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Governor Of Rochester Castle
The Governor of Rochester Castle commanded the important castle at Rochester in Kent, England which dominated the Medway estuary and Watling Street. After being badly damaged during the Barons' Wars the castle was completely renovated by King Henry III and put under the control of a series of Governors responsible for its upkeep and security. List of governors Source (unless stated otherwise): * c.1215 William de Albini *1228–1232 Hubert de Burgh, 1st Earl of Kent *1232–1236 Stephen de Segrave *1236–1258 John de Cobham (elder) *1258–1260 Nicholas de Moels *1260–1261 William de Saye *1261– Robert Walerand *1264 Roger de Leybourne *1264–1264 William Sinclair (died 1264) *1266 Simon Morlac (Deputy?) *1270– Bertram de Crioll (younger) *–1274 Robert de Hougham (died 1274) *1275– Robert de Septuans *1280–1300 John de Cobham (younger) *1304 Stephen de Dene *1328 Will Skarlett *1344– Sir John de Cobham, Lord Cobham *1360– John Grey, 3rd Baron Grey of Codnor * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Rochester may refer to: Places Australia * Rochester, Victoria Canada * Rochester, Alberta United Kingdom *Rochester, Kent ** City of Rochester-upon-Medway (1982–1998), district council area ** History of Rochester, Kent **HM Prison Rochester, a Young Offenders Institution in Rochester ** Rochester Castle, a medieval building in Rochester ** Rochester Cathedral ** Rochester (UK Parliament constituency), historical constituency **Rochester and Strood (UK Parliament constituency) *Rochester, Northumberland United States * Rochester, Illinois * Rochester, Indiana * Rochester, Iowa * Rochester, Kentucky * Rochester, Massachusetts * Rochester, Michigan * Rochester, Minnesota, second largest city by population with the name Rochester * Rochester, Missouri * Rochester, Nevada * Rochester, New Hampshire * Rochester, New York, the largest city by population with the name Rochester * Rochester, Ulster County, New York * Rochester, Ohio (in Lorain County) * Rochester, Nobl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertram De Criol
Sir Bertram de Criol (Criel, Crioill, Cyroyl, or Kerrial, etc.) (died 1256) was a senior and trusted Steward and diplomat to King Henry III. He served as Constable and Keeper of Dover Castle, Keeper of the Coast and of the Cinque Ports, Keeper of the receipts, expenses and wardships of the archbishopric of Canterbury, Constable of the Tower of London and Sheriff of Kent. Background and origins The historian Nicholas Vincent agrees with the Duchess of Cleveland in deriving the de Criol family from Criel-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, though Planché favoured Creil, Oise, and Dunlop offered Creully, Calvados. In Battle Abbey Roll lists the Duchesne recension has the name as "Escriols", the Anglicized "Kyriel" appearing in the earlier Auchinleck manuscript. Criel-sur-Mer is likely, because Robert, younger son of Robert, Count of Eu (d. c 1092), obtained it from his father, whose possession of Criel is shown from a charter to the Abbey of St-Michel du Tréport; in the Domesday Survey, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Middleton, 1st Earl Of Middleton
John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton ( – 3 July 1674) was a professional soldier and mercenary from Kincardineshire in Scotland. Beginning his career in the Thirty Years War, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms he fought for the Covenanters and Parliamentarians until 1648, when he switched sides to the Royalists. One of his colleagues in the 1639 to 1640 Bishops' Wars was Montrose, who later became a Royalist. Despite their similar backgrounds and views, Middleton pursued him with considerable vigour, reportedly because his father died when Montrose's men set fire to his house. Middleton supported the Royalists in the Second and Third English Civil Wars and took part in the unsuccessful 1654 Glencairn's rising. Rewarded by being appointed Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland after the 1660 Stuart Restoration, he fell out with his political colleagues and was removed from office in 1663. However, viewed by Charles II as a capable and reliable soldier, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Atkins
Sir Jonathan Atkins (c. 1610–1703) was List of Governors of Guernsey, Governor of Guernsey and List of Governors of Barbados, Governor of Barbados. Commissioned into the 1st Foot Guards he was promoted to colonel and served in the Carlisle garrison, becoming Governor of Rochester Castle and then of Guernsey (1665–1670). On 6 February 1674 he was commissioned Governor-in-Chief of Barbados, receiving his instructions on 28 February 1674. He arrived in Barbados late October or early November 1674. The hurricane of 31 August 1675 was '... the worſt Enemy this Iſland ever knew, ...'. Atkins was recalled and replaced by Sir Richard Dutton in 1680 who 'found the Iſland in a very flourſhing Condition'. Atkins married Mary House of Howard, Howard, the eldest daughter of Sir William Howard and Mary Eure of Naworth Castle, on 17 November 1642. She died on 9 April 1660. At the age of 51 on 8 October 1661, Atkins married the c. 24-year-old wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cheyney
Sir Thomas Cheney (or Cheyne) KG (c. 1485 – 16 December 1558) of the Blackfriars, City of London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was an English administrator and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in south-east England from 1536 until his death. Early life Thomas Cheney, born about 1485, was the son of William Cheney (d.1487) of Shurland Hall near Eastchurch, in the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, Constable of Queenborough Castle and Sheriff of Kent in 1477, by his second wife, Margaret Young. Thomas Cheney's father, William, was the eldest surviving of eight sons and a daughter, and at his death in 1487 his property in Kent was inherited by Francis Cheney (d.1512), his son and heir by his first marriage, but was in the possession of Francis Cheney's uncle, John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne until the latter's death without issue in 1499. Baron Cheyne's heir, his brother, Robert Cheney, died without issue in 1503, at which time Francis Cheney 'wrongfully took possession of thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marney, 2nd Baron Marney
