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Hace 3 días · Pennant notes that the arms assumed by the Boctles were those of Ponsonby, earl of Bessborough. They have been varied. 21. For a description of its condition in 1845 see Glynne, Lancs. Churches (Chet. Soc.), 8; for the font, Trans. Hist. Soc. (New Ser.), xvii, 63. Reminiscences of it as it was about 1830 are printed in Lea's Ormskirk Handbook ...
Hace 3 días · Arms of Skelton of Armathwaite:— Azure, on a fesse, Arg. between three fleurs delis, Or, a Cornish chough, Proper. A younger branch of the Skeltons was of Branthwaite as early as the reign of Henry V. having married the heiress of Branthwaite. General Skelton, the last of the elder line of this branch, died in 1757.
Hace 4 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 · The third Welland Canal (Maps believed to be copyright 1970 by Allan Pritchard) There were now 26 cut stone locks, each 82.3 m (270 feet) long and 13.7 m (45 feet) wide. Originally, the limiting depth was to have been 3.7 m (12 feet) but it was increased to 4.3 m (14 feet) during construction. These new works were partially opened in 1881 but ...
Hace 4 días · William Longespée, 3rd Earl of Salisbury (circa 1167 – 1226) King John (reigned 1199 – 1216) John had several long-term mistresses and around twelve illegitimate children. Richard FitzRoy (circa 1190 – 1246) Joan, Lady of Wales (circa 1191 – 1237) King Edward II (reigned 1307 – 1327) Adam FitzRoy (circa 1307 – 1322)
Hace 3 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 4 días · Francis Egerton, 3rd duke of Bridgewater, founder of British inland navigation, whose canal, built from his estates at Worsley to the city of Manchester, is called the Bridgewater Canal.
