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Talbot, Robert, D.D an English divine and antiquarian, was born at Thorp, Northamptonshire, and was admitted to New College, Oxford, in 1525. He left the university in 1530; in 1541 was made prebendary of Wells; and treasurer of the cathedral church of Norwich, April 9, 1547, which position he retained until his death, Aug. 27, … Continue reading “Talbot, Robert, D.D”

Talbot, Richard an Irish prelate, was collated to the precentorship of Hereford in 1407, and in 1416 was elected to the primacy of Armagh. In 1417 he was consecrated archbishop of the see of Dublin. In 1423 he was lord justice, and subsequently lord chancellor of Ireland, and in 1424 had a grant for all … Continue reading “Talbot, Richard”

Talbot, Peter Archbishop of Dublin, 1669-1680; b. at Malahide, Dublin, in 1620. At an early age he entered the Society of Jesus in Portugal, where he pursued his sacred studies with great distinction. He was ordained priest at Rome, and subsequently for some years held the chair of theology at the College of Antwerp. Meantime, … Continue reading “Talbot, Peter”

Talbot, Joseph Cruikshank, D.D., LL.D a Protestant Episcopal bishop, was born at Alexandria, Virginia, September 5, 1816. He studied at the Alexandria Academy; in 1835 removed to Kentucky, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; in 1843 became a candidate for clerical orders, in 1846 was ordained deacon, and in 1848 presbyter; was in charge of St. … Continue reading “Talbot, Joseph Cruikshank, D.D., LL.D”

Talbot, John English Catholic layman, b. 1535(?); d. 1607(?). Only son and heir of Sir John Talbot, of Grafton, Worcestershire, he was the father, by Katharine, d. of Sir William Petre, of the Rev. George Talbot, Catholic priest, and ninth Earl of Shrewsbury. He became a member of Lincoln’s Inn, 10 February, 1555-6. It was … Continue reading “Talbot, John”

Talbot, James Fourth son of George Talbot and brother of the fourteenth Earl of Shrewsbury (b. 1726; d. 1790), is chiefly known for having been the last priest to be indicted in the public courts for saying Mass. He was educated at Douai, to which college he was a great benefactor. In 1759, at the … Continue reading “Talbot, James”

TALAPOINS Or TALOPINS, priests of Siam. They enjoy great privileges, but are enjoined celibacy and austerity of life. They live in monasteries contiguous to the temples; and, what is singular, any one may enter into the priesthood, and, after a certain age, may quit it to marry, and return to society. There are Talapoinesses, too, … Continue reading “Talapoins”

Takkali (More proper Takhehi, plural Takhehlne). The hybrid name by which the Carrier Indians of the northern interior of British Columbia were originally made known by the fur traders, who sometimes comprised under that denomination the Chilcotin and the Babine tribes as well. The Carriers proper inhabit more or less permanent villages disseminated from the … Continue reading “Takkali”

Take tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. To take in the sense of capture is still common, but when a person or living animal is in point, modern English usually adds prisoner or captive. English Versions of the … Continue reading “Take”

Tajus, Samuel bishop of Saragossa, lived in the 7th century. In the year 646 he went to Rome at the command of king Chindaswinth, and with the sanction of the seventh Council of Toledo, for the sake of bringing back the long-missed Expositio in Hiobum s. Moralium, lib. 35 of Gregory I. According to tradition, … Continue reading “Tajus, Samuel”