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725: 22: 155:, in summary at the end of its review of the volume, concluded: 'We have not refrained from pointing out what we think the weak points of Mr Willis Bund's book: but the book is far better than its weakest points'. The book was considered a 'detailed' 'study of the institutions of ancient Welsh Christianity'. Willis-Bund was referred to by the Welsh politician 217:
called him "the grand old man of Worcestershire", and observed that he "by his personality and ability, had become the dominating influence in Worcestershire". Although his stern personality was noted, the obituary concluded that "his ability was recognized by all, and there is none left in
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Elvers and Salmon: Moral Ecologies and Conflict on the Nineteenth-Century Severn, Carl J. Griffin and Iain J. M. Robertson in The New Coastal History: Cultural and Environmental Perspectives from Scotland and Beyond, ed. David Worthington, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, p.
151:), were 'widely different' from 'those adopted by present-day historians on the relation of ancient Celtic Christianity to the See of Peter', and Lloyd further stated that the work was a 'book of original, but highly disputable, views.' 126:
noted that Willis-Bund wrote extensively about the history of the church in Wales but that some of his views were not generally held to be those of other academics writing in the field. Jenkins commented on his editing of the
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in a 1914 House of Commons debate on the Established Church in Wales as 'a great authority... one of the greatest authorities on the history of the old Welsh Church'. Sir
779: 194:. He held several official positions on the Severn Fishery Board, in 1874 being vice-chairman, county member, and representative member; amongst his many books were 794: 769: 191: 759: 318: 623: 804: 239: 535:
Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349-1897 vol. II 1713-1897, John Venn, Cambridge University Press/ C. J. Clay and Sons, 1898, pg 354
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that "a finer old man, with a more dominating personality, than the late Mr. Willis Bund would be hard to find, even in this country". His obituary in
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The Willis-Bunds had six children. His surviving son and heir, Henry, died, unmarried, nine months after his father, having received the
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J. E. Lloyd and the Creation of Welsh History: Renewing a Nation's Past, Huw Pryce, University of Wales Press, 2011, end-note 57
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Willis-Bund was born in 1843 at sea, his parents returning from his father's judicial posting in Australia. He was baptized at
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In 1872, Willis-Bund married Harriette Penelope Temple, the daughter (by his second wife) of Richard Temple, of The Nash,
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Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3866
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Extent of all the lands and rents of the lord bishop of St. David's, 1326, usually called the Black Book of St. David's
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Episcopal Registers, Diocese of Worcester. Register of Bishop Godfrey Giffard, September 23, 1268, to August 15, 1301
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Register of the Diocese of Worcester during the Vacancy of the See, usually called Registrum sede vacante, 1301-1435
45:(8 August 1843 – 7 June 1928) was a British lawyer, legal writer and professor of constitutional law and history at 459: 235: 485: 266: 171: 70: 37: 789: 285: 277: 175: 152: 284:). Mary was the widow of Colonel Alexander Essex Frederick Holcombe, and second cousin of the novelist 490: 147:
to be "very haphazard". Additionally, Gougaud observed that Willis-Bund's views (along with those of
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Reports & Papers Read at the Meetings of the Architectural (& Archaeological) Societies
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In 1896, Willis-Bund married secondly Mary Elizabeth Thackeray, the daughter of General
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Worcestershire County Records. Calendar of the Quarter Session papers (1591–1643)
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The Inquisitiones Post Mortem for the County of Worcester. Pts. 1–2, 1242–1326
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The Civil War in Worcestershire, 1642–1646, and the Scotch invasion of 1651
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The law of compensation for unexhausted agricultural improvements ...
