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Hace 3 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 3 días · Buckingham and Normanby, 1st Duke of: 1711: 11 June: Poulett, 1st Earl: 1714: 24 Sept. Devonshire, 2nd Duke of: 1716: 5 July: Kent, 1st Duke of: 1719: 6 Feb. Argyll, 2nd Duke of: 1725: 1 June: Dorset, 1st Duke of: 1730: 19 June: Chesterfield, 4th Earl of: 1733: 2 May: Devonshire, 3rd Duke of: 1737: Feb. Dorset, 1st Duke of: 1745: 3 ...
Hace 3 días · The offices of gentleman of the bedchamber were in the gift of the Crown. (fn. 1) From 1660 the office of first gentleman was invariably coupled with that of groom of the stole. Originally the gentlemen were sworn in pursuance of royal warrants directed to the lord chamberlain. (fn. 2) From 1685 to 1688 these warrants were directed to the groom ...
Hace 5 días · George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 19th Baron de Ros, KG, PC, FRS (30 January 1628 – 16 April 1687) was an English statesman and poet who exerted considerable political power during the reign of Charles II of England.
Hace 5 días · This pamphlet, which was published with some degree of official backing by Buckingham’s enemies in Habsburg Flanders, deeply damaged the Duke’s reputation. It contributed not only to the failure of the Parliament of 1626, but also to the atmosphere of public hostility that culminated in Buckingham’s assassination at the hands of a disgruntled soldier in 1628.
Hace 2 días · Normandy, historic and cultural region of France encompassing the northern departments of Manche, Calvados, Orne, Eure, and Seine-Maritime and coextensive with the former province of Normandy. It was recreated as an administrative entity in 2016 with the union of the regions of Basse-Normandie and Haute-Normandie.
