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Definition of John Speke
1. Noun. English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864).
Lexicographical Neighbors of John Speke
Literary usage of John Speke
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and by John Burke (1838)
"John Speke, son of Sir William Speke, knight, by Constance ... Sir John's sou
and successor, SIR John Speke, knight of Whitelackington, temp. ..."
2. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Sir Bernard Burke (1863)
"SIR John Speke, Knt. (sou and beir of John Joan his wile, dau. and heir of John
... He was s. by his son, John Speke, Esq. of Whitelackington, ..."
3. Somerset Medieval Wills by Frederic William Weaver (1903)
"And if the said John Speke of ... To George my son the one half .of.my best
cheyne, the other half to John Speke of ..."
4. The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland: Being a History of by Thomas Hinton Burley Oldfield (1816)
"A petition of Edward Phillips and Robert Hunt, esqrs., complaining of an undue
return of William Stoke, and John Speke, esqrs. A petition of William Strode ..."
5. Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1904)
"This shield would imply that the figures represent John Speke and Joan, ...
John Speke died in 1442, and his widow, having apparently re-married Hugh ..."
6. Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity by Society of Antiquaries of London (1817)
"To all to whom this present will shall come hyre or see John Speke sends greeting,
The will and intent of me the said John Speke, touching my mannor of ..."
7. Somerset Record Society: Publication by Somerset Record Society (1906)
"... to William Speke son of the said John Speke knight for his life, and after
his decease to remain to the heirs begotten of Joan by the said John Speke, ..."
8. Pedes Finium, Commonly Called Feet of Fines, for the County of Somerset by Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1906)
"... to William Speke son of the said John Speke knight for his life, and after
his decease to remain to the heirs begotten of Joan by the said John Speke, ..."
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