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Howell was a merchant, based in London, from 1507. Around 1513 he married Joanna Christian, the widow of a wealthy draper, greatly increasing Howell's capital. [10] He made regular trips to both Bristol and Spain, maintaining a house in Seville, in addition to his London property. [11] In 1517 Howell joined the livery of the Drapers' Company. [1]
Sir Richard Champernowne (1344-1419) was an English landowner and administrator who held lands at Modbury, Dodbrooke, Bridford, and East Portlemouth in Devon and at Aston Rowant in Oxfordshire. [1] [2]
Modbury is a large village, ecclesiastical parish, civil parish and former manor situated in the South Hams district of the county of Devon in England. Today due to its large size it is generally referred to as a "town" although the parish council has not elected to give itself the status of a town as it could do under s.245(6) of the Local Government Act 1972, [2] so it does not have a town ...
Modbury Priory was a Benedictine priory in the parish of Modbury, Devon, England, established before 1129 [1] which was one of the longest surviving alien priories in England, most of which were suppressed in 1414. [2] It was located close to the present parish church of St George in the town of Modbury, but its exact location is unclear.
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists ORCARTONE as the 65th of the 79 Devonshire holdings [1] of Robert, Count of Mortain, uterine half-brother of King William the Conqueror.Robert's tenant was Reginald de Vautort (died post 1121), 1st feudal barony of Trematon [2] in Cornwall, one of his major followers, who held from Robert numerous manors in Devon and Cornwall, including the manor of Modbury. [3]
Petite bourgeoisie (French pronunciation: [pətit(ə) buʁʒwazi], literally 'small bourgeoisie'; also anglicised as petty bourgeoisie) is a term that refers to a social class composed of small business owners, shopkeepers, small-scale merchants, semi-autonomous peasants, and artisans.
At Turk Fatih Tutak, the microseasonal 13-course tasting menu ends with a showy petit-four performance. Arkestra. Inside Arkestra, a sprawling villa in the Etiler district, ...
The Oxford English Dictionary suggests that the title derives from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French "petit", meaning "of small size, small, little". [2] Two of the Royal Navy petty officer's rates, midshipman and master's mate, were a superior petty officer with a more general authority, but they remained no more than ratings.