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Nicholas Strelley
Nicholas Strelley or Strelly or Styrley (died 1560) was an English soldier and captain of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Career Nicholas Strelley was a member of a family residing at Strelley Village. His father (died 1491) was also called Nicholas Strelley, and his mother was Katherine, a daughter of Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr. In May 1531, Strelley was Lieutenant of Sherwood Forest, and was asked to make a survey of the numbers of deer by royal commissioners. Strelley delayed and explained that it was the wrong time of year to disturb the deer. During the Pilgrimage of Grace, Strelley came to Nottingham Castle with Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, who sent him to report to Henry VIII. Henry replied that he sending Roger Ratcliffe, as an expert in wars, to advise on the fortification of Nottingham. Strelley, a "substantial gentleman", was sent to garrison Tickhill Castle near Doncaster with 100 foot soldiers and six cannon. Strelley obtained Beauchief Abbey in 1537, paying £ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded Berwick's population as 12,043. The town is at the mouth of the River Tweed on the east coast, south east of Edinburgh, north of Newcastle upon Tyne, and north of London. Uniquely for England, the town is slightly further north than Denmark's capital Copenhagen and the southern tip of Sweden, further east of the North Sea, which Berwick borders. Berwick was founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement in the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England in the 10th century. A civil parishes in England, civil parish and town council were formed in 2008 comprising the communities of Berwick, Spittal, Northumberland, Spittal and Tweedmouth. It is the northernmost civil parish in England. For more than 400 years, the area was central t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwick Castle
Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. History The castle was commissioned by the Scottish King David I in the 1120s. It was taken by the English forces under the terms of the Treaty of Falaise in 1175 but then sold back to Scotland by the English King Richard I to fund the Third Crusade in around 1190. In November 1292, representatives of the English King Edward I arrived in Berwick and announced, in the great hall of the castle, King Edward's adjudication in favour of John Balliol of the dispute between him, Robert the Bruce and the count of Holland for the Crown of Scotland.Dunbar, Archibald H., ''Scottish Kings – A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005–1625'' (Edinburgh, 1899), p. 116 The castle was retaken by the forces of King Edward I in March 1296 during the First War of Scottish Independence. However, the forces of Robert the Bruce recovered the castle for Scotland in April 1318. In 1330, "Roberto de Lawedre" of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linby
Linby is a small village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England. The nearest town is Hucknall which is immediately to the south-west. The village grew up around the mills on the River Leen, from which Linby's name is derived. Small streams known as Linby Docks run on both sides of the main street. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 232, increasing to 676 at the 2021 census. History In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870–72) John Marius Wilson described Linby: The local parish church is dedicated to St. Michael and is a Grade II* listed building. Containing a number of features which date to the 13th century, the church has been extended several times, including restorations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are two crosses in the village. The "Top Cross", a Grade II listed structure, is dated to the 14th century and was restored in the late 19th century. The "Bottom Cross" is inscribed with the date 1663, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frideswide Strelley
Frideswide Strelley (died 1565), was an English courtier. She served as chamberer to Queen Mary I from 1533 onward. Career Frideswide Strelley was a daughter of John or Leonard Knight, of South Duffield in the parish of Hemingbrough, and his wife Isabella Langholme. She was an aunt of William Knight and distantly related to the family of Guy Fawkes. The Knight family had inherited lands at nearby Spaldington, and her father is sometimes named as "John Knight of Spaldington". She joined the service of Lady Mary, later Mary I, first as a chamberer, from as early as 1533, and was later ranked as a gentlewoman. She was said to have previously been a maid of honour to Catherine of Aragon. In the accounts of Lady Mary, she appears as "maistres Knight" from 1537 and was given sums of money, once for buying fish. She had a servant or "man". In 1548, she married Robert Strelley. As "Mrs Sturley", Frideswide Strelley rode in procession at the coronation of Mary I of England on 30 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Strelley
Robert Strelley (by 1518 – 23 January 1554), of Great Bowden, Leicestershire, was an English politician, soldier, and courtier to Mary I of England. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Leicestershire in October 1553. Strelley fought with Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk at the siege of Montreuil in 1544, and in Scotland, probably at the battle of Pinkie. He was a gentleman in the household of Princess Mary by 1549, He was with her at Kenninghall, where Mary I made him a member of her Privy Council, and at Framlingham Castle in July 1553, where she mustered an army of supporters. Robert Wingfield listed him, as a man "whose family was not obscure", in a catalogue of Mary's supporters. Robert Strelley served as a Chamberlain of the Exchequer from 1553 until his death the following year. In 1548, he married Frideswide Knight, a descendant of Thomas de la Haye of Spaldington, Yorkshire, but left no children. Edward VI gave the couple property and a fee-farm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Willoughby
