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Hace 4 días · The eldest branch of this ancient family became extinct in the male line by the death of Anthony James Radcliffe, Earl of Newburgh, in 1814. The late Earl of Newburgh, whose father had claimed that Scotch earldom, in right of his mother, was great nephew of the last Earl of Derwentwater.
Hace 3 días · Richard Radcliffe died 8 June 1502, holding the manors of Radcliffe, Oswaldtwistle, and Moston, the moiety of Crumpsall, the fourth part of Culcheth, and the advowson of Radcliffe Church, with houses, mills, lands, and rents in those places, and in Lowton, Bolton, and Manchester.
Hace 4 días · On the site now occupied by Old Hall, St. Michael's Church, Voel and (till recently) South Grove House, stood the celebrated mansion where Sir William Cornwallis lived during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I, followed by Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel and 4th Earl of Surrey (later 1st Earl of Norfolk), and where Sir ...
Hace 5 días · The Most Noble Order of the Garter was founded by Edward III of England in 1348. Dates shown are of nomination or installation; coloured rows indicate sovereigns, princes of Wales, medieval ladies, modern royal knights and ladies, and stranger knights and ladies, none of whom counts toward the 24-member limit.
Hace 5 días · Geoffrey Fitzpiers de Mandeville, Earl of Essex (son of Piers de Lutegareshale and Maud de Mandeville) was born Abt. 1162 in Walden, Essex, England, and died October 14, 1213. He was a prominent member of the government of England during the reigns of Richard I and John.
Hace 5 días · First to be explored is how the earldom of Norfolk came into being – how the fortunes of the Bigod family were made. By 1107, Morris shows, the Bigods had become 'barons of the first rank' (p. 1) and by 1166 were the fifth richest family in England.
Hace 4 días · By the early 1500's the 4th Earl of Shrewsbury had built a grand manor house which included one of the earliest long galleries in England. In 1530, a newly built tower housed Henry VIII's chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, on his way to stand trial for high treason in London.
