FENTON. 532 FEOFFMENT. in so clever an imitation of Pope's manner that his share cannot be distinguished by any internal test. He wrote a tragedy. Mariamne, presented in 1723, and published a collection of poems i 1707) and an admirable edition of the works of Edmund Waller (1729). "Fenton," says Johnson, '"may be justly styled an excellent versi- fier and a good poet." FENTON, Reuben Eaton (1819-85). An American politician. He was born at Carroll, X. Y. ; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1S41, and practiced for a time at Jamestown. N. Y., but afterwards gave up the profession of law and became a merchant. He was a Repre- sentative in Congress from 1857 to 18G4, and was then Governor of Xew York until 1869, serving two terms. During the Civil War he was a standi supporter of the war measures of Lincoln and his Cabinet. He was a United States Senator from 1869 to 1875, and in 1878 was chairman of the United States Commission at the Inter- national Monetary Conference at Paris. FEN'TJGREEK (AS. fenogrecum, from Lat. foenum Orwcum, Greek hay), Trigonella. A ge- nus of plants of the natural order Leguminosae, allied to clover and melilot. The leaves have three obovate leaflets and scythe-shaped stipules. The flowers generally have the keel very small, so that the wings and standard present the ap- pearance of tripetalous corolla. The common fenugreek ( Trigonella fcenum-grcecum ) is an an- nual, native of eastern Europe and western Asia, naturalized in the Mediterranean region, where, as in India, it lias long been cultivated as a fodder plant and for its strong-smelling, oily seed, which is used in Egypt and the East in bread and curry-powder. In medicine it is now used only in external applications, but is still employed internally in veterinary practice as an ingredient in condition powders. It is the com- mon flavoring substance of patent stock foods, which owe their strong, not unpleasant odor to it. FEN'WICK, George (e. 1(503-57). An Eng- lish Parliamentary leader and colonist in Amer- ica. He studied law, was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1631, and became one of the patentees of the Connecticut Colony in 1635, visiting Boston in the following year. In 1639 he removed with his family to Saybrook, Conn., where he represented the patentees and held the office of Governor until 1644. In 1645 he dis- posed of most of his property at Saybrook, and returned to England, where, in the same year. he was chosen to the Long Parliament from Morpeth. Be served in the Civil War as a colonel of militia, and bee Governor of Ber- wick after its fall in 1648. Be was one of the Parliamentary commissioners for the King's trial, but did not act. !!<• was with Cromwell in bis invasion of Scotland in 1650, and after serving as Governor of Edinburgh Castle, became, in 1651, one of the commissioners for the gov- ernment of Scotland. Be was a member of the Parliaments of 1654 and 1656 from Berwick. FENWICK, or FENWICKE, JoHM (1618
English Quakei colonist in Nevi Jersey,
'■ in conjunction with or as a trustee for n - i q.v.), be bought foi E1000 the inten i of t ord Berkeley in the Province of Xew in March, 1673, and t wo years later led the company ol i >ual ei w hich emigr tted from England in the ship Griffin and founded Salem, X. J., the first English settlement in West Jer- sey. He and Byllynge -non became involved in a dispute over the extent of their respective shares in the purchase, but an adjustment was made by William Penn, who was called in as arbitrator, and who awarded one-tenth of the territory to Fenwick and the remainder to Byllynge. "pen wick, however, soon executed a contingent lease for 1000 years- to John Eldridge and Edward Warner, and the property eventually passed out of his hands. After his arrival at Salem a con- troversy arose between him and Governor Andros of Xew York over the question of jurisdiction, and late in 1676 he was arrested, taken to New York, and forced to give his parole that he would not assume any authority on the east side of the Delaware River until regularly authorized to do so by Andros or the Duke of York. FENWICK, Sir John (c.1645-97). An Eng- lish conspirator, the eldest son of Sir William Fenwick. of Wellington Castle. He served in the army and advanced to the rank of major-general. In 1677 he was elected to Parliament. It was he who brought up the bill of attainder against the Duke of Monmouth in 1685. After the ac- cession of William III., for whom he had a per- sonal dislike, he remained an ardent Jacobite, and was involved in numerous plots against the King. He entered into the conspiracy known as the Assassination Plot (1695), and in the fol- lowing year was arrested and committed to the Tower. His family connections and political backing might have brought him a pardon, had it not been for his own action in attempting to implicate Marlborough, Godolphin. Shrewsbury, and other Whig leaders in the plots. This pro- cedure lost him supporters and made possible the passing of the bill of attainder against him, with little opposition. He was beheaded on Tower Hill on January 28, 1697, being the last person executed in England in consequence of attainder. FENYES, fa'nyesh. ALEXIUS (1807-76). A Hungarian geographer and statistician. He was born at ( 'sokaly i < 'ounty of Bihar) and was edu- cated at Grosswardein and Pressburg. After spending two years at Budapest and in European travel, he succeeded in collecting reliable data for his standard geographical and statistical works on Hungary. In 1835 he became permanently established at Budapest, where his principal works were written. These include a volumi- nous historical and geographical report on the contemporaneous conditions of Hungary (1836 39), for which work 200 ducats were awarded bj the Learned Society of Hungary; Magyai orszdg Statistikdjn (2d ed. 1 S 4 4 ) : and a school atlas of Hungary. In 1848 Fenyes was appointed chief of statistics in the Ministry of the Interior. FEODOE, fa'6-d6r, Feodokovitch. See Berg, Friedbich Wilhelm Rembert. FEOFFMENT, fef'ment (OF. feoffi from feoffer, fieffer, feffer, to enfeoff, from fien, fen, fied, fee, from Ml., feudum, property held in fee, from (tilt;, film, tier. 1 ieh, S. /. Goth, faihu, cattle; connected with Lat. pei Ski. pasu, cattle). The oldest, and for a lona period the only, method for the conveyance of freehold land known in England. It was ,-i cere monial mode of conveyance which rested upon and was derived from the primitive notion that
