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Henry Heydon
Sir Henry Heydon (died 1504) was an English lawyer and knight as well as a royal official. Career Henry Heydon was the son of John Heydon (d. 1479) of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, and Eleanor Winter, the daughter of Edmund Winter (d. 1448) of Barningham, Norfolk. Trained as a lawyer, he frequently advised other Norfolk landowners. He served as a justice of the peace in Norfolk from 1473, and on various commissions in that county and elsewhere. Heydon's inheritance from his father included at least sixteen manors, and he added to his holdings through the purchase of lands in both Norfolk and Kent. One of his purchases in Kent was West Wickham, where he built Wickham Court, and after establishing himself in Kent, he served as justice of the peace there in the late 1480s and in the 1490s. Heydon acted as steward in Norfolk to Katherine Woodville, the widow of Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, in the 1490s. He was a supervisor of the will of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Heydon (died 1479)
John Heydon ( Baxter; died 1479) of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, was of humble origins, the son of a yeoman, William Baxter of Heydon. He became a successful lawyer, and is known, through the Paston Letters, as one of the principal agents in East Anglia of William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and one of the chief opponents of the Paston family. Career John was the son of a yeoman, William Baxter of Heydon, Norfolk. Legal records from as late as 1450 refer to him as 'John Heydon of Baconsthorpe alias John Baxter of Heydon'. His mother's name was Jane, daughter and heiress of John Warren, of Lincolnshire, whose arms, ''Chequey or and azure, on a canton gules, a lion rampant argent,'' is also quartered by the Heydons family; [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey Boleyn
Sir Geoffrey Boleyn (1406–1463; also Jeffray Bulleyn, Bullen, etc.) was an English merchant and politician who served as Lord Mayor of London from 1457 to 1458. He purchased the manor of Blickling Hall, near Aylsham, in Norfolk from Sir John Fastolf in 1452, and Hever Castle in Kent in 1462.A. Weir, ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' (Grove Weidenfeld, New York 1991), p. 145. He was the great-grandfather of Queen Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. Sir Geoffrey built the domestic, mercantile and civic fortunes of the Boleyn family, and raised its status from the provincial gentry, as his brother Thomas Boleyn made a career of distinction in church and university, together building the family's wealth, influence and reputation. Family Geoffrey Boleyn's father was an elder Geoffrey Boleyn (died 1440), yeoman of Salle in Norfolk, son of Thomas Boleyn (died 1411) of Salle and his wife Agnes. His mother Alice, ''née'' Bracton, whose arms he quartered with those of Boleyn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunstanton
Hunstanton (sometimes pronounced ) is a seaside resort, seaside town in Norfolk, England, which had a population of 4,229 at the 2011 Census. It faces west across The Wash. Hunstanton lies 102 miles (164 km) north-north-east of London and 40 miles (64 km) north-west of Norwich. History Hunstanton is a 19th-century resort town, initially known as New Hunstanton to distinguish it from the adjacent village of that name. The new town soon exceeded the village in scale and population. The original settlement, now Old Hunstanton, probably gained its name from the River Hun (Norfolk), River Hun, which runs to the coast just to the east. It has also been argued that the name originated from "Honeystone", referring to the local red carrstone, carr stone. The river begins in the grounds of Old Hunstanton Park, which surrounds the moated Hunstanton Hall, the ancestral home of the Le Strange family. Old Hunstanton village is of prehistoric origin and lies near to the head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire (), abbreviated ''Lincs'', is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England. It is bordered by the East Riding of Yorkshire across the Humber estuary to the north, the North Sea to the east, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland to the south, and Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire to the west. The county is predominantly rural, with an area of and a population of 1,095,010. After Lincoln (104,565), the largest towns are Grimsby (85,911) and Scunthorpe (81,286). For Local government in England, local government purposes Lincolnshire comprises a non-metropolitan county with seven districts, and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The last two areas are part of the Yorkshire and the Humber region, and the rest of the county is in the East Midlands. The non-metropolitan county council and two unitary councils collabora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norfolk
Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and east, Cambridgeshire to the west, and Suffolk to the south. The largest settlement is the city of Norwich. The county has an area of and a population of 859,400. It is largely rural with few large towns: after Norwich (147,895), the largest settlements are King's Lynn (42,800) in the north-west, Great Yarmouth (38,693) in the east, and Thetford (24,340) in the south. For local government purposes Norfolk is a non-metropolitan county with seven districts. The centre of Norfolk is gently undulating lowland. To the east are the Broads, a network of rivers and lakes which extend into Suffolk and which are protected by the Broads Authority, which give them a similar status to a National parks of England and Wales, national park. To the west the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Paston (died 1504)
Sir John Paston (1444 – 28 August 1504), was the second son of John Paston and Margaret Mautby. He succeeded his elder brother, Sir John Paston, in 1479. He fought at Barnet and Stoke with John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, served as his deputy when Oxford was appointed Lord High Admiral of England, and was a member of the Earl's council. A number of his letters survive among the Paston Letters, a rich source of historical information about the lives of the English gentry of the period. Family John Paston, born in 1444, probably at Geldeston, Norfolk, was the second son of John Paston and Margaret Mautby, daughter and heir of John Mautby of Mautby, Norfolk. He had an elder brother, also named John, as well as three younger brothers, Edmund, Walter and William, and two sisters, Margery and Anne. Career Nothing is known of his education. In his youth, he actively assisted his mother with the management of the Paston estates. He served under John Mowbray, 4th Duke of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Warner (1511–1565)
