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Cocks (surname) — Cocks is a surname, and may refer to: Arthur Cocks, Australian cricket umpire Charles Cocks, British 19th century wine enthusiast, author of Cocks Féret Clifford Cocks, British cryptographer Jay Cocks, film writer Richard Cocks, English trader in … Wikipedia
John Somers, 1st Baron Somers — John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, PC, FRS (4 March 1651 ndash;26 April 1716) was Lord High Chancellor of England under King William III.He was born at [http://www.clainesfriends.org.uk Claines] , near Worcester, the eldest son of John Somers, an… … Wikipedia
John Doyle (musician) — John Doyle (b. 1971 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish musician and songwriter. For four years he served as acoustic guitarist with the Irish/American band Solas; he is now an active solo artist. He has written many traditional style songs and has… … Wikipedia
John Metcalf (civil engineer) — John Metcalf, or as he was more popularly known, Blind Jack Metcalf (August 15, 1717 ndash; April 26, 1810) was the first of the professional road builders to emerge during the Industrial Revolution. Made blind from smallpox at the age of six,… … Wikipedia
John Saris — (c. 1580 1643) was the captain of the first English voyage to Japan, in 1613, on board The Clove . As chief factor of the British East India Company s trading post in Java, Saris mission was primarily one of seeking trade.Note that while the more … Wikipedia
John Penny — (died 1520) was an English priest, successively Bishop of Bangor, 1504 ndash;1508, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1508 ndash;1520.His education is uncertain, though he may have been educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and later received his LLD from the … Wikipedia
John Monte — is the bassist for Evan Seinfeld s new band, The Spyderz. He was a bassist for M.O.D., Mind Funk, Ministry, Revolting Cocks, Human Waste project and a guitarist for Dragpipe and Handful Of Dust. John can often be seen at Lakeland Baseball Academy … Wikipedia
Cocks & Féret — Bordeaux et ses vins Bordeaux and Its Wines … Wikipedia
John Willett Payne — Infobox Military Person name= John Willett Payne lived= 23 April, 1752 ndash; 17 November, 1803 placeofbirth= St Kitts, Leeward Islands placeofdeath= Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich caption= nickname= allegiance= flagicon|United Kingdom United… … Wikipedia
cocks — A cock crowing at daybreak drives away *ghosts and evil spirits, and even Satan, as in the legend of the *Devil s Dyke. Henry *Bourne noted in his Antiquitates Vulgares (1725), chapter 6, that: It is a received tradition among the Vulgar,… … A Dictionary of English folklore
