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Ward of Henry de Frowyk
Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note). ...

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Beecher, Henry Ward
(1813-1887) Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...

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Ward of Henry le Bole
Mentioned in a list of representatives of the Wards, 23 Ed. I. 1295 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.235). Sharpe ...

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Ward of Henry le Waleys
Identified with Cornwainer Street Ward (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Adam de Basing
Contained property in or near "Ismongerelane," H. III. (Cal. Ch. I. p.m. I. p.304). Identified with...

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Ward of Anketill de Auvergne
Within and Without the Gate. See Farringdon Ward Within and Farringdon Ward Without. ...

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Ward of John de Blakethorn
Identified with Aldersgate Ward (q.v.) (Cal. L. Bk. B. 265). So called in the Hundred Rolls, I. p.4...

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Ward of John de Canterbury
1291-2. Identified with Tower Ward (Cal. L. Bk. C. p.12, and A p.139). ...

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Ward of John de Norhampton
Identified with Aldgate Ward (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Nicholas de Wynchester
4 Ed. I. 1276 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.263). Identified with Langbourn Ward by Sharpe in a note. ...

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Ward of Robert de Meldeburn
Identified with Coleman Street Ward (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Simon de Hadestok
Mentioned in Hundred Rolls, 3 Ed. I. (I. 418). References to Queenhithe, St. Mary Somerset, etc. I...

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Ward of Thomas de Basinge
Identified with Candlewick Ward (q.v.) (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.256, and note). ...

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Ward of William de Durham
Identified with Bread Street Ward (q.v.). ...

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Ward of William de Hadestoke
Identified with Tower Ward (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Wolmar de Essex
Identified with Billingsgate Ward (q.v.). In Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269 the house of John le Breton is de...

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-ward
·vi ·Alt. of -wards. ...

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Henry
·noun The unit of electric induction; the induction in a circuit when the electro-motive force induc...

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Ward
·noun A division of a forest. II. Ward ·noun A division of a county. III. Ward ·vi To be vigilant;...

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Ward
A prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30). ...

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Henry of Huntingdon
(1084-1155) Historian, was Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1109. His Historia Anglorum (History of th...

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(John) Horn, Ward of
See Bridge Ward Within. ...

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Lothbury, Ward of
See Broad Street Ward. ...

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Ward of Flete
See Farringdon Ward. ...

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de
dē, adv.: of place, down , only in the phrase susque deque, q. v. ...

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dē (1) adv.;see susque deque. ...

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De-
·- A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words...

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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Within
Identified with Farringdon Ward Within (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Nicholas de Farndone Without
Identified with Farringdon Ward Without (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Peter de Edelmeton, Eddelmethon
Mentioned 1277 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.269). Identified with Castle Baynard Ward. In Lansdowne MS. 558 P...

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Ward of Ralph Fabri de Cornhull
" Dicunt quod quedam aqua opturata est que liabuit cursum suum per vicum Sancte Marie Attenaxe usque...

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Ward of Alan Baalun
Mentioned 1197-1221 (Anc, Deeds, A. 7294). Parish of St. Nicholas in the Ward. Not identified. ...

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Ward of John Adrien
Identified with Walbrook Ward (q.v.). ...

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Ward of John Horn
Identified with Bridge Ward Within (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Peter Aunger
Beavan (I. 270) identifies it with Broad Street Ward. In the Hundred Rolls, 3 Ed. I. under the Ward...

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Ward of St. Dunstan
See Tower Ward. ...

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Ward of William Bukerel
Identified with Broad Street Ward (q.v.). ...

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Pasture, Mrs. Henry de la (Bonham)
Novelist and dramatist. The Little Squire (1894), A Toy Tragedy, Deborah of Tod's (1897), Catherine ...

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Bridge-ward
·noun The principal ward of a key. II. Bridge-ward ·noun A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a...

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March-ward
·noun A warden of the marches; a marcher. ...

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Ward-corn
·noun The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, ·noun, 1) with a horn to be blow...

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Alford, Henry
(1810-1871) Theologian, scholar, poet, and miscellaneous writer, s. of a clergyman, was b. in Londo...

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Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount
(1678-1751) Statesman and philosopher, s. of Sir Henry St. J., b. at Battersea, and ed. at Eton and...

