A compter , sometimes referred to as a counter , was a type of small England English prison controlled by a sheriff. The inmates were usually civil prisoners, for example dissenter s and debtors. Examples of compters include London s Wood Street Counter , Poultry Compter , Giltspur Street Compter and Borough Compter and the lock up over the Abbey Gateway, Reading Abbey Gateway , next to St Laurence s church, in Reading, Berkshire this was the Compter Gate and the lock up was known as the Compter . The Compter s Commonwealth 1617 , by William Fennor , was a work written from the author s experience of imprisonment at London s Wood Street Counter Wood Street compter , and is regarded by many historians as one of the principal primary sources for assessment of English 16th century prison conditions. Category Penal imprisonment Category Penology Category Prisons in the United Kingdom Category Debtors prisons Unreferenced date December 2007 prison stub ... more details
The Borough Compter was a small compter or prison initially located in Southwark High Street but moved to nearby Tooley Street in the 17th century, where it stood until demolished until 1855. It took its name from The Borough , a historic name for the Southwark area of London on the south side of the River Thames from the City of London . This replaced a lock up as part of the City s court house under the jurisdiction of the Lord Mayor of London Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen of the City, and their High Bailiff of Southwark. This first court house was converted from the old parish church of St Margaret s. ref A Survey of London, Written in the Year 1598, by John Stow , p.345. Sutton Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0750942401 ref A floor was made across the level of the church s gallery and the windows below that were blocked in, the Court Room being on the first floor. This structure was destroyed in the Great Fire of Southwark in 1676 . ref A History of the Ancient Town Halls of Southwark Guildable Manor articles 2007 ref When the first Compter burned down a replacement court room was built on the site and was in use from 1685. Its front was adorned with a statue of James II, just after his accession, the City s coat of arms and the Bridge House Mark. The court room was on the first floor, the ground floor was leased out as a tavern, The King s Arms . The site is located at the fork junction of Borough High Street and Southwark Street, occupied now by the building which is named Town Hall Chambers being licensed premises at the ground floor and apartments above. It is commemorated by the alley way behind named Counter Court, ie Compter Court . The lock up or Compter was replaced ... of the small passage way Counter Street Counter Compter . This also held persons committed for trial ... labour. Borough Compter was one of the prisons visited and described by prison reformer ... ref It finally closed in 1855. References Reflist See also Compter coord 51.5044 0.0908 type ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 The Poultry Compter also sometimes known as Poultry Counter was a small compter or prison run by a Sheriffs of the City of London Sheriff in the City of London from medieval times until 1815. It took its name from its location on a section of Cheapside known as Poultry, London Poultry due to the produce that was originally sold in streetmarkets along that part of the thoroughfare. History In 1580 the Catholic printer William Carter martyr William Carter was held in the Poultry Compter before being transferred to the Tower and executed on charges of treason against Queen Elisabeth I . The Compter was used to house prisoners such as vagrants, debtors and religious dissenters, and criminals convicted of misdemeanours, including homosexuality, prostitution and drunkenness . On 1 August 1772, for instance, The Craftsman reported that a well dressed man was detected, near Lombard Street, London Lombard street , in an unnatural crime, and immediately committed to the Poultry Compter. ref http www.infopt.demon.co.uk 1772news.htm Homosexuality in 18th century Britain Newspaper reports ref On 5 July 1799, a Friday evening at 7 o clock, a naked man was arrested, at the Mansion House, London , and sent to the Poultry Compter. He confirmed that he had accepted a wager of 10 guineas equal to formatnum Inflation UK 10.50 1799 r 0 today to run naked from Cornhill, London ... the City s authorities to move inmates to another City prison Giltspur Street Compter , although ... and Middlesex Act 1815. The building was eventually demolished in 1817. The Compter and the fight against slavery The Poultry Compter was connected with early struggles against slavery the slave trade several slaves released by Granville Sharp were confined in the Compter. For example, in 1765, Sharp ... Compter, and William Miller, an officer under the Lord Mayor of London , to kidnap him, and Strong was then imprisoned in the Compter and subsequently sold for 30. Sharp appealed to the Lord Mayor, Sir ... more details
