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worship". He married Mary Arden, one of the Ardens of Warwickshire, a local gentry family and reportedly a niece of John Shakespeare's father Richard Shakespeare

city or town, as well as a general directory of postal addresses of local gentry, landowners, charities, and other facilities. In effect, it was a Victorian

The area has had a variety of previous uses, from housing stables for local gentry to its later use as a car park hosting a market. The current shopping

infanticide. It was a target of Chinese anti-Christian protests led by the local gentry who saw the need to defend Confucianism. Rioting sparked by false rumors

jinshen 縉紳), also called 士紳 shishen "scholar gentry" or 鄉紳 xiangshen "local gentry", held a virtual monopoly on office holding, and overlapped with an unofficial

quota quickie for distribution by the American company Warner Brothers. Local gentry disapprove when Lord Sloane chooses an actress for a wife. Constance

founded by the disaffected Silla general Kyŏn Hwŏn in 900, whom led the local gentry and populace that were in large Baekje descent holding onto their collective

Exchequer in London. The commissioners were unpaid and untrained, mostly local gentry, mayors, magistrates, bishops and sheriffs, but they approached the vast

was the scene of the attempted murder of an important member of the local gentry, Sir Geoffrey Harsyk. A gang of local yeomen and labourers occupied the

restored the Donglin Academy in Wuxi with the financial backing of local gentry and officials. The motivation for restoring the academy was concern about

in Kančevci in 1754 to the petty noble family which belonged to the local gentry. He studied in Wittenberg in Saxony, and in 1782 he returned to Hungary

inhabitants wear traditional Bavarian costume. While there, she charms the local gentry, especially Cosmo Constantine, while her press attaché Kenneth Gibson

date from about 1400. The church contains a memorial to members of the local gentry, namely the families of Napier, Squibb, Gollop and Russell. The Napiers

localities but as the war went on Clubmen in some areas were organised by the local gentry and churchmen and were a force which both sides in the war had to take

this pattern. Over the next few centuries, Daventry was patronised by local gentry and nobility in return for masses said for their souls. But the Priory

Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. Kowalewo-Skorupki was part of the local gentry called Kowalewo. In the thirteenth century, there were already settlements

Suffolk from 1399, and assembled a considerable following among the local gentry. He completed his father's building plans at Wingfield, Suffolk, and

His energetic efforts were only partially successful in establishing a local gentry, a thriving Church of England, and an anti-American coalition with select

and occupations including the basics of forestry and viniculture. The local gentry in this period were the members of the Zichy family, who granted the

nobility was an integral part of Lithuanian nobility. Historically, the local gentry was formed of people of various ethnic backgrounds, including Lithuanian

was added in the 17th and 19th centuries. It has been owned by many local gentry, but changed from mansion house to farmhouse. The first manor house on

North Riding of Yorkshire. A Roman Catholic, he actively canvassed the local gentry in the cause of James II. He was suspicious, as he told Sir John Reresby

the county during the English Civil War in 1642, despite an attempt by local gentry to keep the county neutral. The Industrial Revolution saw population

Kirkham. He was also involved in a feud of some description with the local gentry. This, it seems, was to be fatal. Little is known of this dispute, but

was the location of Middleton Hall and Middleton Lodge, homes to the local gentry. The village developed along Town Street, a school, chapel and church

promote a western-style education system; when this met resistance by local gentry, the examination system was abolished entirely in 1905. The government

seat in the previous parliament, the family being prominent among the local gentry. In 1572 he sat for Wootton Bassett, a seat in the patronage of Sir John

government over what had until then been largely local affairs handled by the local gentry. The Book of Orders, is said to have demanded more from the elite in

Flaithbheartaigh in 1589. While he remained among the first class of the local gentry, his net worth and political influence were greatly diminished, and he

1938) was a Polish playwright, poet and musician, born to a family of local gentry. He is remembered for his opposition to totalitarianism and for fatalistic

younger brother of William Brouncker. The standing of his family among the local gentry secured him a seat as Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Westbury

priest in Blockley. He helped institute a school in 1713, with the aid of local gentry, choosing a Welsh inscription: Aros a Llwydda ("Stay and Prosper"). He

re-modelled in 1746, during the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty. In 1789, the local gentry pooled funds and purchased the garden to serve as the spiritual home

in large family farms. The community's name has been attributed to a local gentry who decided upon Belle Eagle after seeing with an eagle around its neck

the Wirral. The abbey also received manors belonging to members of the local gentry in 1285, including those of Hugh de Merton (around Over), Bradford and

who resorted to physical violence. This created such a stir among the local gentry that Lord Sunderland, secretary of state instructed Lord Huntingdon lord

16th century. The property was built by Robert Wynn, a member of the local gentry, following his marriage to his first wife, Dorothy Griffith. Plas Mawr

Pembroke. The election was contested by Alban Stepneth, a member of the local gentry. Although Stepneth received more votes than Garnons, Garnons was originally

that was made at the game. The participants included members of the local gentry. The match has the added interest of being an "odds" game in that Samuel

castle's original construction. They depict the coats of arms belonging to local gentry and peers of the late 14th to early 15th centuries and provide an approximate

1927. During its heyday in the nineteenth century a steeple chase of local gentry used to take place from Raynes' farm at West Barnes to Cannon Hill lake

Ellice, Elleanor, all alive in 1784. He and his family, along with the local gentry, forcibly gained possession of the former family mansion on the square

Royal Society. He was born at High Close Hall near Plumbland, the son of local gentry, George Brownrigg. William's mother, Mary Brownrigg, was from Ireland

order local gentry and landowners in all ten provinces to organise tuanlian for self-defense, with both funding and control in the hands of local gentry and

himself to confronting his serfs. He also engaged in feuds with the local gentry, and either at their hands or those of his erstwhile tenants, he was

listed building. The house has been owned by a succession of families of local gentry and is now used as a wedding venue and for corporate events. The main

Markeaton Hall. Long Eaton Town Hall, Long Eaton (1778), for John Howitt, a local gentry farmer. Edensor Inn (now Chatsworth Estate Office), Edensor, Derbyshire

his wife Katherine Venables. He has been described as "disreputable local gentry" by one 21st-century historian and was accompanied John Fitzwalter, 2nd

allowed to stay behind. This led to great discontentment amongst the local gentry and eventually foreshadowed yet another more important missionary incident—the

Victorian-era "Yellow Pages" that listed all businesses, tradespeople, local gentry, landowners, charities, and other facilities located in a particular

publisher in Nanxun District, Huzhou, China. It was established by a local gentry Liu Chenggan (1881-1963) in the 1920s. It was built next to the Lesser

Exhibition Hall". The first two areas were both central Taipei, which led to local gentry making a request for a third exhibition area elsewhere in Taipei, in

The guild was re-founded in 1403. The guild attracted members from the local gentry as well as merchants and craftsmen from the town, and concerned itself

Salisbury where he took over the assembly rooms and held concerts for the local gentry and middle classes. Beginning as a violinist in the Covent Garden opera

Western Railway reached the town. Foreseeing accelerated growth, the local gentry in 1859 commissioned urbanist Pedro Benoit to create its master plan

fishing and farming village, but from the late 18th century members of the local gentry visited for holidays. The arrival of the railways in 1873 transformed

St. Severin, St. Maria ad Gradus, St. Gereon and St. Martin. Also the local gentry, the, Freiherrn von Breidbach and even the Counts of Berg owned vineyards