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Brooke, Henry
(1703-1783) Novelist and dramatist, b. in Ireland, s. of a clergyman, studied law, but embraced lit...

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Carey, Henry
(d. 1743) Dramatist and song-writer, was believed to be an illegitimate s. of George Savile, Marqui...

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Chettle, Henry
(1565-1607?) Dramatist. Very little is known of him. He ed. R. Greene's Groat's-worth of Wit (1592)...

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Cockburn, Henry
(1779-1854) Scottish judge and biographer, b. (probably) and ed. in Edin., became a distinguished m...

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Cockton, Henry
(1807-1852) Novelist, b. in London, is only remembered as an author for his novel of Valentine Vox ...

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Constable, Henry
(1562-1613) Poet, s. of Sir Robert C., ed. at Camb., but becoming a Roman Catholic, went to Paris, ...

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Drummond, Henry
(1851-1897) Theological and scientific writer, b. at Stirling, and ed. at Edin., he studied for the...

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Fawcett, Henry
(1833-1884) Statesman and economist, b. at Salisbury, and ed. at Camb., where he became Fellow of T...

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Fielding, Henry
(1707-1754) Novelist, was b. at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury. His father was General Edmund F., ...

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Glapthorne, Henry
(fl. 1640) Dramatist, had a high reputation among his contemporaries, though now almost forgotten. ...

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Hallam, Henry
(1777-1859) Historian, s. of a Dean of Wells, was b. at Windsor, and ed. at Eton and Oxf. He was ca...

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Harland, Henry
(1861-1905) Novelist, b. of American parentage at St. Petersburg, and ed. at Rome. Thereafter he we...

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Henry VIII
(1491-1547) Besides writing songs including The Kings Ballad, was a learned controversialist, and c...

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Henry, Matthew
(1662-1714) Commentator, s. of Philip H., a learned Nonconformist divine, was b. in Flintshire. He ...

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Henry, Robert
(1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...

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King, Henry
(1592-1669) Poet, s. of a Bishop of London, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. He entered the C...

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Kingsley, Henry
(1830-1876) Novelist, brother of the above, ed. at King's Coll., London, and Oxf., which he left wi...

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Mackenzie, Henry
(1745-1831) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a physician in Edin., where he was b. and ed. ...

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More, Henry
(1614-1687) Philosopher, b. at Grantham, and ed. at Camb., took orders, but declined all preferment...

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Morley, Henry
(1822-1894) Writer on English literature, s. of an apothecary, was b. in London, ed. at a Moravian ...

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Reed, Henry
(1808-1854) Critic, was Prof. of English Literature in the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He d. in a shipwr...

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Reeve, Henry
(1813-1895) Editor, etc., s. of a physician, was on the staff of the Times, the foreign policy of w...

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Rogers, Henry
(1806-1877) Critic and theologian, was a minister of the Congregationalist Church, and ultimately P...

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Timrod, Henry
(1829-1867) Poet, b. at Charleston, S. Carolina, of German descent, was ruined by the Civil War, an...

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Vaughan, Henry
(1622-1695) Poet, b. in the parish of Llansaintffraed, Brecknock, and as a native of the land of th...

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"Ward, Artemus"
(see Brown, Charles Brockden. ...

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James, Henry
(b. 1843) American novelist and critic. A Passionate Pilgrim (1875), The American (1877), The Europ...

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Aldersgate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, on the northern side, bounded on the east by Cripplegate Wa...

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Aldgate Ward
With Tower Ward the easternmost ward of the City within the walls (O.S.). Earliest mention: " In wa...

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Bassishaw Ward
One of the smallest of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north by Cripplegate Ward Without, ...

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Billingsgate Ward
1) One of the twenty-six wards of the City fronting the river, and extending west from Tower Ward to...

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Bishopsgate Ward
One of the twenty-six Wards of London, west of and adjoining to Aldgate and Portsoken Wards. It is o...

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Candlewick Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of London, adjoining Bridge Ward south and east, Langbourn Ward north, W...

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Cheap Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Bassishaw Ward, south by Cordwainer...

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Cordwainer Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of London, lying between Vintry Ward south, Cheap Ward north, Bread Stre...