The Giltspur Street Compter was a small Compter or prison , mainly used to hold debtors . It was situated in Giltspur Street , Smithfield, London Smithfield , close to Newgate , in the City of London , between 1791 and 1853. The Compter was adjacent to Christ s Hospital boys school 1553 1902 . Its construction began in 1787, and the Compter was ready for occupation in 1791. In 1815 it took some prisoners from the nearby Poultry Compter prior to its closure. The Giltspur Street prison was itself closed in 1853 and demolished in 1854, the site being later occupied by the King Edward Buildings Royal Mail Sorting Office. ref http www.molas.org.uk pages siteSummariesDetailsAll.asp?year summaries1998&borough City 20Of 20London Museum of London archaeological notes ref Inmates Robert Wedderburn radical References Reflist coord 51.5165 0.1016 type landmark region GB LND display title Prisons in London Category Defunct prisons in London Category Former buildings and structures of the City of London Category Debtors prisons Category 1791 establishments in England London struct stub UK prison stub ... more details
The Wood Street Counter , or Wood Street Compter , was a small prison within the City of London in England . It was primarily a debtors prison , and also held people accused of such misdemeanours as public drunkenness, although some wealthier prisoners were able to obtain alcohol through bribery. The prison was built and opened in 1555, replacing the earlier Bread Street Compter, from which many prisoners were transferred. The Compter was originally one of two prisons, the other, the Poultry Compter , located on the Poultry. Both were destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666, although the Poultry Compter was rebuilt, and another compter, Giltspur Street Compter was constructed in 1791. Among its occupants were Captain George Orrell , the Catholic martyr George Napper , the Sabbatarian dissenter John Traske , the poet Edmund Gayton , a young Jonathan Wild , and highwayman James Hind . The Wood Street Compter was still active 1727 when The London Gazette 6 July p4 listed 13 insolvent debtors awaiting court on 25 August. During the closure of the compters, debtors were held in prisons in Southwark , including the Marshalsea Prison Marshalsea and King s Bench Prison s, Borough Compter and Horsemonger Lane Gaol . Some wine cellars on Mitre Court were marketed as a party venue under the name of The City Compter but these appear to date from the mid 18th century no sign of the prison was found during archaeological investigations of the site of a new office block at One Wood Street. ref citation title Quarterly Review December 2004 March 2005 url http www.english heritage.org.uk upload pdf 2005a Mar QUARTERLY REVIEW.PDF page 31 format PDF publisher Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service They refer to the site as 120 Cheapside, although the office block is now known as One Wood Street. ref References Reflist Further reading Harben, Henry Andrade. A Dictionary of London Being Notes Topographical and Historical Relating to the Streets and Principle Buildings in the City ... more details
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orphan date March 2010 William Fennor Floruit fl 1617 , also known as Wilhelmus Vener Citation needed date November 2007 , was an English Multilingualism biligual English Dutch poet and rogue vagrant rogue Citation needed date November 2007 of the Elizabethan period Elizabethan and Jacobean era Jacobean periods. He was the author of The Compter s Commonwealth 1617 . ref http www.bartleby.com 214 1623.html The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes 1907 21 . Volume IV. Prose and Poetry Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. XVI. London and the Development of Popular Literature. 23. Discoverie of the Knights of the Poste. ref This work was written from his experience of imprisonment at London s Wood Street Counter Wood Street compter . Citation needed date November 2007 References reflist External links http www.springerlink.com content h7476726215101t1 SpringerLink requires log in worldcat id lccn nr93 4164 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fennor, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fennor, William Category English poets Category Year of birth unknown Category Year of death unknown UK poet stub ... more details
