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Augustine Steward
Augustine Steward (1491 – 1571), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. Family Augustine Steward was born and baptised in the parish of St. George’s Tombland, Norwich, the son of Jeffrey Steward (d.1504), an Alderman of Norwich and his wife Cecily, daughter of Augustine Boys, an armiger. This family can be traced back to the Stewards (Stewarts) of Scotland. Augustine married twice: (1) before 1548, Alice, daughter of Henry Repps, Esq., of Heveningham, by who he had three daughters. He married (2) Elizabeth, daughter of William Rede, Esq., of Beccles Manor, Suffolk (he died 1552), by whom he had six daughters and two sons, all of whom appear to have married well. Career Steward was a mercer and an armiger. He was admitted a Freeman of the City of Norwich on 12 March, 1516 and after serving for some years on the common council was elected an alderman in 1526, a position he was to retain until his death. He became the government’s leading supporter in Norwich, and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the Episcopal see, See of Norwich, with one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals, it is the largest settlement and has the largest Norwich built-up area, urban area in East Anglia. The population of the Norwich City Council local authority area was estimated to be 144,000 in 2021, which was an increase from 143,135 in 2019. The wider Norwich Built-up area, built-up area had a population of 213,166 in 2019. Heritage and status Norwich claims to be the most complete medieval city in the United Kingdom. It includes cobbled streets such as Elm Hill, Norwich, Elm Hill, Timber Hill and Tombland; ancient buildings such as St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Hall, Norwich, St Andrew's Hall; half-timbered houses such as Dragon Hall, Norwich, Dragon Hall, Norwich Guildhal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tombland Antiques Centre - Geograph
''Tombland'' is a historical mystery novel by British author C. J. Sansom. It is the seventh book in the Matthew Shardlake series, following 2014's ''Lamentation''. Set in the summer of 1549, the story deals with the investigation of a murder in Norfolk. Matthew Shardlake is entrusted by Princess Elizabeth, later Elizabeth I, to investigate the murder of the wife of a distant relative of hers. During the course of the investigation Shardlake gets involved in Kett's Rebellion. The title comes from the Tombland area of Norwich which is just situated outside Norwich Cathedral. Tombland's etymolgoy is Danish in origin meaning 'empty space' or 'open land', and in the 11th century the area was home to an Anglo-Scandinavian marketplace. Reception Critical reception for ''Tombland'' has been positive. Stephanie Merritt writing for ''The Guardian'' commented that the novel is 'more of a grand historical epic than a tightly packed whodunnit.' In a similar vein Andrew Taylor writing for ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors Of Norwich
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated. Depending on the system chosen, a mayor may be the chief executive officer of the municipal government, may simply chair a multi-member governing body with little or no independent power, or may play a solely ceremonial role. A mayor's duties and responsibilities may be to appoint and oversee municipal managers and employees, provide basic governmental services to constituents, and execute the laws and ordinances passed by a municipal governing body (or mandated by a state, territorial or national governing body). Options for selection of a mayor include direct election by the public, or selection by an elected governing council or board. The term ''mayor'' shares a linguistic o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politicians From Norwich
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a politician can be anyone who seeks to achieve political power in a government. Identity Politicians are people who are politically active, especially in party politics. Political positions range from local governments to state governments to federal governments to international governments. All ''government leaders'' are considered politicians. Media and rhetoric Politicians are known for their rhetoric, as in speeches or campaign advertisements. They are especially known for using common themes that allow them to develop their political positions in terms familiar to the voters. Politicians of necessity become expert users of the media. Politicians in the 19th century made heavy use of newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1571 Deaths
Year 1571 ( MDLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 11 – The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion. * January 23 – The Royal Exchange opens in London, England. * c. February 4– 9 – The Spanish Jesuit missionaries of the Ajacán Mission, established on the Virginia Peninsula of North America in 1570, are massacred by local Native Americans. * March 18 – The Order of the Knights of Saint John transfers the capital of Malta, from Birgu to Valletta. * May 24 – Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army, under Devlet I Giray. * June 3 – Following the Battle of Bangkusay Channel, the conquest of the Kingdom of Maynila is complete, Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi makes Manila a city, and the capital of the Philippines. * June 25 – Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle, is founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1491 Births
Year 1491 ( MCDXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 2 – Alain I of Albret signs the Treaty of Moulins with Charles VIII of France. * March – The French–Breton War resumes. * March 19− 20 – Alain I of Albret captures the Château des ducs de Bretagne for the French. * April 23 – Granada is besieged by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. Santa Fe, Granada is founded. * May – The war between the Ottoman Empire and the Egyptian Mamluks ends. * May 3 – The ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo, Nkuwu Nzinga, is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I. * May 8 – A solar eclipse takes place over Metz. * June 27 – Louis of Orléans is released by Charles VIII of France after three years of imprisonment. * September – Battle of Vrpile Gulch in southern Croatia: Forces of the Ottoman Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rugge, Bishop Of Norwich
