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Hace 5 días · Perhaps the most famous resident of Warwick Castle was Richard Neville, the 16th Earl of Warwick, who earned the moniker "The Kingmaker" for his pivotal role in the Wars of the Roses. Initially allied with the Yorkist faction, Neville helped his cousin Edward IV ascend to the throne in 1461.
Hace 4 días · Roger, Earl of Warwick (1119-53), granted a small manor beyond the bridge on the south side of the town to the Knights Templars. It became one of a group of manors contributory to the preceptory of Balsall until the confiscation of the Templars' lands in 1308.
Hace 2 días · His grand-daughter married the 2nd Lord Rich, by whom she was mother of the 3rd Lord, created Earl of Warwick, who was father of the Earls of Warwick and Holland, who were conspicuous in the Civil War period.
Hace 3 días · Robert Rich, the son and successor of the first Earl of Holland, succeeded his cousin as Earl of Warwick, in consequence of failure of the elder branch, and thus united the two coronets of his family.
Hace 5 días · Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale only lived in America as a child, spending the rest of his life in England, Wales, and India.
Hace 4 días · Robert Rich was a senior naval officer, originally appointed as Vice-Admiral by King Charles, but whose loyalty lay with Parliament. 7. This Royalist general was a senior cavalry officer who later commanded the Royalist Navy.
Hace 2 días · It would be interesting to learn how far great landowners like the 4th Earl of Bedford or the 3rd Earl of Essex or the 2nd Earl of Warwick shared that view. There is also a question-mark over the role of the House of Lords in the Parliaments of 1626 and 1628.