There he received a number of commissions (mostly from ex-mariners, local gentry, and the like), and he continued to be as successful in his work as he

monastery of Payerne in the 13th century, the village itself belonged to local gentry, and became part of the fiefdom of the lords of Gex in the 14th century

at their Kirkham manor in 1287. This was disputed by a member of the local gentry, Sir Theobald Butler, who claimed the hereditary grant of the church

involving his relatives, women with whom he has romantic entanglements, the local gentry, servants, tenants, miners, poachers and competitors. Poldark stands

also made use of his personal contacts with police chiefs, officials, local gentry militias and the leaders of the Big Swords Society. Tang was able to

Xianxian 纖纖; 1770–1794) was a Qing dynasty poet from Suzhou. Born into a local gentry family, she demonstrated remarkable talent at a very young age, and surpassed

listed building. The house has been owned by a succession of families of local gentry and is now used as a wedding venue and for corporate events. The main

Edward had his own designs on the seat, and he wrote to many of the local gentry to inform them of Shirley's breach of protocol, asking them not to pledge

direct off the still in 9 or 10 gallon casks to the very few well-to-do local gentry who could afford it. The price was about 9\- per gallon duty paid. There

2.4 million landless and poor farmers. Acting on the request of the local gentry, police suppressed the movement, jailing peasants and their communist

the 16th century, was once the meeting place of the Tetford Club for local gentry, whose members included Tennyson from nearby Somersby.[citation needed]

in New York City. The Kállay family was old and influential among the local gentry of their region, and Miklós served as lord-lieutenant (ispán) of his

spring of 1646, the Campbells raised a force to oppose them under the local gentry, John Campbell of Lochnell and Donald Campbell of Bragleen. The location

out, but time is running short. He is then visited by a member of the local gentry called Colonel Square, who reveals that he has got rifles which he is

etc. Lords would retain administrators and lawyers, as well as recruit local gentry into their affinities. By offering money instead of land, lords could

Conservative support was limited to some of the towns and areas where local gentry continued to gain some personal support. The leadership of the council

Conservative support was limited to some of the towns and areas where local gentry continued to gain some personal support. The leadership of the council

III. The aristocrats were succeeded as landowners in Colwell by the local gentry – Franklin, Collins, Southcott, Marwood and Mayne – some of whose names

the King's man in the north, Clifford carried on his feuds with the local gentry. He also indulged his interests in astronomy, for which he built a small

Basin (including Xindian and Pinglin). In 1894 (late Qing era), the local gentry changed the name from "Fist Mountain" (拳山) to the more elegant "Fort

During and after the English Reformation the Stonor family and many other local gentry were recusants. In 1581 the Jesuit priests Edmund Campion and Robert

as an inn where it accommodated Chattahoochee River travelers and the local gentry. 18 Wellborn July 14, 1971 (#71000097) 630 East Broad St. 31°53′37″N

to the Kaza family, and it was documented in 1415 as an asset of the local gentry. In 1241, the area came into the hands of the Tartars, who attacked the

the part adjacent to the road constructed in 1860. The Worralls were a local gentry family who lived at Strines, and their coat of arms is carved above the

of its name from an ancient castle once found just to the north. The local gentry still refer to this area as "lu castille" (the castle). In the late 18th

particularly de la Pole, also resorted to violent tactics. As a result, the local gentry looked to Mowbray for leadership, but often in vain; de la Pole was a

by the North Wales Constitutional Press Company Limited - a group of local gentry and landowners - although its first issue was printed and published by

use of his extensive personal contacts with police chiefs, officials, local gentry militias and the leaders of the semi-clandestine Big Swords Society.

families, including York Quaker families such as Rowntree and Tuke, and local gentry and aristocratic families such as the Earls of Halifax, the Yarburgh

region, on account of these official positions and that he was one of the local gentry who in 1434 was commissioned to take a general oath from the community

to raise a family. The Bargraves had recently come to be considered local gentry and this had resulted in the marriage of Bargrave Snr. and the daughter

closed in 1774 as the city government felt it was impoverishing the local gentry. In American history, early gambling establishments were known as saloons

boat, planning the stages of their journey to stay at the houses of the local gentry. They were astounded when they visited their colleague Lord Monboddo

Taussig Sittin' Pretty (Bobbie Gentry album), a reissue of the 1968 album Local Gentry, or the title song, 1971 Sittin' Pretty (The Pastels album) or the title

considerably, and depended on the level of financial support by the local gentry. Although Charles I tried to assemble armies of around 30,000 militia

talents from Shilin had passed the imperial examination", prompting the local gentry to rename it Shilin (士林), meaning "congregation of scholars and talents"

barbarians (番, Fan). One family in particular became members of the local gentry, complete with a lineage to Fujian province. The Phan Huy family is a

to a woodworking class taught by Helen Walshingham, a member of the local gentry. Kipps is soon smitten with his lovely teacher, but she is mindful of

Gledhow Hall were heavily involved with both churches at this time. Some local gentry, such as Hans Busk, even "maintained a private Unitarian chaplain" or

metamorphosis for Lysaght; although of English upbringing, he disliked the local gentry, considering them "layabout rentiers", and preferred to make friendships

through the normal Justices of the Peace, typically members of the local gentry. Although in theory these laws applied to both labourers seeking higher

the choir. Later still it became a grammar school for the sons of the local gentry. Its origins in Honiton are the reason former pupils are still known

the lands of the area in 1684 and established the Temple family as the local gentry. His daughter, Elizabeth Temple, famously rode her horse up the Norman

locations in Hathersage, the name Eyre being that of a family of the local gentry. Her "Thornfield Hall" is accepted as being based on North Lees Hall

rapidly expands to include a highwayman, a Bow Street runner, and the local gentry plus their devoted retainers. Other complications include a dead body

captured a number of commanderies in modern Jiangxi. It was said that the local gentry killed many of the Sui commandery governors and county magistrates to

The tide of the rebellion was turned by Qing leaders relying on the local gentry-raised private militias of Hunan, Hubei and Shaanxi. The experience of

Walton-le-Dale and surrounding area for over 150 years. In 1701 some of the local gentry including the Duke of Norfolk, the Earl of Derwentwater and other Jacobites

He was born in Florence into a middle-class family belonging to the local gentry. He began his artistic training in 1859 at the Florentine Academy under

Blanes resumed his portrait work, which remained popular among the local gentry. Among the most notable was a portrait of President Máximo Santos, commissioned

relates to Richard Sykes (1678–1726), from his factors in Danzig and local gentry. William Sykes (1500–1577), migrated to the West Riding of Yorkshire

letter, which she asks her nurse to deliver. Act 2 Tatiana's birthday The local gentry have all arrived to celebrate Tatiana's birthday. Onegin finds the company

despised by the public for his money-digging ways, but is popular with the local gentry. He was invited by Master Chi, a rich merchant, to attend the wedding

practice in the provincial town of Hamley. His legal representation of the local gentry and nobility leads him to try fitting into their social circles, only

from defeats along the northern frontier as well as tensions with the local gentry across the empire. Despite these difficulties, the Han empire remained

separated from the urban development in the north by a swathe of farmland. Local gentry previously inhabited large houses in Southend, including Flower House

Engineering (CYCC) in October 1955 by a group of Christian educators and local gentry. The college comprised four departments: physics, chemistry, chemical

rectorial tithe (xx 1982). Throughout time, Bulkington has had links with local gentry such as the Fitzlans, Earls of Arundel, the Stourton family, Richard

During and after the English Reformation the Stonor family and many other local gentry were recusants. In 1581, the Jesuit priests Edmund Campion and Robert

and charitable concerns, he quickly established himself amongst the local gentry and "developed a reputation for hospitality and philanthropy." He was

of the parish of Eyeworth, Bedfordshire, and his family remained the local gentry for many generations. He also bought Arbury Priory, which he demolished

