Knox sailed secretly to Lindisfarne, off the northeast coast of England at the end of July, to meet James Croft and Sir Henry Percy at Berwick upon Tweed.

This " forceful maternal action ," as historian Pauline Croft describes it, obliged James to climb down at last, though he reproved Anne for " froward womanly apprehensions " and described her behaviour in a letter to Mar as " wilfulness.

* Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts and James Hanratty who was hanged for murder both lived in Kingsbury and attended Tylers Croft School.

Incorporated in 1873, the city is named for pioneer James Croft, who donated the land which the city occupies.

Elizabeth wrote to thank Sir Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft, Captain of Berwick, personally for their good and diligent service in meeting Balnaves.

* 1971: Promenade Theatre ( Broadway ), New York ; with Robert Ryan ( James ), Geraldine Fitzgerald ( Mary ), Stacy Keach ( Jamie ), James Naughton ( Edmund ), and Paddy Croft ( Cathleen ), directed by Arvin Brown.

* James E. Croft, Medal of Honor recipient, Civil War

Films based on British historical events ; RMS Titanic, Piracy in the Caribbean, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Great Escape, historical people ; William Wallace, Lawrence of Arabia, King Arthur, Elizabeth I, British stories ; The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, James Bond, The Chronicles of Narnia, Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Treasure Island, The War of the Worlds among many others, while British video game Tomb Raider featuring English archaeologist Lara Croft, has been made into feature films.

Other printed adaptations are Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Amulet of Power, a 2003 novel written by Mike Resnick ; Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Lost Cult, a 2004 novel written by E. E. Knight ; and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze, a 2005 novel written by James Alan Gardner.

); tenors Carl Tanner ( 1992, 93 ), William Burden ( 1989 – 90 ), Richard Croft ( 1978 ), Chris Merritt ( 1974 – 75 ), and Neil Shicoff ( 1973 ); baritones David Gockley ( 1965 – 67 ; he went on to become general manager of the Houston Grand Opera and, since 2005, the San Francisco Opera ) and Sherrill Milnes ( 1959 ); and basses Mark Doss ( 1983 ), James Morris ( 1969 ) and Samuel Ramey ( 1966 ).

Supporting cast members ( some appearing in more than 50 episodes over ten years ) included Don DeFore, Parley Baer, Lyle Talbot, Mary Jane Croft, Skip Young, Gordon Jones, James Stacy, Joe Flynn and Jack Wagner.

* 1570 – 1590: Sir James Croft

' Despite this secrecy, the English commander at Berwick, Sir James Croft was aware of the plan by 14 June.

In January 1559 Arran was leading the war in Fife, writing reports to Ralph Sadler and Sir James Croft from Dysart, Wemyss, Cupar and Aberdour.

* James Croft ( 1551-1552 )

In 1903 Sir Frank Wilton Baillie started up with Frank Porter Wood ( his neighbour on Crescent Road, Toronto ) and his brother James W. Baillie, a brokerage firm, Baillie Brothers and Company ( later Baillie, Wood, and Croft ), which operated on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

After Famous, Rich and Homeless Croft did a follow-on Radio 5 Live radio show which was broadcast on 24 and 25 December 2009, entitled James: My Alcoholic Friend where she tries to track down the rough sleeper with whom she had spent a night on the streets.

In May 2012, Croft gave a speech at the Oxford Union in which, after talking about her tennis and media presenter careers, she spoke at length of her 3-day experience of living on the streets and the friendship she had formed with James during that time.

Other performers, and the villains and victims they portrayed, included Jack Kruschen ( as William Burke and Trotsky assassin Ramón Mercader ), Jay Novello ( as William Hare and Dr. William Palmer ), Mary Jane Croft ( as Bathsheba Spooner and Madame de Brinvilliers ), Betty Lou Gerson ( as Agrippina and Lucrezia Borgia ), Edgar Barrier ( as Julius Caesar ), Harry Bartell ( as Brutus ), Hans Conried ( as Ali Pasha ), Herb Butterfield ( as Lincoln, Trotsky, and Thomas Edwin Bartlett ), Jack Edwards ( as John Wilkes Booth and Cole Younger ), Irene Tedrow ( as Lizzie Borden ), William Johnstone ( as Robert Knox ), Betty Harford ( as Madeleine Smith and Ripper victim Mary Jane Kelly ), Clayton Post ( as Jesse James ), and Sam Edwards ( as Billy the Kid and Bob Younger ).

