2) Coke, Thomas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...English clergyman and early bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. After taking orders (1777) in the Church of England, he openly allied himself with...

3) Coke, Thomas William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thomas William, (kook) (KEY) , 1752-1842, English agricultural reformer. Created earl of Leicester of Holkham in 1837, he was known as Coke of Holkham. He improved...

4) Asbury, Francis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Methodist bishop in America, b. England. The Wesleyan conference in London sent him in 1771 as a missionary to America, where he promoted the growth of the circuit...

5) Mellon, Andrew William. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Andrew William, 1855-1937, American financier, industrialist, and public official, b. Pittsburgh. He studied at the Western Univ. of Pennsylvania (now the Univ. of...

6) Methodism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Protestant Christian denominations that have developed from the movement started in England by the teaching of John Wesley. 1 Early HistoryJohn Wesley, his brother...

7) Wesley, John. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...English evangelical preacher, founder of Methodism, b. Epworth, Lincolnshire. 1 Early LifeWesley was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1725, elected a...

8) Littleton, Sir Thomas. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Court of Common Pleas in 1453 and a judge in 1466. He is best known for his Tenures, a short work in French on the types of estates in land in England. The work,...

9) Coke, Sir Edward. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Sir Edward, (kook) (KEY) , 1552-1634, English jurist, one of the most eminent in the history of English law. He entered Parliament in 1589 and rose rapidly, becoming...

10) Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of, 1593-1641, English statesman. Regularly elected to Parliament from 1614 on, he became one of the critics of George Villiers, 1st duke...