Tairong (1873–1950), styled Ruzun, in Sichuan. The sect attracted the local gentry and in 1910 it was introduced to the Qing court. In 1917 the Tongshanshe

well-known figure, owing to the song written about him. Some of the local gentry, after his death, were glad to take on his sons as servants, and the

national strategic importance of Cheshire, it proved impossible for the local gentry to agree a local neutrality pact that their national commanders would

allowed many of these to return to the kirk, with others protected by the local gentry, such as Michael Fraser, minister at Daviot and Dunlichty. First appointed

office by the government relied upon the cooperation of the few or many local gentry in the area. For example, the Song government—excluding the educational-reformist

there was some opposition to the paying of poor rate levies from the local gentry, in particular Cecil Warburton, the occupant of the Hall. The justices

Domain and assigned a kokudaka of 20,0000 koku in 1619. The Wakebe were local gentry from Ise Province who had supported Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of

under the foreign partitions, with spontaneous donations pouring in from local gentry, as well as artists themselves. By the late 1930s, the collections consisted

Conservative support was limited to some of the towns and areas where local gentry continued to gain some personal support. The leadership of the council

not just through the traditional route of marrying his children into local gentry families, but also using contracts and retaining "to bind to him important

high ground around the village was once deer forest, popular with the local gentry for hunting. All Saints Church, Watermillock was built in 1881 of slate

no-one can understand. She ends up at the home of the Worrall family, the local gentry. Their Greek butler, Frixos, thinks the woman is a fraud from the start

discovers her to be Marianne, the daughter of another member of the local gentry, Sir Thomas Bolderwood. Since he had successfully made his fortune in

at the time of the Reform Act, West Looe had been controlled by the local gentry families of first the Trelawneys and later the Bullers of nearby Morval

may have influenced Shakespeare's sonnets. Parry was a member of the local gentry of Denbighshire, Wales. He was the son of Harry ap Robert. He married

the canal engineers which were complemented by grander houses for the local gentry. Society of United Irishmen forces led by Captain John Doorley captured

mostly by teenagers. There were also a few old houses belonging to the local gentry. In July 2018, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), in an attempt

some of these manor houses became local centers of culture where the local gentry, sometimes inspired by what they had experienced during their grand tour

moving in different circles: one (Mrs Bennet) marries a member of the local gentry, while the other (Mrs Phillips) marries one of her late father's law

general election, but with four days notice, he was called upon by the local gentry to stand for Northamptonshire. Although not prepared to put himself out

the priory accepted numerous gifts of land from the bishops and other local gentry and landowners. Bishop Peche gifts the house land in Lichfield, Cannock

regulation was not allowed to serve in his home district, depended on the local gentry for advice and for carrying out projects, which gave them the power to

out to catch the illegal makers of the malt whisky, and members of the local gentry who want to catch both the stillers and the poachers — plus, of course

successful move for Wright too and he quickly received commissions from the local gentry and merchants, however it was Burdett who founded a Society of Artists

is led by landowning farmers under Nicolaas Zannekin. Members of the local gentry join and William Deken, mayor of Bruges, becomes the leader of the revolt

than a decade later. In Taiwan, pro-Qing officials and elements of the local gentry declared a Republic of Formosa in 1895, but failed to win international

John and the Lamb, which showed such precocious talent that a group of local gentry provided funds for him to move to London and study for William Woollett

"when 'a personable and good-like woman' was defended by one of the local gentry the pricker argued that, having been accused, she must be tried anyway"

with modern standards, meant a smaller tax bill for law enforcement. Local gentry saw the office as one of local influence and prestige and were therefore

torrential rain. However, the visit started fine with 700 members of the local gentry being entertained in the hall grounds. The hall and its outbuilding are

labourers of the area, while the Greyhound across the road, was for local gentry. The Greyhound was a coach stop on the London Piccadilly-Sittingbourne

century, Copou's new green spaces became a favourite destination for local gentry and aristocracy, prompting the city's more modest families to avoid the

lands were quickly seized by a coalition of the Marcher Lords and the local gentry, and Lancaster held a high-level gathering of the barons and clergy in

Tomasa de la Quintana y Aoiz and Antonio José de Escalada, members of the local gentry. The Escaladas were prominent in local commerce, and became supporters

province, Asiha of corruption and accepting bribes from his subordinate and local gentry members. Although the Qing court took various measures to strengthen

Lancashire. On landing on 4 June 1487, Lincoln was joined by a number of the local gentry led by Sir Thomas Broughton. In a series of forced marches, the Yorkist

Kiev Voivodeships to the Crown (on 6 June), with wide approval from the local gentry. Those historic lands of Rus' are over half of modern Ukraine and were

Carmarthenshire, Wales. His father was Owen Bowen, a prominent member of the local gentry (i e. "a distinguished but not noble gentleman"). In 1709, Emanuel Bowen

as well as a city council by way of compromise towards the put-upon local gentry. The newly formed city council (Consejo Deliberante) originally included

emperor. Other officials argued that the baojia system would prevent local gentry from serving in their traditional roles as military commanders, raising

tried to retrieve the family fortunes was by commencing the sell off to local gentry of large swathes of the forest of Sutton, which at the time made up much

places in Brighton to be called a hotel, and "such an innovation that the local gentry discussed it in their correspondence" – and as a coaching inn, taking

and metaphysics. He was introduced to Cambridge via meetings with the local gentry at Underbank Hall, near Penistone. In 1707, he arrived in Cambridge with

stowed away in hidden cellars and passages, before being sold off to the local gentry. It was reputed that when needed for a smuggling run, 500 mounted and

remarkable because Derbyshire did not have a rash of boroughs where the local gentry could find a seat when unable to secure election for Derbyshire - indeed

1540, under the direction of Thomas Treffry, a prominent member of the local gentry appointed to act as the project's Clerk of Works by Lord Admiral Russell

native town of Sudbury. He made a meagre living painting portraits of the local gentry and members of the professional classes. These early portraits were often

established in 1552 under letters patent of Edward VI, to educate the sons of local gentry and farmers (There was already a nearby school in existence for poorer

Kongjian (余孔兼) restored the Donglin Academy with financial backing from the local gentry and officials such as Ouyang Dongfeng (歐陽東風), the governor of Changzhou

extinct Dukedom of Norfolk in 1483. Robert Howard's family were prominent local gentry family in East Anglia with a lineage dating back to the thirteenth century

nominees: most were Hampshire men, and it may be that the influence of the local gentry was too strong. Nevertheless, towards the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign

recent, dating from 1873 dating from a statue in a grotto built by the local gentry family. It was first opened to the local peasants on Sundays, but comparatively

Cornish constituencies through the influence of his mother's links to the local gentry. He represented Helston (1624–25), Tregony (1625–26) and St Mawes (1628–29)

Men's Club was established in 1887 with considerable support from the local gentry. A series of annual rowing regattas held on the Medway in the 1860s and

the refectory and dormitory were rebuilt as Tŷ Abaty, a house for the local gentry. The property has been owned by a number of notable families including

until the Dissolution of the Monasteries from 1536, and that of the local gentry included Sir Adam Banastre, Lord of the Manor in 1288 and the Standish

smuggled tobacco on the return journey. The whisky was sold to "discerning local gentry and professional classes" including a local magistrate. One of his many

was the third son and fifth child of Robert Walpole, a member of the local gentry and a Whig politician who represented the borough of Castle Rising in

Flaxmans and Copemans, the Spurrells became prominent members of the local gentry, serving on local and parish councils. Some members of the family achieved

