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Hace 4 días · In 1592, however, the manor, castle, park, and advowson of the church of Lythe, possessions of Sir Francis Bigod attainted, were granted in fee farm to Edmund Lord Sheffield of Butterwick, Lincolnshire, and his heirs male, at the ancient rent of £410 18s. 3d.
Hace 2 días · Board of Green Cloth -Lord Steward 1660–1837. The lord steward presided over the Household Below Stairs. In addition to making contracts and overseeing the activity of the board of green cloth, he was the principal judge for all offences committed within the verge.
Hace 4 días · Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, in the costume of a Roman emperor, attended by his duchess in a court-dress of the time of George I.; the English admiral, Sir Cloudesley Shovel, in a Roman cuirass, sandals, and a full-bottomed wig, in his monument in the south aisle; and many others, equally inconsistent in time and place, show the ...
Hace 2 días · Buckingham Palace, palace and London residence of the British sovereign. It is situated within the borough of Westminster. The palace takes its name from the house built (c. 1705) for John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham. It was bought in 1762 by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, and became.
Hace 5 días · Book: The Fifteenth-Century Inquisitions Post Mortem: A Companion. edited by: Michael Hicks. Woodbridge, Boydell and Brewer, 2012, ISBN: 9781843837121; 272pp.; Price: £50.00. Reviewer: Dr Steven Gunn. NA. Citation: Dr Steven Gunn, review of The Fifteenth-Century Inquisitions Post Mortem: A Companion, (review no. 1314)
Hace 3 días · The title Buckingham College, which continued to be used after this date, is assumed to derive from Henry, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1460–83), or possibly from his grandfather Humphrey, 1st Duke, in commemoration of his benefactions; but what those benefactions were and why they were made to this community is entirely unknown.
Hace 5 días · On the 80th Anniverary of the D-Day landings which turned the tide of the Second World War, Sheffield, like many other locations across the country, held a quiet, touching ceremony attended by...
