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Eldred Baronets
The Eldred Baronetcy, of Saxham Magna in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I .... It was created on 29 January 1642 for Revett Eldred, the son of the traveller and merchant John Eldred. The title became extinct on Eldred's death in circa 1653. Eldred baronets, of Saxham Magna (1642) *Sir Revett Eldred, 1st Baronet (died ) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eldred Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of England
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies are listed below in order of precedence (i.e. date). All other baronetcies, including extinct, dormant (D), unproven (U), under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eldred
John Eldred (1552–1632) was an English traveller and merchant. His ''Journal of his Voyage to Tripoli and Bassora'' is reproduced in Richard Hakluyt's ''Principal Navigations'' of 1599. Early life Eldred was born in 1552 at New Buckenham in Norfolk, where his father had moved from Knettishall in Suffolk. It seems probable that he went to London while still young, devoted himself to business and prospered. He was already a well-to-do merchant when 'upon Shrove Monday 1583' he 'departed out of London in the ship called the ''Tiger'', in the company of Mr. John Newbery, Mr. Ralph Fitch, and six or seven other honest merchants.' Voyage On 1 May they arrived at Tripoli in Syria, and after staying there for a fortnight went on to Aleppo, and thence to Bir on the Euphrates. At Bir they took a boat down the river as far as Feludjah, where after a week's delay they hired a hundred asses to convey their merchandise to Baghdad. There they stayed for some days, and, reshipping their wares ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