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John Wright fl. 1602 1658 was a major London publisher and bookseller and one of the two booksellers who sold Shakespeare s Sonnets in 1609. He also was a member of the syndicate that printed the Shakespeare First Folio in 1623. He published several editions of Christopher Marlowe Christopher Marlowe s Doctor Faustus beginning with the second in 1616, was an official printer for the Parliament of England , and published several early newspapers and ballads. Career Wright finished his apprenticeship in 1602 and published many notable books, setting up his business at the Kings Head in the Old Bailey. He was the chief publisher of ballads in partnership with Fr. Coles, T. Vere, and W. Gilbertson. In 1609 he and bookseller William Aspley were the vendors of Shakespeare s sonnets , and seven of the 13 extant copies bear Wright s imprint. ref Booth, Stephen, ed. Shakespeare s sonnets by William Shakespeare. Yale UP, 1977, 543. ref His publication of a book against the Parliament in 1643 caused him to be committed to the Compter, but by the next month he had become one of the official printers for the body. ref An Ordinance from His Majesty, and Both Houses of Parliament For Ordering of the Militia of the Kingdome of England, and Dominion of Wales. Also for setting the same in a posture of War. Feb. 10. London, Printed for John Wright, 1642. ref On 11 May 1643, he started a news sheet called Mercurius Civicus with Thomas Bates, which ran until the end of 1646. Each issue included a woodcut or two on the first page illustrate some event. Wright and Bates were also published The True Informer , another news sheet. Family and death Wright married Katherine, the daughter of Christopher Hatfield, citizen and cutler of London, and is mentioned in his will. They had a son, John Wright, Jr. Wright died in May 1658 and was buried on the 11th of that month. ref Smith, Richard, Sir Henry Ellis, ed. The Obituary of Richard Smyth, Secondary of the Poultry Compter, London. Camden Socie ... more details
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Infobox company company name Mr.Bricolage company logo File Mr.Bricolage.png 250px left Mr.Bricolage logo company type Public company Public company slogan On peut compter sur lui foundation 1964 location La Chapelle Saint Mesmin, France key people industry Retailer Retail Home Improvement num employees 11,000 products Home improvement products such as home appliance s, tool s, hardware , and gardening garden supplies & plants . revenue profit 1.67 billion Euro 2006 net income homepage http www.mr bricolage.fr www.mr bricolage.fr Mr. Bricolage is a France French retail chain offering home improvement and do it yourself goods. The chain operates over 500 stores in these countries File Mr. Bricolage, Novi Sad.jpg right thumb 250px A Mr. Bricolage store File Mr.Bricolage.gif right Mr.Bricolage logo flagicon FRA France flagicon SER Serbia flagicon BUL Bulgaria flagicon ROM Romania flagicon ESP Spain flagicon AND Andorra flagicon BEL Belgium flagicon ARG Argentina flagicon URU Uruguay flagicon MAR Morocco flagicon MAD Madagascar flagicon MUS Mauritius flagicon TUR Turkey flagicon MKD Republic of Macedonia Macedonia External links Commons Mr. Bricolage http www.mr bricolage.rs Mr. Bricolage Serbia http www.mr bricolage.fr Mr. Bricolage France http www.mr bricolage.bg Mr. Bricolage Bulgaria http www.mrbricolage.es Mr. Bricolage Espa a http www.mr bricolage.be Mr. Bricolage Belgium http www.mrbricolage.ro Mr. Bricolage Romania http www.mrbricolage.com.uy site docs bienvenido index.jsp Mr. Bricolage Uruguay http www.mr bricolage.com.tr Mr. Bricolage Turkey Category Hardware stores Category Retail companies established in 1964 retail company stub bg fr Mr Bricolage ro Mr. Bricolage sr Mr. Bricolage ... more details
Expand French date December 2009 Fran ois Xavier Marc Antoine de Montesquiou F zensac Abb Fran ois Xavier Marc Antoine de Montesquiou F zensac ch teau de Marsan , Gers , 3 August 1757 ch teau de Cirey sur Blaise , Haute Marne , 4 February 1832 was a French politician. Life Abb de Beaulieu, pr s de Langres en 1782, l abb de Montesquiou fut agent g n ral du clerg 1785 puis Liste alphab tique des membres de l Assembl e constituante de 1789 d put du clerg de Paris aux tats g n raux de 1789 . Il ne se r unit l Assembl e nationale que sur l ordre de Louis XVI de France Louis XVI et s y fit remarquer, aux c t s de l Jean Sifrein Maury abb Maury , par son talent oratoire. Il pr sida l Assembl e du 4 janvier 4 au 18 janvier 1790 . Il migra en Angleterre puis en Am rique en septembre 1792. Il revint en France apr s le 9 thermidor et fut un des agents de Louis XVIII de France Louis XVIII . Membre du Comit royaliste de Paris, il fut un temps exil Menton commune Menton . Sous la premi re Restauration, il fut nomm Liste des ministres fran ais de l Int rieur ministre de l Int rieur 13 mai 1814 19 mars 1815 . Il nomma Pierre Paul Royer Collard directeur de la librairie et Fran ois Guizot secr taire g n ral. Il engagea une r forme de l Universit . Sous la seconde Restauration, il eut le titre de ministre d tat. lu d put par le d partement du Gers , il opta pour la Chambre des Pairs avec le titre de comte compter du 31 ao t 1817 puis de duc compter du 30 avril 1821 . Il fut nomm membre de l Acad mie fran aise par ordonnance royale du 21 mars 1816 . Il fut galement lu membre de l Acad mie des inscriptions et belles lettres le 12 ao t 1816 . He left behind manuscripts on the lives of Louis XV and Louis XVI and a diary of his trip to the USA and Canada , but never published a work. External links William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan, http www.clements.umich.edu Webguides A ATMontes.html Article on the journal of the abb de Montesquiou s Nort ... more details
No footnotes date June 2010 Infobox saint name Blessed William Carter birth date 1548 death date 1584 feast day January 11 venerated in Roman Catholic Church image imagesize caption birth place London , England death place Tyburn , London, England titles beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage major shrine suppressed date issues prayer prayer attrib Blessed William Carter c. 1548 11 January 1584 was a Roman Catholic England English Printer publisher printer and martyr . Biography William was born in London, 1548 suffered for treason at Tyburn on 11 January 1584. Son of John Carter, a draper, and Agnes, his wife, he was apprenticed to John Cawood, queen s printer, on Candlemas Day , 1563, for ten years, and afterwards acted as secretary to Nicholas Harpsfield , last Catholic archdeacon of Canterbury , then a prisoner. On the latter s death he married and set up a press on Tower Hill. Among other Catholic books he printed a new edition 1000 copies of Dr. Gregory Martin scholar Gregory Martin s A Treatise of Schisme , in 1580, for which he was at once arrested and imprisoned in the Gatehouse. Before this he had been in the Poultry Compter a small prison run by a Sheriff in the City of London from 23 September to 28 October 1578. He was transferred to the Tower , 1582, and paid for his own diet there down to midsummer, 1583. Having been tortured on the rack, he was indicted at the Old Bailey the central criminal court in England on 10 January 1584, for having printed Dr. Martin s book, in which was a paragraph where confidence was expressed that the Catholic Hope would triumph, and pious Judith would slay Holofernes . This was interpreted as an incitement to slay the Queen. He was executed on the following day. At this time, with increasing tensions between Queen Elisabeth I of England and King Philip II of Spain , which would culminate with the sailing of the Spanish Armada four year later, manifestat ... more details
