Plowden, Edmund

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• Edmund Plowden —     Edmund Plowden     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Edmund Plowden     Born 1517 8; died in London, 6 Feb., 1584 5. Son of Humphrey Plowden of Plowden Hall, Shropshire, and Elizabeth his wife, educated at Cambridge, he took no degree. In 1538 he was …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Plowden — is a surname, and may refer to:* Alison Plowden * David Plowden * Edmund Plowden * Edmund Plowden (colonial governor) * Francis Plowden * Robert Plowden, English Jesuit * Walter Plowden * William Plowden * William Chichele Plowden See also *… …   Wikipedia

• Edmund Plowden — (1518 Plowden Hall, Lydbury, Shropshire, England 6 February 1585 London, England) was a distinguished English lawyer, legal scholar and theorist during the late Tudor period.LifeEducated at the University of Cambridge, Plowden did not take a… …   Wikipedia

• Edmund Plowden (colonial governor) — For Edmund Plowden (1518 1585), English legal scholar and theorist, see Edmund Plowden. Sir Edmund Plowden (1590 ndash; July 1659 in Lydbury, Shropshire, England) also titled Lord Earl Palatinate, Governor and Captain General of the Province of… …   Wikipedia

• Plowden's Buildings, Chambers —    In the Middle Temple, near Essex Court (P.O. Directory). Mentioned 1676 (In. Temple Records, p.123).    Named after Edmund Plowden, an eminent lawyer temp. Q. Elizabeth …   Dictionary of London

• Charles Plowden —     Charles Plowden     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Charles Plowden     Born at Plowden Hall, Shropshire, 1743; died at Jougne, Doubs, France, 13 June, 1821. He was lineally descended from Edmund Plowden, the celebrated lawyer. The family adhered… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Charles Plowden — (born at Plowden Hall, Shropshire, 1743; died at Jougne, Doubs, France, 13 June 1821) was an English Jesuit teacher, writer and administrator. Life He was descended from Edmund Plowden, in a Catholic family. Educated at the College of St Omer, he …   Wikipedia

• Thomas Plowden —     Thomas Plowden     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thomas Plowden     (Alias Salisbury).     Born in Oxfordshire, England, 1594; died in London, 13 Feb., 1664; grandson of Edmund Plowden, the great lawyer; entered the Society of Jesus, 1617; sent… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Alison Plowden — Alison Margaret Chichele Plowden (18 December 1931 ndash;17 August 2007) was an English historian and biographer well known for her popular non fiction about the Tudor period.She was born at Quetta in India, a descendant of both Edmund Plowden… …   Wikipedia

• Thomas Plowden — (alias Salisbury) (born in Oxfordshire, England, 1594; died in London, 13 February1664) was an English Jesuit.LifeHe entered the Society of Jesus, 1617 and was sent on the English Mission about 1622. He was seized, with other fathers, by the… …   Wikipedia