leamington and See also:

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

War-See also:

• WICK

wick, Coventry and Birmingham, and cross-branches . The northern line of the See also:

• GREAT

Great Western railway runs through Leamington and Warwick to Birmingham, with branches to See also:

• STRATFORD
• STRATFORD, JOHN DE (d. 1348)

Stratford-on-Avon and Henley-in-Arden . The See also:

• LEICESTER
• LEICESTER, EARLS OF
• LEICESTER, ROBERT DUDLEY, EARL
• LEICESTER, ROBERT SIDNEY, EARL OF (1563-1626)
• LEICESTER, THOMAS WILLIAM COKE, EARL OF (1754-1842)

Leicester and Birmingham See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Midland railway crosses the north of the county by Nuneaton, and the Birmingham-See also:

• EVESHAM

Evesham line of this See also:

• COMPANY

company serves See also:

• ALCESTER [pronounced Auster]
• ALCESTER, FREDERICK BEAUCHAMP PAGET SEYMOUR, BARON (1821-1895)

Alcester . The East and West Junction railway, from Blisworth in Northamptonshire, serves Stratford-on-Avon and terminates at See also:

• BROOM

Broom Junction on the Evesham line of the Midland . See also:

• WATER

Water communication through the east of the county is afforded by the 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 Coventry canals . The Warwick & Napton See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal joins the Oxford at Napton; the Warwick & Birmingham joins these towns, and the Stratford-on-Avon is a branch from it . The Fazeley canal runs N.E. from Birmingham . None of the rivers is of commercial value for See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation .

See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

Population and See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration.—The area of the ancient county is 577,462 acres, with a population in 1891 of 805,072, and in 1901 of 897,835, the chief centres of increase lying naturally in the parts about Birmingham and Coventry . The area of the administrative county is 579,885 acres . The municipal boroughs are: See also:

• ASTON, ANTHONY (fl. 1712-1731)

Aston See also:

• MANOR

Manor (pop . 77,326), Birmingham (522,204), Coventry (69,978), Leamington, officially Royal Leamington See also:

• SPA

Spa (26,888), Nuneaton (24,996), Stratford-on-Avon (831o), Sutton Coldfield (14i264) and Warwick (11,889), the county See also:

• TOWN

town . The See also:

• URBAN
• URBAN (Urbanus)

urban districts are: Bulkington (1548), Erdington (16,368), See also:

• KENILWORTH

Kenilworth (4544) and Rugby (16,830) . Among the tpwns not appearing in these lists there should be mentioned: Alcester (2303), See also:

• ATHERSTONE
• ATHERSTONE, WILLIAM GUYBON (1813-1898)

Atherstone (5248), Bedworth (7169), Coleshill (2593), Foleshill (5514) and Solihull (7517) . Warwickshire is in the midland See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit, and assizes are held at Warwick . It has one 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 of See also:

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

quarter sessions, and is divided into 14 See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty sessional divisions . The boroughs of Birmingham, Coventry, Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford-on-Avon, Sutton Coldfield and Warwick have See also:

• SEPARATE

separate commissions of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, and the boroughs of Birmingham and Warwick have, in addition, separate courts of quarter sessions . The total number of See also:

• CIVIL

civil parishes is 267 . The county, which is mostly in the See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of See also:

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

Worcester, but also extends into those of See also:

• LICHFIELD

Lichfield, See also:

• GLOUCESTER
• GLOUCESTER (abbreviated as pronounced Glo'ster)
• GLOUCESTER, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• GLOUCESTER, GILBERT DE CLARE, EARL OF (1243-1295)
• GLOUCESTER, RICHARD DE CLARE, EARL OF (1222-1262)
• GLOUCESTER, ROBERT, EARL OF (d. 1147)
• GLOUCESTER, THOMAS OF WOODSTOCK, DUKE

Gloucester, See also:

• PETERBOROUGH

Peterborough and Oxford, contains 297 ecclesiastical parishes or districts, wholly or in part . Warwickshire has four See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary divisions—Northern or Tamworth, North-eastern or Nuneaton, South-eastern or Rugby, and South-western or Stratford-on-Avon, each returning one member .