The second edition, published in 2004, emphasizes general action-adventure scenarios such as one might find in the adventures of James Bond, Lara Croft, The A-Team, the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon movies, and so forth, though costumed vigilantes are still considered a subgenre ( given detail in a supplement, Dark Champions: The Animated Series ).

Sir James Croft PC ( c. 1518 – 4 September 1590 ), Lord Deputy of Ireland and MP for Herefordshire in the Parliament of England.

Evidence is plentiful that early and later also he has been indebted to the Gothic romancers, who deal in extravagant horror, to the symbolists writing at the end of the preceding century, and in particular to the stream-of-consciousness novelists, Henry James and James Joyce among them.

Lieutenant Colonel James P. Brownlow, who commanded the First Brigade of Thomas' First Cavalry Division, was ordered across one of these fords.

The New English Bible ( the Old Testament and Apocrypha will be published at a future date ) has not been planned to rival or replace the King James Version, but, as its cover states, it is offered `` simply as the Bible to all those who will use it in reading, teaching, or worship ''.

Walton, who served as a correspondent with General James Gavin's paratroopers during the invasion of France, combines the soul of an artist with the lingo of a tough guy.

Her father, James Upton, was the Upton mentioned by Hawthorne in the famous introduction to the Scarlet Letter as one of those who came into the old custom house to do business with him as the surveyor of the port.

The panel's action depends on the return of Representative James W. Trimble, Democrat of Arkansas, who has been siding with Speaker Sam Rayburn's forces in the Rules Committee in moving bills to the floor.

Now, the picture is clouded, and even US Sens. James O. Eastland and John C. Stennis, who remained loyal to the ticket, are uncertain of their status.

Her young British lawyer, James Dunlop, pleaded that she was sorely needed at her Portland home by her widowed mother, 80, her maiden aunt, also 80 and bedridden for 20 years, and her uncle, 76, who once ran a candy shop.

The defendant, William L. Stickney 3, 23, of 3211 Park pl., Evanston, who pleaded guilty to reckless driving, also was ordered by Judge James Corcoran to attend the Evanston traffic school each Tuesday night for one month.

We must also remember those who reacted against the dream as a kind of myth -- among them Melville, Hawthorne, and Henry James the elder, all of them out of a Christian background.

The `` belaboring '' is of course jocular, yet James was not lacking in fundamental seriousness -- unless we measure him by that ultimate seriousness of the great religious leader or thinker who stakes all on his vision of God.

The Jazz Three displayed their sound musicianship, not only in their own chosen set, but as the emergency accompanists for Al Minns & Leon James, the superb jazz dancers who have now been Newport performers for three successive years, gradually moving up from a morning seminar on the evolution of the blues to a spot on the evening program.

In 1851, he represented Alton & Sangamon Railroad in a dispute with one of its shareholders, James A. Barret, who had refused to pay the balance on his pledge to buy shares in the railroad on the grounds that the company had changed its original train route.

Lincoln's most notable criminal trial occurred in 1858 when he defended William " Duff " Armstrong, who was on trial for the murder of James Preston Metzker.

Scientists who have worked in this area include Raymond Moody, Susan Blackmore, Charles Tart, William James, Ian Stevenson, Michael Persinger and Pim van Lommel among others.

After being widowed in 1327, Alfonso married in February 1329 Eleanor of Castile ( 1308 – 1359 ), who was betrothed to his brother James, who had refused to consummate the marriage.

Carnegie's education and passion for reading was given a great boost by Colonel James Anderson, who opened his personal library of 400 volumes to working boys each Saturday night.

His mother Irene Worley (" Lolly ") was a writer of short stories who published under the name " Mary James ".

Following the Glorious Revolution, the line of succession to the English throne was governed by the Bill of Rights 1689, which declared that the flight of James II from England to France during the revolution amounted to an abdication of the throne and that James ' son-in-law, ( and nephew ) William of Orange, and his wife, James ' daughter, Mary, were James ' successors, who ruled jointly as William III and Mary II.

The Act of Settlement provided that the throne would pass to the Electress Sophia of Hanover – a granddaughter of James VI of Scotland and I of England, niece of Charles I of Scotland and England – and her Protestant descendants who had not married a Roman Catholic ; those who were Roman Catholic, and those who married a Roman Catholic, were barred from ascending the throne " for ever ".