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Jukes

(Encyclopedia)Jukes: see Dugdale, Richard Louis. ...

Sheridan, Frances

(Encyclopedia)Sheridan, Frances: see Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. ...

ransom

(Encyclopedia)ransom, price of redemption demanded by the captor of a person, vessel, or city. In ancient times cities frequently paid ransom to prevent their plundering by captors. The custom of ransoming was form...

Starr, Ringo

(Encyclopedia) Starr, Ringo (b. Richard Starkey): see Beatles, The. ...

John, king of England

(Encyclopedia)John, 1167–1216, king of England (1199–1216), son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. John, though often cruel and treacherous, was an excellent administrator, much concerned with rendering...

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