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Sir John Tufton
Sir John Tufton (died 1624) was an English landowner. Career and family He was the son of John Tufton and Mary Baker, a daughter of Sir John Baker. His family home was at Hothfield in Kent. He twice served as Sheriff of Kent, was knighted in 1603, and made a baronet in 1611. His first wife was Olympia Blower, a daughter of Christopher Blower of Sileham and Bloor's Place, Rainham. Their children included: * Anne Tufton, who married Francis Tresham, the gunpowder plot conspirator, in 1593 * Elizabeth Tufton * Margaret Tufton, who married Thomas Caril of Shipley, Sussex Tufton married, secondly, Christian Browne, daughter of Sir Humphrey Browne. His children with Christian Browne included: * Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet (1578–1631), later Earl of Thanet, who married Frances Cecil * Humfrey Tufton (1584-1659) of the Mote, Maidstone, who married Margaret Morley * Richard Tufton (died 1631), of Tothill Street, Westminster, who married Chrysogon Morley, a sister of Margaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hothfield
Hothfield is a village and civil parish in the Ashford Borough of Kent, England and is 3 miles north-west of Ashford on the A20. It is completely split in two by Hothfield Common. Geography In the north west is Hothfield Common, 58 hectares (143 acres) of heathland and lowland valley bogs: a nature reserve managed by Kent Wildlife Trust, To the immediate south is the private parkland of the former Hothfield House. This area is crossed by the Greensand Way passing the church en route to Godinton House. A small part of the neighbourhood of Ram Lane is in the far northern point of the civil parish. Small tributaries of the West Stour rise in the parish. Amenities The village has a shop and post office with internal ATM service (closed Tuesday PM and Sunday PM). Hothfield Common has a children's playground and a multi-use all-weather games pitch adjacent to the south east and a car park to the north just off the A20. A large village community centre (hothfield village hall) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Barbados
This article contains a list of viceroys in Barbados from its initial colonisation in 1627 by England until it achieved independence in 1966. From 1833 to 1885, Barbados was part of the colony of the Windward Islands, and the governor of Barbados represented the monarch in all the Windward Islands. In 1885 Barbados became an independent colony again. Governors of Barbados (1627–1833) * Henry Powell, 17 February 1627 – 1628 * William Deane, 1628 – June 1628 * Charles Wolferstone, June 1628 – 26 February 1629 * John Powell, 26 February 1629 – 29 August 1629 * '' Robert Wheatley, 29 August 1629 – September 1629, acting'' * Sir William Tufton, 21 December 1629 – 16 July 1630 * Henry Hawley, 1630 – June 1640 ** '' Richard Peers, 1633–1634, acting for Hawley'' ** ''William Hawley, 1638–1639, acting for Henry Hawley'' * Sir Henry Huncks, June 1640 – 1641 * Philip Bell, 1641–1650 * Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, May 1650 – 1651, ''i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year Of Birth Unknown
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witches Of Belvoir
The Witches of Belvoir were a mother and her two daughters accused of witchcraft in England and the deaths of two young brothers, Henry (died 1613) and Francis Manners (died 1620), the heirs to Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, whose seat was at Belvoir Castle. The mother, Joan Flower, died on the way to her trial, and the two daughters, Margaret and Philippa, were supposed to be hanged in Lincoln. It is said that Phillipa drugged the guards and managed to escape and make her way to Kent where she died after having three children. The Flowers of Bottesford Joan, Margaret and Philippa Flower were "known to be herbal healers" and came from a local family that "had fallen on hard times". They accepted employment as servants with the 6th Earl and Countess of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle near Grantham, Lincolnshire, when additional staff were needed for an upcoming visit by King James I but the sisters, and their mother, were unpopular with the other staff, and there were suggestions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belvoir Castle
Belvoir Castle ( ) is a faux historic castle and stately home in Leicestershire, England, situated west of the town of Grantham and northeast of Melton Mowbray. The Castle was first built immediately after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and has since been rebuilt at least three times, the surviving structure, a grade I listed mock castle, dating from the early 19th century. It is the seat of David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland (the tiny county of Rutland lies south of Belvoir Castle), whose direct male ancestor inherited it in 1508. The traditional burial place of the Manners family was in the parish church of St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, situated to the north of the Castle, but since 1825 they have been buried in the ducal mausoleum built next to the Castle in that year, to which their ancient monuments were moved. It remains the private property of the Duke of Rutland but is open to the general public. The castle is situated at the extreme northern corner of the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Manners, 6th Earl Of Rutland
Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland, KG (1578–1632) was an English nobleman. Despite a brief imprisonment for his involvement in the Essex Rebellion of 1601, he became prominent at the court of James I. He lived at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire. In 1618 three women, the "Witches of Belvoir", were accused of witchcraft for having allegedly caused the deaths of his two young sons. Biography Francis Manners was the second son of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland, and Elizabeth Charlton (died 1595), the daughter of Francis Charlton of Apley Castle, Shropshire. In 1598, he went abroad, travelling through France, Germany, and Italy, probably in the company of the former school teacher Robert Dalllington and Inigo Jones. On his return to England he took part, along with his older brother Roger and their younger brother George, in the 1601 rebellion of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and was imprisoned in the Poultry Counter. He was fined a thousand marks and committed to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Hungerford (died 1607)
Sir Edward Hungerford (born before 1532, died 1607) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601. Biography Edward Hungerford, born by 1532, was the son of Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford of Heytesbury and his second wife, Alice Sandys, the daughter of William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys. He was a gentleman pensioner by May 1558. He was a J.P. for Wiltshire by 1583. From 1594 to 1595 he was High Sheriff of Wiltshire. He was an extensive landowner when he succeeded to the estates of his half-brother Sir Walter Hungerford (Knight of Farley) in about 1596. In 1598 he became collector for the loan. He supplied a light horse for Ireland in 1600 and 1601. After the rebellion of the Earl of Essex, he was given custody of his relative William, Lord Sandys. He was knighted in 1601, and elected Member of Parliament for Wiltshire. In 1602, he purchased the manor of Corsham, and in 1604 was granted further manors in Berkshire, Cornwall, Somers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecily Tufton Manners, Countess Of Rutland
Cecily Manners, Countess of Rutland ( Tufton; died 1653) was an English aristocrat. Career She was a daughter of Sir John Tufton and Catherine Browne. She first married Sir Edward Hungerford. He died in 1607. In 1608, she married Francis Manners, who became the 6th Earl of Rutland in 1612. His first wife, Frances Knyvet, had died in 1605. Letters of a family business agent Thomas Screven to Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland describe their meeting, betrothal, and marriage negotiations in London. Screven wrote, "this wooing of Sir Francis Manners goeth exceedingly well forward, and he applies it like a good wooer". Family tragedy In 1615 the Countess of Rutland consulted the physician and astrologer Richard Napier, and in December 1616, Henry Atkins, about the health of her second son, Francis, the "little lord", the Baron de Ros or Roos. Cecily and her family were said to have been the target of witchcraft at Belvoir Castle. The death of her two children was blamed on the Flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Tufton
Sir William Tufton, 1st Baronet (1589 – May 1631) was the British governor of Barbados between 21 December 1629 and 16 July 1630. Career William Tufton was born in 1589, in Mote, Hothfield, Kent. He was the fifth son of Sir John Tufton Sir John Tufton (died 1624) was an English landowner. Career and family He was the son of John Tufton and Mary Baker, a daughter of Sir John Baker. His family home was at Hothfield in Kent. He twice served as Sheriff of Kent, was knighted in 16 ..., and his second wife, a daughter of Sir Humphrey Browne, a Justice of the Common Pleas. His elder brother, Humphrey Tufton, Humphrey was created a baronet in his own right. In 1629, the James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Carlisle appointed Sir William Tufton as governor of Barbados, sending him to the island. In Barbados, Tufton removed Governor freehold, building six parishes and churches of the parishes and creating parish councils to govern them. In addition, he improved some aspects of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheriff Of Kent
The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any reference in any enactment or instrument to a sheriff shall be construed accordingly in relation to sheriffs for a county or Greater London." () Formerly the high sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The high sheriff changes every March. This is a list of high sheriffs of Kent. ''The His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humfrey Tufton
Humfrey Tufton, 1st Baronet (1584 – October 1659) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1648. Tufton was a son of John Tufton of Hothfield, and brother of Nicholas Tufton, 1st Earl of Thanet. He purchased The Mote near Maidstone.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies'' Accessed 16 December 2022. Humfrey Tufton was involved in a duel with Murray of Prince Charles's bedchamber (a brother of Secretary Murray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Of Thanet
Earl of the Isle of Thanet, in practice shortened to Earl of Thanet, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1628 for Nicholas Tufton, 1st Baron Tufton. He had already succeeded as second Baronet of Hothfield in 1631 and been created Baron Tufton, of Tufton in the County of Sussex, in 1626, also in the Peerage of England. The Baronetcy, of Hothfield in the County of Kent, was created in the Baronetage of England in 1611 for his father, John Tufton. Lord Thanet was succeeded by his son, the second Earl. He married Lady Margaret Sackville, daughter of Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset and Lady Anne Clifford. Their son, the third Earl, successfully claimed the barony of de Clifford through his maternal grandmother Lady Anne (which had been in abeyance since the death of his great-grandfather George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland). The third Earl was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Earl. He represented Steyning in Parliament. The latter was succeed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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