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Ralph Fitzwilliam
Ralph Fitzwilliam (c. 1256 – 11 February 1317), or Ralph, son of William de Grimthorpe, Lord of Greystoke, was a feudal baron with extensive landholdings in the North of England, representative of a manorial lordship seated where Grimthorpe Hill rises to commanding views a mile to the north of Pocklington in the Yorkshire Wolds. He gave sustained military service and leadership through the Scottish and Welsh campaigns of Edward I and was summoned to parliament from 1295 to 1315. His marriage in c. 1282 brought him other manors including Morpeth in Northumberland and its appurtenances. In 1297 he was enfeoffed as tenant-in-chief (feudal lord) of the entire barony of Greystoke, seated at Greystoke in Cumberland but with Yorkshire estates, through his matrilineal Greystok descent. He entered upon these in his own right in 1306. Having served in the retinue of Aymer de Valence, during the first decade of Edward II's reign he remained dependable as a military leader and royal l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blason Ralph Greystoke (selon Gelre)
Blason is a form of poetry. The term originally comes from the heraldic term "blazon" in French heraldry, which means either the blazon, codified description of a coat of arms or the coat of arms itself. The Dutch term is Blazoen, and in either Dutch or French, the term is often used to refer to the coat of arms of a chamber of rhetoric. History The term forms the root of the modern words "emblazon", which means to celebrate or adorn with heraldic markings, and "blazoner", one who emblazons. The terms "blason", "blasonner", "blasonneur" were used in 16th-century French literature by poets who, following Clément Marot in 1536, practised a genre of poems that praised a woman by singling out different parts of her body and finding appropriate metaphors to compare them with. It is still being used with that meaning in literature and especially in poetry. One famous example of such a celebratory poem, irony, ironically rejecting each proposed stock metaphor, is William Shakespeare's S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neasham Priory
Neasham Priory is a priory founded for a community of Benedictine nuns before 1157. Located on the River Tees near Sockburn, County Durham, it was the only such institution in the county to be independent of Durham Cathedral Priory. It was apparently never wealthy or notable. History The priory was founded around 1150 by Emma, daughter of Waldef the thegn of Hepple. In the 15th century an investigation was conducted by the Bishop of Durham as a result of some misbehaviour by members of the community. On 29 December 1540, the prioress Jane Lawson surrendered the house to agents of the King, and the priory was presumably dissolved at around that time. The house was acquired by her brother, James Lawson. There are no visible remains of the priory, but since the 19th century a house known as Neasham Abbey has stood on its approximate site. A solitary wall containing a reconstructed Gothic window now stands in Darlington town centre, and is purported to have come from the priory. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doddington, Northumberland
The village and parish of Doddington are on the east side of the Milfield Plain, nearly 3 miles north of the town of Wooler, in the county of Northumberland, England. Notable buildings in Doddington include Doddington Hall and the Anglican church of St Mary and St Michael, which was built in the 18th century on the site of an original 12th-century place of worship. Wooler Golf Course is also near Doddington. History and cultural significance In 1734, the village was described in George Mark's ''Survey of a Portion of Northumberland'' as "remarkable for its largeness, the badness of its houses and low situation, and perhaps for the greatest quantities of geese of any in its neighbourhood". At about the same time, the tune ''Dorrington'', also known as ''Dorrington Lads'', was written down in the William Dixon manuscript. Having 14 strains, it is the most complex and elaborate of the pieces in that early source for Northumbrian music. The last tune played, on his deathbed, by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heddon-on-the-Wall
Heddon-on-the-Wall is a village in Northumberland, England, located on Hadrian's Wall. Heddon-on-the-Wall is roughly west of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, and just outside Throckley. The place-name 'Heddon' means 'hill where heather grew'. Etymology The place-name ' Heddon on the Wall' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1175, where it appears as ''Hedun''. It appears as ''Heddun'' in 1262 and as ''Hedon super murum'' ('Heddon above the wall') in 1242. The name comes from the Old English ''hæth-dūn'', meaning 'hill where heather grew'. The name should not be confused with that of East Heddon and West Heddon, where the name means 'Hidda's pasture'. History A Roman milecastle (' Milecastle 12') was located at the site of the present-day village, under what is now Town Farm, but no traces of it are currently visible. Prior to the 1960s, Heddon-on-the-Wall was a small village with an economy based strongly on traditional industry including farming and coal mining. La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bywell
Bywell is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle. The parish has a population of around 380 and Newton is now its most populous settlement. Name ''Bywell'' means bend in the river. Bywell is situated on a bend on the River Tyne. That is how the village got its name. Governance Bywell is in the parliamentary constituency of Hexham. An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches east to Wylam with a total population of 4,534. Landmarks Bywell Hall is an imposing house of 1766 by James Paine. Bywell Castle is a gatehouse tower built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland. There are two churches in Bywell. * St Andrew's Church, now redundant, is situated near Bywell Hall and has a fine tower of the Anglo Saxon period, considered to be the best in the county — high and about . Part of a cross is another reminde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Crouchback
Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester (16 January 12455 June 1296) nicknamed Edmund Crouchback was a member of the House of Plantagenet. He was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. In his childhood he had a claim on the Kingdom of Sicily; however, he never ruled there. He was granted all the lands of Simon de Montfort in 1265, and from 1267 he was titled Earl of Leicester. In that year he also began to rule Lancashire, but he did not take the title Earl of Lancaster until 1276. Between 1276 and 1284 he governed the counties of Champagne and Brie with his second wife, Blanche of Artois, in the name of her daughter Joan, and he was described in the English patent rolls as earl of Lancaster and Champagne. His nickname, "Crouchback", may be a corruption of 'crossback' and refer to his participation in the Ninth Crusade.Simon Lloyd, "Edmund , first earl of Lancaster and first earl of Leicester (1245–1296)", ''Oxford Dictionary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellerton, East Riding Of Yorkshire
Ellerton is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately north-west of the market town of Howden and 8 miles south-west of the market town of Pocklington. It lies west of the B1228 road and east of the River Derwent. According to the 2011 UK census, the parish had a population of 388, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 355. and covers an area of . Civil parish The parish includes Aughton. In 1935 the civil parishes of Ellerton Priory and Aughton were abolished and merged into Ellerton. Although the civil parish is called "Ellerton" its parish council is called "Ellerton & Aughton Parish Council". History A priory of canons of the Gilbertine Order existed at Ellerton, which was known as Ellerton Priory. The priory was founded before 1212, and relinquished on 11 December 1536 under the Suppression of the Monasteries. The site of the priory is now a scheduled ancient monument. In 1823 Ellerton, was in the Wapent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nunburnholme
Nunburnholme is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is approximately east of the market town of Pocklington. The civil parish is formed by the village of Nunburnholme and the hamlet of Kilnwick Percy. According to the 2011 UK census, Nunburnholme parish had a population of 234, a decrease on the 2001 UK census figure of 253. Nunburnholme derives its name from the Old English ''Burnholme'' (“burn” = spring, stream; “holm” = island in a river, and was variously spelt ''Brunnum'', ''Brunham'' and ''Brunne'' in medieval times. The prefix “Nun-“ was added some time before the 16th century with reference to Nunburnholme Priory. Nunburnholme was laid waste during the Harrying of the North in 1069–70 and was still deserted in 1086. The entry for the manor of Brunham in the Domesday Book reads: "Terra Tainorum Regis. East Riding. Hessle Hundred. Manerium. In Brunham, Morcar, Turvet and Turchil had 11 carucates of taxable land. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Howard
Castle Howard is a stately home in North Yorkshire, England, within the civil parish of Henderskelfe, located north of York. It is a private residence and has been the home of the Carlisle branch of the Howard family for more than 300 years. Castle Howard is not a fortified structure, but the term "castle" is sometimes used in the name of an English country house that was built on the site of a former castle. The house is familiar to television and film audiences as the fictional "Brideshead", both in Granada Television's 1981 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ''Brideshead Revisited'' and in a two-hour 2008 adaptation for cinema. Today, it is part of the Treasure Houses of England group of heritage houses. History In 1577, the 4th Duke of Norfolk's third son, Lord William Howard, married his step-sister Elizabeth Dacre, youngest daughter of the 4th Baron Dacre. She brought with her the sizable estates of Henderskelfe in Yorkshire and Naworth Castle in what was then Cumberl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Charles Brooke
John Charles Brooke (27 August 1748 – 3 February 1794) was an English antiquarian who served as Somerset Herald from 1777 until his death. Early life Brooke was born at Fieldhead in the parish of Silkstone, Yorkshire in August 1748, the second son of Dr. William Brooke by his wife Alice Mawhood. He was a descendant of the Rev. John Brooke, Rector of High Hoyland, who had himself - in the previous century - been an antiquarian interested in the history of Yorkshire. John Charles Brooke eventually came into possession of some of the historical material collected by Rev. Brooke, and thus his "taste for historical and genealogical research" was "perhaps inherited." Brooke was sent by his parents to London to be apprenticed to James Kirkby, a chemist at Holborn. However "after discovering a strong turn to heraldic pursuits" he attracted the attention of Edward Howard, the future 9th Duke of Norfolk (the holder of which title is hereditary Earl Marshal in charge of the College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somerset Herald
Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary is an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. In the year 1448 Somerset Herald is known to have served the Duke of Somerset, but by the time of the coronation of King Henry VII in 1485 his successor appears to have been raised to the rank of a royal officer, when he was the only herald to receive coronation liveries. By 1525 Somerset was again in private service, on the staff of the Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Henry Fitzroy, although he was appointed by the King and shared the heralds' fees as a herald extraordinary. On the death of that nobleman in 1536 the herald returned to the service of the crown, and all later officers called Somerset have been members of the royal household as heralds in ordinary. The badge of office is ''A Portcullis Or Royally Crowned''. This is a version of the Beaufort badge. The post is currently vacant. Holders of the office See also * Heraldry * Officer of Arms References ;Notes ;Citations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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