• Richard of Devizes (fl. late 12th century), English chronicler, was a monk of St Swithin's house at Winchester. His birthplace is probably indicated by...
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    Devizes (/dɪˈvaɪzɪz/) is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received...
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    of Thomas Becket (1170). Although Richard of Devizes admired Eleanor's perseverance in supporting her son Richard, all of them expressed negative views...
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  • Itinerarium Regis Ricardi (1190–1192) Ralph of Coggeshall (1066–1223) Richard of Devizes (1189–1192) Roger of Howden (–1201) Walter of Coventry (–1225) Roger...
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    episodes parallel those in Richard of Devizes chronicle and Adémar of Chabanne's Chronicon. Richard Coer de Lyon (‘Richard the Lionheart’) survives in...
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    she was imprisoned a second time in the Tower, and was later moved to Devizes Castle. In January 1330 she was released and pardoned after agreeing to...
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    he was one of four men named bishop in 1189, medieval chronicler Richard of Devizes wrote that the four new bishops were "men of no little virtue and...
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    Labour Party in the 1987, 1992 and 1997 general elections. He contested Devizes for the Labour Party in the 1970 election and then again in February 1974...
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    elder daughter and co-heiress of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (the Kingmaker of the Wars of the Roses), and Anne de Beauchamp, suo jure 16th Countess...
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    around the time of his accession, including Richard of Devizes, William of Newburgh, Roger of Hoveden and Ralph de Diceto. These historians were generally...
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  • death late in 1189 the widowed Hawise was described by chronicler Richard of Devizes as "a woman who was almost a man, lacking nothing virile except the...
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    Cartulary of Bradenstoke Priory. Wiltshire Record Society Publications, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK. Reed, Paul C, 2002. "Countess Ida, Mother of William Longespée...
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    Chroniclers Richard of Devizes, William of Newburgh, Roger of Hoveden and Ralph de Diceto were generally unsympathetic to John's behaviour under Richard, but...
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    Crusaders Tageno and Roger of Howden, and the narratives of Richard of Devizes, Ralph de Diceto, Ralph of Coggeshall and Arnold of Lübeck. The Arabic...
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    of the crusade of Richard Coeur de Lion by Richard of Devizes and Geoffrey de Vinsauf; and of the crusade of St. Louis by Lord John de Joinville. (London:...
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    Siward's second great raid occurred a month later. Hubert de Burgh had been held captive in Devizes castle in Wiltshire, but during October 1233 he had escaped...
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    by Longchamp, which it had been. Although the medieval chronicler Richard of Devizes accused Coutances of duplicity, and of trying to play both sides against...
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  • Simon May (category People from Devizes)
    and Howards' Way, and the music for the 1988 film The Dawning. Born in Devizes and a pupil of Dauntsey's School, May was a choral scholar at Corpus Christi...
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  • 841–908) Richard Brinkley Richard of Campsall Richard of Devizes, (fl late 12th c) Richard l'Evêque Richard Fishacre Richard Ferrybridge Richard Fitzralph...
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    imprisoned at Devizes Castle. When Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke rebelled against the king in 1233, the men holding Hubert de Burgh captive released...
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    University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-726317-4. "Malmesbury Abbey". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. Devizes. 1 October 1846. Retrieved 26 September 2015 – via British...
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    5.5 miles (9 km) west of Marlborough and 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Devizes. Much of the village is encircled by the prehistoric monument complex also...
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    Bromham 1760: George Flower, of Devizes 1761: Scrope (otherwise Scroop) Egerton, of Salisbury 1762: Prince Sutton, of Devizes 1763: John Talbot of Lacock...
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  • Illustrated Quarterly Genealogical & Antiquarian Magazine, vol. V: 1905–1907, Devizes, Wiltshire, UK: George Simpson, 1908 Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages...
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    Society of Cymmrodorion, Vol. XXX, pp. 130–1". 1877. George Simpson & Co. (Devizes), 1920. (in Latin); Gerald of Wales. Translated by W.S. Davies as The Book...
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  • 39.1% 8.46% 16,048 12,563 9,385 799 1,326 966 41,206 55.7% Melksham and Devizes WIL SW Con LD Brian Mathew 20,031 39.1% 4.69% 4,587 17,630 6,726 20,031...
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    influence of the official clique whom Roger represented. Roger had built Devizes Castle, described by Henry of Huntingdon as "the most splendid castle in...
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  • and North Hykeham (2016–) Danny Kruger, MP for East Wiltshire (2024–), Devizes (2019–2024) Katie Lam, MP for Weald of Kent (2024–) John Lamont, MP for...
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    William Cunnington for Sir Richard Colt Hoare. The finds, including worked gold objects, are displayed at Wiltshire Museum in Devizes. Bush Barrow lies around...
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    of the crusade of Richard Coeur de Lion by Richard of Devizes and Geoffrey de Vinsauf and of the crusade of St. Louis, by Lord John de Joinville. Amitai-Preiss...
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