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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Friday, January 26, 2007
Information re: above pics
1.Langherne/Langhorne Castle, Carmarthen Shire
2. Ven.Richard Langhorne.
"The tryall of Richard Langhorn Esq, counsellor at law, for conspiring the death of the King, subversion of the government, and Protestant religion who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason, and received sentence accordingly, at the sessions in the Old-Bayley, holden for London and Middlesex, on Saturday, being the 14th. of June 1679."
Beatified in 1929
Feastday: July 14
English martyr. Born about 1635 in Bedfordshire, he was educated at the Inner Temple and worked as a lawyer. He was arrested in 1667, released in 1679, then arrested again as a conspirator in the so-called “Popish Plot.” He was hanged at Tybum on July 14.
He was the third son of William Langhorne of the Inner Temple, by Lettice, daughter of Eustace Needham of Little Wymondley, Herts. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in November, 1646, and called to the bar in 1654. He married a lady, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Legatt of Havering, Essex, and lived at Shire Lane, to the right of Temple Bar. His chambers were in Middle Temple Lane. He was arrested on 15 June, 1667, in connection with the great fire. Arrested a second time on 7 October, 1678, and committed to Newgate without any previous examination, he was kept in solitary confinement for eight months. On 14 June, 1679, he was brought to the bar at the Old Bailey; Oates (the "Oates plot"), Dugdale, Bedloe, and Prance gave evidence against him, and he was found guilty. He was offered a pardon, if he would confess his guilt and also make a disclosure of the property of the Jesuites with which he had become acquainted in his professional capacity. This last he did -- probably with the consent of his fellow-prisoner, the provincial, Fr. Whitbread -- but, as he persisted in declaring his ignorance of any conspiracy, he was executed. His last words were to the hangman: "I am desirous to be with my Jesus. I am ready and you need stay no longer for me."
His son was also arrested.
"Richard Langhorne the Younger was brought to the Bar; and Mary White was produced as a Witness against him; who being asked, "Whether she did know the said Richard Langhorne, and what she had to say concerning him?" She answered, "That she did know the said Langhorne; and she did hear the said Langhorne say, He did not doubt but, if one Thing hit, his Father would be the Third Man in the Kingdom."
Langhorne confessed he knew the said Mary White; but denied he spake any such Words; and said, "Why should he say any Thing to her, who was an Enemy to Catholics?"
Then Mary Planner upon her Oath said, "That she was told by Mrs. Langhorne (Mother to the said Richard Langhorne), That she went lately to her Son's Chamber, and found him very jovial; whereupon she asked him, "How he could be merry, seeing there was a Warrant against him, upon the Account of bringing the Commission to his Father, to be Judge Advocate?" He replied, "He did not fear; nor would he fly." At which Mrs. Langhorne said, "None but a Prince could make Generals." To which he said, "Let them bring it to that."Then Mrs. Langhorne said, "She was at her Son Richard Langhorn's Chamber; and he said to her those Words as Mary Planner hath deposed."
[ 'House of Lords Journal Volume 13: 7 November 1678', Journal of the House of Lords: volume 13: 1675-1681 (1771) ]
2. Ven.Richard Langhorne.
"The tryall of Richard Langhorn Esq, counsellor at law, for conspiring the death of the King, subversion of the government, and Protestant religion who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason, and received sentence accordingly, at the sessions in the Old-Bayley, holden for London and Middlesex, on Saturday, being the 14th. of June 1679."
Beatified in 1929
Feastday: July 14
English martyr. Born about 1635 in Bedfordshire, he was educated at the Inner Temple and worked as a lawyer. He was arrested in 1667, released in 1679, then arrested again as a conspirator in the so-called “Popish Plot.” He was hanged at Tybum on July 14.
He was the third son of William Langhorne of the Inner Temple, by Lettice, daughter of Eustace Needham of Little Wymondley, Herts. He was admitted to the Inner Temple in November, 1646, and called to the bar in 1654. He married a lady, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Legatt of Havering, Essex, and lived at Shire Lane, to the right of Temple Bar. His chambers were in Middle Temple Lane. He was arrested on 15 June, 1667, in connection with the great fire. Arrested a second time on 7 October, 1678, and committed to Newgate without any previous examination, he was kept in solitary confinement for eight months. On 14 June, 1679, he was brought to the bar at the Old Bailey; Oates (the "Oates plot"), Dugdale, Bedloe, and Prance gave evidence against him, and he was found guilty. He was offered a pardon, if he would confess his guilt and also make a disclosure of the property of the Jesuites with which he had become acquainted in his professional capacity. This last he did -- probably with the consent of his fellow-prisoner, the provincial, Fr. Whitbread -- but, as he persisted in declaring his ignorance of any conspiracy, he was executed. His last words were to the hangman: "I am desirous to be with my Jesus. I am ready and you need stay no longer for me."
