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Lieutenant Of The Tower Of London
The Lieutenant of the Tower of London serves directly under the Constable of the Tower. The office has been appointed at least since the 13th century. There were formerly many privileges, immunities and perquisites attached to the office. Like the Constable, the Lieutenant was usually appointed by letters patent, either for life or during the King's pleasure. The Lieutenants had custody of many eminent prisoners of state, including Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth I) and Sir Walter Raleigh. At least five of the Lieutenants, Sir Edward Warner, Sir Gervase Helwys, Isaac Penington, Colonel Robert Tichborne, and Sir Edward Hales, themselves later became prisoners in the Tower. History The earliest known Lieutenant was Giles de Oudenard at the beginning of the reign of Edward I, while Anthony Bek, later Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in the Province of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Of London - 01
A tower is a tall Nonbuilding structure, structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from guyed mast, masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures. Towers are specifically distinguished from buildings in that they are built not to be habitable but to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example, the height of a clock tower improves the visibility of the clock, and the height of a tower in a fortified building such as a castle increases the visibility of the surroundings for defensive purposes. Towers may also be built for observation tower, observation, leisure, or telecommunication purposes. A tower can stand alone or be supported by adjacent buildings, or it may be a feature on top of a larger structure or building. Etymology Old English ''torr'' is from Latin ''turris'' via Old French ''tor''. The Latin term together with Greek language, Greek τύ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Durham
The Bishop of Durham is the Anglican bishop responsible for the Diocese of Durham in the Province of York. The diocese is one of the oldest in England and its bishop is a member of the House of Lords. Paul Butler has been the Bishop of Durham since his election was confirmed at York Minster on 20 January 2014.Archbishop of York – Bishop of Durham Election Confirmed (Accessed 20 January 2014) The previous bishop was , now Archbishop of Canterbury. The bishop is one of two (the other is the |
Robert Oxenbridge (1508-1574)
Sir Robert Oxenbridge (1508–1574) was an English Member of Parliament and Constable of the Tower. Career Robert Oxenbridge was the son of Sir Goddard Oxenbridge of Brede, Sussex, who was three times High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex. Robert inherited the house at Brede from his cousin in 1550. He was an Esquire of the Body by 1541. He was a Justice of the Peace for Sussex by 1541 until 1558, Constable of Pevensey Castle, Sussex from 1550 until his death and High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex for 1551–52. He was knighted by 1553. He was also appointed a Lieutenant of the Tower of London in 1556 and Constable of the Tower in 1557–58. He was elected MP for East Grinstead in March 1553 and elected Knight of the Shire (MP) for Sussex in April 1554, 1555 and 1558. He moved to Hampshire in 1558 where he bought Hurstbourne Priors, near Whitchurch and was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire for 1567–68. He died in 1574, leaving Hurstbourne to his wife and his other properties to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Bedingfeld
Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1505–1583F. Blomefield, 'Oxburgh', in ''An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk'', Vol. 6: Hundred of South Greenhoe (W. Miller, London 1807)pp. 168-97(British History Online), accessed 5 February 2021. "There is no date to this monument erected to the memory of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, Knt. Captain of the guards, Governour of the Tower of London, and privy counsellor to Queen Mary, who was buried here, as appears from the Register, on the 24th of August, 1583, and his lady on the 7th of ''December'' 1581."), also spelled Bedingfield, of Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk, was a Privy Councillor to King Edward VI and Queen Mary I, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, and (in 1557) Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and Captain of the guards.R. Virgoe, 'Bedingfield, Sir Henry (by 1509-83), of Oxborough, Norf.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1982)History of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bridges (MP)
Sir Thomas Brydges (died 14 November 1559) was an English landowner, a royal office holder and MP for Oxfordshire in first parliament of Elizabeth I (January 1559). Biography Brydges was the second son of Sir Giles Brydges (died 1511) of Coberley, Gloucestershire, and his wife, Isabel Baynham. His elder brother was John, Lord Chandos, and his patronage at court helped Thomas Brydges' career. As a substantial landowner and member of the Oxfordshire gentry Brydges carried out various duties for his sovereign. In 1544 he mustered troops for the French campaign, and he was later posted to Boulogne (besieged during the campaign) as surveyor. He was in 1548 steward of the hundred of Chadlington and of the royal manors of Burford and Minster Lovell, and keeper of Wychwood Forest and of the parks of Langley and Cornbury. In 1554 as deputy lieutenant of the Tower (a post he held under his brother who was the Lieutenant) he was present at the execution of Lady Jane Grey. He had been well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos
John Brydges, 1st Baron Chandos (9 March 1492 – 12 April 1557) was an English courtier, Member of Parliament and later peer. His last name is also sometimes spelt Brugge or Bruges. He was a prominent figure at the English court during the reigns of kings Henry VIII and Edward VI and of Queen Mary I. Biography He was born at Coberley, Gloucestershire, the son of Sir Giles Brydges of Coberley (c. 1462 – 1511) and Isabel Baynham. His father was a knight of the body to Henry VII and his brother Thomas Brydges of Cornbury, Oxfordshire also held public office and served as an MP. Bridges inherited his father's Oxfordshire and Wiltshire estates as a minor in 1511, and was for two years the ward of Sir Edward Darrell. He was knighted in 1513 after serving in France with Charles Brandon at Terouenne and Tournai. He attended Henry VIII on all subsequent state occasions in England and France (presumably including the famous meeting with Francis I of France at the Field of the Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Darcy
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a mat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Markham (died 1559) and Nottingham
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John Markham may refer to: * John Markham (judge), English judge *John Markham (Royal Navy officer) (1761–1827), British admiral *Johnny Markham (1908–1975), American baseball player *John Markham (died 1559), MP for Nottinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency) Nottinghamshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Stonor
Sir Walter Stonor (died 1551) was the son of Thomas Stoner of North Stoke, Oxfordshire and Sybilla, the daughter of Sir David Brecknock. He was a Knight of the Body and appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London on 29 September 1546. He had at least three probable brothers, John, Edmund and Robert. He was knighted by Thomas Howard, then Earl of Surrey, after the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He died in 1551 with no male heir. Marriage and issue Stonor first married Anne, the daughter of John Foliot of Worcestershire and Eleanor Moore, and had his first son and a daughter by her: * John Stoner died without issue. * Elizabeth Stonor (born c. 1500) married firstly, Sir William Compton, secondly Walter Walshe and finally, before 1540, Sir Philip Hoby. Second, he married Elizabeth by 1533, the daughter of Geoffrey Chamber of Stanmore, Middlesex. After her husband's death, she married successively, Reginald Conyers (d. 1560), Edward Griffin (d. 1569) and Oliver St John, 1st Baron St J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Knyvett (1507–1554)
Sir Anthony Knyvett (''circa'' 1507 – 1 March 1554) was an English courtier during the reign of King Henry VIII. He was born in London, the son of Charles Knyvett, who was in the retinue of the Duke of Norfolk and John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, the Deputy of Calais. He was described as a gentleman usher of the privy chamber to Henry VIII, with Roger Ratcliffe, in the Eltham Ordinance of 1526. Knyvett was Lieutenant of the Tower of London and is mentioned in Foxe's ''Book of Martyrs'' for refusing to continue torturing the Protestant Anne Askew on the rack. He was made Governor of Portsmouth in 1544 and oversaw the building of Southsea Castle in that year. It is thought that he may have been involved in the fraud created by Elizabeth Crofts.Daniel Hahn, ‘Crofts, Elizabeth (b. c.1535)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 7 Dec 2014/ref> In 1554, he joined Wyatt's Rebellion and was routed at the Battle of Hartley. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Walsingham
Sir Edmund Walsingham (c. 1480 – 10 February 1550) of Scadbury Park, Scadbury Hall, Chislehurst in Kent, was a soldier, Member of Parliament, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London during the reign of Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII. Origins He was the eldest son and heir of James Walsingham (1462-1540) of Scadbury by his wife Eleanor Writtle (pre-1465 - post-1540), the daughter and heiress of Walter Writtle of Bobbingworth in Essex. Sir Edmund, according to a monumental brass formerly in the church at Scadbury, had three brothers and seven sisters, including: *William Walsingham (died 1534), who married Joyce Denny (1506/7–1560), the daughter of Edmund Denny, Sir Edmund Denny, one of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Barons of the Exchequer, and his second wife, Mary Troutbeck (died 1507), the daughter of Robert Troutbeck of Bridge Trafford, Cheshire, by whom he was the father of Francis Walsingham, Sir Francis Walsingham (c.1532-1590), Principal Secretary to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Cholmondeley
Sir Richard Cholmondeley (or Cholmeley) (c. 1460–1521) was an English farmer and soldier, who served as Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1513 to 1520 during the reign of Henry VIII. He is remembered because of his tomb at the Tower of London and because he is fictionalized as a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's darkly comic opera, ''The Yeomen of the Guard''. Cholmeley's name has frequently been misspelled "Cholmondeley" because of its misspelling in the plaque on his tomb, which led to the misspelling of the character's name in the opera; other branches of Cholmeley's family use the longer spelling. Knighted in 1497 for valour in battle against the Scots, Cholmeley continued to serve as a soldier until 1513, becoming entrusted with many positions of responsibility for security of castles and fortifications in England. He was successful as a farmer and a shrewd investor in land, much increasing his family wealth. As Lieutenant of the Tower of London, he drew criticis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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