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James Calthorpe Of Cockthorpe
Sir James Calthorpe ('' c.'' 1558–1615) of Cockthorpe, Norfolk was Sheriff of Norfolk in 1614 Biography James Calthorpe was the son of Christopher Calthorpe, a student in Lincoln's Inn, and Joan his wife (who survived him, and remarried Sir Jerome Bowes, of London). Calthorpe was a knight on 23 July 1603 in the Royal Garden at Whitehall just before the Coronation of James I, and was Sheriff of Norfolk in 1614. He died on 15 June 1615. Calthorpe was buried in All Saints Church Cockthorpe where there is a memorial table in at the east end of the south aisle with two coloured shields: # Chequy or and azure, a fesse ermine, ''Calthorp''. # ''Calthorp'', impaling, Argent, on a fesse engrailed gules, between three escutcheons of the last, as many mullets of the first, ''Bacon'' of Hesset. *A crest: A boar's head couped. *Inscription: Family Calthorpe married Barbara daughter of Francis Bacon, of Hesset in Suffolk and died June 15, in the 12th of king James. Barbara his wife surviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Cockthorpe
Cockthorpe is a village and former civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.Ordnance Survey (2002). ''OS Explorer Map 251 - Norfolk Coast Central'' . It is north-west of Holt, north-west of Norwich and north of London. On 1 April 1935, the parish was abolished and merged with Binham. History The village's name is of mixed Viking and Anglo-Saxon origin and derives from an amalgamation of the Old Norse and Old English for a outlying farmstead or settlement with an abundance of either chickens or gamebirds. In the Domesday Book, Cockthorpe is recorded as a settlement of 5 households in the hundred of Greenhoe. The village formed parts of William de Beaufeu. Between 1940 and 1961, Cockthorpe was host to RAF Langham, a satellite airfield for RAF Bircham Newton operated by RAF Coastal Command. Geography Cockthorpe falls within the constituency of North Norfolk and is represented at Parliament by Duncan Baker MP of the Conservative Party. All Saints' Church Cockthorpe's paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheriff Of Norfolk
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The High Sheriff of Norfolk was originally the principal Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, law enforcement officer in Norfolk and presided at the assizes and other important county meetings. Most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. There was a single high sheriff serving the two counties of Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, Norfolk and Suffolk until 1576. Pre 17th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century Footnotes References Norfolk Lists by Google books {{DEFAULTSORT:High Sheriff Of Norfolk High Sheriffs of Norfolk, High Shrievalties in England, Norfolk Local government in Norfolk History of Norfolk Norfolk-related lists, High Sheriffs of Norfolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James I Of England
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the Union of the Crowns, union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland and Kingdom of England, England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII of England, Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and thus a potential successor to all three thrones. He succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother was compelled to abdicate in his favour. Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. In 1603, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Calthorpe
Sir Henry Calthorpe (1586–1637), was an English lawyer who acted as solicitor-general to Queen Henrietta Maria, and also as the defence barrister in two high-profile cases: the Darnell's Case (or the Five Knights' case) and the Valentine case. He was Recorder of London in 1635–36 (by king's mandate), attorney of court of wards in 1636, and was knighted the same year. Biography Calthorpe, the third son of Sir James Calthorpe of Cockthorpe, Norfolk, and Barbara, daughter of John Bacon of Hesset, Suffolk, was one of a family of eight sons and six daughters, and was born at Cockthorpe in 1586. He entered at the Middle Temple, and seems early to have enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. By the death of his father in 1615 he inherited considerable estates in his native county, but he continued sedulously to devote himself to his profession. Shortly after the marriage of Charles I Calthorpe was appointed solicitor-general to Queen Henrietta Maria, after whom one of his daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Lead
Jane Lead (; March 1624 – 19 August 1704) was a Christian mystic born in Norfolk, England, whose spiritual visions, recorded in a series of publications, were central in the founding and philosophy of the Philadelphian Society in London at the time. Early life Jane Ward was born in about February or March 1624, the twelfth and youngest child of Hamond Ward, a rich landed gentleman, of Letheringsett Hall, and his wife Mary Calthorpe, a daughter of Sir James Calthorpe of Cockthorpe. She was christened on 9 March 1624 at St Andrew‘s Church, Letheringsett, Norfolk.Michael Martin, Literature and the Encounter with God in Post-Reformation England (2016), p. 156 She had a comfortable upbringing in a prosperous family. At the age of fifteen, during a family Christmas party she was gripped by a “sudden grievous sorrow” claimed to have heard an angelic whisper urging her "Cease from this, I have another Dance to lead thee in; for this is Vanity". Although she vowed to do s ... [...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] |
1614 Deaths
Events January–June * February – King James I of England condemns duels, in his proclamation ''Against Private Challenges and Combats''. * April 5 – Pocahontas is forced into child marriage with English colonist John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia. July–December * July 6 – Raid of Żejtun: Ottoman forces make a final attempt to conquer the island of Malta, but are beaten back by the Knights Hospitaller. * August 23 – The University of Groningen is established in the Dutch Republic. * September 1 – In England, Sir Julius Caesar becomes Master of the Rolls. * October 11 – Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General of the Northern Netherlands for exclusive trading rights, in the area he explored and named "New Netherland". * November 12 – The Treaty of Xanten ends the War of the Jülich Succession. * November 19 – Hostilities resulting from an attempt by Toyotomi Hideyori to restore Osaka Castle begin. Tokugawa Iey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From North Norfolk (district)
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