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William II Canynges, the Glossary

William II Canynges (c. 1399–1474) was an English merchant and shipper from Bristol, one of the wealthiest private citizens of his day and an occasional royal financier.^[1]

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1399 births
15th-century English businesspeople
High Sheriffs of Bristol
Mayors of Bristol
Merchants of the Staple

Acolyte

An acolyte is an assistant or follower assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession.

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Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia.

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Alabaster

Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder.

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Aldgate

Aldgate was a gate in the former defensive wall around the City of London.

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Alnage

Alnage, or aulnage (from Old French aune, ell; parallel to "yardage") was the official supervision of the shape and quality of manufactured woolen cloth.

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Anglican Diocese of Worcester

The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England (Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England.

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Bailiff

A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.

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Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol was a two-member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England (to 1707), Great Britain (1707–1800), and the United Kingdom (from 1801).

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Canon (title)

Canon (translit) is a Christian title usually used to refer to a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule.

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Chantry

A chantry is an ecclesiastical term that may have either of two related meanings.

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Church of St John the Baptist, Bristol

The Church of St John the Baptist in Bristol, also known as St John on the Wall, is a historic church in the care of heritage charity the Churches Conservation Trust.

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Court of Aldermen

The Court of Aldermen forms part of the senior governance of the City of London Corporation.

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Dean (Christianity)

A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset

Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain, KG (140622 May 1455), was an English nobleman and an important figure during the Hundred Years' War.

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Edward IV

Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Gothic architecture

English Gothic is an architectural style that flourished from the late 12th until the mid-17th century.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Gentry

Gentry (from Old French genterie, from gentil, "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past.

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George Canning

George Canning (11 April 17708 August 1827) was a British Tory statesman.

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Henry VI of England

Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453.

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High Sheriff of Bristol

This is a list of civic sheriffs and high sheriffs of the County of the City of Bristol, England. William II Canynges and high Sheriff of Bristol are high Sheriffs of Bristol.

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House of Lancaster

The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet.

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House of York

The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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John Cabot

John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto; 1450 – 1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer.

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John Carpenter (bishop of Worcester)

John Carpenter (1399–1476) was an English bishop, provost, and university chancellor. William II Canynges and John Carpenter (bishop of Worcester) are 1399 births.

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List of lord mayors of London

This is a list of all mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London, from medieval times).

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Lord Mayor of London

The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.

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Malta

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Margaret of Anjou

Margaret of Anjou (Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mayor of Bristol

The Mayor of Bristol was the political leader of Bristol City Council.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Merchants of the Staple

The Company of Merchants of the Staple of England, the Merchants of the Staple, also known as the Merchant Staplers, is an English company incorporated by Royal Charter in 1319 (and so the oldest mercantile corporation in England) dealing in wool, skins, lead and tin which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period.

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Middle Temple

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with which it shares Temple Church), Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_Canynges

Also known as William Canynge, William Canynges.

, Thomas Canynges, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Yonge, Westbury-on-Trym, Whitsun, Worshipful Company of Grocers.

William II Canynges, the Glossary

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See also

1399 births

15th-century English businesspeople

High Sheriffs of Bristol

Mayors of Bristol

Merchants of the Staple

References