1963, the trackbed was purchased in its entirety by a member of the local gentry. In the 1990s the society bought the abandoned trackbed west between

Flaxmans and Copemans, the Spurrells became prominent members of the local gentry, serving on local and parish councils. Some members of the family achieved

concentration of estates and dominated a tightly-knit affinity among the local gentry. In the mid-fifteenth century their local supremacy had been challenged

troops of volunteer cavalry were raised on a county level, consisting of local gentry and yeoman farmers; from the latter they took the description yeomanry

apprehended. Dockweiler understands that he will never fit in with the local gentry, so, now assured of Rosie's happiness with Billy, bids them adieu and

Chobham House, which built in the 16th century as the home of minor local gentry, was only represented by a small farm-house. John Ardern held land in

prime minister and head of the Imperial College. In local areas, the local gentry, scholars, and students should gather and form an assembly to discuss

of the lord-lieutenant of the county and was to be officered by the local gentry, their rank determined by a property qualification which was gradually

"dragon king". In times of drought or flooding, it was customary for the local gentry and government officials to lead the community in offering sacrifices

and in the metalliferous deposits. He was funded by the Fox family and local gentry to survey Cornish mines. He developed a theory on how metal lodes had

Rivers, the owner of the castle in 1768. Joseph Lucas, a member of the local gentry who dwelled in the outer court of the castle, renting it from Baron Rivers

1693 and 1695 Acts of Indulgence, while others were protected by the local gentry and retained their positions until death by natural causes. Following

only one is surviving, i.e. the Church of the Holy Trinity. In 1842 the local gentry initiated the opening of an amateur philanthropy theater. In 1912 there

and in theory deprived of their livings but many were protected by the local gentry. In 1673, Michael Fraser was appointed minister at Daviot and Dunlichty;

Lady Berkeley, as she continued to be known, had many friends among the local gentry, and William Byrd I and William Fitzhugh were among those who noted her

Jujuy to Feliciana Coeto and Ignacio de Gorriti Navarro, members of the local gentry. He and his brother, Juan Ignacio de Gorriti (later a prominent priest

1832. Quintin's Ripley venture was a success, patronised by the castle, local gentry and wider community. The tradition of giving food hampers at Christmas

Levellers – many from Kettering, Corby and particularly Weldon, – and local gentry and their servants (local militias having refused the call to arms).

grandfather, Sŏ Sin-il [ko], the Sŏ clan was a hojok [ko], or a powerful local gentry clan based in the modern-day Icheon area, in the southeast of Gyeonggi

earlier race meetings date back as far as the 1840s organised by the local gentry held at the Race Park in Dalgin. These races were originally held on

Monmouthshire arose in earnest in the 19th century, when some of the local gentry such as the Dukes of Beaufort established family seats in England, and

followers, including officers from the Ningxia garrison and members of the local gentry. Some of the prince's closest confidants were officers He Jin (何錦) and

". GQ. Retrieved February 28, 2008. "Dennis Wilson solo recordings". Local Gentry. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-05. Sclafani

Edward Brereton is replaced as MP for Denbigh after having offended the local gentry. Myles Davies - The Recantation of Mr. Pollett, a Roman priest Thomas

school's closure in 1838. Following Governor Rosas' 1852 overthrow, the local gentry allied themselves to Bartolomé Mitre, a prominent advocate on behalf

control, Cao Cao took the advice of his advisor Guo Jia and invited local gentry leaders to join his administration. He also suppressed private feuding

by the Han imperial court in recognition of his contributions. When a local gentry and relative of the Yuans, Gao Gan, reneged on his surrender and revolted

among the people. He then took leave on account of illness, but when the local gentry came visiting him, he invited them to a feast and declared his intent

to surrender the abbey on 6 September 1536. There were proposals from local gentry and even some of the king's officials for the Dissolution such as Sir

War, in the Zouaves formation. From 1855 to 1857 he taught French to local gentry (szlachta) in Kraków, Austrian partition of Poland. In 1857 he was a

gather a small force of between 400 and 700 archers along with 40 of the local gentry. He sailed to Saint-Malo, plundering a French ship on the way. The Bretons

Beigong Yu (北宫玉) and Liwen Hou (李文侯). They were joined by members of the local gentry Han Sui and Bian Zhang. The official Han governor of Liang Province,

replacing it with a system wherein each province formed a militia from the local gentry, however this system vitiated the authority of the Emperor and led to

recreational facilities (including, for the officers, hunting with the local gentry), several postal deliveries a day (last collection for England at 11pm)

Following its refoundation, the grammar school educated the sons of local gentry, including the Grosvenor, Kenyon and Trevor families. Former pupils included

1880. With the panoramic views on all sides, they were popular with the local gentry, squirearchy and farming community.[failed verification] There is a trig

residence. The sisters were known to hold great parties and to entertain the local gentry. These included Charles Williams-Wynn, their brother-in-law, and the

farmers such as Jacques Peyte and Nicolaas Zannekin. Members of the local gentry joined, and the mayor of Bruges, Willem de Deken, became the leader of

of the Lord Lieutenant of the county and was to be officered by the local gentry, their rank determined by a property qualification which was gradually

to Raglan, Woolaston, and Beachley, often against the wishes of the local gentry who owned the land through which improvements were made. He was responsible

and four daughters. After his death, she married another member of the local gentry, John Vivian. Anthony's father Humphrey Nicholl was a close associate

about 1726. By 1739, he established a grammar school for sons of the local gentry, affiliated with the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, which

over the next three hundred years were divided between the families local gentry Peter de Burnhull, Alan de Windle III and Thurstan de Holand The de Burnhull

for children in Wedmore in the face of opposition from the vicar and local gentry. Wedmore's market cross was moved roughly 100 yards along The Borough

his front garden and desperately tries to get on the good side of the local gentry. That being said, Achille Talon is a gentleman, an intrepid traveler

Whitworth, Byers Green and Fernhill. In 1677 the small freeholders and the local gentry divided 243 acres of the moor between themselves, an act which was confirmed

Urbain to become a forestry worker. He also designed gardens for the local gentry, including the owners of the Château de Ruère, where Vauban spent his

those who had passed the imperial examinations and joined Shanghai's local gentry. His father Xu Sicheng (died c. 1607) had been orphaned at age 5 and

in the prosecution of the French wars. He acted as an adjudicator in local gentry quarrels, alongside peers such as the earl of Northumberland. In the

due to their appearance as supporters in the Woodhouse coat of arms. Local gentry Sir Roger Woodhouse or Wodehouse (d. 1560), who married Elizabeth Radcliffe

were minor noblemen from these towns and after that period were mostly local gentry. As monks at Schussenried, they would also administer to the local parishes

the responsibility of the Confucian-educated scholar-officials and the local gentry, while the literati were accorded gentry status. For male citizens, advancement

2009. Stebbins 2000, pp. 172–173. "Dennis Wilson solo recordings". Local Gentry. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2009

case as well. A derivation from the wheel in the coat of arms of the local gentry, on the other hand, seems unlikely, as does the interpretation as an

Tchaikovsky. Her family resided in the Moscow area. They belonged to the local gentry but lived in poverty. The family was also a highly fractious one. Tchaikovsky

