- word "bird,"
which is
derived from the Old
English pre-7th-century word "
bridde" (Middle
English "brid" or "bird").
Another common variant of this surname...
- htm ;
entry with "Hertf" in the margin, and
William Bridde as plaintiff, (in Latin) Neil D.
Thompson and
Charles M. Hansen, The Ancestry...
-
Foules (modernized:
Parliament of Fowls), also
called the
Parlement of
Briddes (Parliament of Birds) or the ****emble of
Foules (****embly of Fowls), is...
-
onbran "set fire to (past)", īsern "iron", ren- "house", þridda "third";
briddes "birds" in Chaucer). Many of the
words have come down to
Modern English...
- of the duchesse; the book of
seint valentynes day of the
parlement of
briddes; the
tales of counterbury,
thilke that
sownen into synne; the book of the...
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Thomas Burstall 1402
William Newport until 1426 John
Bridde 1526
Thomas Kyng
until 1457
Ralph Bridde 1457 – 1462 (then
Oxton II) John
Averell 1462 – 1475...
- true
story behind the lane's name- it
likely derived from the Old
English briddes dun
meaning the hill
where young fowl are kept. Many
stones have been moved...
-
English word for "birds" was "
briddes"; the
stones in
their original form
could have
resembled birds,
giving rise to "
Briddes stones". The
largest single...
- John ****wood 1467-8: John
Hoper 1468-9:
Robert Strange 1469-70:
William Bridde 1470-71:
Henry Chester (died in office); John
Shipward the
younger (from...