Infobox saint name Blessed Henry Heath birth date 1599 death date death date 1643 4 17 df y feast day venerated in Roman Catholicism image Henry heath.jpg imagesize 150px caption Blessed Henry Heath birth place Peterborough , England death place Newgate , England titles beatified date November 22, 1987 beatified place beatified by John Paul II canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage major shrine suppressed date issues prayer prayer attrib Henry Heath 1599 1643 was an English Franciscan and Roman Catholic martyr. Blessed Henry was born in 1599 and baptized at St. John s, Peterborough, 16 December 1599. His father was John Heath. He attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , receiving a B.A. in 1621, ref Venn id HT617H name Heath, Henry ref and was made college librarian. In 1622 he was received into the Roman Catholic Church by George Muscott , and, after a short stay at the English College at Douai , entered the Franciscan convent of St. Bonaventure s there in 1625, taking the name of Paul of St. Magdalen. Early in 1643, he with much trouble obtained leave to go on the English mission and crossed from Dunkirk to Dover disguised as a sailor. A German gentleman paid for his passage and offered him further money for his journey, but, in the spirit of St. Francis, Heath refused it and preferred to walk from Dover to London, begging his way. On the very night of his arrival, as he was resting on a door step, the master of the house gave him into custody as a shoplifter. Some papers found in his cap betrayed his religion and he was taken to the Compter Prison. The next day he was brought before the Lord Mayor, and, on confessing he was a priest, was sent to Newgate . Shortly afterwards he was examined by a Parliamentary committee, and again confessed his priesthood. He was eventually indicted under the 1585 Act against Jesuits , Seminary priests and other such like disobedient persons 27 Eliz. c. 2 for being a priest and present in the realm of ... more details
B atrice Lalinon Gbado is a children s writer from Benin . She has written 31 children s books published by ditions Ruisseaux d Afrique B nin and EDICEF France . She is married with four children. ref http aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au LalinonGbado.html B atrice LALINON GBADO , University of Western Australia French, 1 August 2003 ref She is director of Edition Ruisseaux d Afrique. ref http www.lanouvelletribune.info 200904243408 une Mme Beatrice Lalinon Gbado, directrice des Edition Ruisseaux dAfrique.html ref ref http www.culture dev.eu website.php?rub intervenants colloque&lang fr&suite 17 ref Publication Les fruits Les animaux domestiques Les l gumes et condiments Les formes et les couleurs Nos instruments de musique Fleurs et papillons Les maisons de chez nous La cuisine de grand m re La m re et l enfant Ganvi Danse mon petit, danse Bovi, le petit cabri Bovi et le miroir Bovi sait compter Toutou et le sachet Kouaba, le village en sursis Le r ve de Siba Ka vi, l enfant plac e La petite carpe dor e Le planteur et la bague Course pirogue Kouaba, le village en sursis Le r ve de Siba Ka vi, l enfant plac e La petite carpe dor e Le planteur et la bague Course pirogue Le rat et le serpent Chevaux fabuleux La gifle Le n nuphar de Bola M m H domey En marche vers la libert Tomes1 et 2 La belle D bo Les aventures de Biki English Translations Beautiful Debo a story from Benin Translator Ponce E. Kokou Zannou, Africa Christian Press, 2001, ISBN 9781919876139 References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Beatrice, Gbado ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1984 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Beatrice, Gbado Category Beninese writers Category 1984 births Category Living people Africa writer stub ... more details
Infobox Station name Rigaud type Agence m tropolitaine de transport AMT Regional rail Commuter style AMT Station image image size image caption address 15 rue Charlebois, Rigaud, Quebec coordinates line formerly Vaudreuil Hudson Line AMT Dorion Rigaud Line AMT other structure platform depth levels tracks parking bicycle baggage check opened September 21, 1891 br Canadian Pacific station closed June 30, 2010 rebuilt electrified ADA code owned zone 5 former passengers 8,800 pass year 2008 pass percent pass system mpassengers services s rail title AMT s line system AMT line Dorion Rigaud previous next Hudson type R map locator Rigaud was a Commuter rail in North America commuter rail station, formerly served by the Agence m tropolitaine de transport AMT Vaudreuil Hudson Line AMT Dorion Rigaud Line in Rigaud, Quebec Rigaud , Quebec , Canada . It was previously served by only one round trip train per day. Discontinuation of service to Rigaud Train service was cut to Hudson AMT Hudson as of July 1, 2010, because as the town of Rigaud was unable to pay the 300,000 annual fee to the AMT to allow service to continue to the town. Rigaud paid higher rates to the AMT and received less service than other stations, as it is not part of the Greater