London in the 1760s but remained in contact with Lancashire, painting the local gentry and buying picture frames from Gillows. A portrait of Abraham Rawlinson

royal justice. One of the best-known disputes Stafford had with his local gentry was in his Midlands heartlands. This was with Sir Thomas Malory. On 4

schoolmistresses nominally teaching needlework to the children of the local gentry, but it is speculated that they were also providing religious guidance

absence. Bettina, as an attractive heiress, attracts the attention of the local gentry and re-integrates her sister into society, while also gaining the respect

she became quite popular and received numerous commissions from the local gentry. She and her sister, Emmy, were two of the very few women at that time

halted export of corn and kept the army in quarters but did little more. Local gentry and charitable organisations provided relief but could do little to prevent

creation of an experimental commission with representation from Zemstvo, local gentry and cities. Although the commission was charged only with reviewing a

government, and the repeal of the Statute of Uses. With support from local gentry, a force of demonstrators, estimated at up to 40,000, marched on Lincoln

then decide to visit a relative of Arkady's. There, they observe the local gentry and meet Madame Anna Sergevna Odintsova, an elegant woman of independent

village of Little Beeding in Sussex, but is ostracised by most of the local gentry who are doubtful of her innocence. When a local army captain, Dick Hazlewood

Wales and married his first wife, Dorothy Griffith, a member of the local gentry, in 1570. Robert now needed a suitable family house and chose Conwy,

town also contains numerous 16th–19th-century palaces and houses of the local gentry and nobility. Most of the palaces are on or near the two main squares:

Masakado became involved in a dispute over taxes between a member of the local gentry in Hitachi and the governor of the province. Before the affair ended

gobernadorcillo, and Gregoria Molero. His family were members of the local gentry, or principalía. His first exposure to education was through the cartilla

generations of the Dent family. There they were prominent members of the local gentry and took on a number of leadership roles in the area. Edith Dent was

to enforce the Militia Ordinance in Denbighshire, where many of the local gentry were Royalist. In August the county presented a petition to the King

extended, it is now known as Sherborne New Castle. He made friends with the local gentry, such as Sir Ralph Horsey of Clifton Maybank and Charles Thynne of Longleat

attempted to seize Carlisle Castle for the Parliament; however, the local gentry and the militia routed the parliamentarians and pursued them to Abbey

by wealthy commercial families to imitate the country estates of the local gentry. There are no less than twelve Grade II listed residential properties

Rodneys were, by the standards of the day, prosperous members of the local gentry. The farm earned sufficient income from the sale of wheat and barley

Dissolution of the Monasteries the chapel was pulled down and the lands let to local gentry. Kingfishers and eels have been identified in Nightingale Valley, which

the youngest daughter of John's father's landlord, a member of the local gentry. The couple married around 1557 and lived on Henley Street when Shakespeare

Ordnance Survey maps from 1855. George Wood, an early member of a prominent local gentry family, was born in Monk Bretton in 1534 and died there in 1589. He was

what caused it. Sponsorship by royalty, aristocracy, and influential local gentry provided an important support system for organized religion. The sponsorship

Taichung First Senior High School) was founded in 1915 by elite members of local gentry, including Lin Hsien-tang and his brother Lin Lie-tang [zh], two wealthy

position as a Catholic continually undermined his position amongst the local gentry. The building was designed by Clement Mead who exhibited the design at

commanded by Sir Joseph Lacock of Wiseton. The regiment was officered by local gentry, who used their own hunters as chargers. The battery was shipped off

Klarenthal Abbey found it increasingly difficult to attract young women. The local gentry, from which most of the nuns once came, found itself falling behind the

which provided basic education. This process led to the emergence of a local gentry with a favorable view toward the missionaries. Serampore was also known

colonial resistance. Through the militarization of the countryside, the local gentry used feng shui to justify and promote popular attacks against missionaries

Much of his photography business involved taking photographs of the local gentry and their staff. This is how Mathias met his wife, Louise Paquier, who

official on the Town Council. He met and married Mary Arden a member of the local gentry in around 1557. Together they had eight children, including Stratford's

backstory, indicating that Welborn and Allworth are both members of the local gentry who have fallen victim to the financial manipulations of Sir Giles Over-reach

Glasgow with his army and on Christmas Day sent a George (like most of the local gentry, reluctant to support this rebellion) a demand for hay, oats and straw

in Figheldean in 1859, with land and building costs provided by the local gentry. From 1898, downland on both sides of the river valley was bought for

8 June – Midland Revolt suppressed at Newton, Northamptonshire, by local gentry. 4 July – Third session of Parliament ends, having refused a proposed

year round. The folies in the region were constructed by members of the local gentry at the end of the 17th century and during the 18th century. In 1696,

largely confined to the ship. There were trips on land for meals with local gentry and for fishing but this was not a regular occurrence. While at Old Calabar

interests had much influence over them, although fifty years earlier the local gentry reckoned to return one of the two MPs without opposition. Peter Jupp

landing in John o' Groats and advancing on Thurso where all of the local gentry, except for the Sinclairs, signed their oath of allegiance. Leaving Harry

Revolution. He was born in Tuburan where his family were members of the local gentry, or principalía. He worked as a public school teacher but later joined

her to retire early. She married Clemente Sanz Rubert, a member of the local gentry who died in a car accident in 1940. Ruiz inherited her husband's estate

her to retire early. She married Clemente Sanz Rubert, a member of the local gentry who died in a car accident in 1940. Ruiz inherited her husband's estate

adopting Welsh patronymics. At the beginning of the 15th century, the local gentry and peasants backed the rebellion led by Owain Glyndŵr which proved economically

maintaining the church, meaning he had to seek contributions from the local gentry instead. Signs of the original church remain, however. A picture of the

women of the order also established schools for the children of the local gentry.[citation needed] In 1219, Pope Honorius III invited Dominic and his

offered as early as 1748, these were usually taken up by sons of the local gentry (who had tutors at home) before they went to an English university. The

Klekotki estate, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire, into the family of a local gentry. After graduating from a gymnasium in 1882, she worked for a while as

in the second half of the 19th century, life is always the same for local gentry men. They run their simple households, publicly display their pride,

These great families were replaced by officials representing diverse local gentry lineages throughout the country. Peter K. Bol states that the supporters

exposed. It has been suggested that it was used as a drinking den for local gentry, a Covenanters refuge, meeting place for the Hellfire Club and a smugglers'

banks and provident societies in the West Riding, guaranteed by the local gentry and industrialists". Akroyd saw the advantage of a central co-ordinating

local variation. As the government was small, a great many yangban were local gentry of high social status, but not always of high income. Another portion

His long-term goal was to replace the land tax, which was paid by the local gentry, with excise and customs taxes, which were paid by merchants and ultimately

peasant associations supported by the CCP were attacking landlords and local gentry, who formed a base of political support for the KMT right-wing and recruitment

the local gentry and one for the local common folk. Demelza's father is invited to the second party but instead attends the party for the local gentry. He

living in a very posh establishment, the Sunset Tower, which, or so the local gentry tell me, is where every scandal that ever happened happened." Others

houses at PGS House Colour Named after Armitage Yellow Armitage family – Local gentry Bosville Blue Bosville family of Gunthwaite – Local land owners Clarel

Qing politician Zhang Zhidong. Zhang Zhiwan was born into a prestigious local gentry family in Nanpi. His father Zhang Yuce served as a low rank official

belief that the god of the river required a bride, and punished the local gentry and bureaucrats who took advantage of such superstitions. Administrators

Cambridge; the second to Catherine Cocks, a circus performer. However, the local gentry rejected his choices of wife, which led him to leave Dunham Massey and

Diamond. Peep o' Day Boys carrying, in addition to weapons provided by the local gentry, Volunteer muskets, routed a force of Catholic Defenders killing, depending

emerged as the sole holder of the office. He was accommodating to the local gentry. At the Restoration of 1660, Taylor had to rely on patronage. Sir Edward

country. He also recounts information passed to him by acquaintances and local gentry, and that obtained in natural history works of his time, including those

resident in York, and having obtained many clients from amongst the local gentry, he submitted miniature portraits for assessment and display at the Royal

