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George Tuchet, 1st Earl Of Castlehaven
George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven ( – 1617), was the son of Henry Tuchet, 10th Baron Audley (died 1563) and his wife, née Elizabeth Sneyd. Career He succeeded his father as 11th Baron Audley and 8th Baron Tuchet on 30 December 1563, and served in the Parliament of England from 30 September 1566 to 5 April 1614. He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was Governor of Utrecht in the Netherlands, and Governor of Kells, County Meath, Ireland. He was wounded at the Battle of Kinsale, 24 December 1601. He resided primarily in Ireland and was summoned by writ to the Irish House of Lords on 11 March 1613/1614. He was created 1st Baron Audley of Orier (County Armagh) and 1st Earl of Castlehaven (County Cork) on 6 September 1616 in the Peerage of Ireland. Marriages Before 28 August 1584, he married Lucy Mervyn, who died before April 1610, only daughter of Sir James Marvyn (1529–1611) and his first wife Amy Clarke from Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire. They had seven chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Tuchet, 10th Baron Audley
Henry Tuchet, 10th Baron Audley, 7th Baron Tuchet (died 30 December 1563) was an English peer. Henry Tuchet was the son of George Tuchet, 9th Baron Audley George Tuchet, 9th Baron Audley, 6th Baron Tuchet (died June 1560) was an English peer. George Tuchet was the son of John Tuchet, 8th Baron Audley (born c. 1483). He married twice; firstly Elizabeth Tuke, daughter of Sir Brian Tuke Sir Brian ... (died 1560). He married Elizabeth Sneyd, daughter of Sir William Sneyd ( or Suede ). He inherited his title on the death of his father. He died on 30 December 1563 and was buried in Betley, Staffordshire. He was succeeded by his son, George Tuchet, 11th Baron Audley (c. 1561 - 1616), who was made 1st Earl of Castlehaven at the end of his life. Family Issue * George Tuchet, 11th Baron Audley * Jakob References ThePeerage.com entry;Notes , - Year of birth missing 1563 deaths 16th-century English nobility *10 {{England-baron-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fonthill Gifford
Fonthill Gifford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, to the north of the Nadder valley, west of Salisbury. History The name of the village and parish derives from the Giffard family, landowners, beginning with Berenger Giffard who was lord in 1086. The Marvyn family were lords of the manor from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century. Among them were Sir John Marvyn (c.1503–1566), MP and High Sheriff, who purchased the adjoining Compton Bassett manor; and his son James (1529–1611), also MP. Fonthill then passed by marriage to George Tuchet, later Earl of Castlehaven. His son Mervyn was executed in 1631, and in the next year the estate was granted by the king to Baron Cottington, ambassador and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Apart from an interruption during the Civil War the estate continued with the Cottingtons until sold to William Beckford, future Lord Mayor of London, in 1745. His son, also William, built the grandiose Fonthill Abbey but was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1610s Deaths
Year 161 ( CLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Aurelius (or, less frequently, year 914 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 161 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * March 7 – Emperor Antoninus Pius dies, and is succeeded by Marcus Aurelius, who shares imperial power with Lucius Verus, although Marcus retains the title Pontifex Maximus. * Marcus Aurelius, a Spaniard like Trajan and Hadrian, is a stoical disciple of Epictetus, and an energetic man of action. He pursues the policy of his predecessor and maintains good relations with the Senate. As a legislator, he endeavors to create new principles of morality and humanity, particularly favoring women and slaves. * Aurelius reduces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1550s Births
Year 155 ( CLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Severus and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 908 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 155 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Births * Cao Cao, Chinese statesman and warlord (d. 220) * Dio Cassius, Roman historian (d. c. 235) * Tertullian, Roman Christian theologian (d. c. 240) * Sun Jian, Chinese general and warlord (d. 191) Deaths * Pius I, Roman bishop * Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (b. AD 65 AD 65 ( LXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nerva and Vestinus (or, less frequently, year 818 ''Ab urbe condita''). ...) References {{DEFAULTSORT:155 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piers Crosby
Sir Piers Crosby (1590–1646) was an Irish soldier and politician. Crosby was also a leading Irish magnate, owning various estates across the island. He was a man of strong and determined character, and had sufficient political skills to help bring about the downfall and death of the Earl of Stafford, who in the 1630s had been virtually all-powerful in Ireland. Family Background Crosby was of Gaelic Irish descent; his father Padraig Mac an Chrosáin (died 22 March 1611), had been active in English service since 1588 and helped transplant the septs of Laois into County Kerry. While remaining a Roman Catholic, he anglicised his name to Patrick Crosby. His younger brother, a Protestant convert, was John Crosbie, Bishop of Ardfert and Aghadoe, ancestor of the Crosbie baronets. Patrick married Catherine, and in his will mentions his niece "Joan Moore" indicating that his wife may have been an O'More. Biography Sir Piers commanded an Irish regiment in the Duke of Buckingham's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel Harington
