See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:WILDMAN (c. 1621-169)
, See also:English agitator, was educated at the university of See also:Cambridge, and during the See also:Civil See also:War served for a See also: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 under See also:Sir 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:Fairfax
.
He became prominent, however, not as a soldier but as an agitator, being in 1647 one of the leaders of that See also:section of the See also:army which objected to all See also:compromise with 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
.
In a pamphlet, Putney Projects, he attacked See also:Cromwell; he was responsible for The See also:Case of the Army stated, and he put the views of his associates before the See also:council of the army at a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting in Putney 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 in See also:October 1647
.
The authorities looked upon hint with suspicion, and in See also:January 1648 he and See also:John See also:Lilburne were imprisoned, preparations, says See also:Clarendon, being made " for his trial and towards his See also:execution." However, he was released in the following See also:August, and for a time he was associated with theparty known as the See also:levellers, but he quickly severed his connexion with them and became an officer in the army
.
He was a large buyer of the See also:land forfeited by the royalists, and in 1654 he was sent to the See also:House of See also:Commons as member for See also:Scarborough
.
In the •following See also:year he was arrested for conspiring against Cromwell, and after his See also:release four months later he resumed the career of plotting, intriguing alike with royalists and republicans for the overthrow of the existing regime
.
In 1659 he helped to seize See also:Windsor See also:castle for the See also:Long See also:Parliament, and then in See also:November 1661 he was again a prisoner on some suspicion of participating in republican plots
.
For six years he was a See also:captive, only regaining his freedom after the fall of Clarendoh in October 1667
.
In or before 1681 See also:Wildman became prominent among those who were discontented with the See also:rule of See also:Charles II., being especially intimate with Algernon See also:Sydney
.
He was undoubtedly concerned in the See also:Rye House See also:Plot, and under 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 II. he was active in the interests of the See also:duke of See also:Monmouth, but owing to some disagreements, or perhaps to his cowardice, he took no See also:part in the rising of 1685
.
He found it advisable, however, 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 to See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, and returned to See also:England with the army 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 of See also:Orange in 1688
.
In 1689 he was a member of the See also:convention parliament
.
Wildman was postmaster - See also:general from See also:April 1689 to See also:February 1691, when some ugly rumours about his See also:con-duct brought about his dismissal
.
Nevertheless, he was knighted by William III. in 1692, and he died on the and of See also:June 1693
.
Sir John, who was the author of many See also:political See also:pamphlets, See also:left an only son, John, who died childless in 1710
.
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