County Tipperary, the estate of her father Samuel Grubb, a member of the local gentry. Her mother was Alice Hannah Binney. As Joan Grubb, she first came to

monasteries, some of which the monks farmed and most of which was leased to local gentry. Taking ownership meant the rents went to the king. Selling the land

holds some historical value. Episodes deal with his efforts to press the local gentry to pay their taxes and grain due, to quell the rebellious feelings of

a linen merchant. Through both her parents she was related to other local gentry families. Ross lived with some of her sisters in Limavady at 51 Main

heraldic devices and coats of arms were created for status conscious local gentry and nobility. These would be painted on boards for display on special

John Harvey was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Harvey née Nichols, local gentry. Entering the Navy in 1754, Harvey began a long family naval tradition

Giggleswick. The church was built at the instigation of three sisters from a local gentry family, the Dawsons. It was constructed between 1839 and 1842 to a design

Pre-Civil War Yorkshire was characterised by close links among the local gentry, which often overrode political or religious differences. Although Lambert

between 17% and 23% of males, could vote and they were often controlled by local gentry. As virtual representation was founded on "a defect in the Constitution

and the British Museum. The site was first investigated by a group of local gentry in 1815–1817, including William Watson, the Rev E. W. Stillingfleet,

had his first formal job at age thirteen; he went "into service" for local gentry, whom he later described as "one of the most unGodly families in the

exposed to the most ruthless exploitation by neighbouring ruffians and the local gentry. The efforts she made in fighting against the intrigues of these family

1784 he was returned without a contest. Mawbey was unpopular with the local gentry. He claimed to be above party, but was in the end a figure of fun and

Hall, who donated £500 towards the enterprise. With his backing, other local gentry got on board, and £8,012 was raised for the purchase of land and the

low thatched cottages and large three-storey town houses built by the local gentry. The streets were unpaved, with stepping stones in place to keep the

by influential noblemen. In 1567, the two Dudley earls, together with local gentry, founded a consortium which provided for "the preachers of the Gospel

the letter to Hall outlining Lane's slanders. Lane was a member of a local gentry family, but was not studying medicine with Hall. The suggestion in the

with contributions from King Philip II of France, Pope Celestine III, local gentry, merchants, craftsmen, and Richard the Lionheart, king of England. The

Christian sipahis; this began a wave of conversions to Islam by the local gentry, who became the so-called Tourkoyanniotes (Τoυρκογιαννιώτες). The Ottoman

in pre-industrial Wales around the country; and was patronized by the local gentry. In the late 18th century, boxing became more commercialised with promoters

under the age of thirteen in 1818. It was endowed by the O'Briens, a local gentry family (Killina – also donated lands for presentation convent and school

for settling legal disputes. The town also provided a winter home for local gentry, during which time they attended the council court sessions. Henry VII

forthrightness. In 1916, He Ying helped her younger brother He Long to kill local gentry–Zhu Haishan–and drive off the local tyrants such as Chen Mugong. Then

no manorial endowments, Downham was dependent on the hospitality of local gentry when travelling beyond the city. Large numbers of such gentry were Roman

its stead but this too was abolished following the intervention of the local gentry. Bull-baiting continued to be a common and popular entertainment in England

fellow Deputy Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, and other members of the local gentry were occupied with measures to defend Milford Haven against a landing

refused to follow his uncle's pro-Reformation policy in religious affairs. Local gentry, including Musgraves, Curwens, Dacres and Lowthers were involved in defeating

and servants". FitzWalter gathered his own affinity for the prominent local gentry around him. They included such figures as Lionel Bradenham—steward of

fellow Deputy Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire, and other members of the local gentry were occupied with measures to defend Milford Haven against a landing

traded in corn; badgers bought and sold local produce. Although the local gentry supported the Royalists, the English Civil War had little effect on the

spent his childhood days but he was already being favoured by other local gentry for his ready wit and amusing remarks. Most of his life was then predominantly

the purge was that the local party was too strongly intertwined with local gentry and the traditional rural power structure. He argued that this had prevented

several English names). He situates the Franco-Breton Blois faction as all local gentry and aristocracy performing their proper social duty to protect the people

revolutionary organizations, Overseas Chinese, soldiers of the new army, local gentry, and farmers. Assistance from the Overseas Chinese was important in the

Welsh-speaking aunt, Anne Williams, his mother's half-sister who had married into local gentry. Anne's daughter, Doris, married a dentist, Randy Fulleylove. The young

down by the people of his locale. However, a Lady Xin, a daughter of local gentry, insisted on marrying him despite her family's opposition, and she was

insulting, provoking shock in her readers even to this day. She accuses local gentry, ministers, and clergymen of moral shortcomings and having many vices

Yorkshire and Lancashire during the 1600s, thanks to the support of local gentry and priests such as Fr. Nicholas Postgate. Today, Catholic churches are

this period by a castle-guard system, in which lands were granted to local gentry for the feudal tenure of providing knights and soldiers to serve at the

possibilities of innocent diversion, but not from temptation (the sons of the local gentry included notorious wastrels and drunkards), that to put Christopher at

powerful political force in Upper Lusatia, and was able to outstrip the local gentry in terms of power. In 1547, the fallout of the Schmalkald War, when the

spread the revolt, and Geoffrey Cobbe and John Hanchach, members of the local gentry. The University of Cambridge, staffed by priests and enjoying special

the Rodneys were, by the standards of the day, wealthy members of the local gentry. Sufficient income was earned from the sale of wheat and barley to the

including a paymaster, a comptroller, an overseer and commissioners from the local gentry. A few fortifications were built by local individuals and families; St

His view that some Chartists in 1839 were intent on destroying the local gentry was, however, based on evidence of what some extremists were urging.

Independence severely impacted the Borders, leading to the displacement of many local gentry families due to violence and instability. After the Battle of Bannockburn

five missions in five years in the area which were largely financed by local gentry. In these she provided reading rooms and sewing classes and gave out

On the night of 22 February 1797 Mrs. Harries was entertaining the local gentry in the ballroom of Tregwynt Mansion. An invasion force of 1,400 troops

only 3% of the population could vote and they were often controlled by local gentry.[original research?] This meant that spurious arguments had come to be

(1715-1787) of North Petherton, and she had links with a number of the local gentry, such as the Luttrells of Dunster. They had three children, John, Kitty

besieged Taicang. In Xiushui, the local military commander Chen Wu and the local gentry mobilised militia and revolted, but they failed in an attack on Jiaxing

in Beijing and subsequently removed from their positions. Among the local gentry who supported the prince were Li Shishi (李士實) and Liu Yangzheng (劉養正)

hall is called Battle Lane. However, Ralph Arderne, like most other local gentry, espoused the Parliamentarian cause, and saw action in several engagements

entertaining the local garrison commanders, naval captains and the local gentry at Walmer on a regular basis. After Pitt resigned as prime minister in

summit beyond. In the 18th century, "Bardon Meeting" was attended by local gentry and squirearchy. In the 19th century, the chapel took on a new life as

moved away from deer; Tarporley Hunt Club was founded in 1762, and the local gentry hunted hares and later foxes. The late 18th and early 19th centuries

