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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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Robert de Brunne
See Mannyng, Robert
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ward of Henry de Coventre
Identified as Vintry Ward (q.v.).
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Ward of Henry de Frowyk
Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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 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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Robert
·noun ·see Herb Robert, under <<Herb>>.
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-ward
·vi ·Alt. of -wards.
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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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(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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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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de
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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Bage, Robert
(1728-1801)
Novelist, b. in Derbyshire, was the s. of a paper-maker. It was not until he was 53 tha...
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Baillie, Robert
(1599-1662)
Historical writer, s. of B. of Jerviston, ed. at Glasgow, he entered the Church of Scot...
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Barclay, Robert
(1648-1690)
Apologist of the Quakers, s. of Col. David B. of Ury, ed. at the Scots Coll. in Paris, ...
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Blair, Robert
(1699-1746)
Poet, b. at Edin., where his f. was a clergyman, became minister of Athelstaneford, Had...
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Bloomfield, Robert
(1766-1823)
Poet, b. at Honington in Suffolk, lost his f. when he was a year old, and received the ...
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Browning, Robert
(1812-1889)
Poet, only s. of Robert B., a man of fine intellect and equally fine character, who hel...
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Buchanan, Robert
(1841-1901)
Poet and novelist, b. at Caverswall, Staffordshire, the s. of a Scottish schoolmaster a...
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Burns, Robert
(1759-1796)
Poet, was b. near Ayr, the s. of William Burness or Burns, a small farmer, and a man of...
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Burton, Robert
(1577-1640)
Miscellaneous writer, b. at Lindley, Leicestershire, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and ...
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Carruthers, Robert
(1799-1878)
Journalist and miscellaneous writer, b. in Dumfriesshire, was for a time a teacher in H...
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Chambers, Robert
(1802-1871)
Historical and scientific writer, was b. at Peebles. Early dependent on his own exertio...
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Dodsley, Robert
(1703-1764)
Poet, dramatist, and bookseller, b. near Mansfield, and apprenticed to a stocking-weave...
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Fabyan, Robert
(d. 1513)
Chronicler, was b. in London, of which he became an Alderman and Sheriff. He kept a diary...
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Fergusson, Robert
(1750-1774)
Scottish poet, s. of a bank clerk, was ed. at the Univ. of St. Andrews. His f. dying, h...
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Gilfillan, Robert
(1798-1850)
Poet, b. at Dunfermline, was latterly Collector of Police Rates in Leith. He wrote a nu...
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Greene, Robert
(1560?-1592)
Poet, dramatist, and pamphleteer, was b. at Norwich, and studied at Camb., where he gr...
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Grosseteste, Robert
(d. 1253)
Theologian and scholar, was b. of poor parents at Stradbrook, Suffolk, and studied at Oxf...
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Hall, Robert
(1764-1831)
Divine, b. at Arnsby, Leicestershire, the s. of a Baptist minister of some note, was ed...
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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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Henryson, Robert
(1430?-1506?)
Scottish poet. Few details of his life are known, even the dates of his birth and dea...
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Herrick, Robert
(1591-1674)
Poet, b. in London, was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his uncle, Sir William H., with w...
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Keith, Robert
(1681-1757)
Historian, b. in Kincardineshire, belonged to the family of the Earls Marischal, and wa...
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Leighton, Robert
(1611-1684)
Divine, was the s. of Alexander L., physician, and writer on theology, who, on account ...
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Lindsay, or Lindesay, Robert
(1500?-1565?)
Historian, Laird or tenant of Pitscottie, Fife, wrote a history entitled The Chronicl...
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Lloyd, Robert
(1733-1764)
Poet, ed. at Westminster and Camb., pub. The Actor (1760), a poem which had considerabl...
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Lowth, Robert
(1710-1787)
Theologian and scholar, s. of William L., Prebendary of Winchester, and author of a Com...
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Mannyng, Robert, or Robert de Brunne
(fl. 1288-1338)
Was a Canon of the Gilbertine Order. His work, Handlynge Sinne (c. 1300), translate...
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Montgomery, Robert
(1807-1855)
Poet, a minister of the Scottish Episcopal Church, wrote some ambitious religious poems...
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Orme, Robert
(1728-1801)
Historian, s. of an Indian army doctor, b. at Travancore, and after being at Harrow, en...
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Owen, Robert
(1771-1858)
Socialist and philanthropist, b. at Newton, Montgomeryshire, had for his object the reg...
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Paltock, Robert
(1697-1767)
Novelist, was an attorney, and wrote The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornis...
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Pollok, Robert
(1789-1827)
Poet, b. in Refrewshire, studied for the ministry of one of the Scottish Dissenting com...
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Rollock, Robert
(1555?-1599)
Theologian and scholar, b. in Stirlingshire, was first a Prof. in St. Andrews, and the...
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Sanderson, Robert
(1587-1663)
Theologian and casuist, b. of good family at Rotherham in Yorkshire, was at Oxf. Enteri...
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Sempill, Robert
(1530?-1595), Sempill, Robert (1595?-1659?), Sempill, Francis (1616?-1682)
Scottish poets, all belo...
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South, Robert
(1634-1716)
Divine, s. of a London merchant, was b. at Hackney, and ed. at Westminster School and O...
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Southey, Robert
(1774-1843)
Poet, biographer, etc., s. of an unsuccessful linen-draper in Bristol, where he was b.,...
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Southwell, Robert
(1561?-1595)
Poet, b. at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, of good Roman Catholic family, and ed. at Do...
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Tannahill, Robert
(1774-1810)
Poet, b. in Paisley where he was a weaver. In 1807 he pub. a small vol. of poems and so...
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Vaughan, Robert
(1795-1868)
A minister of the Congregationalist communion, Prof. of History in London Univ., 1830-4...
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Watson, Robert
(1730-1781)
Historian, s. of an apothecary in St. Andrews, where and at Edin. and Glasgow, he was e...
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Wodrow, Robert
(1679-1734)
Church historian, s. of James W., Prof. of Divinity in Glasgow. Having completed his li...
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Bridges, Robert
(b. 1844)
Poet. Essay on Milton's Prosody, Critical Essay on Keats. Poems, The Growth of Love, Prom...
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Flint, Robert
D.D., LL.D.
(b. 1838)
Writer on philosophy, sociology, and theology. Philosophy of History in Euro...
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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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"Ward, Artemus"
(see Brown, Charles Brockden.
...
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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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·OF
(abbreviation) Old French
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Of
·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,...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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 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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Ayton, Sir Robert
(1570-1638)
Poet, s. of A. of Kinaldie in Fife. After grad. at St. Andrews, he studied law at Paris...
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Ballantyne, Robert Michael
(1825-1894)
Writer of tales for boys, b. in Edinburgh, was a connection of the well-known printers....
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Bird, Robert Montgomery
(1803-1854)
Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and Th...
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Filmer, Sir Robert
(d. 1653?)
Political writer, s. of Sir Edward F., of East Sutton, Kent, was ed. at Camb. He was an ...
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Gleig, George Robert
(1796-1888)
S. of George G., Bishop of Brechin, entered the army, and served in the Peninsula and A...
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Hawker, Robert Stephen
(1804-1875)
Poet and antiquary, ed. at Cheltenham and Oxf., became parson of Morwenstow, a smugglin...
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Howard, Sir Robert
(1626-1698)
Dramatist, s. of the Earl of Berkshire, and brother-in-law of Dryden. On the outbreak o...
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Malthus, Thomas Robert
(1766-1834)
Economist, s. of a landed proprietor, was b. near Dorking, and ed.. at Jesus Coll., Cam...
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Maturin, Charles Robert
(1782-1824)
Novelist, b. in Dublin of Huguenot ancestry, was ed. at Trinity Coll. there, and taking...
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Sands, Robert Charles
(1799-1832)
Miscellaneous writer, b. at New York, was a scholarly and versatile writer, but without...
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Spencer, William Robert
(1769-1834)
Poet, ed. at Harrow and Oxf., belonged to the Whig set of Fox and Sheridan. He wrote gr...
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
(1850-1894)
Novelist and essayist, was b. at Edin., the s. of Thomas S., a distinguished civil engi...
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Surtees, Robert Smith
(1802-1864)
Sporting novelist, a country gentleman of Durham, who was in business as a solicitor, b...
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Chambers, Robert William
(b. 1865)
American novelist. In the Quarter (1895), The Red Republic (1896), Lorraine, The Cambric ...
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Hichens, Robert Smythe
(b. 1864)
Novelist, etc. The Green Carnation, An Imaginative Man (1895), Tongues of Conscience (190...
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Sims, George Robert
(b. 1847)
Novelist and dramatist, etc. The Dagonet Ballads, Memoirs of Mary Jane, Ten Commandments,...
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Tyrrell, Robert Yelverton
LL.D., D.C.L.
(b. 1844)
Scholar. Has translated Acharnians of Aristophanes into English verse (188...
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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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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, William George
(1812-1882)
Theologian, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and came under the influence of J.H. Newman, wh...
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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...
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Ward, Mrs. Humphrey (Arnold)
(b. 1851)
Novelist. Milly and Olly (1881), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The Histo...
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Aldersgate Ward School
Behind 77 Little Britain; a few doors from Aldersgate Street (Lockie, 1810). Founded in 1702 for chi...
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Aldgate Ward School
Between Duke Street and Mitre Street, east of St. James' Church, with a passage into Mitre Street (O...
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Billingsgate Ward School
On the east side of Botolph Lane. In Billingsgate Ward (O.S.).
Erected on the site of the churchyar...
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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.
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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
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Broad Street Ward
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Candlewick Ward Chambers
In Crooked Lane, near Cannon Street (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
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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...
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Coleman Street Ward
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, adjoining Broad Street Ward east and south, Bassishaw Ward ...
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Farringdon Ward Within
One of the twenty-six wards of the City, bounded on the north by Farringdon and Aldersgate Wards Wit...
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Farringdon Ward Without
The westernmost of the City wards, outside the walls, and extending north to the parish of Clerkenwe...
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Fleet Street Ward
Ward of Flete.
See Farringdon Ward Without.
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Lime Street Ward
One of the smallest of the 26 wards of the City, lying between Aldgate and Cornhill Wards, but stret...
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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...
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Watergate, Tower Ward
A quay facing the Thames by the Custom House in Thames streete (S. 135) at the south end of Water la...
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ward-room officers
Those who mess in the ward-room, namely: the commander, lieutenants, master, chaplain, surgeon, paym...
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Aber-de-vine
·noun The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfin...
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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.
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Cartes de visite
·pl of Carte de visite.
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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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Cobra de capello
·- The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India. Naja --.
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Cul-de-sac
·noun Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.
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Culs-de-sac
·pl of Cul-de-sac.
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De bene esse
·- Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally.
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Eau de Cologne
·- ·same·as <<Cologne>>.
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Eau de vie
·- French name for brandy. ·cf. Aqua vitae, under <<Aqua>>.
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Edition de luxe
·- ·see <<Luxe>>.
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Felo-de-se
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Felos-de-se
·pl of Felo-de-se.
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Fer-de-lance
·noun A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is a...
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Feu de joie
·- A fire kindled in a public place in token of joy; a bonfire; a firing of guns in token of joy.
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Fin de siecle
·add. ·- Lit., end of the century;
— mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, o...
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Fleur-de-lis
·noun The iris. ·see Flower-de-luce.
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Fleurs-de-lis
·pl of Fleur-de-lis.
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Flower-de-luce
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Hors de combat
·- Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
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Hotel-de-ville
·noun A city hall or townhouse.
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Martel de fer
·- A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed;
— used by horsemen in t...
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