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Hace 3 días · HENRY, youngest son of Robert Sidney, the second earl of Leicester, having been in 1689, anno I William and Mary, created baron of Milton, and viscount Sidney of the isle of Shepey, was in 1694, created earl of Romney , being lord lieutenant of this county, lord warden of the cinque ports, and constable of Dover castle, but dying ...
Hace 5 días · New Romney is the main centre of population on the Romney Marsh with a population of about 7,000, and regarded by many as the unofficial capital of the Marsh. New Romney is one of the founder corporate members of the Confederation of Cinque Ports. The Town.
Hace 3 días · This place was at first called Romney only, and afterwards Old Romney, as well to distinguish it, as in comparison of the new and more prosperous town of New Romney, which rose out of its ruins, when its port failed and was transferred thither.
Hace 4 días · Several of the early foreign occupants were ambassadors and there were about an equal number of their English counterparts who made their London homes in the square. Notable among these were Sir Paul Rycaut at No. 52, Sir William Trumbull at No. 26, and Henry Sidney (later Earl of Romney) at No. 29.
Hace 3 días · Today the town of New Romney retains a range of historic buildings. These include the ruins of St John's Priory, a medieval Cistercian Priory established in the thirteenth century. Early fourteenth century high-status domestic buildings are found at 3 and 4 West Street.
Hace 3 días · The first book, Doctor Syn: A Smuggler Tale of Romney Marsh was published in 1915. The story idea came from smuggling in the 18th century Romney Marsh, where brandy and tobacco were brought in at night by boat from France to avoid high tax.
Hace 5 días · Henry Stanley, Earl of Romney, one of the "Immortal Seven" who wrote the invitation to William to invade. Why were things in such a state that, not only did English noblemen invite an overseas invasion, but almost all England actually did welcome it? And how did England define the meaning of it afterwards?