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in 1865 with first-class honours in Law (and was awarded an honorary
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British local historian and politician in Worcestershire (1843–1928)
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A Selection of Cases from the State Trials ... Trials for treason
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Register of William de Geynesburgh, Bishop of Worcester, 1302–7
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Vol. 2. pt. 2. Trials for treason. The Popish plot (1678–1681)
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and Lady Elizabeth Margaret Carnegie (the daughter of the 7th
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needle-manufacturing family. Daughter Mary Susanna's son,
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Religio medici: Hydriotaphia: and the Letter to a Friend
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Lay Subsidy Roll for the County of Worcester, circ. 1280
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Details of most of his works have been extracted from
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Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
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of the County of Worcester in November 1924. He was a
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Diary of Henry Townshend of Elmley Lovett, 1640-1663
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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Some passages in the early history of Evesham Abbey
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Trials for treason (1660–1678) 805:Contributors to the Victoria County History 143:to be "dubious and prejudiced," and by Sir 726:Works by or about John William Willis-Bund 646:(Supplement). 7 January 1918. p. 372. 442:Reflections: or sentences and moral maxims 474: 472: 470: 810:Members of Worcestershire County Council 674: 636: 544: 425:, by Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682). 1882 20: 815:Leaders of local authorities of England 205:On his death in 1928, it was stated in 737: 467: 432:: A History of the County of Worcester 369:Vol. 1. Trials for treason (1327–1660) 334:(Cymmrodorion record series, 5). 1902 295: 69:and his second wife Ann Susanna Kent 267:Francis Leader MacCarthy-Willis-Bund 192:Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 665:Gloucester Citizen, 13 January 1928 478: 366:(1327–1681). Cambridge, 1879–1882. 65:, South America. He was the son of 13: 775:Academics of King's College London 703:Burke's Landed Gentry 1925, pg 235 504:Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 234:. Temple's eldest son, also named 200:A Handy Book of Fishery Management 133:Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion 14: 826: 717:Works by John William Willis-Bund 710: 460:Royal Historical Society database 446:FranΓ§ois, duc de La Rochefoucauld 242:from 1877 to 1880, was created a 93:in 1868). He was also awarded an 517:The Times, 9 January 1928, p. 19 221: 755:People educated at Eton College 697: 688: 684:. 15 August 1876. p. 4532. 668: 659: 656:Gloucester Journal, 9 July 1927 650: 630: 616: 607: 575:Truth, volume 57, 1905, pg 1510 357: 598: 589: 578: 569: 538: 1: 486:Dictionary of Welsh Biography 452: 172:Worcestershire County Council 170:He served as chairman of the 30:John William Bund Willis-Bund 56: 7: 800:Local historians of England 595:The Month, vol. 169, p. 158 550:A Cambridge Alumni Database 286:William Makepeace Thackeray 278:Frederick Rennell Thackeray 176:Order of the British Empire 153:The Church Quarterly Review 10: 831: 765:Politics of Worcestershire 552:. University of Cambridge. 308:The Celtic Church of Wales 137:The Celtic Church of Wales 585:Biograph on Louis Gougaud 491:National Library of Wales 785:Members of Lincoln's Inn 479:Jenkins, Robert Thomas. 349:'Worcestershire roads'. 340:1876 (3rd edition 1904). 253:whilst a captain in the 184:University of Birmingham 161:Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 129:Black Book of St. Davids 83:Caius College, Cambridge 430:Victoria County History 271:Balliol College, Oxford 228:Kempsey, Worcestershire 328:, 2nd ser., 18 (1901). 26: 290:William Downes Willis 180:1918 New Year Honours 124:Robert Thomas Jenkins 118:University of Bristol 114:King's College London 47:King's College London 25:Willis-Bund in c.1897 24: 353:, 33 (1916), 376–95. 186:. 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Index


CBE
JP
FSA
King's College London
Worcestershire
Bahia
John Walpole Willis
Bund
Wick Episcopi
Eton
Caius College, Cambridge
B.A.
M.A.
LL.B.
called to the Bar
Lincoln's Inn
King's Counsel
King's College London
University of Bristol
Robert Thomas Jenkins
Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
Louis Gougaud
J. E. Lloyd
Rice Rees
The Church Quarterly Review
Clement Edwards
Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
tithing
Worcestershire County Council

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