to 1708. Willis was born at Blandford St Mary, Dorset, the eldest son of Thomas Willis of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and his wife Alice Browne, daughter...

marriage. Browne Willis, the antiquary, was son of Thomas Willis (1658–1699), the eldest son of Thomas and Mary. Between 1724 and 1730, Browne Willis rebuilt...

church of Fenny Stratford, marking a fresh start in the town's history. Browne Willis, a historian of the day, had raised the funds for its construction....

ground floor. An account of the cathedral by Browne Willis in 1719 describes this tower as looking ruinous. Willis went on to say that the tower once had coarse...

200 years, until the death of William Mathew in 1658 at Llandeilo. Browne Willis reported in his An survey of the Cathedral-Church of Landaff that Sir...

Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 2) Browne Willis and Cobbett both list Cooper as Poole's MP. Cooper was also elected...

About 100 MPs are unidentified and 130 are conjectural according to Browne Willis, and these are marked in italics. In 1985 a more credible list was produced...

1962–2022), dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law Browne Willis (1682–1760), English antiquary, author, numismatist and member of the...

son of Rev. Thomas Willis and Catherine Hyde. He was educated at Eton College. He was the great grandson of the antiquary Browne Willis, and of Benedict...

2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, born at Stowe Browne Willis, a member of Parliament for Buckingham 1705–1708 Buckingham has been...

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appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as part of the Manor of Eaton. Browne Willis built a mansion there in 1711, but after Thomas Harrison purchased the...

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published listing church dedications in the early 18th century (e.g. Browne Willis) many of the dedications had been lost; in a modern analysis of his...

were built around the well and bath to accommodate the many pilgrims. Browne Willis wrote in 1721 that there were rooms for changing into bathing clothing...

the presentation of his former pupil, Browne Willis. From the pulpit he attacked his benefactor; Browne Willis then published Reflecting Sermons considered;...

Added, Hearne's Journeys to Reading, and to Whaddon Hall, the Seat of Browne Willis, Esq., and Lives of Eminent Men, by John Aubrey, Esq. Longman, Hurst...

of the United Kingdom Short Parliament Willis 1750, p. 230. Willis 1750, p. 235. Beaven 1908, pp. 229–239. Willis 1750, p. 236. Nalson 1682, p. 297. National...

Temple, Bt 1698–1702 Roger Price 1702–1705 Sir Richard Temple, Bt 1705 Browne Willis 1705–1707 Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain Parliament of Great...

whereas Browne Willis lists "Tho. Wentworth, Kt". There were two Thomas Wentworths in the House, but both sat for other constituencies, as Browne Willis correctly...

and Sanan. The parish's former church is now a protected building. Browne Willis and Sabine Baring-Gould considered "Afran" to be a corruption of Afan...

the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, vol. v., and his drawing of Browne Willis is in John Nichols's Literary Anecdotes (viii. 219). He etched and dedicated...

1705 With: Sir Edmund Denton, Bt Succeeded by Sir Edmund Denton, Bt Browne Willis Parliament of Great Britain Preceded by Parliament of England Member...

Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Chisholm 1911, p. 818. Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and...

Parliament". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 2 November 2011. Browne Willis gives Molyns' name only tentatively for 1555 "Bridgwater". The History...

1st Earl of Leicester. Browne Willis, The History and Antiquities of the Town, Hundred, and Deanry of Buckingham Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria...

Lady Day 1768 he resigned the rectory in favour of Browne Willis's grandson, the Rev. Thomas Willis, because he knew it has been his patron's intention...

which he certainly represented in the following two Parliaments; but Browne Willis (whose information on the Parliament of 1584-5 Neale refers to as "fairly...

"  It may have been originally dedicated just to St James; in 1733, Browne Willis in his Parochiale Anglicanum names St James as the sole patron of the...

Katherine Fleming. They had a daughter Katherine (died 1724) who married Browne Willis in 1707. He left Port Eliot to his cousin Edward Eliot, MP. Cornwall...