His son was also arrested.
"Richard Langhorne the Younger was brought to the Bar; and Mary White was produced as a Witness against him; who being asked, "Whether she did know the said Richard Langhorne, and what she had to say concerning him?" She answered, "That she did know the said Langhorne; and she did hear the said Langhorne say, He did not doubt but, if one Thing hit, his Father would be the Third Man in the Kingdom."
Langhorne confessed he knew the said Mary White; but denied he spake any such Words; and said, "Why should he say any Thing to her, who was an Enemy to Catholics?"
Then Mary Planner upon her Oath said, "That she was told by Mrs. Langhorne (Mother to the said Richard Langhorne), That she went lately to her Son's Chamber, and found him very jovial; whereupon she asked him, "How he could be merry, seeing there was a Warrant against him, upon the Account of bringing the Commission to his Father, to be Judge Advocate?" He replied, "He did not fear; nor would he fly." At which Mrs. Langhorne said, "None but a Prince could make Generals." To which he said, "Let them bring it to that."Then Mrs. Langhorne said, "She was at her Son Richard Langhorn's Chamber; and he said to her those Words as Mary Planner hath deposed."
[ 'House of Lords Journal Volume 13: 7 November 1678', Journal of the House of Lords: volume 13: 1675-1681 (1771) ]
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
plastic bertrand
Due to my total inability to absorb any high school French, the English translation of Plastic Bertrand's wonderful 70's pop ditty "Ca Plane Pour Moi", became an intriguing mystery...
I believe I have finally found the perfect translation.
"Ca Plane Pour Moi"
Wham!Bam!Someone poured whiskey on my cat, Splash
Wham!Bam!Someone poured whiskey on my cat, Splash
And lit him
He went "boof"
While he was on my bed
I tried to put him out with a broom
I tried to put him out with a broom
My goitre problem got in the way (I sleep naked?)
Very quickly
OuchOuchOuchOuch
In four colours
OuchOuchOuchOuch
In four colours
Ey up!One morning
There's loot at my place
It's my shit wrapped in plastic
Horse's in fishnets
Spare a drop in one's mouth
It's a very grand beer dance
It's a very grand beer dance
I like my beer in a big glass
And spew
OooOooOooOoo
Come on you Indians in your igloos
That's life for me
OooOooOooOoo
Come on you Indians in your igloos
That's life for me
Repeat twice...
Me
Me
Repeat four times...
That's life for me
That's life for me
Repeat twice...
Ey up!The mother
Is larger than a panel
What a vibration
And a voyage through passion
Be my dirty passenger
Be my dirty passenger
And ride in my lime Combi
You are King of the divan
OhOhOhOh
I'm King of the divan
OhOhOhOh
I'm King of the divan
That's life for me
Repeat twice...
Ey up!Occupy me
Touch my trinkets
Touch my little house plant
It's not today that I wish to talk of tambourines
Or the head of a mannequin
YeahYeahYeahYeah
That's life for me
YeahYeahYeahYeah
That's life for me
Repeat thrice...
Ey up!My Nana's the best
She's bizzarre
Marry me
And carry my case
Lever me onto the bar
My life force will come for a grand cocktail
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
YeahYeahYeah
Dance on the plate
Dance on the plate
That's life for me
My life for me
© Bonzai Culture Club
Plastic Bertrand (real name Roger Jouret) Had one massive hit in 1977 with "Ca Plane Pour Moi" and probably remains one of the most famous Belgians.
In his free time Plastic cultivated his secret passion for scrabble - he recently played the world champion and won and has secured a place on the panel of the Festival of Board Games.These days (when not scrabbling), Plastic keeps himself busy with his own art gallery, where he has hosted a show dedicated to bovine beauty.
He has also relaunched himself as a record producer promoting new talent alongside classical music from the 'Russia of the Tzars' (his mother is Ukranian).
Friday, August 18, 2006
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
WW2 P.O.W. Letters
Maxwell Parks 
This is an assortment of mail from/about my Grandfather (Max) and his half-brother (Alan). Max was captured by the Nazis in Crete (1940), and Alan by the Japanese during the fall of Singapore.
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