Burton in their retirement. Membership was not just restricted to the local gentry; it also boasted wealthy patrons such as Lady Margaret Beaufort, Sir

connection to towns, which were primarily military strongholds, where local gentry gathered for service or actually served, while volosts remained communities

taking hostages. After this was eventually agreed, a landing party took 7 local gentry prisoner; Argyll wrote to the Bishop of Orkney proposing an exchange

teachers. After graduating, he was rejected for a teaching position by local gentry who considered him to have "revolutionary ideas". In the summer of 1906

leagues were not only led by socialists and anarchists; some were run by local gentry and mafiosi. Crispi was replaced as prime minister by Antonio Di Rudinì

the vast majority, were in domestic service – probably mainly with the local gentry. The hospitality industry was quite important, with 40 men working in

The town was known as "Little Rome", which was meant as an insult. Local gentry who remained Catholic were, the Giffards, the Levesons (pronounced "Looson")

influential persons involved in the illegal trade, to the annoyance of the local gentry. On 15 April 1548, Zhu Wan's fleet in Wenzhou set sail for Shuangyu under

wished to avoid any punishment for their mocking songs embarrassing the local gentry. Some traditional mummers groups perform the English folk play "St George

was controlled by various Norman as well as Breton lords and later by local gentry, a few of whom appear to have been descended from pre-Conquest families

lived for a while with the young child Nigel at Cefn Bryntalch where the local gentry considered her "not of the same order of society as we are". There was

civic responsibilities such as poor relief and promoting education. The local gentry controlled the budget, rather than the clergy. Anglicans in America were

Cotheridge Court and Sir John Walter at Sarsden. At every house he stayed, local gentry and clergy paid him homage. Sacheverell was also attended by the multitude

aldermen; the Herberts usually appointed members of the more important local gentry to this position during the period. Lady Charlotte Herbert was the last

Many people came there to watch performances. Among the audience were local gentry, citizens, youths and Russian officers of regiments stationing in the

disputes with the Landgraves of Hesse, who, as lords, supported the local gentry against the ambitions of the Nassaus. In the Dernbacher Feud, which had

Littleton's brother-in-law, was the preferred candidate of many of the local gentry and a letter from Lord Brooke written to Clarendon, the Lord Chancellor

father was a private tutor, who taught classics to the children of the local gentry. He was their only son, and had one stepbrother and 3 stepsisters from

also a member of the Riksråd. Hoskuld is thought to have been from the local gentry of Ryfylke in Norway, because his known writings showed words and phrases

given money and fruit, including oranges, which had been contributed by local gentry and tradespeople. In 1891 he played cricket for his church team at Lindley

given money and fruit, including oranges, which had been contributed by local gentry and tradespeople. In 1891 he played cricket for his church team at Lindley

ownership of trustees appointed for the purpose, prominent members of the local gentry namely Sir Stafford Northcote, 7th Baronet (1762-1851), of Pynes, Newton

role on the commission of the peace in early December. Soon after, the local gentry were ordered to be ready to assist York. The duke did not set out until

lived for three months with an uncle in Forres, where a member of the local gentry attempted to procure him a commission from the Duke of Dorset. This was

tiling. There are two memorial slabs to the Britiffe family who were local gentry that rose up the social ladder from modest beginnings, they had strong

learned to play the French horn and violin. He frequently entertained the local gentry at balls and social gatherings. He studied music for two years, & then

influential persons involved in the illegal trade, to the annoyance of the local gentry. However, Zhu Wan was not entirely against foreign trade as he accommodated

in the Kingdom of Hungary and was kindred with other families of the local gentry in the region of Turóc and Liptó. The mother tongue of the Turóc branch

life-size for a grander London clientele than his early depictions of local gentry, and the landscape backgrounds he used were mostly of woods and very

executed many rebels, perhaps up to 300. For the enraged and humiliated local gentry this was still not enough punishment, so Dudley warned them: "Is there

beech trees on the lawn, with over 500 invitations to attend sent to the local gentry. In designing the grounds of Dunorlan, Marnock adhered to his guiding

status as Fan (番: "barbarian"). One family of Pazeh became members of the local gentry. complete with a lineage to Fujian province. In other cases, families

attempts at "carving the melon", i.e., to colonize China piece by piece. Local gentry published hate literature against the foreign missionaries. One tract

married Mary Arden, one of the Ardens of Warwickshire, a family of the local gentry. Both signed their names with a mark, and no other examples of their

Catholic French-speaking branch of the family lived as clergymen and local gentry, preferring to use the gallicised spelling de Bétha. The cadet branch

1628 the castle site was granted by the Crown to Giles Clutterbuck; the local gentry complained, leading to a legal case in which the county successfully

failing to win against Freman and Halsey. He was supported by most of the local gentry but had little support among others eligible to vote. Jonathan Swift

Baconsthorpe, are considered to have, with their armed posses, harassed local gentry, including the Pastons and their servants and tenants. On the other hand

office and Methodist chapel in the Victorian period. However, it was the local gentry who were the main reason for the station's existence. The chairman of

and so these fears were easy to feed. Furthermore, as it was up to the local gentry and JPs (Justices of the Peace) to enforce these laws there was a great

practical to call out every man, King Edward I introduced a system whereby local gentry were authorised to conduct commissions of array to select those who would

a bridge was necessary and in November 1763 under his leadership the local gentry petitioned Parliament which led to the Shillingford Roads and Bridge

afternoons were matinee performances and would invariably attract the local gentry, nobility and even aristocracy from the neighbourhood. Wonderful would

nationhood and identity. The invasions and subsequent efforts by the local gentry to rally the commoners had a critical impact on perceptions of national

Luoyang measured 4.3 km by 3.7 km. By the end of the Eastern Han dynasty local gentry, clansmen, and villagers built more confined defensive structures in

1695 to return to the kirk, while many others were protected by the local gentry. In 1673, Michael Fraser was appointed minister at Daviot and Dunlichty

Henry VI, a Commons seat was usually acquired by agreement between the local gentry, with the consent or active intervention of the local lord, while pocket

provincial office was intended to remedy this and to also prevent the local gentry and "bullies" from using the militia for their own personal gain. The

collected taxes. Although magistrates were grateful to have this help, the local gentry often used these functions to reward themselves and punish their enemies

farming. From the 19th century, the castle site was used as club by the local gentry for recreation, including cricket and archery. A small lodge was built

(typically English) cold weather and about his poverty and the arrogance of local gentry. He begins by saying, "Lord, what these weathers are cold! And I am ill

with conscripted Catholics, and by Yeomanry, an auxiliary force led by local gentry. In May 1794 the Society itself was proscribed. The difficulties posed

cultural institutions, including lineage and religions, legitimized local gentry to institutionalize their interpersonal privileges and achieved grassroots

5 feet 3 inches (1.60 metres) tall. He was less well-regarded by the local gentry, including the main landowner, Colonel Groom, who fell out with Davidson

and Dunsford families. The connections made with these members of the local gentry helped Boyd make the transition from working farmer to a successful entrepreneur

the years that followed. The pro-Qing officials and elements of the local gentry declared an independent Republic of Formosa in 1895 and attempted to

ownership of the subscribers and was managed a committee of magistrates and local gentry until 1838. The building subsequently fell under the management of the

research started with local militarization that put power in the hands of local gentry at the expense of the central government. This doctoral research resulted

adherents. In his native Lothian, Douglas' clear leadership won over local gentry and their followings, but throughout the rest of the south it was Douglas'

second fireplace with the date 1605. The association with the prominent local gentry family of Walrond of Bradfield House only dates from the eighteenth century

other parts of the country, he gained the support of "almost all the local gentry and nobility", including former Royalists. On 3 August sympathisers in

who had married either his sister or his aunt, was a member of the local gentry at nearby Nankang Commandery (南康, roughly modern Ganzhou, Jiangxi), and

local landed gentry. In 1935, he began employing tenanted farmers of the local gentry and independent farmers as producers or transportation workers of the

