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Hace 2 días · In 1665 he married Lady Anne Digby, younger daughter of the second Earl of Bristol. In preparation for his future political career, he now began paying court to the royal favourites, and in 1671 invited Mdlle. de Keroualle (afterwards Duchess of Portsmouth) "to his town house in Queen Street, and lost enormous sums to her at basset."
Hace 2 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 3 días · The late Earl and Countess of Chesterfield supported a school for 30 boys, and another for 30 girls; in which the children were clothed, and instructed in reading, writing, and arithmetic. These schools are still kept up by the trustees, at the request of the young Earl and his sisters.
Hace 4 días · Inhabitants of St. Cuhtbert's versus Mr. Thorne, their Minister. The Petition of the Inhabitants of St. Cutberts , in Bedford Town, was read; "complaining against Mr. Thorne, their Minister, who hath wilfully neglected the Cure of the Souls of the said Parish, and hath taken to his own Use the Profits of the said Benefice; desiring that an ...
Hace 2 días · A Child of Science | Official Trailer. In 1978, Patrick Steptoe, Robert Edwards, and Jean Purdy changed the world as we know it – and most people don’t even know their names.
Hace 13 horas · Reginald Digby married Ann Danvers and died on 25 February 1549. Like his parents he is buried at Coleshill. His son John, who married Anne Throgmorton of Coughton, died in 1558, and was succeeded by Sir George, who married Abigail Henningham. They had several children.
Hace 4 días · The priory of St. James, Bristol, was founded about 1137, by Robert, earl of Gloucester, as a cell to the Benedictine monastery of Tewkesbury. (fn. 1) He set aside a tenth of the stone which had been brought from Normandy for the keep of Bristol Castle for the building of a Lady chapel in his new foundation.