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Cornhill Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, lying north and south of the high street of Cornhill, from ...

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Cripplegate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, and lying both within and without the City Wall. It lies on...

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Dowgate Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, lying between Walbrook Ward north, Candlewick and Bridge Wi...

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Farringdon Ward
Comprised the Ward of Ludgate and Newgate Within and Without, under which title it was demised by Th...

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Lambourne Ward
See Langbourn Ward. ...

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Langbourn Ward
One of the 26 wards of the City, at no point touching the City walls, bounded north by Aldgate, Lime...

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Ludgate Ward
See Farringdon Ward Within. ...

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Newgate Ward
See Farringdon Ward Within. ...

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Portsoken Ward
The eastemmost of the City wards, lying outside the Wall, and in its present state wholly within the...

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Queenhithe Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, by the riverside, bounded on the north by Bread Street and ...

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Thames Ward
Anc. Deeds, A. 1779, 7 Rich. II. Qy. = Tower Ward. See Thames Street Ward. ...

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Tower Ward
One of the twety-sex wards of the City (O.S. ). With Aldgate Ward the most eastern within the walls...

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Vintry Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City to the west of the Walbrook on the bank of the Thames, exten...

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Walbrook Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City lying between Cheap, Broad Street, and Cornhill Wards north,...

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Ward School
See Lime Street and Cornhill Wards' School. ...

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arse-ward
backward. Cumb. ...

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bat-ward
An old term for a boat-keeper. ...

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night ward
The night-watch. ...

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sea-ward
Towards the sea, or offing. ...

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ward-room
The commissioned officers' mess-cabin, on the main-deck in ships of the line. ...

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De facto
·- Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, — distinguished from a king de jure, or by ri...

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De jure
·- By right; of right; by law; — often opposed to de facto. ...

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De rigueur
·add. ·- According to strictness (of etiquette, rule, or the like); obligatory; strictly required. ...

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(abbreviation) Old French ...

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·prep During; in the course of. II. Of ·prep Denoting passage from one state to another; from. III...

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of
An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...

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Ward of Philip le Taillur'
3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. 431). Tenement " super Cornhull" and " House of Robert le Herre " in parish...

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Ward of Ralph le Fevere
Identified with Farringdon Ward Without (q.v.). ...

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Ward of Walter le Poter'
3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. p.409). Identified with Cornhill Ward (Beavan, 1.375). ...

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(St.) Mary de Coneyhope, Chapel of
-At the eastern end of Cheapside, in the Poultry, in Coneyhope Lane, now Grocer's Hall Court. In Che...

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(St.) Mary de Crichirche, Fraternity of
Bequest to the Fraternity, 1379 (Ct. H.W II. 209). ...

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(St.) Nicholas de Berkyngchirche, Chapel of
See SS. Mary and Nicholas Chapel by the Tower of London. ...

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Ward Schools, Broad Street Ward and Coleman Street Ward
See Coleman Street Ward School. ...

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Wharf of Nicholas de la Garderobe
In parish of St. Michael Queenhithe, in Queenhithe Ward. "Super croftam kay," 5 Ed. I. (Cal. L. Bk. ...

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Bell, Henry Glassford
(1805-1874) Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...

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Henry the Minstrel
Blind Harry ...

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Boker, George Henry
(1823-90) Poet, was in the American Diplomatic Service. Among his dramas, generally tragedies, are ...

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Buckle, Henry Thomas
(1821-1862) Historical writer, s. of a wealthy shipowner in London, was b. at Lee in Kent. Though n...

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Byron, Henry James
(1834-1884) Dramatist, b. at Manchester, entered the Middle Temple, but soon took to writing for th...

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Cary, Henry Francis
(1772-1844) Translator, was b. at Gibraltar, and ed. at Oxf., where he was distinguished for his cl...

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Clinton, Henry Fynes
(1781-1852) Chronologist, b. at Gamston, Notts, ed. at Southwell, Westminster, and Oxf., where he d...

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Dana, Richard Henry
(1787-1879) Novelist and critic, b. at Camb., Mass., was called to the Bar in 1817. Among his novel...

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Henry, The Minstrel
see Blind Harry. ...

