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Suffolk
Suffolk county (1991 pop. 629,900), 1,466 sq mi (3,798 sq km), E England. The county seat is Ipswich . Suffolk is bordered on the N by the Ouse and Waveney rivers and on the S by the Stour River. The terrain is low and undulating, and the region, mainly agricultural, is one of the chief producers... Read more |
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Battle of North Foreland
North Foreland, battle of, 1666. A major engagement in the second Anglo-Dutch War, sometimes known as the St James's Day fight, was fought on 4 and 5 August in the Thames estuary and off the Suffolk coast. This was a continuation of the battle of the Downs after each side had repaired and... Read more |
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Eastern Association
Eastern Association. Consisting of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex (Lincolnshire was added later), this was the only one of the parliamentary county associations to enjoy any permanence in the Civil War. Its purpose was to break down the reluctance of local levies to... Read more |
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The Pilgrims Progress
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Wonderful Parliament
‘Wonderful’ Parliament, 1386. Parliament met on 1 October and demanded the dismissal of Richard II's chancellor and favourite, Suffolk ( Michael de la Pole). Richard refused and talked wildly of seeking aid from the king of France. But he was forced to agree to Suffolk's... Read more |
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Charles Brandon 1st duke of Suffolk
Charles Brandon Suffolk, 1st duke of , d. 1545, English nobleman. A member of the court of Henry VIII, he received many preferments. He was created (1513) Viscount Lisle on his betrothal to his ward, Elizabeth Grey, Viscountess Lisle (in her own right), but the title was canceled when Elizabeth, on... Read more |
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Henry Grey duke of Suffolk
Henry Grey Suffolk, duke of d. 1554, English nobleman. He became 3d marquess of Dorset on his father's death (1530), and in 1534 he married Frances, daughter of Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, and Mary of England (sister of Henry VIII). During Henry's reign he was active at court. Upon the... Read more |
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John Tradescant
TRADESCANT, JOHN(b. Suffolk [?], England, 1570/1575; d. South Lambeth, Surrey, England, 15/16 April 1638)natural history.In 1773 Ducarel wrote that Tradescant may be “justly considered the earliest collector (in this kindogm) of every thing that was curious in Natural History, viz., minerals, birds,... Read more |
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Babylon (United States)
Babylon residential village (1990 pop. 12,249), Suffolk co., SE N.Y., on Long Island, on Great South Bay; settled 1689, inc. 1893. The first U.S. wireless station was built there by Marconi.... Read more |
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Thomas Howard 1st earl of Suffolk
Thomas Howard Suffolk, 1st earl of 1561-1626, English nobleman; son of the 4th duke of Norfolk. He was attainted at the time of his father's execution (1572), but his rights were restored in 1584. He volunteered for naval duty against the Spanish Armada (1588), was knighted at sea, and rose quickly... Read more |
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