Sir Edward Warner (1511 – 7 November 1565 ) was an English politician, and Lieutenant of the Tower of London. He was an MP for Grantham (UK Parliament constituency), Grantham in 1545, 1547, March 1553 and October 1553, for Great Grimsby (UK Parliament constituency), Great Grimsby in 1559, and Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), Norfolk in 1563. Family Warner was the younger son of Henry Warner (d. 1519) of Besthorpe and Mary, daughter of John Blennerhassett of Frenze. He was the brother of Robert Warner (MP, born 1510), Robert Warner. He married first Elizabeth Brooke (1503–1560), Elizabeth (d. 1560), daughter of Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham, Thomas Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham, widow of Thomas Wyatt (poet), Sir Thomas Wyatt I (d. 1542) of Allington Castle, Kent. They had three sons. She died in August 1560 and was buried in the Tower. His second wife, Audrey (d. 16 July 1581), daughter and heiress of William Hare of Beeston, Norfolk, was the widow of Thomas Hobart of Plum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham
Thomas Brooke, 8th Baron Cobham (died 19 July 1529), lord of the manor, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was an English House of Lords, peer. Thomas Brooke was the son and heir of Sir John Brooke, 7th Baron Cobham (d. 1512) and Margaret Neville (d. 1506),G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant', new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910–1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 347 daughter of Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny, and his second wife, Katherine Howard. Career Thomas took part in the wars with France and was at the Siege of Tournai, Tournay in 1513, and fought at the Battle of the Spurs on 16 August 1513. He was made Knight Banneret by King Henry VIII in 1514, and attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was summo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. 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 List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, built-up area had a population of 213,166 at the 2011 census. As the seat of the Episcopal see, See of Norwich, the city has one of the country's largest medieval cathedrals. For much of the second millennium, from medieval to just before Industrial Revolution, industrial times, Norwich was one of the most prosperous and largest towns of England; at one point, it was List of towns and cities in England by historical population, second only to London. Today, it is the largest settlement in East Anglia. Heritage and status Norwich claims to be the most complete medie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Peter Mancroft
St Peter Mancroft is a parish church in the Church of England in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. After the two cathedrals, it is the largest church in Norwich. It was originally established by Ralph de Gael, Earl of East Anglia, between 1066 and 1075. It was later rebuilt, between 1430 and 1455. It stands on a slightly elevated position, next to the market place. St Peter Mancroft is a member of the Greater Churches Group. Description The present building was begun in 1430 on the site of an existing church, and consecrated in 1455. It is 180 feet long and ashlar faced with a tower at the west end. It is a Grade I listed building. It has a Norman foundation dating from 1075. There is a 1463 font, a 1573 Flemish tapestry and medieval glass. This ancient glass includes the 1450 Toppes Window, donated by Robert Toppes, a Mercer and mayor of the city, 11 panels of that window survive are in the reconfigured east window, these are the ones showing: * Jesus at the Tomb * The Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kett's Rebellion
Kett's Rebellion was a revolt in the English county of Norfolk during the reign of Edward VI, largely in response to the enclosure of land. It began at Wymondham on 8 July 1549 with a group of rebels destroying fences that had been put up by wealthy landowners. One of their targets was yeoman Robert Kett who, instead of resisting the rebels, agreed to their demands and offered to lead them. Kett and his forces, joined by recruits from Norwich and the surrounding countryside and numbering some 16,000, set up camp on Mousehold Heath to the north-east of the city on 12 July. The rebels stormed Norwich on 29 July and took the city. On 1 August the rebels defeated a Royal Army led by the Marquess of Northampton who had been sent by the government to suppress the uprising. Kett's rebellion ended on 27 August when the rebels were defeated by an army under the leadership of the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Dussindale. Kett was captured, held in the Tower of London, tried for trea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parham, Suffolk
Parham is a village and civil parish in the East Suffolk (district), East Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located seven miles north of Woodbridge, Suffolk, Woodbridge, in 2005 it had a population of 300, reducing to 263 at the 2011 census and according to the 2011 census there were 129 males and 134 females living at this time. The flint-built parish church of St Mary, though restored in 1886, dates from the late 14th Century and was likely built for William de Ufford, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, William de Ufford. The Rood screen is from the 15th Century. Parham is located on the B1116. William Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham is interred in the church, too. Parham Airfield Museum is located nearby. Parham railway station, on the Framlingham Branch, was shut to passenger traffic in November 1952. Between 1870 and 1872 John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer visited Parham and wrote the following as an entry for the parish.PARHAM, a village and a parish in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
