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Hace 4 días · When her grandson James, the 3rd earl, died in 1405 the estate is called the manor of Long Compton and is said to be held of the Earl of Hereford, which title had by that date been absorbed into the Crown.
Hace 5 días · The mansion, which is one of the seats of the Marquess of Northampton, has nothing of the castle about it; it is a fine house of the Elizabethan period, altered in many places by descendants of the original builder, Henry, 1st Lord Compton.
Hace 2 días · The east wing of the present Town Hall, designed by E. W. Godwin, was built in 1861–4; the west wing, added in 1889–92, was designed by A. W. Jeffrey and M. H. Holding, the restorers of Castle Ashby. The public library was housed here with the museum, until 1883; the borough records are now preserved here.
Hace 4 días · National Heritage [James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton] James Compton, 3rd Earl of Northampton FRS (19 August 1622 – 15 December 1681), was an English peer, politician and author, who fought for the Royalists
Hace 3 días · The Battle of Northampton, fought on a summer‘s day in 1460, was a short but decisive engagement that reshaped the English political landscape. Through a combination of military prowess, political pragmatism, and sheer opportunism, the Yorkists under Warwick and March achieved a stunning victory.
Hace 2 días · The new earl of Norfolk, he maintains, was certainly a good citizen, especially during Edward's absence in the years to 1274 and in Wales and Scotland, for example. He was placed under pressure by the king's quo warranto campaign and by demands that he pay back his debts to the Exchequer, the sum of which he disagreed with on more than one occasion.
Hace 17 horas · James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury: 1648–1683 1680 484 Charles II, Elector Palatine: ... William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton: 1818–1897 1885 785
