inquire
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inquire, enquire ask about XIII; seek information XIV. ME.
enquere — OF.
enquerre (mod. new formation
enquérir) :- Rom. *
inquǣrere. for L.
inquīrere, f.
IN-1 +
quærere ask. Assim. to L. in XV.
Hence
inquiry investigation XV; interrogation XVI.
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WITNEY: A QUIET TOWN IN UNQUIET TIMES.(Witney, a village near Oxford, England)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...importance in national affairs from the mid-1000s onwards. Stigand, Bishop of Winchester, began the construction of the Palace...of Canterbury to that of Winchester (as had been done for Stigand). When this did not come to pass, Henry defected to Matilda...
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Captain Moonlight
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 1/5/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...charge of his outreach programme. 15. Why has the Archbishop of Canterbury got a pagan first name? I make him the first since Stigand, which is not a happy precedent. 16. Edwina Currie will have some surprising news about Lord Howe of Aberavon. 17. Can...
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Louts attack Canute's church
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 1/12/1997; ; 402 words
; ...Ashingdon, close to where Canute defeated Edmund Ironside before succeeding him as King of England. The church's first priest, Stigand, was made Bishop of Winchester in 1047 before becoming Archbishop of Canterbury and crowning William the Conqueror. Since...
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The big five: a renowed big-game hunter ponders the question: which of the Big Five is the most dangerous?
Magazine article from: Sports Afield; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...dangerous-game hunters face. The opinions of famous old-time hunters such as A.H. Neumann, F.C. Selous, C.H. Stigand, D.D. Lyell, and others aren't particularly relevant today except from an anecdotal point of view. If these hunters...
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WALK of the week: Stepping stones to 1,000 years of art, architecture and prayer
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/4/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Chichester is the only English cathedral which can be seen from the sea. In 1076, work on a new cathedral began under Bishop Stigand. Enough of the building was finished by 1108 for it to be dedicated, and despite delays caused by fires, much had been completed...
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Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...succession, and almost certain Harold was crowned at Westminster by Aeldred, Archbishop of York, and not by the invalid Stigand, as the Normans later claimed. Walker's account of the Battle of Hastings is carried by its own impetus, and his belief...
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One Hundred Years of Violoncello: A History of Technique and Performance Practice, 1740-1840.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...cello have been translations (Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski, The Violoncello and Its History, trans. Isobella S. E. Stigand [1894; reprint, New York: Da Capo Press, 1968]; Lev Ginsberg, History of the Violoncello, trans. Tanya Tchistyakova...
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Patriarchal symbolic order: the syllables of power as accentuated in Waswahili poetry.
Magazine article from: Journal of Pan African Studies; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...theological discussions among the Muslim Swahili, and early researchers and scholars like Rev. W.E. Taylor and C.H. Stigand viewed the poem as the greatest religious classic of the race (Hichens 1972:9). Several literary scholars and researchers...
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Weaving a whole new story from an old tapestry.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...through Harold's broken promise to William (even though it was made under duress), through Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand's ungodly actions, through various other ways. All of this is pure interpretation, but it is cleverly and persuasively...
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I sew want to show our ancestry.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa); 8/8/2009; 700+ words
; ...recognised his dad officiating at Edward's coronation. I told him that we are Norman, not Saxon. And anyway, Archbishop Stigand was tall. We took a breather for lunch and a walk around Bayeux, past the old Dyer's Mill on the River Aurne and down La...
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Stigand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Stigand , d. 1072, English prelate. He held simultaneously the sees of Winchester...Confessor (he negotiated the peace between Edward and Earl Godwin in 1052). Stigand welcomed William I and continued in his offices until a papal commission...
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Edward
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...had caused disaffection, was in turn exiled and replaced by Stigand , a candidate favoured by the Godwines, but other appointments...1061–9), counterbalanced the dubious nature of Stigand at Canterbury. Edward himself remained active almost to the...
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Robert of Jumièges
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...in strength in 1052, Robert fled to the continent. Though he gained papal support, he was unable to recover his see and Stigand , an ally of Earl Godwine, was appointed in his place. The inability of the king to save his friend and adviser suggests...
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Lanfranc
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...papal recognition of the duke's marriage and the papal blessing for the conquest of England. In 1070, William replaced Stigand as archbishop with Lanfranc, who accepted only on the direct command of the pope. Thereafter king and archbishop worked closely...
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Edward the Confessor
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...apparently made him his heir. In 1052, Godwin and his sons returned and demonstrated their power by forcing Edward to accept Stigand as archbishop of Canterbury instead of Robert. Thenceforth the king took less interest in his realm, becoming absorbed in...
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