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Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet
Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688) was a baronet from Devon, England. He lived at Hayne in the parish of Newton St Cyres, Devon, where the mansion house has since been demolished; and also at King's Nympton, Devon, a manor that he purchased from Sir Hugh Pollard, 2nd Baronet, his father's first cousin, and where he was buried. Biography The family of Northcote originated in Devon at the Domesday Book manor of Northcote in the parish of East Down, Devon, East Down in North Devon. The Heraldic Visitations of Devon lists the founder of the family as ''Galfridus de Northcote, Miles'' ("knight"), living in 1103. In the 16th century the family made its fortune as cloth merchants at Crediton. Sir Arthur was the son and heir of Sir John Northcote, 1st Baronet (1600–1676), Member of Parliament, MP, of Hayne in the parish of Newton St Cyres, Devon, by his wife Grace Halswell. He married twice: *Firstly to Elizabeth Welsh (1630-1652), daughter and heiress of James Welsh of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross
A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two Intersection (set theory), intersecting Line (geometry), lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in heraldic terminology. The cross shape has been widely officially recognized as an absolute and exclusive religious symbol of Christianity from an early period in that religion's history.''Christianity: an introduction'' by Alister E. McGrath 2006 pages 321-323 Before then, it was used as a religious or cultural symbol throughout Europe, in West Asia, west and south Asia (the latter, in the form of the original Swastika); and in Ancient Egypt, where the Ankh was a hieroglyph that represented "life" and was used in the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Godolphin (1605-1667)
Francis Godolphin is the name of: *Sir Francis Godolphin (1540–1608), governor of the Isles of Scilly, builder of Star Castle *Sir Francis Godolphin (died about 1640), younger son of the above, MP for St Ives and Cornwall * Francis Godolphin (died 1652) of Treveneage, MP for St Ives *Sir Francis Godolphin (1605–1667) of Godolphin, MP for Helston, dedicatee of Hobbes' ''Leviathan'' * Francis Godolphin (died 1675), Auditor of the imprests in 1674 *Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin (1678–1766), British politician *Francis Godolphin, 2nd Baron Godolphin (1706–1785), British politician *Francis Osborne, 1st Baron Godolphin (1777–1850), British politician * Francis R. B. Godolphin (1903–1974), dean and classics Professor at Princeton University. See Also *Francis Godolphin Waldron Francis Godolphin Waldron (1744–1818) was an English writer and actor, known also as an editor and bookseller. Life Waldron became a member of David Garrick's company at Drury Lane, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northcote Family
Northcote may refer to: People with the surname * Geoffry Northcote (1881–1948), British colonial administrator * Hannah Northcote (c.1761–1831), English silversmith * Henry Northcote (other) * James Northcote (1746–1831), English painter * James Northcote (actor) (born 1987), English actor * James Spencer Northcote (1821–1907), English priest and writer * Percy Northcote (1866–1934), English cricketer * Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887), British politician * Stafford Harry Northcote, Viscount Saint Cyres (1869–1926), diplomat and historian * Walter Northcote, 2nd Earl of Iddesleigh (1845–1927) * William Northcote, British naval surgeon Places * Northcote, Langho, a hotel and restaurant in Lancashire, England * Northcote, Auckland, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand **Northcote Tigers, a rugby league club * Northcote, Christchurch, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand * Northcote, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia **Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronets In The Baronetage Of England
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th century; however, in its current usage it was created by James I of England in 1611 as a means of raising funds for the crown. Baronets rank below barons, but seemingly above all knights grand cross, knights commander and knights bachelor of the British chivalric orders, that are in turn below in chivalric precedence than the most senior British chivalric orders of the Garter and the Thistle. Like all British knights, baronets are addressed as "Sir" and baronetesses as "Dame". They are conventionally seen to belong to the lesser nobility, although William Thoms in 1844 wrote that: The precise quality of this dignity is not yet fully determined, some holding it to be the head of the , while others, again, rank Baronets as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1688 Deaths
Events January–March * January 2 – Fleeing from the Spanish Navy, French pirate Raveneau de Lussan and his 70 men arrive on the west coast of Nicaragua, sink their boats, and make a difficult 10 day march to the city of Ocotal. * January 5 – Pirates Charles Swan and William Dampier and the crew of the privateer ''Cygnet'' become the first Englishmen to set foot on the continent of Australia. * January 11 – The Patta Fort and the Avandha Fort, located in what is now India's Maharashtra state near Ahmednagar, are captured from the Maratha clan by Mughul Army commander Matabar Khan. The Mughal Empire rules the area 73 years. * January 17 – Ilona Zrínyi, who has defended the Palanok Castle in Hungary from Austrian Imperial forces since 1685, is forced to surrender to General Antonio Caraffa. * January 29 – Madame Jeanne Guyon, French mystic, is arrested in France and imprisoned for seven months. * January 30 (January 20, 1687 old s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1628 Births