Montreal Montreal Metropolitan Community . Up until that date, the Rigaud station had continuous railroad service since the original station opened in 1891. ref cite news url http www.montrealgazette.com aboard last train Rigaud 2940179 story.html newspaper Montreal Gazette title All aboard for the last train to Rigaud date April 23, 2010 dead link date January 2012 ref ref cite web url http www.amt.qc.ca service clientele avis.aspx?avisID 302 title Fin du service de trains la gare Rigaud compter du 30 juin language French author AMT date April 23, 2010 ref Following the closure of Rigaud station, the line was renamed the Vaudreuil Hudson Line AMT Vaudreuil Hudson Line . References reflist External links http www.amt.qc.ca train dor ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove January 2010 notability December 2009 Infobox VG title Microwar image File Microwar.jpg 250px license BSD version 2.0 authors Pierre Alain Dorange platforms Mac OS X , Microsoft Windows , Linux , Unix like UNIX like OS genre Arcade game Arcade modes Single player requirements SDL compatible platform, 1024x768 pixels input Mouse and or Keyboard. MicroWar is Space Invaders style arcade game, with a micro compter industry theme. The game is free, under licence BSD , made with Python programming language Python and Pygame . It was developed by Pierre Alain Dorange. ref cite web url http www.macobserver.com tmo article arcade game microwar 2 pits mac versus pcs1 title Arcade Game MicroWar 2 Pits Mac Versus PCs work The Mac Observer date November 4, 2009 accessdate 2010 01 07 ref Game play MicroWar is a Space Invaders style arcade game. ref cite web url http www.insidemacgames.com news story.php?ArticleID 18177 title MicroWar 2.0 Available For Download work Inside Mac Games date September 21, 2009 author Kruse, Cord accessdate 2010 01 07 ref It can be played with arrows key and spacebar, or with the mouse. Each level of the game stands for a year in the history of micro computers. It starts in 1984 when the Macintosh was invented and goes year to year, each year bringing improvement to the Macintosh and the personal computer. The player moves a Macintosh on the bottom of the screen to shoot at PCs and avoid their bombs. Special bonuses give enhanced weaponry Clarus , Newton platform Newton , iPod and iPhone . Game scoring depend on the player accuracy a bonus is added for each successive shoot that eat a target. Best scores can be saved on internet if not disable by user and can be shared among users, and global best scores can be seen from the game or from the Mcrowar website. References reflist External links http microwar.sourceforge.net Microwar home page http www.pygame.org project 979 Microwar as a pygame s project http microwar.sourceforg ... more details
Thomas Felton 1567? 1588 was a Franciscan friar, a Roman Catholic martyr and son of the Roman Catholic martyr, John Felton martyr John Felton . Felton was born about 1567 at Bermondsey Abbey , Surrey, was in his youth page to Lady Lovett. Afterwards he was sent to the English College at Rheims, where he received the first tonsure from the hands of the Louis II, Cardinal of Guise Cardinal de Guise , archbishop of Rheims, in 1583. ref harvnb Cooper 1889 p 316 cites Douay Diaries, p. 199, where he is described as Nordovicen . ref He then entered the order of Minims, but being unable to endure its austerities he returned to England. sfn Cooper 1889 p 316 On landing in England Fleton was arrested, brought to London, and committed to the Poultry Compter. About two years later his aunt, Mrs. Blount, obtained his release through the interest of some of her friends at court. He attempted to return to France, but was again intercepted and committed to Bridewell. After some time he regained his liberty, and made a second attempt to get back to Rheims, but was rearrested and recommitted to Bridewell, where he was put into Little Ease and otherwise cruelly tortured. sfn Cooper 1889 p 316 He was brought to trial at Newgate , just after the defeat of the Spanish Armada , and was asked whether, if the Spanish forces had landed, he would have taken the part of Queen Elizabeth I of England Elizabeth . His reply was that he would have taken part with God and his country. But he refused to acknowledge the queen to be the Supreme Head of the Church of England , and was accordingly condemned to death. The next day, 28 August 1588, he and another priest, named James Claxton or Clarkson, were conveyed on horseback from Bridewell to the place of execution, between Brentford and Hounslow , and were there hanged, drawn and quartered hanged and quartered . sfn Cooper 1889 p 316 References reflist Attribution DNB Cite ref harv first Thompson last Cooper wstitle Felton, Thomas volume 18 Sources ... more details