Hooton Levitt. His father, Thomas Levett, was of middling rank in the local gentry, not owning the manor at High Melton, but identified as 'gent.' in local

loyalists, including officers from the Ningxia garrison and members of the local gentry. In the spring of 1510, he gained the support of other officers and on

south of the Scottish border", wrote Charles Ross, although very few local gentry directly supported them. The situation was severe enough that in April

to the peerage as the Barons Sudeley from 1838), Lord Elcho and other local gentry. She continued the Dent uncles' tradition of hosting large events at

monasteries under Henry VIII of England in the 1530s were sold mostly to local gentry, greatly expanding the wealth of that class of gentlemen. The gentry

replacing the old uyezds. The district commissars were to be elected by local gentry. The Nizhny Novgorod Governorate was reestablished. The Reval Governorate

Ordinance. In July Charles I visited Lincoln in the hope of persuading the local gentry to support his cause, when he arrived at Lincoln on 14 July 1642, Dallison

standing in its own miniature 'estate' and modelled on the seats of the local gentry. Situated in open countryside along the London Road and just beyond the

of Petru Pop de Băsești and Susana Pop de Turț, both members of the local gentry. He completed the gymnasium in Nagybánya/Baia Mare (the first 6 grades)

Sudeley out to tenants, most notably the Lucas family, members of the local gentry. Joseph Lucas entertained King George III on his visit to the castle

this position of authority, Richard had gathered a force of friends, local gentry and retainers, headed south in an armed cavalcade from his Yorkshire

and Somerset. The breadth of Much Wenlock's franchise is obscure, but local gentry interests, like the Blounts, Corbets and Lacons, seem to have played

House was used as a centre for entertainment and assemblies for the local gentry. During its long history, it has hosted a waxworks exhibition by Madame

Wakae-gun, Kawachi Province, which was the ancestral home of the Yuge clan, local gentry whose most famous member was the monk Dōkyō (700–772), the favorite of

enrolled about half the population, especially in rural areas where the local gentry dominated religious affairs. However it was much weaker in the fast-growing

control in the late 19th century and then disintegrated after 1911, the local gentry and clan organizations became even more powerful. In addition to breaking

the mining operation. He also appointed wealthy individuals from the local gentry to manage the mines and oversee necessary investments. Confucian officials

23; Kennys, 16; Morrows, 7; Powers, 6; Keegans, 7; and M'Evoys, 6. The local gentry were : – Thomas Newcomen, of Ballinamore; and "Walter Tuite, of Castlereagh

It was closed in 1980. A meeting on 13 October 1833 in King's Lynn of local gentry, chaired by MP Sir W. H. B. Ffolkes, led to the hospital's construction

of Dean (18 June), and also on 30 July, in response to appeals from local gentry, lord lieutenant of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Monmouthshire

implemented a series of education reforms(In violation of the interests of the local gentry, as well as a distinct anti-traditional reforms, Zhang Jingsheng is squeezed

spiritual release from his lucrative but uninspiring practice with the local gentry, and he turned inward looking for a philosophical purity in his life

Newtownards to raise funds by subscription for an Irish monument. The local gentry and the late marquess's friends, among which Napoleon III of France,

Nantwich and Chester. 1642: Failure of the Bunbury Agreement, an attempt by local gentry to keep Cheshire neutral in the English Civil War. 23–28 September 1642:

quick end to the war and its deprivations. Meanwhile, in the Midlands, local gentry proposed the forming of a "Western Association", an army in the form

Kim, Gap-Dong (2018). "Wang Gun and the trend of Jeon-Nam province local gentry". Journal of the Island Culture (in Korean) (52): 7–36. doi:10.22917/island

Branson Tom's brother Series 3 Sarah Crowden Lady Manville One of the local gentry near Downton Series 3, Series 5, The Grand Finale Terence Harvey Jarvis

his debts and funeral expenses were paid with the financial support of local gentry, thus bringing full circle a career marked by disappointed hopes which

protect Texas. He requested permission to create a militia with 200 local gentry from Texas to help patrol Texas, but this was denied. To guard against

Side its identity as the less genteel workingman's side of town (the local gentry settled in the East Side). By the middle of the century, all the land

on private initiative. Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow, a member of the local gentry and former cavalry officer in Reckahn, Brandenburg, installed such a

the son of John Milward and Mary (nee Blount) Milward, members of a local gentry family with deep roots in Derbyshire. His background as part of the rural

plantation of sugar cane. In 1935, he began employing tenanted farmers of the local gentry and independent farmers as producers or transportation workers of the

is also at the fair. Potts is also acting for another member of the local gentry, Sir Thomas Metcalfe, "a man of violent disposition", who is claiming

the sister of Cicero's friend Atticus. Cicero's family belonged to the local gentry, domi nobiles, but had no familial ties with the Roman senatorial class

they included both working miners and, when it was thought necessary, local gentry. The deputy barmasters whom the chief barmaster appointed were experienced

and masons, then applied, often haphazardly, to the old houses of the local gentry. In this way Brympton d'Evercy and its neighbours slowly evolved. For

those involved, and usually members of the local nobility or respected local gentry. Often one of them would be appointed at the beginning of the process

produced watercolours showing historic buildings, some commissioned by local gentry. He was assisted by his nephew James Lambert (1741–1799). He produced

loyal to himself in Hangzhou. Unhappy with this development, Xia and the local gentry rallied against Sun, declared their province's autonomy and adopted a

tense situation which was likely to erupt into armed conflict between local gentry Alexander Mering and John Tuxford. This was only a temporary ceasefire

known Beatrix Potter. These taped stories range from those told by the local gentry - such as the Dawsons of the Folly in Settle, and the Yorkes of Halton

part-time and unpaid. Justices of the Peace were also unpaid members of the local gentry deemed to be "good and lawful," and were able to hold courts of Petty

there was a particularly intense quarrel between the Puritans and the local gentry (many of whom were Catholic recusants) over the issue of Sunday sports

professional elite began to break apart. They were replaced by a multitude of local gentry lineages pursuing many different professions in addition to official

franchise to non-residents resulted in a transfer of power from the local gentry and bourgeois to the larger regional landholders. The latter were interested

been off-limits to most commoners. The Beijing municipal government, local gentry and merchants all promoted the development of public parks to provide

it is believed to have served as a manorial estate or residence for local gentry. The building is noted for its Jacobean design, a style characterized

also pointed out that Canton's independence in 1911 was just a step for local gentry to break away from the Qing Empire; they still greatly desired to join

Roman Catholic daughter summoned her first Parliament. In September the local gentry assembled at Stafford and immediately elected Sir Thomas Giffard as their

killing a man, while three years later Paynel accused members of the local gentry of having "broke his close, carried away his goods and assaulted his

Round House' was built in 1792 to improve facilities for picnics by the local gentry. A nearby Naval memorial lists famous 18th century admirals. Skenfrith

dismantling the temporary wooden structures used for the festival each year, local gentry like Xu Zisang, Yan Guonian, and Pan Rongchun petitioned for a permanent

collected by the community, and the remaining funds were provided by the local gentry. The head of the construction committee was Mr. Buda, and the construction

family resided in Edenton, North Carolina. They were unpopular with the local gentry. Her husband was removed from the Carolinian governorship in 1731, following

moved to a much larger site in Upper Bangor, funded by subscription from local gentry. The previous site was turned into previous accommodation and is now