Webbe — is a surname, and may refer to* Alexander Webbe, English cricketer * Harold Webbe, British politician * Samuel Webbe, British composer * Simon Webbe, British musician * William Webbe, English critic and translator of the sixteenth centuryee also* … Wikipedia
William Webbe — (born 1550) was an English critic and translator. Almost nothing isknown of him except that he was at Cambridge and acted as tutor in certaindistinguished families, and was a friend of Spenser. He wrote a Discourse of English Poetrie (1586), in… … Wikipedia
William Webb (disambiguation) — William Webb may refer to: * Chick Webb, (William Henry Webb, 1905 ndash;1939), American jazz and swing musician * Suhaib Webb, (born William Webb, 1972 ndash;), American Islamic activist * William Webb, (Sir William Flood Webb KBE, 1887… … Wikipedia
William Knyvett — (1779–1856), was a British singer and composer of the 19th century.cite web | last =Boase | first =G. C.| title =Knyvett, William (1779–1856), singer and composer | work = Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XXXI | publisher =Smith, Elder Co. | … Wikipedia
Webbe — This ancient and distinguished name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is an occupational surname for a weaver. The name is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century webba , a derivative of wefan , to weave, which gave the early Middle English… … Surnames reference
Harold Webbe — Sir William Harold Webbe, CBE, DL (30 September 1885 ndash; 22 April 1965) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1939 to 1959. Webbe was educated at King Edward s School, Birmingham and Queens College,… … Wikipedia
Pierre le laboureur — Page extraite d un Psautier du XIVe siècle, avec des drolleries sur la marge de droite et un laboureur en bas Piers Plowman (en français, Pierre le Laborieux ou le Laboureur) ou Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (La Vision de William sur… … Wikipédia en Français
Piers Plowman — [ Psalter, showing drolleries on the right margin and a plowman at the bottom.] Piers Plowman (written ca. 1360 ndash;1399) or Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman ( William s Vision of Piers Plowman ) is the title of a Middle English allegorical… … Wikipedia
Pierre le Laborieux — Pierre le laboureur Page extraite d un Psautier du XIVe siècle, avec des drolleries sur la marge de droite et un laboureur en bas Piers Plowman (en français, Pierre le Laborieux ou le Laboureur) ou Visio Willelmi de Petro Ploughman (La Vision de… … Wikipédia en Français
Shooting an apple off one's child's head — William Tell s apple shot as depicted in Sebastian Münster s Cosmographia (1554 edition). Shooting an apple off one s child s head, also known as apple shot (from German Apfelschuss) is a feat of marksmanship with a bow or crossbow that occurs as … Wikipedia