Jean Luc Romero born June 30, 1959 at B thune , Pas de Calais is a French people French politician , writer and Non governmental organization NGO leader. Biography Since 1986, Romero is Parlement Clarify date February 2011 assistant of Pierre R my Houssin from 1986 to 1997 , Jean Marie Demange 1997 and Guy Drut from 1997 to 2000 . Since 2001, he is solidarity director at Vigneux sur Seine Essonne d partement Essonne . Romero was outed as gay by the French magazine eM le and subsequently sued them. ref http www.thegully.com essays france 001030gay paris.html ref In May 2002, Jean Luc Romero became the first French politician who revealed having AIDS . ref fr http www.civismemoria.fr contribution ?module contrib&contrib 934 Ev nement 1er homme politique r v ler sa s ropositivit ref Since 2005, he has been working for the Presidency of the Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignit , ref http www.romero blog.fr archive 2006 09 10 la france doit compter dans le combat mondial pour l E2 80 99euthana.html ref a Non governmental organization NGO member of the World Federation of Right to Die Societies who co organized the 17th world conference about euthanasia in Paris . ref en http assistedsuicide.org blog 2008 09 13 world euthanasia conference in paris World Euthanasia conference in Paris from October 30 to November 2, 2008 ref He is a former national Secretary of Union for a Popular Movement UMP about AIDS and was a candidate for office Which? date August 2010 in Paris in 2008. He joined Socialist Party France Socialist Party in December 2009 ref http www.lefigaro.fr flash actu 2009 12 07 01011 20091207FILWWW00461 regionalesromero quitte l ump pour le ps.php ref and was elected with Anne Hidalgo in Jean Paul Huchon s campaign. See also Monique May re Notes Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Romero, Jean Luc ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION French politician DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1959 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DE ... more details
For his grandson John Fryer 17th century physician John Fryer , M.D. died 1563 was an English physician, humanist and early reformer. Life Fryer, born at Balsham , Cambridgeshire , was educated at Eton College and went to King s College, Cambridge in 1517. He graduated B.A. in 1521 and M.A. in 1525. ref name Venn Venn FRR517J Fryer, John ref On 5 November 1525 he was incorporated at Oxford, being one of three masters of arts who had been preferred to Cardinal College all Lutheran s, they were obliged to leave. He was imprisoned for heresy in the Savoy Hospital . By 1528 he was again a prisoner, this time in the Fleet Prison . On 16 September 1528 he addressed from prison an elegant Latin letter to Cardinal Wolsey . Fryer s scholarship and personal qualities gained him the friendship of many eminent men, especially that of Edward Foxe , then Provost of King s College. By Foxe s assistance he was able to study medicine at the University of Padua , where he took the degree of M.D. in 1535. It is probable that he was incorporated on this degree at Cambridge. ref name Venn In December 1535 he attended Foxe at the Diet of Smalcalde in Saxony . The following year he returned home, and ultimately settled in London, residing in Bishopsgate within the parish of St Martin Outwich . He was admitted a fellow of the College of Physicians in 1536, was censor in 1541, 1553, 1554, 1555, and 1559, elect in 1547, consiliarius in 1548 and 1555 to 1560, and president in 1549 and 1550. On 24 June 1560 Fryer was committed to the Compter he was liberated on the following day. In 1561 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London , not for Lutheranism but for Catholicism , wherein he was educated cf. Cal. State Papers, Dom. Ser. Addenda, 1547 65, p. 510 . There in an examination of his servant, Thomas How, organ maker, taken before Sir William Chester , lord mayor of London, 23 April 1561. It relates to the visit of his master to Dr. Martyn at Buntingford , Hertfordshire , and states that n ... more details
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