Browne Willis information

to 1708. Willis was born at Blandford St Mary, Dorset, the eldest son of Thomas Willis of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and his wife Alice Browne, daughter...

marriage. Browne Willis, the antiquary, was son of Thomas Willis (1658–1699), the eldest son of Thomas and Mary. Between 1724 and 1730, Browne Willis rebuilt...

church of Fenny Stratford, marking a fresh start in the town's history. Browne Willis, a historian of the day, had raised the funds for its construction....

ground floor. An account of the cathedral by Browne Willis in 1719 describes this tower as looking ruinous. Willis went on to say that the tower once had coarse...

of the United Kingdom Short Parliament Willis 1750, p. 230. Willis 1750, p. 235. Beaven 1908, pp. 229–239. Willis 1750, p. 236. Nalson 1682, p. 297. National...

appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as part of the Manor of Eaton. Browne Willis built a mansion there in 1711, but after Thomas Harrison purchased the...

1962–2022), dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquary, author, numismatist and member of the...

son of Rev. Thomas Willis and Catherine Hyde. He was educated at Eton College. He was the great grandson of the antiquary Browne Willis, and of Benedict...

About 100 MPs are unidentified and 130 are conjectural according to Browne Willis, and these are marked in italics. In 1985 a more credible list was produced...

leading antiquaries and historians of the age; including Thomas Hearne, Browne Willis, Roger and Samuel Gale, and William Stukeley. His major publication...

published listing church dedications in the early 18th century (e.g. Browne Willis) many of the dedications had been lost; in a modern analysis of his...

2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, born at Stowe Browne Willis, a member of Parliament for Buckingham 1705–1708 Buckingham has been...

the Laity: Gloucestershire, 1540-1580 (Cambridge, U.K.: 1997) p. 144. Browne Willis, An History of the Mitred Abbies and Conventual Cathedral Churches,...

Marcus Browne (born November 10, 1990) is an American professional boxer who fights at light heavyweight. As of December 2020, he was ranked the world's...

Katherine Fleming. They had a daughter Katherine (died 1724) who married Browne Willis in 1707. He left Port Eliot to his cousin Edward Eliot, MP. Cornwall...

most of the earlier details. The church was extensively restored by Browne Willis in 1757. The hymn tune Bow Brickhill by Sydney Nicholson was composed...

day is given as 2 March by Mullins and by the 18th century text of Browne Willis cited by Rees. Nash Ford identifies 3 March as her date of death. 3...

Richard Willis, esq. of Halsnead Park." Browne Willis was the anatomist Thomas Willis's grandson. Richard Willis of Halsnead Park was, like Thomas Willis, a...

writer (died 1838) February 5 – Browne Willis, English antiquary and writer (born 1682) February 14 – Isaac Hawkins Browne, English poet and politician (born...

Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, Esq., and Lives of Eminent Men, by John Aubrey, Esq. Longman, Hurst...