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Piers Dutton
Sir Piers Dutton (died 17 August 1545) was the lord of the manor of Dutton from 1527 until his death. He was involved in the closing of Norton Abbey during the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536. He started rebuilding Dutton Hall in 1539. Early life Piers Dutton was the son of Piers Dutton and Eleanor Foulshurst.https://archive.org/details/visitationofches00glov 1580 Visitation of Cheshire Sir Piers Dutton inherited his family lands in Hatton on the death of his grandfather (also named Piers Dutton) in 1503. His family were a junior line of the Dutton family from Dutton, who had been living there since the Norman conquest. Public life Piers Dutton was the mayor of Chester for three years (1512–1515). In 1526, Lawrence Dutton, the head of the senior branch of the family living in Dutton, died. He left no male heirs, but was survived by several sisters. Subsequently, there was a dispute between the sisters Alice, Eleanor, Anne, Margaret and Isabel on one side and Piers Dutt ...
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Norton Priory
Norton Priory is a historic site in Norton, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of an abbey complex dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, and an 18th-century country house; it is now a museum. The remains are a scheduled ancient monument and are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. They are considered to be the most important monastic remains in Cheshire. The priory was established as an Augustinian foundation in the 12th century, and was raised to the status of an abbey in 1391. The abbey was closed in 1536, as part of the dissolution of the monasteries. Nine years later the surviving structures, together with the manor of Norton, were purchased by Sir  Richard Brooke, who built a Tudor house on the site, incorporating part of the abbey. This was replaced in the 18th century by a Georgian house. The Brooke family left the house in 1921, and it was partially demolished in 1928. In ...
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Dutton Hall
Dutton may refer to: Places ;In Canada *Dutton/Dunwich, Ontario, town and municipality in Canada *Dutton, Ontario ;In the United Kingdom *Dutton, Cheshire, village in England *Dutton, Lancashire, village in England ;In the United States *Dutton, Alabama, town *Dutton, Illinois, ghost town * Dutton, Michigan *Dutton, Montana, town in the United States *Dutton, Nevada, ghost town *Mount Dutton, Alaska ;In Australia *Dutton, South Australia *Mount Dutton Bay Conservation Park People with the surname * Brian Dutton (born 1985), English footballer *Charles Boydell Dutton (1834–1904), pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia *Charles Christian Dutton (died 1842), South Australian pioneer, uncle of C. B. Dutton, disappeared presumed murdered *Charles S. Dutton (born 1951), American actor *Clarence Dutton (1841–1912), American geologist and US Army officer *Denis Dutton (1944–2010), philosopher *Edward Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne (1831–1919), British peer and di ...
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Hatton, Cheshire West And Chester
Hatton is a former civil parish, now in the parishes of Hargrave and Huxley, Golborne David and Tattenhall and District, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The parish included most of the village of Hatton Heath, which is approximately south east of Chester and north-west of Tattenhall. The civil parish was abolished in 2015 and became part of Hargrave and Huxley, Golborne David and Tattenhall and District. In the 2001 census it had a population of 120, The population in the 2011 census was 198, which included the parish of Golborne Bellow. History The name Hatton means "heath farm/settlement" and likely derives from the Old English words ''hǣð'' (heather, a tract of uncultivated land) and ''tūn'' (a farmstead or settlement). Hatton was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Etune'', under the ownership of Ilbert of Roullours. The entry lists only one household (a villager), making it amongst the sm ...
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Dutton, Cheshire
Dutton is a civil parish and village within the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, about east of Runcorn. Dutton is on the River Weaver and was home to Dutton Hall, built in 1513 and moved to Sussex in the 1930s. Dutton Viaduct, a viaduct of 20 arches, each 63 feet in span, and 60 feet high, carries the Grand Junction railway over Dutton Bottom, across the valley of the Weaver. It had a population of 424 according to the 2011 census. Industry The 1881 census shows the dominant occupation of Dutton's population as "agriculture", in which category a total of 61 males and 3 females were employed. For males, "workers in general or unspecified commodities" was the second-most popular occupation, with a total of 16 males. The majority of women in 1881 had no specified occupation. The main occupations for males in Dutton at the present time, according to the 2011 census key statistics data, are "Skilled Trade Occupations", ...
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Norman Conquest Of England
The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, Breton, Flemish, and French troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror. William's claim to the English throne derived from his familial relationship with the childless Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor, who may have encouraged William's hopes for the throne. Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066 and was victorious at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September, but Godwinson's army defeated and killed Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September. Three days later on 28 September, William's invasion force of thousands of men and hundreds of ships landed at Pevensey in Sussex in southern England. Harold marched south to oppose him, leaving a significant portion of h ...