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Horne, Richard Henry or Hengist
(1803-1884) Eccentric poet, was b. in London, and ed. at Sandhurst for the East India Company Servi...

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Huxley, Thomas Henry
(1825-1895) Scientific writer, s. of an assistant master in a public school, was b. at Ealing. From...

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Ireland, William Henry
(1777-1835) Forger of Shakespeare manuscripts, s. of an antiquarian bookseller in London. He claime...

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Kames, Henry Home, Lord
(1696-1782) Miscellaneous writer, s. of Geo. H., of Kames, Berwickshire, was admitted an advocate i...

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Knight, Henry Gally
(1786-1846) A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Orie...

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Lewes, George Henry
(1817-1878) Philosopher and miscellaneous writer, b. in London, and ed. at Greenwich, and in Jersey...

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Liddell, Henry George
(1811-1898) Historian, etc. Ed. at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxf., of which in 1855 he became...

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Liddon, Henry Parry
(1829-1890) Divine, s. of a captain in the navy, was b. at North Stoneham, Hants, and ed. at King's...

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Lister, Thomas Henry
(1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
(1807-1882) Poet, was b. at Portland, Maine, the s. of Stephen L., a lawyer. From childhood he care...

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Lyte, Henry Francis
(1793-1847) Hymn-writer, b. at Ednam, near Kelso, of an ancient Somersetshire family, and ed. at Tr...

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Manning, Henry Edward
(1808-1892) Cardinal and theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he ...

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Mansel, Henry Longueville
(1820-1871) Metaphysician, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, and ed. at Merc...

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Milman, Henry Hart
(1791-1868) Poet and historian, s. of Sir Francis M., a distinguished physician, ed. at Eton and Ox...

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Newman, John Henry
(1801-1890) Theologian, s. of a London banker, and brother of the above, was ed. at Ealing and Trin...

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Pearson, Charles Henry
(1830-1894) B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. o...

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Pye, Henry James
(1745-1813) A country gentleman of Berkshire, who pub. Poems on Various Subjects and Alfred, an Epi...

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Robinson, Henry Crabb
(1775-1867) Diarist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, was articled to an attorney in Colchester. Between 180...

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Savile, Sir Henry
(1549-1622) Scholar, ed. at Oxf., where he lectured on mathematics. He was afterwards Warden of Mer...

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Shaw, Henry Wheeler ("Josh Billings")
(1818-1885) Humorist, b. in Massachusetts. After working on steam-boats and farming, he became an a...

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Shorthouse, Joseph Henry
(1834-1903) Novelist, b. at Birmingham, where he was a chemical manufacturer. Originally a Quaker, ...

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Spelman, Sir Henry
(1564?-1641) Historian and antiquary, b. at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln...

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Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope
(1805-1875) Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton...

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Stoddard, Richard Henry
(1825-1903) Poet, b. at Hingham, Mass., worked in a foundry, and afterwards in New York Custom Hous...

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Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of
(1517?-1547) Poet, s. of Thomas H., 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was ed. by John Clerke, a learned and trav...

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Taylor, Sir Henry
(1800-1886) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman farmer in the county of Durham. After being at sea for som...

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Thoreau, Henry David
(1817-1862) Essayist, poet, and naturalist, was b. at Concord, Massachusetts. His f., of French ext...

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Tuckerman, Henry Theodore
(1813-1871) Essayist, etc., b. in Boston, Mass. He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a gr...

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Underwood, Francis Henry
(1825-1894) Critic and biographer, b. in Massachusetts, was American Consul at Glasgow and Leith. H...

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Ward, Robert Plumer
(1765-1846) Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...

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Ward, William George
(1812-1882) Theologian, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and came under the influence of J.H. Newman, wh...

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White, Henry Kirke
(1785-1806) Poet, s. of a butcher at Nottingham. At first assisting his f., next a stocking weaver,...

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Wotton, Sir Henry
(1568-1639) Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidston...

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Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles
D.Litt. (b. 1859) Miscellaneous writer. In a Garden and other Poems (1895), Pages from a Private D...

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Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie
(b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...

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Bullen, Arthur Henry
(b. 1857) Ed. of Old English writers. Ed. Works of John Day, dramatist (1881), Collection of Old En...

