The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..J. Nichols and Son [and 29 others], 1817 - Biography |
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... .; W. GINGER ; RODWELL AND MARTIN ; P. WRIGHT ; J. DEIGHTON AND SON , CAMBRIDGE ; CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND WILSON AND SON , YORK OTHECA BOD BIBI ANA A NEW AND GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY 1817 . THE GENERAL.
... .; W. GINGER ; RODWELL AND MARTIN ; P. WRIGHT ; J. DEIGHTON AND SON , CAMBRIDGE ; CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND WILSON AND SON , YORK OTHECA BOD BIBI ANA A NEW AND GENERAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY 1817 . THE GENERAL.
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... Cambridge , about 1548 , but soon after removed to Pembroke - hall , where the celebrated John Bradford , the martyr , was his tutor . He had not been here long before he was recommended by his tutor and Mr. Grindal ( then fellow , and ...
... Cambridge , about 1548 , but soon after removed to Pembroke - hall , where the celebrated John Bradford , the martyr , was his tutor . He had not been here long before he was recommended by his tutor and Mr. Grindal ( then fellow , and ...
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... Cambridge , both as a preacher and a restorer of order and discipline there , that in June of the following year , the university granted him a licence under their common seal , to preach throughout the realm , 2 and in July following ...
... Cambridge , both as a preacher and a restorer of order and discipline there , that in June of the following year , the university granted him a licence under their common seal , to preach throughout the realm , 2 and in July following ...
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... Cambridge - man , he declined , and recommended his friend sir Christopher Hatton , who was elected , and thus the archbishop still had a voice in the affairs of that university . In 1590 , Cartwright being cited before the ...
... Cambridge - man , he declined , and recommended his friend sir Christopher Hatton , who was elected , and thus the archbishop still had a voice in the affairs of that university . In 1590 , Cartwright being cited before the ...
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... Cambridge , accompanied by a letter from Whitgift , re- commending that " nothing be publicly taught to the contrary . " This year ( 1595 ) he obtained letters patent from her majesty , and began the foundation of his hospital at Croy ...
... Cambridge , accompanied by a letter from Whitgift , re- commending that " nothing be publicly taught to the contrary . " This year ( 1595 ) he obtained letters patent from her majesty , and began the foundation of his hospital at Croy ...
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Page 256 - Lofty, and sour, to them that lov'd him not; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he were unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin,) yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely...