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John Stow

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John Stow (also Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian. [1]

76 relations: A. L. Rowse, Aldgate, Anthony Munday, Antiquarian, Archbishop, Ben Jonson, Bodleian Library, Book size, British Library, Camden Society, Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, Chorography, Chronicle, City of London, Court of Aldermen, Edmund Howes, Everyman's Library, Farm, Fenchurch Street, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Buck, Gerard Johnson (sculptor), Gerard Johnson the elder, Harleian Library, Henry B. Wheatley, Henry Ferrers (antiquary), Henry Morley, Henry Savile (Bible translator), Historian, Humfrey Dyson, James Gairdner, James VI and I, John Dee, John Joscelyn, John Leland (antiquary), John Stow, John Strype, Katherine Duncan-Jones, Lambeth Palace, Leadenhall Street, Life annuity, Lime Street (ward), London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, Lord Mayor of London, Matthew of Westminster, Matthew Paris, Matthew Parker, Octavo, Parish, Pevsner Architectural Guides, ..., Pliny the Younger, Poor Clares, Proposals for an English Academy, Protestantism, Quill, Richard Grafton, Robert Glover (officer of arms), Shakespeare's funerary monument, St Andrew Undershaft, St Mary Axe, St Michael, Cornhill, Stratford-upon-Avon, Tallow, Textual criticism, The English Historical Review, Thomas Hatcher (antiquary), Thomas Walsingham, Wards of the City of London, Water well, William Camden, William Fleetwood (judge), William Lambarde, William Thoms, World War II, Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers. Expand index (26 more) »

A. L. Rowse

Alfred Leslie Rowse (4 December 1903 – 3 October 1997) was a British author and historian from Cornwall.

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Aldgate

Aldgate is an area of Central London, England, within the City of London.

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Anthony Munday

Anthony Munday (or Monday) (1560?10 August 1633) was an English playwright and miscellaneous writer.

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Antiquarian

An antiquarian or antiquary (from the Latin: antiquarius, meaning pertaining to ancient times) is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past.

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Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop (via Latin archiepiscopus, from Greek αρχιεπίσκοπος, from αρχι-, 'chief', and επίσκοπος, 'bishop') is a bishop of higher rank or office.

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Ben Jonson

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and literary critic, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy.

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Bodleian Library

The Bodleian Library is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe.

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Book size

The size of a book is generally measured by the height against the width of a leaf, or sometimes the height and width of its cover.

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British Library

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and the largest national library in the world by number of items catalogued.

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Camden Society

The Camden Society was a text publication society founded in London in 1838 to publish early historical and literary materials, both unpublished manuscripts and new editions of rare printed books.

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Charles Lethbridge Kingsford

Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, FBA (25 December 1862 – 29 November 1926) was a scholarly English historian and author.

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Chorography

Chorography (from χῶρος khōros, "place" and γράφειν graphein, "to write") is the art of describing or mapping a region or district, and by extension such a description or map.

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Chronicle

A chronicle (chronica, from Greek χρονικά, from χρόνος, chronos, "time") is a historical account of facts and events ranged in chronological order, as in a time line.

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City of London

The City of London is a city and county that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London.

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Court of Aldermen

The Court of Aldermen is an elected body forming part of the City of London Corporation.

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Edmund Howes

Edmund Howes (fl. 1607–1631), was an English chronicler.

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Everyman's Library

Everyman's Library is a series of reprinted classic literature currently published in hardback by Random House.

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Farm

A farm is an area of land that is devoted primarily to agricultural processes with the primary objective of producing food and other crops; it is the basic facility in food production.

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Fenchurch Street

Fenchurch Street is a street in London linking Aldgate at its eastern end with Lombard Street and Gracechurch Street in the west.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages.

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George Buck

Sir George Buck (or Buc) (c. 1560 – October 1622) was an English antiquarian, historian, scholar and author, who served as a Member of Parliament, government envoy to Queen Elizabeth I and Master of the Revels to King James I of England.

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Gerard Johnson (sculptor)

Gerard Johnson (Dutch: Gheerart Janssen; fl. 1612–1623) was a sculptor working in Jacobean England who is thought to have created Shakespeare's funerary monument.

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Gerard Johnson the elder

Gerard Johnson the elder (d. 1611) is the Anglicised form of Gheerart Janssen, a Dutch sculptor who operated a monument workshop in Elizabethan and Jacobean England and the father of Gerard Johnson the younger, who is thought to have created Shakespeare's funerary monument.

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Harleian Library

The Harleian Library, Harley Collection, Harleian Collection and other variants (Bibliotheca Harleiana) is one of the main "closed" collections of the British Library in London (formerly the library of the British Museum).

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Henry B. Wheatley

Henry Benjamin Wheatley FSA (1838–1917) was a British author, editor, and indexer.

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Henry Ferrers (antiquary)

Henry Ferrers (26 January 1550 – 10 October 1633) was an English antiquary and MP.

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Henry Morley

Henry Morley (15 September 1822 – 1894) was an English academic who was one of the earliest professors of English literature in Great Britain.

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Henry Savile (Bible translator)

Sir Henry Savile (30 November 1549 – 19 February 1622) was an English scholar and mathematician, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton.

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Historian

A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past, and is regarded as an authority on it.

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Humfrey Dyson

Humfrey Dyson (1582–1633) was a London scrivener and notary,.

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James Gairdner

James Gairdner CB (22 March 1828 – 4 November 1912) was a British historian.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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John Dee

John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occult philosopher, and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy.

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John Joscelyn

John Joscelyn or John Joscelin (1529–1603) was an English clergyman and antiquarian as well as secretary to Matthew Parker, an Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England.

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John Leland (antiquary)

John Leland or Leyland (13 September, – 18 April 1552) was an English poet and antiquary.

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John Stow

John Stow (also Stowe; 1524/25 – 5 April 1605) was an English historian and antiquarian.

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John Strype

John Strype (1 November 1643 – 11 December 1737) was an English clergyman, historian and biographer.

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Katherine Duncan-Jones

Katherine Dorothea Duncan-Jones, (born 13 May 1941) is an English literature and Shakespeare scholar.

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Lambeth Palace

Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, in north Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames, 400 yards south-east of the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Houses of Parliament, on the opposite bank.

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Leadenhall Street

Leadenhall Street is a road in London that is about 0.3 miles (500 m) long and links Cornhill and Bishopsgate in the west to St.

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Life annuity

A life annuity is an annuity, or series of payments at fixed intervals, paid while the purchaser (or annuitant) is alive.

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Lime Street (ward)

Lime Street is one of the 25 ancient wards of the City of London.

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London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

The London and Middlesex Archaeological Society (LAMAS) is a society founded in 1855 for the study of the archaeology and local history of the City of London and the historic county of Middlesex.

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the City of London's mayor and leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Matthew of Westminster

Matthew of Westminster, long regarded as the author of the Flores Historiarum, is now thought never to have existed.

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Matthew Paris

Matthew Paris, known as Matthew of Paris (Latin: Matthæus Parisiensis, "Matthew the Parisian"; c. 1200 – 1259), was a Benedictine monk, English chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts and cartographer, based at St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire.

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Matthew Parker

Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575.

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Octavo

Octavo, a Latin word meaning "in eighth" or "for the eighth time", (abbreviated 8vo, 8°, or In-8) is a technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed to form the individual sections (or gatherings) of a book.

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Parish

A parish is a church territorial entity constituting a division within a diocese.

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Pevsner Architectural Guides

The Pevsner Architectural Guides are a series of guide books to the architecture of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Pliny the Younger

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome.

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Poor Clares

The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare (Ordo sanctae Clarae) – originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and later the Clarisses, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis – are members of a contemplative Order of nuns in the Catholic Church.

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Proposals for an English Academy

During the early part of the 17th century, and persisting in some form into the early 18th century, there were a number of proposals for an English Academy: some form of learned institution, conceived as having royal backing and a leading role in the intellectual life of the nation.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Quill

A quill pen is a writing implement made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird.

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Richard Grafton

Richard Grafton (c. 1506/7 or 1511 – 1573) was King's Printer under Henry VIII and Edward VI.

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Robert Glover (officer of arms)

Robert Glover (1544 – 10 April 1588) was an English Officer of Arms, genealogist and antiquarian in the reign of Elizabeth I. In the College of Arms, he rose to the rank of Somerset Herald of Arms, serving in that capacity from 1571 until his death in 1588.

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Shakespeare's funerary monument

The Shakespeare funerary monument is a memorial to William Shakespeare located inside Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon, the church in which Shakespeare was baptised and where he was buried in the chancel two days after his death.

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St Andrew Undershaft

St Andrew Undershaft is a Church of England church in the City of London, the historic nucleus and modern financial centre of London.

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St Mary Axe

St Mary Axe was a medieval parish in the City of London whose name survives as that of the street which formerly occupied it.

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St Michael, Cornhill

St Michael, Cornhill, is a medieval parish church in the City of London with pre-Norman Conquest parochial foundation.

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Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District, in the county of Warwickshire, England, on the River Avon, north west of London, south east of Birmingham, and south west of Warwick.

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Tallow

Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, and is primarily made up of triglycerides.

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Textual criticism

Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants in either manuscripts or printed books.

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The English Historical Review

The English Historical Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 1886 and published by Oxford University Press (formerly Longman).

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Thomas Hatcher (antiquary)

Thomas Hatcher (died 1583) was an English antiquarian.

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Thomas Walsingham

Thomas Walsingham (died c. 1422) was an English chronicler, and is the source of much of the knowledge of the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V, and the careers of John Wycliff and Wat Tyler.

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Wards of the City of London

The City of London (also known simply as "the City") is divided into 25 wards.

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Water well

A water well is an excavation or structure created in the ground by digging, driving, boring, or drilling to access groundwater in underground aquifers.

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William Camden

William Camden (2 May 1551 – 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian, historian, topographer, and herald, best known as author of Britannia, the first chorographical survey of the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Annales, the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England.

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William Fleetwood (judge)

William Fleetwood (1535?1594) was an English lawyer and politician.

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William Lambarde

William Lambarde (18 October 1536 – 19 August 1601) was an English antiquarian, writer on legal subjects, and politician.

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William Thoms

William John Thoms (16 November 1803 – 15 August 1885) was a British writer credited with coining the term "folklore" in 1846.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors

The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 110 livery companies of the City of London.

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Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers

The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers is one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stow

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