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Henry VIII Of England
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disagreement with Pope Clement VII about such an annulment led Henry to initiate the English Reformation, separating the Church of England from papal authority. He appointed himself Supreme Head of the Church of England and dissolved convents and monasteries, for which he was excommunicated by the pope. Henry is also known as "the father of the Royal Navy" as he invested heavily in the navy and increased its size from a few to more than 50 ships, and established the Navy Board. Domestically, Henry is known for his radical changes to the English Constitution, ushering in the theory of the divine right of kings in opposition to papal supremacy. He also greatly expanded royal power during his reign. He frequently used charges of treason an ...
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High Sheriff Of Cheshire
This is a list of Sheriffs (and after 1 April 1974, High Sheriffs) of Cheshire. The Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the 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. Under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, on 1 April 1974 the office previously known as Sheriff was retitled High Sheriff. The High Sheriff is appointed annually, taking office in March. As of 2022, the High Sheriff of Cheshire is Jeannie France-Hayhurst. List of Sheriffs of Cheshire * c.1151: Ranulph * c.1184: Gilbert Pipard or de Arden * c.1185–1187: Bertram de Verdon * 1189: Richard de Pierpoint * 1199: Lidulph de Twemlow 1200–1399 1400–1499 1500–1599 1600–1699 1700–1799 1800–1899 1900–1973 List of High Sheriffs of Cheshire 1974–1999 200 ...
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Adlington, Cheshire
Adlington is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is known as ''Eduluintune'' in the Domesday Book. According to the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 1,081 people across 401 households. There is a mixed, non-denominational primary school in the village. A railway station, located on the Manchester–Stoke-On-Trent line, is used mainly by commuters to Manchester and Stockport. History Adlington was a chapelry and township in Prestbury ancient parish.Youngs, F. A. (1991). page 5 It became a separate civil parish in 1866, and had slight changes to its civil parish boundaries in 1936. It was in Hamestan hundred, which later became Macclesfield Hundred and, later still, was assigned to be part of Macclesfield Poor Law Union and Rural Sanitary District. When Macclesfield Rural District council was established in 1894, Adlington became a civil parish within it. In 1974, local ...
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James Hamilton, 4th Duke Of Hamilton
Lieutenant General James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton and 1st Duke of Brandon (11 April 1658 – 15 November 1712) was a Scottish nobleman, soldier and politician. Hamilton was a major investor in the failed Darien Scheme, which cost many of Scotland's ruling class their fortunes. He led the Country Party in the Parliament of Scotland and the opposition to the Act of Union in 1707. He died on 15 November 1712 as the result of a celebrated duel in Hyde Park, Westminster, with Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, over a disputed inheritance. Early life The eldest son of William Douglas, 1st Earl of Selkirk (who was created Duke of Hamilton for his lifetime and changed his surname to Hamilton in 1660) and his wife Anne, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton in her own right, Hamilton was born at Hamilton Palace, in Lanarkshire. He was a descendant through his mother of the Scottish House of Stewart and therefore had a significant claim to the thrones of both Scotland and England. He was educ ...
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1545 Deaths
Year 1545 ( MDXLV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * February 22 – A firman of the Ottoman Empire is issued for the dethronement of Radu Paisie as Prince of Wallachia. * February 27 – Battle of Ancrum Moor: The Scots are victorious over numerically superior English forces. * March 24 – At a diet in Worms, Germany, summoned by Pope Paul III, the German Protestant princes demand a national religious settlement for Germany. Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V refuses. *April 1 – Potosí is founded by the Spanish as a mining town after the discovery of huge silver deposits in this area of modern-day Bolivia. Silver mined from Huayna Potosí Mountain provides most of the wealth on which the Spanish Empire is based until its fall in the early 19th century. * June 13 – Spanish explorer Yñigo Ortiz de Retez sets out to navigate the northern coast of Ne ...
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Mayors Of Chester
The position of Lord Mayor of Chester was created on 10 March 1992 when the dignity was conferred on the city of Chester, England by Letters Patent as part of celebrations of 40th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Prior to that the position had been that of Mayor of Chester. The Lord Mayoralty was given to Chester in recognition of its historical and economic importance. In 2009 the role of Lord Mayor of Chester was combined with that of Chairman of Cheshire West and Chester Council, but the two roles were separated again in 2015. The full title of the Mayor is ‘The Right Worshipful, the Lord Mayor of the City of Chester’. Notable Mayors *1484-85: Sir John Savage (Knight of the Garter) *1512–14: Sir Piers Dutton (High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1542) *1540: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545) *1558: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545) *1560: William Aldersey (MP for Chester, 1547) *1563: Sir Lawrence Smith (MP for Cheshire, 1545) *1570: Sir La ...
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