William Rugge (also Rugg, Repps, Reppes; died 1550) was an English Benedictine theologian, and bishop of Norwich from 1536 to 1549. Life He was born in Northrepps, Norfolk. He was a Doctor of Divinity of Gonville Hall, Cambridge in 1513. The Carthusian Thomas Spencer (died 1529) wrote ''A Trialogus between Thomas Bilney, Hugh Latimer and William Repps'', in which Rugge appears to balance two reformers. He became Abbot of St Benet's Abbey in 1530.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' He retained the abbey ''in commendam'' on being appointed bishop of Norwich; the community there was suppressed in 1539. He was one of the authors of ''The Bishops' Book'' of 1537. A theological conservative, he was one of the group trying, without success, to have the Book include material defending pilgrimages. He disputed publicly with Robert Watson, an early evangelical Protestant, in 1539, on the topic of free will. Resignation He resigned his diocese in 1549. Reasons given are financia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Layer (merchant)
Christopher Layer (1531 – 19 June 1600), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English merchant, burgess of Norwich, and briefly a Member of Parliament. Biography Layer was the son of William Layer, Mayor of Norwich and began his career as a grocer. He was one of the leading citizens of Norwich, serving as Sheriff for 1569–70, Alderman in 1570 and Mayor in 1581–82 and 1589–90. He imported goods from the Netherlands and invested in land and houses in Norwich, at Theberton, and elsewhere in Suffolk, and at Booton, Cawston, and Cringleford in Norfolk. His attempts to enclose the common at Great Witchingham in Norfolk led him into a long series of lawsuits. He served briefly as one of the two Members of Parliament for Norwich in 1584–1585 and again in 1597–1598. During his second Parliament the two burgesses for Norwich were appointed to committees concerning navigation (12 Nov.), the bishop of Norwich (30 Nov.), land reclamation (3 Dec.), cloth (8 Dec.), and malt (12 Jan. 1598). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert Wood
Sir Robert Wood of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was Mayor of Norwich, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I in 1578. He was knighted on Queen Elizabeth I's progress in Norfolk. Francis Blomefield, Rector of Fersfield in Norfolk, describes the occasion thusly: On Saturday being the 16th of August, 1578, and in the 20th year of the reign of our most gracious sovereign Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God Queen of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. The same our most dread and sovereign Lady, (continuing her progress in Norfolk,) immediately after dinner set forward from Braken-Ash, where she had dined with the Lady Stile, being five miles distant from Norwich, towards the same her most dutiful city. Sir Robert Wood, then Esq. now Knight, Mayor of the same city, at one o'clock the same happy day, set forward to meet with her Majesty in this order: 1st. there rode before him well and seemly mounted, three score of the most comely young-men of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Sotherton
Nicholas Sotherton (died 1540), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English merchant and politician. He was a grocer, alderman and Mayor of Norwich 1539–40. In the chancel of St. John the Baptist's Church in Madder-Market, Norwich: ''Here lieth buried the Body of master Nicholas Sutherton, latte Mayer and Alderman of this Worschipfull Cite, whiche the nerte yere after that he was Mayer, discessid out of this transeitorie Lyfe, that was the yere of our Lord'' 1540, ''the x Day of Nov. On whose Soule say yow, Jesu have Mercy, For as he is so schall ye be''. Sotherton, ''arg''. a fess, in chief two crescents ''gul''. impaling Hetherset, ''az''. a lion rampant guardant ''or''. The monument is still extant. He and his wife Agnes (''d''.1576) had six sons and five daughters. Children of Nicholas Sotherton and Agnes Wright: * Thomas Sotherton, (by 1525 – 1583), Member of Parliament for Norwich in 1558 and 1559 and mayor of the city in 1565–66, ''m''. Elizabeth, the daughter of Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sotherton
Thomas Sotherton (by 1525 – 1583), of Norwich, Norfolk, was an English politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich in 1558 and 1559 and mayor of the city in 1565-66. He was the eldest son of Nicholas Sotherton (d.1540) of Norwich by Agnes Wright. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Augustine Steward of Norwich. They had four sons and four daughters. Children Children of Thomas Sotherton and Elizabeth Steward: * Augustine Sotherton of Hesleden (Hellesdon) near Norwich, ''m''. Anne, daughter of Thomas Peck of Norwich, and had: *# Samwell Sotheron of Hesleden, ''m''. Mary, daughter of Thomas Gilbert of Burlingham in Norfolk, and had Thomas, who ob. s.p, Gilbert and Anne *# Thomas *# Elias *# Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas Warner of Hofton (Hoveton Hoveton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is located within the Norfolk Broads, and immediately across the River Bure from the village of Wroxham. Whilst Hoveton is north of the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Grey, 1st Baron Grey Of Groby
Henry Grey, 1st Lord Grey of Groby (1547 – 26 July 1614) was an English landowner, soldier, courtier, magistrate, county administrator, and member of parliament. Among many other roles, he was a member of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and Master of the Buckhounds. Early life He was the only surviving son of Lord John Grey, son of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, and Mary Browne, daughter of Sir Anthony Browne and his first wife, Alice Gage.Douglas Richardson''Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families''Genealogical Publishing Com, 30 July 2005. pg 392.Richard Davey''The sisters of Lady Jane Grey and their wicked grandfather''E.P. Dutton and co., 1912. pg 199-200. It is believed he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where a Henry Grey graduated first with a Bachelor of Arts on 1 February 1565, followed by a Master of Arts on 18 June 1568. He was knighted on 11 November 1587. Career Grey's main ambition was to re-establish his family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
