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Courtfield, Welsh Bicknor
Courtfield, Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire, England is a country house dating from the early 19th century. The present building stands on the site of a much older mansion which, according to tradition, was home to Henry V for the early years of his life. This house was originally called Greenfield or Greyfield but was renamed Courtfield at that time. Nothing now remains of that building and the present house was erected in the very early 19th century by William Michael Vaughan. The Vaughans had purchased the estate in the 16th century. Staunchly Roman Catholic, and much persecuted in the 17th and 18th centuries; in the mid-19th century Herbert Vaughan, later a cardinal and Archbishop of Westminster, was brought up at the house, born into a large family, an unusually high number of whom entered the church. In 1950 Courtfield was sold by Patrick Vaughan to the Mill Hill Missionaries who ran a House of Formation at the house. In 2010, the mission was closed and the house sold back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). ''6,000 Years of Housing'' (rev. ed.) (New York: W.W. Norton & Company). Houses use a range of different roofing systems to keep precipitation such as rain from getting into the dwelling space. Houses may have doors or locks to secure the dwelling space and protect its inhabitants and contents from burglars or other trespassers. Most conventional modern houses in Western cultures will contain one or more bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen or cooking area, and a living room. A house may have a separate dining room, or the eating area may be integrated into another room. Some large houses in North America have a recreation room. In traditional agriculture-oriented societies, domestic animals such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret De Monthermer, 3rd Baroness Monthermer
Margaret de Monthermer (14 October 1329 – 24 March 1394/1395) was an English heiress and '' suo jure'' Baroness Monthermer. Life In 1297 her grandfather Ralph de Monthermer had married Joan of Acre, to the displeasure of her father King Edward I. He had three children with Joan, and after her death, he was appointed Baron Monthermer. One of his sons was Thomas de Monthermer, Margaret's father. Margaret was born on 14 October 1329. Thomas de Monthermer died in 1340 whilst fighting in the Battle of Sluys. Upon the death of her father, Margaret became '' suo jure'' Baroness Monthermer at the age of 10. She was also the heiress of Stokenham. In 1343 Margaret married John de Montacute (later 1st Baron Montacute), a younger son of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury. She died on 24 March 1394 or 1395. References ;Works cited * * * * {{refend 1329 births 1390s deaths Hereditary women peers 14th-century English women 14th-century English landowners 14th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolls Family
The Rolls family were substantial landowners and benefactors in and around Monmouth in south-east Wales. The ascent of the family to the aristocracy was through marriage. A prominent member of the family was Charles Stewart Rolls, who co-founded the Rolls-Royce car manufacturing company. The family's arms were described in 1852 as: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, or, on a fesse, dancettée, with plain cotises between three billets, sa., each charged with a lion, rampant, of the field, as many bezants; 2nd, gu., an eagle, displayed, barry of six, erminois and az.; 3rd, or, a saltier, sa., in chief, a leopard's face, of the second. John Rolls and "The Hendre" The Rolls family of Monmouth derive from John Rolls (1735–1801), son of Aaron and Elizabeth Rolls, the Grange, Bermondsey, and of the Hendre, Monmouthshire, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1794. Much of his property in both Monmouthshire and London came through his marriage to Sarah Coysh (d. 1801), heiress of her brother Richard. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Vaughan Maddox
George Vaughan Maddox (1802–27 February 1864) was a nineteenth-century British architect and builder, whose work was undertaken principally in the town of Monmouth, Wales, and in the Monmouthshire, wider county. Working mainly in a Neoclassical architecture, Neo-Classical style, his extensive output made a significant contribution to the Monmouth townscape. The architectural historian John Newman (architectural historian), John Newman considers that Monmouth owes to Maddox "its particular architectural flavour. For two decades from the mid-1820s he put up a sequence of public buildings and private houses in the town, in a style deft, cultured, and only occasionally unresolved." The Market Hall, Monmouth, Market Hall and 1-6 Priory Street, Monmouth, 1-6 Priory Street are considered his "most important projects". Life and works Maddox was born in 1802, the son of a builder, John Maddox, who also worked in the county. Howard Colvin suggests he was related to George Maddox (archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