John Marney, 2nd Baron Marney (by 1485 – 27 April 1525) of Layer Marney, Essex was an English Member of Parliament and Governor of Rochester Castle. He was the son of Henry Marney, 1st Baron Marney of Layer Marney and educated in the law at Lincoln's Inn. He succeeded his father in 1523 to the barony and his unfinished house of Layer Marney Tower. He was appointed keeper of Rochester Castle, Kent for life on 18 May 1509. He served under his father in the French campaign of 1513 and was present at Henry VIII’s meetings with the French King at the Field of Cloth of Gold. He was an Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII and was knighted in 1513. He is believed to have been a Member of Parliament for Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ... in 1523, following his fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cobham, 5th Baron Cobham
Thomas Cobham, ''de jure'' 5th Baron Cobham (died 26 April 1471) of Sterborough Castle, and from 1460 ''de jure'' 5th Baron Cobham, was an English nobleman. Life Sir Thomas was the second son of Reginald de Cobham, ''de jure'' 3rd Baron Cobham by his 1st wife, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Culpeper. He was also the brother of Eleanor Cobham, who was the wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and accused of treasonable necromancy against Henry VI. Sir Thomas succeeded to the family estates on the death, ''s.p.'', of his niece, Margaret Neville, Countess of Westmorland ( Cobham)."Parishes: King's Walden", ''A History of the County of Hertford'': volume 3 (1912) pp. 33-37. Accessed 7 February 2011. He married (2nd) Lady Anne Stafford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Arundel
Sir William Arundel KG (born about 1369, died 1400) was a Knight of the Order of the Garter, Constable of Rochester Castle and Constable and Warden of Reigate Castle. He owed all his appointments to Richard II whose reign (1377-1399) covered most of Arundel's life. Family background Arundel was the son of John FitzAlan, 1st Baron Arundel and the grandson of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel. His mother was Eleanor Maltravers, daughter and heiress of Sir John Maltravers and the granddaughter (and, eventually, sole heiress) of John Maltravers, 1st Baron Maltravers. Sir William Arundel's family used the surname Arundel rather than FitzAlan but in most cases his relations have been re-designated as FitzAlans by subsequent writers and historians. That was not done in his case, and he is always referred to as Sir William Arundel. Life and career The precise date of Arundel's birth is not known, but it was after 1365. and has been estimated as 1369. He is first referred to in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham (of Kent)
John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham (died 1355) lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English nobleman.Richardson, Douglas. ''Magna Carta Ancestry.'' Baltimore, MD: GPC, 2005. 902. He was the eldest son and heir of Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham. In 1320 he became Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and constable of Dover Castle, succeeding his father in both positions. In 1334 he was appointed, along with his father, constable of Rochester Castle. The following year he was made Admiral for the region west of the Thames. After 1350, he served in Parliament for districts in Kent. He died in 1355. He married Joan of Beauchamp, daughter of John Lord Beauchamp; after her death, he married one Agnes Stone of Dartford. He is said to have been buried at Greyfriars, London In London, the Greyfriars was a Conventual Franciscan friary that existed from 1225 to 1538 on a site at the North-West of the City of London by Newgate in the parish of St Nicholas in the Shambles. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger De Leybourne
Sir Roger de Leybourne (1215–1271) was an English soldier, landowner and royal servant during the Second Barons' War. Origins Roger was the younger son of another Sir Roger de Leybourne, by his first wife, Eleanor, the daughter and heiress of Stephen of Thornham. In 1199, when the elder Roger was still a minor, his wardship was sold to Thornham for 300 marks. The elder Roger then joined the rebels at the start of the First Barons' War in 1215, being captured in November at the siege of Rochester Castle, paying 250 marks for his release. After the death of the elder Roger some time before 1251 his son William de Leybourne inherited seven Knight's fees in Kent and Oxfordshire, as well as substantial debts, which were only cancelled in 1253 by Henry III. Life Roger first came to royal notice in 1252 when he killed Arnulf de Munteny, one of the king's household knights, in a jousting tournament with a sharpened lance, avenging himself of an injury caused by Arnulf in a pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rochester Castle
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England. The 12th-century keep or stone tower, which is the castle's most prominent feature, is one of the best preserved in England or France. Situated on the River Medway and Watling Street, Rochester served as a strategically important royal castle. During the late medieval period it helped protect England's south-east coast from invasion. The first castle at Rochester was founded in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest. It was given to Bishop Odo, probably by his half-brother William the Conqueror. During the Rebellion of 1088 over the succession to the English throne, Odo supported Robert Curthose, the Conqueror's eldest son, against William Rufus. It was during this conflict that the castle first saw military action; the city and castle were besieged after Odo made Rochester a headquarters for the rebellion. After the garrison capitulated, this first castle was abandoned. Between 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Walerand
Robert Walerand (died 1273), was Justiciar to King Henry III (1216–1272). He was throughout his reign one of the king's ''familiares''. Among the king's household knights he stands in the same position as his friend John Mansel among the royal clerks. Walerand was most notably employed by the king in the ill-fated scheme of raising money from the barons for his second son Edmund to take up the crown of Sicily, offered by the Pope in 1254. His forceful exactions in that connection were one of the causes of the rebellion of Simon de Montfort and the Barons' War, which ended however with royal victory at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. His principal residence was Siston, Gloucestershire. Origins Robert Walerand was the son of William Walrond of Whaddon by Isabel de Berkeley, widow of Thomas de Rochford, and later the wife of Josce de Dinan. The daughter of Roger de Berkeley and Hawise, her dower lands included Siston and Coberley. Robert's brother John Walerand, rector of Clen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
