Voorcompagnie to Ningxiang No.1 High School, encouraging the vast majority of the students to study hard and make contributions to science. Ningxiang No. 1 High School Ningxiang No. 1 High School (), commonly abbreviated as (Ningxiang) Yizhong (), is a public coeducational high school in Yutan Subdistrict of Ningxiang, Hunan, China. History. Ningxiang No. 1 High School traces its history back to the former Old-style Private School of Zhou Family (), founded by educater Zhu Jianfan () in 1905, and it was renamed Zhounan Girls' School () in 1907 and then Zhounan Female Normal School () in the fellowing year. In 1912, Hunan Provincial No.1 Female 	Ningxiang No. 1 High School
20315525	John Spelman (judge) John Spelman (judge) Sir John Spelman (died 1546) was an English judge from Norfolk, noted for his composition of law reports. Origins. Born about 1480, he was the fourth son and youngest child of Henry Spelman (died 1496), of Bekerton in Stow Bedon, a lawyer and judge who was a Reader of Gray's Inn and Recorder of Norwich, and his second wife Ela, widow of Thomas Shouldham (died 1472), of Marham, and daughter and coheiress of William Narborough, of Narborough. His Spelman ancestors originated in Hampshire, where before 1272 they held the manor of Brockenhurst, but by 1369 had 	John Spelman (judge)
20315526	moved to Norfolk where they had lands in and later acquired the manor of Bekerton. Career. About 1500, he followed his father to study law at Gray's Inn, where he served as Reader three times, and in 1521 was created a serjeant, followed next year by gaining his father's old post of Recorder of Norwich. In 1526 he was promoted to King's Serjeant and in 1531 was appointed a Justice of the King's Bench, being sworn in by the Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More. Knighted in 1532, he went as a justice of assize on the 	John Spelman (judge)
20315527	Northern Circuit, changing to the Home Circuit in 1537. From 1540 he stopped going on circuit and sat at Westminster Hall. in 1521 he bought from Sir Edmund Knyvett and his wife Anne the portion of the manor of Bydon in Stow Bedon that he did not already own. After the death of his half-brother Thomas Shouldham, he obtained the estate of Narborough and built his family home of Narborough Hall, where his descendants lived until 1773. It contains a stone tablet with his coat of arms that he put up in 1528. In 1537 he was granted the 	John Spelman (judge)
20315528	manor of Gracys in Narborough, belonging to the suppressed Pentney Priory. He died in office on 26 January 1546 and was buried at Narborough, where his memorial brass can be seen. Law reports. His fame comes from his compilation of law reports, starting not only with cases he attended in court but also with lectures and seminars held at Gray's Inn. From 1521 he mainly covered common pleas and after 1531 King's Bench cases. He also summarised practitioners' discussions on points of law and judges' conferences. Among significant processes he recorded were the proceedings against Cardinal Wolsey in 	John Spelman (judge)
20315529	1530, the trials of Bishop John Fisher and Sir Thomas More in 1535, the trial and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn in 1536, and Lord Dacre's case in 1541. Family. He married Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Sir Henry Frowick (died 1527), of South Mimms, and niece of Sir Thomas Frowick, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. Her mother was Sir Henry's first wife Anne, daughter and coheiress of Robert Knollys, of North Mimms, and his wife Elizabeth Troutbeck (died 1458). They had thirteen sons and seven daughters, the second son being The widowed Elizabeth married secondly John 	John Spelman (judge)
20315530	Coningsby, of North Mimms, son of the judge Sir Humphrey Coningsby, and became the mother of Sir Henry Coningsby. After her second husband's death in 1547, she married William Dodd and died on 5 November 1556, being buried at North Mimms. John Spelman (judge) Sir John Spelman (died 1546) was an English judge from Norfolk, noted for his composition of law reports. Origins. Born about 1480, he was the fourth son and youngest child of Henry Spelman (died 1496), of Bekerton in Stow Bedon, a lawyer and judge who was a Reader of Gray's Inn and Recorder of 	John Spelman (judge)
20315531	Voorcompagnie Voorcompagnie A voorcompagnie (pre-company) is the naming given to the trading companies from the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands that traded in Asia between 1594 and 1602, before they all merged to form the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The pre-companies were financed by merchants from the Northern Netherlands and rich immigrants from the Southern Netherlands. Because of the deadly competition, the government forced the smaller trading companies to unite and form the (United) East India Company, that on its turn received the exclusive rights for the trade with Asia for the following 21 years. History. In 	Voorcompagnie
20315532	the seven years before the founding of the VOC, 12 pre-companies were formed: According to Jaap ter Haar, they were sailing the coins out of each other's pockets and the shoes off each other's feet". In total fifteen expeditions were sent between 1594 and 1601, excluding 3 troubled expeditions via North Cape (Norway). Citations. References. Sources: Voorcompagnie A voorcompagnie (pre-company) is the naming given to the trading companies from the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands that traded in Asia between 1594 and 1602, before they all merged to form the Dutch East India Company (VOC