Mabel Harington (died 1603), was a courtier to Elizabeth I of England and the sixth daughter of Sir James Harington and Lucy Harington, the daughter of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent. She married Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke, having 7 children. Later dying in 1603. Biography She married Sir Andrew Noel of Dalby and Brooke (d. 1607), a son of Andrew Noel and Elizabeth Hopton. She was known as "Lady Noel" or "Lady Nowell". She attended the funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots at Peterborough Cathedral in 1587 with her sister Elizabeth, Lady Montagu. Andrew Noel's brother Henry Noel was a poet, a patron of John Dowland, and said to be a gentleman pensioner to the queen. He died on 28 February 1597 after playing a ball game called ''baloune'' at court with an Italian opponent. According to a letter written by Rowland Whyte in April, the queen had been angry at one of her maids of honour Elizabeth Brydges for watching a game of ''ballon'' rather than attending to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlesex
Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbouring ceremonial counties. Three rivers provide most of the county's boundaries; the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Lea to the east and the River Colne, Hertfordshire, Colne to the west. A line of hills forms the northern boundary with Hertfordshire. Middlesex county's name derives from its origin as the Middle Saxons, Middle Saxon Province of the Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Essex, with the county of Middlesex subsequently formed from part of that territory in either the ninth or tenth century, and remaining an administrative unit until 1965. The county is the List of counties of England by area in 1831, second smallest, after Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audley Mervyn
Sir Audley Mervyn of Trillick (1603?–1675) was a lawyer and politician in seventeenth-century Ireland. He was MP for County Tyrone and Speaker of the Irish House of Commons 1661-1666., page=109, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0I9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA109&dq="Audley+Mervyn"+Tyrone+speaker+house+of+commons&hl=en&ei=lJTyS5WzMIKUnwOJr52wDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Audley%20Mervyn%22%20Tyrone%20speaker%20house%20of%20commons&f=false He was the second son of Sir Henry Mervyn of Petersfield, Hampshire, who married his cousin Lady Christian Tuchet, daughter of George Tuchet, 1st Earl of Castlehaven and his wife Lucy Mervyn, only daughter of Sir James Mervyn of Fonthill Gifford and his first wife Amy Clarke. Early career He attended Christ Church, Oxford. He moved to Ireland, at the suggestion of his Castlehaven relatives, who had large estates in that country, and himself became a substantial Irish landowner, principally in County Tyrone. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Thynne (died 1639)
Sir Thomas Thynne (''ca.'' 1578–1639), of Longleat, Wiltshire, was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1629. His romance with the daughter of his family's enemies may have inspired Shakespeare to pen Romeo and Juliet. Life Thynne was the son and heir of Sir John Thynne of Longleat, a knight of the shire,'Parliamentary history : 1529–1629', in ''A History of the County of Wiltshire'', vol. 5 (1957)pp. 111–132 accessed 7 July 2011 and Joan Hayward, daughter of Sir Rowland Hayward, a Lord Mayor of London.Sir Thomas Thynne at thepeerage.com, accessed 7 July 2011 Thynne first made his mark in May 1594, at the age of sixteen, when he clandestinely married Maria (or Mary) Touchet, also sixteen, a |
Dingley, Northamptonshire
Dingley is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, located along the A427, about east of the nearest town, Market Harborough. It is also close to the A6 and near the border with Leicestershire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 209 people, reducing to 194 at the 2011 census. The villages name origin is uncertain. 'Dynni's wood/clearing' or perhaps, 'hollow wood/clearing'. Governance Dingley is part of North Northamptonshire. Before local government changes it was part of Kettering borough. Dingley Hall The main feature of the village is Dingley Hall which has had many famous owners over the centuries. A house has stood on this site from medieval times when it was a Preceptory for the Knights' Hospitallers. It is first recorded as ''Dinglei'', meaning "the woodland clearing marked by valleys". At the dissolution of the monasteries it was sold to Edward Griffin. During the late 1550s Griffin had the house extensively rebuilt lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies (the Bailiw ... from their marriage on 20 August 1589 and Queen of England and Ireland from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until her death in 1619. The second daughter of King Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Anne married James at age 14. They had three children who survived infancy: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, who predeceased his parents; Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Princess Elizabeth, who became Queen of Bohemia; and James's future successor, Charles I of England, Charles I. Anne demonstrated an independent streak and a willingness to use fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Griffin (died 1615)
Sir Thomas Griffin (1580 – 1615) was an English landowner and hosted the royal family at Dingley. Thomas Griffin was the eldest son of Sir Edward Griffin (d. 1620) of Dingley, Braybrooke, and Gumley Ewing and Lucy Conyers (d. 1620), a daughter of Richard Conyers of Wakerley. A miniature portrait of Thomas Griffin by Nicholas Hilliard has the inscription "Anno Domini 1599, Aetatis Suae 20', he was born early in 1580. Anne of Denmark, Princess Elizabeth, and Prince Henry at Dingley In 1603 Queen Elizabeth died. James VI of Scotland became king, an event known as the Union of the Crowns. His wife, Anne of Denmark came to England in June 1603, and noblewomen and gentry travelled to meet her, perhaps in hope of gaining favour or employment in the royal household. One of the places where Anne of Denmark stayed and received guests was Griffin's house at Dingley Hall in Northamptonshire. Dingley Hall had been rebuilt in the 1550s by Edward Griffin and his second wife Anne Smith, daug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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