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Butcher, Samuel Henry
LL.D., etc. (b. 1850) Scholar. Prose Translation of the Odyssey (1879), with A. Lang, Some Aspects...

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Dobson, Henry Austin
LL.D. (b. 1840) Poet and biographer. Poems, Vignettes in Rhyme (1873), Proverbs in Porcelain (1877...

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Dudeney, Mrs. Henry (Whiffin)
(b. 1866) Novelist. A Man with a Maid (1897), Folly Corner, Men of Marlowe's, Robin Brilliant, Wise...

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Haggard, Henry Rider
(b. 1856) Novelist, etc. The Witch's Head (1885), King Solomon's Mines (1886), She (1887), Jess (18...

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Hewlett, Maurice Henry
(b. 1861) Poet and novelist. Earthwork out of Tuscany (1895), The Masque of Dead Florentines (1895)...

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Jones, Henry Arthur
(b. 1851) Dramatist. A Clerical Error (1879), The Silver King (1882), Saints and Sinners (1884), Th...

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Sayce, Archibald Henry
D.Litt., LL.D., etc. (b. 1846) Orientalist and philologist, etc. Principles of Comparative Philolo...

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Ward, Adolphus William
Litt.D., LL.D. (b. 1837) Historian and critic. The House of Austria in the Thirty Years' War (1869...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Ward, Mrs. Humphrey (Arnold)
(b. 1851) Novelist. Milly and Olly (1881), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The Histo...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Aldersgate Ward School
Behind 77 Little Britain; a few doors from Aldersgate Street (Lockie, 1810). Founded in 1702 for chi...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Aldgate Ward School
Between Duke Street and Mitre Street, east of St. James' Church, with a passage into Mitre Street (O...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Billingsgate Ward School
On the east side of Botolph Lane. In Billingsgate Ward (O.S.). Erected on the site of the churchyar...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Bishopsgate Ward Schools
In Primrose Street. Acquired by the Great Eastern Railway under their Act 1887 (End. Ch. St. Botolph...

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Bishopsgate Ward Within
See Bishopsgate Ward. ...

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Bishopsgate Ward Without
See Bishopsgate Ward. ...

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Bread Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Cripplegate and Farringdon Wards Wi...

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Bridge Ward School
In Old Swan Lane, on the west side (Lockie, 1810). Not named in the maps. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Bridge Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, known as Bridge Ward Within, in contradistinction to Southw...

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Bridge Ward Without
= Southwark. Not included in the present work. ...

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Broad Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded north and east by Bishopsgate Ward, north and west ...

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Candlewick Ward Chambers
In Crooked Lane, near Cannon Street (Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Castle Baynard Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City of London, to the south. Bounded on the north and west by Fa...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Coleman Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, adjoining Broad Street Ward east and south, Bassishaw Ward ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Farringdon Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Farringdon and Aldersgate Wards Wit...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Farringdon Ward Without
The westernmost of the City wards, outside the walls, and extending north to the parish of Clerkenwe...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Fleet Street Ward
Ward of Flete. See Farringdon Ward Without. ...

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King Henry Yard
West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810). Former name : "King H...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Lime Street Ward
One of the smallest of the 26 wards of the City, lying between Aldgate and Cornhill Wards, but stret...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Lombard Street Ward
See Langbourn Ward. ...

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Thames Street Ward
Messuages in parishes of St. Martin le Organs and St. Michael in Crokydlane, described as in the war...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Watergate, Tower Ward
A quay facing the Thames by the Custom House in Thames streete (S. 135) at the south end of Water la...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
ward-room officers
Those who mess in the ward-room, namely: the commander, lieutenants, master, chaplain, surgeon, paym...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Aber-de-vine
·noun The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfin...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Aid-de-camp
·noun An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspon...

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Aids-de-camp
·pl of Aid-de-camp. ...

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Auto-de-fe
·noun ·same·as Auto-da-fe. ...

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Autos-de-fe
·pl of Auto-de-fe. ...

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Beche de mer
·- The <<Trepang>>. ...

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Carte de visite
·- A visiting card. II. Carte de visite ·- A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a...

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Chanson de geste
·add. ·- Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history,...

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Cheval-de-frise
·noun A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six ...

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Chevaux-de-frise
·pl of Cheval-de-frise. ...

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