Popery
41Penal law — This article is about penal law as understood in the English law system. For a more general article, see criminal law. In the most general sense, penal is the body of laws that are enforced by the State in its own name and impose penalties for… …
42Covenanter — For the British Second World War tank, see Covenanter tank. National Covenant redirects here. For the 1950 petition calling for Scottish home rule, see Scottish Covenant. An illegal conventicle The Covenanters were a Scottish Presbyterian… …
43Conyers Middleton — A 1746 portrait of Conyers Middleton by John Giles Eccardt Conyers Middleton (December 27, 1683 – July 28, 1750) was an English clergyman. Middleton was born at Richmond in Yorkshire, and was educated at school in York and at Trinity College,… …
44John Fell (clergyman) — John Fell (June 23, 1625 – July 10, 1686), served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.BiographyThe son of Samuel Fell, also Dean of Christ Church, he was born at Longworth, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and …
45Rome Rule — was a term used by Irish Unionists and Socialists to describe the belief that the Roman Catholic Church would gain political control over their interests with the passage of a Home Rule Bill. [Robert Kee, The Green Flag Vol.II: The Bold Fenian… …
46George Hickes — (20 June 1642 O.S. 15 December 1715 O.S.), English divine and scholar, was born at Newsham near Thirsk, Yorkshire.BiographyIn 1659 he entered St John s College, Oxford, whence after the Restoration he removed to Magdalen College and then to… …
47The Vicar of Bray (song) — The Vicar of Bray is a satirical song (Roud # 4998) recounting the career of the Vicar of Bray and his contortions of principle in order to retain his ecclesiastic office despite the changes in the Established Church through the course of several …
48William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus — (1552 – March 3, 1611), was the son of William, the 9th Earl (1533 1591). He was a direct descendant of King James I through his paternal grandmother, Lady Agnes Keith, a daughter of William Keith, 3rd Earl Marischal.He studied at St. Andrews… …
49Kilconnell — Infobox Irish Place name = Kilconnell gaeilge = Cill Chonaill crest motto = map pin coords = left: 143px; top: 53px north coord = 53.3298 west coord = 8.4043 irish grid = M739314 area = | elevation = 83 m province = Connacht county = County… …
50George Bourne — (1780–1845) was a 19th century American abolitionist and editor credited as the first public proclaimer of immediate emancipation without compensation of American slaves. LifeGeorge was born on June 13, 1780 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. In… …