Events January–March * January 19 – (26 Jumada al-Awwal 1037 A.H.) The reign of Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 death of his father, Jahangir, as Sharyar's older brother, Shihab defeats him in battle. Prince Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram takes the name Shah Jahan and sentences Shahryar and other members of the court to death. * January 23 – After being incarcerated and blinded on orders of his brother, former Mughal Emperor Shahryar Mirza is put to death, along with his nephews, co-ruler Dawar Bakhsh, and Princes Garshasp, Tahmuras and Hoshang. * February 3 – In what is now the South American nation of Chile, the indigenous Mapuche lay siege to the Spanish colonial settlement of Nacimiento. The Spanish captain and a force of 40 men are able to hold out until reinforcements arrive two days later, but the attackers take muskets and two c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northcote Baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Northcote family, one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extinct. The Northcote Baronetcy, of Hayne in the County of Devon, was created in the Baronetage of England on 16 July 1641. For more information on this creation, see the Earl of Iddesleigh. The Northcote Baronetcy, of Seamore Place in the Parish of St George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 November 1887. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Northcote. Northcote baronets, of Hayne (1641) *see the Earl of Iddesleigh Earl of Iddesleigh ( ), in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, Sir Stafford Northcote ... Northcote baronets, of Seamore Place (1887) *see the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ledger Stone
A ledger stone or ledgerstone is an inscribed stone slab usually laid into the floor of a church to commemorate or mark the place of the burial of an important deceased person. The term "ledger" derives from the Middle English words ''lygger'', ''ligger'' or ''leger'', themselves derived from the root of the Old English verb ''liċġan'', meaning to lie (down). Ledger stones may also be found as slabs forming the tops of tomb chest monuments. Form and geology Ledger stones take the form of an inscribed stone slab, usually laid into the floor of a church to commemorate or mark the place of the burial of an important deceased person. Ledger stones may also be found as slabs forming the tops of chest tombs. An inscription is usually incised into the stone within a ledger line running around the edge of the stone. Such inscription may continue within the central area of the stone, which may be decorated with Relief sculpture, relief-sculpted or incised coats of arms, or other appropria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet
Sir Henry Northcote, 4th Baronet (1655–1730) was an English baronet from Devon. He was by profession a doctor of medicine. His great-great-great-grandson was Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887). Origins He was the 3rd son of Sir Arthur Northcote, 2nd Baronet (1628–1688) of Hayne in the parish of Newton St Cyres, Devon, and later also of King's Nympton, Devon, by his second wife Elizabeth Godolphin (d. 1707), eldest daughter of Sir Francis Godolphin (1605–1667), Francis Godolphin (1605–1667), Knight of the Bath (1399–1725), KB, of Godolphin Estate, Godolphin, near Helston in Cornwall. Inheritance In 1709 aged 54 he became the heir to his childless elder brother Northcote baronets, Sir Francis Northcote, 3rd Baronet (1659–1709), their father's second but eldest surviving son, who had married Anne Wrey, daughter of Wrey Baronets, Sir Chichester Wrey, 3rd Baronet (1628–1668) lord of the manor of Manor of Tawstock, Tawstock, Devon, who had married L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helston
Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' Helston is the most southerly town on the island of Great Britain and is around farther south than Penzance. The population in 2011 was 11,700. The population in 2022 was estimated to be 11,600 in the parish. The former stannary and market town, cattle market town is best known for the annual Furry Dance (known locally as the Flora Dance), said to originate from the Middle Ages, medieval period. However, the Furry Dance#Pageant, Hal-an-Tow is reputed to be of Celtic mythology, Celtic origin. The associated song and music, The Floral Dance, is known to have been written in 1911. In 2001, the town celebrated the 800th anniversary of the granting of its Charter. History The name comes from the Corn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godolphin Estate
The Godolphin Estate is a National Trust property situated in Godolphin Cross, north-west of Helston in Cornwall, England. The house is a Grade I listed building. History The estate was the seat of the Dukes of Leeds and the Earls of Godolphin. It contains a Tudor/Stuart mansion, complete with early formal gardens, dating from c. 1500, and Elizabethan stables of around 1600. The present house is the remnant of a larger mansion. From 1786 it was owned by the Dukes of Leeds who never lived there. In 1920 George Osborne, 10th Duke of Leeds sold it to the sitting tenant Peter Quintrell Treloar. After Treloar died in 1922, the following year his wife sold it to James Penna, an agricultural engineer. Penna died in 1926 and his son James Henry lived there until his death in 1935. In that year it was bought C.B. Stevens, a local man, who sold the house and estate to artist Walter Elmer Schofield in 1937. Schofield's architect son Sydney restored the mansion, and received it as a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knight Of The Bath (1399–1725)
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725. Recipients of the Order are usually senior military officers or senior civil servants, and the monarch awards it on the advice of His Majesty's Government. The name derives from an elaborate medieval ceremony for preparing a candidate to receive his knighthood, of which ritual bathing (as a symbol of purification) was an element. While not all knights went through such an elaborate ceremony, knights so created were known as "knights of the Bath". George I constituted the Knights of the Bath as a regular military order. He did not revive the order, which did not previously exist, in the sense of a body of knights governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom (currently King Charles III), the Great Master (currently William, Prince of Wales), and three Classes of memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