Sir Hugh Willoughby (fl. 1544; died 1554) was an English soldier and an early Arctic voyager. He served in the court of and fought in the Scottish campaign where he was knighted for his valour. In 1553, he was selected by a company of London merchants to lead a fleet of three vessels in search of a Northeast Passage. Willoughby and the crews of two ships died on the voyage while the third vessel , under the command of Richard Chancellor, who went on to open a successful, long-lasting trading arrangement with Russia. Biography Willoughby was the third and youngest son of Sir Henry Willoughby of Middleton, Derbyshire, a wealthy and influential gentleman who served in the courts of Richard III and Henry VII and was knighted by Henry VII following the Battle of Stoke Field in 1487. Hugh Willoughby served various roles in the court of Henry VIIIEvans 2014 and then joined the military to serve as a captain in the Scottish campaign of 1544. He was knighted at Leith by Edward Seym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Byron (died 1600)
Sir John Byron (c. 1526 – 1600) was an Elizabethan English nobleman, landowner, politician, and knight. He was also known as Little Sir John with the Great Beard. Life and family Byron was the son of John Byron by his second wife, Elizabeth Costerdine and lived at Clayton Hall, Manchester, and later Royton, both then in Lancashire and later still at Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire, which he inherited from his father. He was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1572 and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1596. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1579. Marriage and issue Byron married Alice Strelley, a daughter of Sir Nicholas Strelley of Strelley, with whom he had three sons and six daughters. His eldest son was Anthony, who died before him in 1587, and thus he was succeeded by his son Sir John Byron (died 1623). His daughter Elizabeth married John Atherton.page 21, His granddaughter Margaret married to Sir Thomas Hutchinson of Owthorpe, Nottinghamshire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George White (died 1584)
George White (ca. 1530 – 1584), of Hutton, Essex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ... in 1558. References 1530s births 1584 deaths Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Liverpool People from East Grinstead English MPs 1558 People from Hutton, Essex {{1558-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Clarencieux
Susan White, known as Susan Clarencius (before 1510 – in or after 1564), was a favourite lady in waiting and longtime friend of Queen Mary I of England. Family Susan's family, the Whites of Hutton, were a cadet branch of the White family of South Warnborough, Hampshire.White, George (c.1530-84), of Hutton, Essex, History of Parliament Retrieved 1 May 2013. According to David Loades, Susan was "probably the youngest" of the four children of Richard White of and Maud Tyrrell,. the daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigismund Zinzan
Sir Sigismund Zinzan ''alias'' Sir Sigismund Alexander was an equerry to Queen Elizabeth I and a champion in the tiltyard who participated in tournaments during the latter years of Queen Elizabeth's reign and throughout the reign of King James. He was the stepfather of Sir Matthew Brend, owner of the Globe Theatre, and during the years 1624-7 was himself the effective owner of the Globe. Family The Zinzan family is said to have come to England from Italy or Albania. They may have been Muslims. Hannibal Zinzan was a master farrier for Henry VIII in 1547. Alexander Zinzan, possibly his brother, was a rider in the royal stables, recorded in 1547 and 1558. He and his wife and sons gave New Year's Day gifts to Mary I of England. Alexander had three sons, Alexander, Robert, and Andrew. Robert Zinzan (c.1547–1607) started his career as one of the "riding children" in 1558, and was an equerry in the royal stables of Elizabeth I by 1574. Beginning with Robert, members of the family fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clearwell
Clearwell (anciently "Clower-Wall" etc.) is a village and former ancient manor in the Forest of Dean, West Gloucestershire, England. Situated 3 miles south of Coleford and 2.5 miles east of the Welsh border (with Monmouthshire), a recent survey indicated that the population of Clearwell is approximately 350. There are mines locally that date back over 7,000 years to the mining of ochre and are known as Clearwell Caves. Later, the Romans mined iron at Clearwell Meend. Iron production expanded in medieval times and peaked in the 16th and 17th centuries, leaving a legacy of fine stone built buildings. Clearwell Castle, a 'mock' castle of Gothic architecture built in 1728, is located in Clearwell. History of the village The village of Clearwell began as a group of hamlets which coalesced to form the village. It formed around three roads which run down shallow valleys to a central junction. The hamlets on the three roads were Clearwell, Peak, and Platwell, with a fourth hamlet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Spencer (1455–1522)
Sir John Spencer ( – 14 April 1522) was an English nobleman who was widely admired, in his time, for his administration of the family estates. He inherited large estates in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, and increased his lands and fortunes extensively. Spencer was also a politician, who served as member of parliament for several years, and was known for his support of Whig issues. Life and family Spencer was the son of William Spencer of Rodburn (1430–1485) and his wife Elizabeth Empson, daughter of Sir Peter Empson. In 1469, John Spencer's uncle — another John Spencer — had become feoffee (feudal lord) of Wormleighton in Warwickshire and a tenant at Althorp in Northamptonshire in 1486. The Spencers’ administration of their Northamptonshire and Warwickshire estates was admired and often emulated by gentlemen all over England. Sheep from their pastures were purchased for breeding and it is probable that the family's success as farmers was rarely equalled in the cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
