Definition of john speed:
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(1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins.; superseding .
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(alias Spence) (executed at Durham, 4 February 1594) an English Roman Catholic layman, condemned for aiding and abetting Catholic priests in their ministry.
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an English cartographer and historian.
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(May 17, 1772 – March 30, 1840) an American judge and farmer in Louisville, Kentucky.