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Hace 5 días · The almshouses were built by Alice, Countess of Derby (died 1636), after her second marriage to Sir Thomas Egerton, (afterwards Lord Ellesmere and Viscount Brackley) in 1600. They are arranged in two groups of four tenements divided by a central passage and forming an H-shaped plan with the cross-wings at the N. and S. ends.
Hace 5 días · The idea that the painting influenced Paradise Lost is pure fantasy. The fact that Milton never showed the slightest interest in painting and sculpture has never inhibited students of Milton.
Hace 4 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 4 días · The Lathom family and their successors, the Stanleys, Earls of Derby, down to about 1600 continued to hold it by the same tenure, and it was described as a manor. The priory of Burscough held land in the township by grant of Robert son of Richard de Lathom. The Hospitallers also had lands there.
Hace 3 días · After the title of Earl of Derby had been taken from the Ferrars family, it was given, with that of Lancaster, to several of the blood-royal of the Plantagenets. Melbourne Castle was one of the seats of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster. King Henry VII. conferred the title of Earl of Derby on the Stanley family, in whom it has ever since ...
Hace 3 días · Alice, Dowager Countess of Derby (d. 1636), left property to build almshouses for a master and six poor women, all of whom were to be chosen by Lord Chandos, the lord of the manor.
Hace 2 días · Index: D. Pages 238-240. Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House: Volume 23, Addenda, 1562-1605. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1973.