The parliamentary boroughs of Aston Manor, Coventry and Warwick return one member each, and that of Birmingham has seven divisions, each returning one member . Birmingham is the seat of a university, of the large See also:

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

grammar school 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:

• EDWARD

Edward VI., and of other important educational institutions . At Rugby is one of the most famous of See also:

• ENGLISH

English public See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . The King's School, Warwick, is a large boys' school, and the Leamington High School is for girls . There is a 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 training See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college for schoolmasters and schoolmistresses in connexion with See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

Mason University College, Birmingham . Among other institutions there may be mentioned the See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Warwick College for the instruction of See also:

• WOMEN

women in the higher branches of agriculture, &c., founded by Frances, countess of Warwick, at See also:

• READING

Reading in 1898, and subsequently removed to Studley Castle in western Warwickshire, where there is See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation for 5o students . See also:

• HISTORY

History.—The earliest English settlers in the district now known as Warwickshire were a tribe of Hwiccas who, pushing .up the See also:

• SEVERN
• SEVERN, JOSEPH (1793-1879)

Severn valley in the 6th See also:

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

century, made their way along the passages afforded by the Avon valley and the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• FOSSE (or Foss) WAY

Fosse Way, the extent of their See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement being indicated by the ancient limits of the diocese of Worcester . The vast forest of Arden, stretching from the Avon to the site of the See also:

• MODERN

modern Birmingham, barred any progress northwards, at the same 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 affording See also:

• PROTECTION

protection from the Anglian tribes who were already settled about Atherstone, and it was only after the battle of See also:

• CIRENCESTER (traditionally pronounced Ciceter)

Cirencester in 628 that the whole of the Hwiccan territory was comprised in See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia . In 675 Cosford was included in the endowment of Peterborough, and in 757 A thelbald was slain at Seckington in a battle with the West See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons . The See also:

• SHIRE

shire of Warwick originated in the loth century about IEthelflxd's new See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh at Warwick, and is mentioned by name in the Saxon See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle in Ioi6, when it was harried by Canute . The Danes made frequent incursions in the district in the loth and 11th centuries, but no traces of their settlements occur south of Rugby . The shire offered little resistance to the Conqueror, who was at Warwick in ro68, and Thurkill the See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff was one of the few Englishmen to retain large estates which he had held before the See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest, his See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

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

long continuing in the county under the name of Arden .

The fortification which he had raised at Warwick William entrusted 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, son of See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger de See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont, after-wards See also:

• EARL

earl of Warwick, and See also:

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

Robert, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Meulan, Henry's See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BROTHER

brother, had an important See also:

• FIEF

fief . Coventry See also:

• MINSTER
• MINSTER (from Lat. monasterium; cf. German Munster)

Minster was richly endowed, and in 1285 the • See also:

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

prior claimed among other privileges to have an See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• CORONER

coroner and to. hold two courts a See also:

• YEAR

year . The earldom and castle of Warwick subsequently passed to the Beauchamps, and in the reign of Henry VI. to the Nevilles . The Clintons, founders of the castles and priories at Maxstoke and Kenilworth, enjoyed large estates in the county during the See also:

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

Norman See also:

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

period . The ten Domesday hundreds of Warwickshire are now reduced to four, all of which are mentioned in the 12th century . Hemlingford represents the Domesday See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred of Coleshill; Knightlow, the Domesday hundreds of Bomelau, Meretone and Stanlei; Kineton, the Domesday hundreds of Tremelau, Honesberie, Fexhole and Berricestone; Barlichway, the Domesday hundreds of Fernecumbe and Patelau . Coleshill took its name from Coles-hill, a town near the junction of the Cole and the Blythe; Hemlingford from a See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford over the Tame near . Kingsbury; Knightlow from a hill on Dunsmore See also:

• HEATH
• HEATH, BENJAMIN (1704-1766)
• HEATH, WILLIAM (1737—1814)

Heath; Meretone and Stanlei from the villages of Marton and Stoneleigh; Berricestone from Barcheston on the Stour; Barlichway from a See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot of ground . on a hill between Haselor and See also:

• BURTON, JOHN HILL (1809–1881)
• BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640)
• BURTON, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1816–f goo)
• BURTON, SIR RICHARD FRANCIS (1821-1890)
• BURTON, WILLIAM EVANS (1804-1860)

Burton . Patelau hundred, which derived its name from a See also:

• TUMULUS

tumulus between Wootton Wawen and Stratford-on-Avon, was a See also:

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

liberty of the bishops of Worcester, and in the 17th century, though reckoned part of Barlichway hundred, possessed a court leet and court See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

baron . The boundaries of Warwickshire have remained practically unchanged since the Domesday Survey, but Spilsbury, now in Oxfordshire, Romsley, See also:

• SHIPLEY
• SHIPLEY, JONATHAN (1714-1788)

Shipley, Quat and Rudge, now in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire, and Chillington, now in Staffordshire, were assessed under this county, while Sawbridge, Berkswell, Whitacre, Over and Whichford, now in this county, were assessed under Northamptonshire . Warwickshire was See also:

• UNITED

united with Leicester-shire under one sheriff until 1566, the shire court for the former being held at Warwick . In the 13th century Warwickshire included the deaneries of Warwick and Kineton within the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester; the rest of the county constituting the archdeaconry of Coventry within the Lichfield diocese, with the deaneries of Coventry, Stoneley, Merton and Arden .

In 1836 the See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch-deaconry of Coventry was annexed to the diocese of Worcester, and in 1854 its deaneries were entirely reconstituted and made thirteen in number . In 1861 the deanery of Alcester was formed within the archdeaconry of Worcester, and Kineton was divided into North Kineton and South Kineton . In 1894 the deaneries of Aston, Birmingham, Coleshill, See also:

• NORTHFIELD

Northfield, Polesworth, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield were formed into the archdeaconry of Birmingham, the archdeaconry of Coventry now including the deaneries of Atherstone, Baginton, Coventry, Dassett Magna,- Dunchurch, Leamington, Monks See also:

• KIRBY, WILLIAM (1759–1850)

Kirby, Rugby and Southam . In the See also:

• WARS

wars of the reign of Henry III . See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon de See also:

• MONTFORT
• MONTFORT, SIMON DE, EARL OF LEICESTER (d. 1265)

Montfort placed Kenilworth Castle in See also:

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

charge 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 See also:

• GIFFARD, GODFREY (c. 1235—1302)
• GIFFARD, WALTER (d. 1279)
• GIFFARD, WILLIAM (d. 1129)

Giffard, who in 1264 attacked Warwick Castle and took prisoner the earl and countess of Warwick, who had supported the king . During the Wars of the See also:

• ROSES, WARS OF THE

Roses the Nevilles, represented by the earl of Warwick, supported the Yorkist cause, while Coventry was a Lancastrian stronghold . On the outbreak of the Civil War of the 17th century Warwickshire and Staffordshire were associated for the See also:

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

parliament under 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:

• BROOKE, FRANCES (1724-1789)
• BROOKE, FULKE OREVILLE, 1ST BARON (1554-1628)
• BROOKE, HENRY (c. 1703-1783)
• BROOKE, SIR JAMES (1803-1868)
• BROOKE, STOPFORD AUGUSTUS (1832– )

Brooke . The battle of Edgehill was fought in 1642, and in 1643 Birmingham, then a small town noted for its See also:

• PURITANISM (Lat. puritas, purity)

Puritanism, was sacked by See also:

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

Prince See also:

• RUPERT (1352—1410)
• RUPERT (HRODBERT), ST
• RUPERT, PRINCE, COUNT PALATINE OF THE RHINE AND DUKE OF BAVARIA (1619—1682)

Rupert . Coventry endured a See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege in 1642, and skirmishes took See also:

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

place at Southam and Warwick . At the time of the Domesday Survey the industries of Warwick-shire were almost exclusively agricultural, the extensive wood-lands north of the Avon affording pasturage for See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep, whilemeadows and water-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills were numerous in the river valleys . The woollen 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 flourished in Norman times, and Coventry was famed for its See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and broadcloths in the reign of Edward III . Coal was probably dug at Griff in the 12th century, but the Warwickshire collieries only came into prominence in the 17th century, when John See also:

• BRIGGS, CHARLES AUGUSTUS (1841– )
• BRIGGS, HENRY (1556–1630)

Briggs of Bedworth made an See also:

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

attempt to monopolize the coal See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade .

Birmingham was already famous for its smiths and cutlers in the 16th century . In the See also:

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

early 17th century the depopulation and See also:

• DISTRESS

distress caused by the enclosures of land for pasture led to frequent riots . The See also:

• SILK

silk industry at Coventry and the See also:

• NEEDLE (O. Eng. ncedl; the word appears in various forms in Teutonic languages, Ger. Nadel, Dutch naal, the root being ne-, to sew, cf. Ger. nahen, and probably Lat. nere, to spin, Gr. vi)ats, spinning)

needle industry about Alcester both flourished in the 18th century . Warwickshire returned two members to the parliament of 1290, and in . 1295 Coventry and Warwick were each represented by two members . Tamworth returned two members in 1584 . Under the Reform See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1832 the county returned four members in two divisions; Birmingham was represented by two members, and Tamworth was disfranchised . Under the act of 1868 the See also:

• REPRESENTATION

representation of Birmingham was increased to three members . Antiquities.—Of pre-Norman See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture some traces appear in the See also:

• FINE

fine 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 Wootton Wawen in the Arden (western) district . Otherwise the type is scarce, but Saxon remains, such as See also:

• BURIAL

burial urns and See also:

• JEWELRY (O. Fr. jouel, Fr. joyau, perhaps from joie, joy; Lat. gaudium; retranslated into Low Lat. jocale, a toy, from jocus, by misapprehension of the origin of the word)

jewelry, have been found in several places. as near Bensford See also:

• BRIDGE

Bridge on Watling See also:

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

Street . For ecclesiastical architecture Coventry with its three See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires is famous, and among See also:

• VILLAGE

village churches there are many fine examples . Of those retaining Norman portions may be mentioned: Wolston and Berkswell in the Coventry district; Polesworth, formerly conventual, and Curdworth in the north; and in the south, in the neighbourhood of Edgehill, Burton Dassett, a very noteworthy See also:

• BUILDING

building, and Warmington, where there is a remarkable specimen of domus inclusi or anchorite's chamber .

There are also fine examples of Decorated See also:

• WORK

work, such as Knowle, Solihull and See also:

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

Temple Balsall in Arden, and Brailes under the southern hills . Among the numerous religious houses in the county several have See also:

• LEFT

left remains . Such are the Cistercian See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of Coombe See also:

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

Abbey near Coventry, of the 12th century, adjoining the See also:

• MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion of that name in a beautiful See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park; of Merevale near Atherstone; and of Stoneleigh near Kenilworth, also adjoining a famous mansion . This abbey was a 12th-century See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation, but a majestic See also:

• GATEHOUSE

gatehouse of the 14th century also stands . Maxstoke Priory, in Arden, was a foundation for Augustinian canons of the 14th century . Wroxall Abbey was a See also:

• BENEDICTINE

Benedictine nunnery of the 12th century; but the name is given to a modern mansion . In view of the large See also:

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

share the county has had in war, it is not surprising to find many examples of great fortified houses or castles . Warwick Castle and Kenilworth Castle, the one still a splendid See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, the other a no less splendid ruin, are described under those towns . At Hartshill (the birthplace of See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael See also:

• DRAYTON, MICHAEL (1563-1631)

Drayton the poet) there is a fragment of a Norman castle . Among fortified mansions Maxstoke Castle is of the 14th century; Baddesley See also:

• CLINTON
• CLINTON, DE WITT (1769-1828)
• CLINTON, GEORGE (1739-1812)
• CLINTON, HENRY FYNES (1781-1852)
• CLINTON, SIR HENRY (c. 1738-1795)

Clinton 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 is of the 15th as it stands, but is an earlier foundation; See also:

• ASTLEY, JACOB ASTLEY, BARON (1579-1652)
• ASTLEY, SIR JOHN DIIGDALB

Astley Castle is another good specimen of the period . Cpmpton Wyniates, once fortified, is a beautiful Elizabethan 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 See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, so remarkably hidden in a hollow of the southern hills as to be visible only from the closest proximity on all sides; 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. lodged here during the Civil Wars . Charlecote Park is a modernized Elizabethan hall in an exquisite situation on the Avon above Stratford .

Of more modern mansions Arbury Hall, Astley Castle, Newnham Paddox, Ragley Hall and See also:

• WALTON, BRIAN (1600-1661)
• WALTON, IZAAK (1593-1683)

Walton Hall may be mentioned . See See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria County History, Warwickshire; Sir William See also:

• DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM (16o5-1686)

Dugdale, The Antiquities of Warwickshire (London, 1656; 2nd ed., 2 vols., London, 1730) ; W . See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, A History of the County of Warwick (Birmingham,183o); J . T . See also:

• BURGESS (Med. Lat. burgensis, from burgus, a borough, a town)
• BURGESS, DANIEL (1645-1713)
• BURGESS, THOMAS (1756–1837)

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