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Sir Henry Bedingfield
Sir Henry Bedingfeld (1505–1583F. Blomefield, "Oxburgh", in ''An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk'', Vol. 6: Hundred of South Greenhoe (W. Miller, London 1807)pp. 168-97(British History Online), accessed 5 February 2021.), also spelled Bedingfield, of Oxburgh Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk, was a Privy Councillor to King Edward VI and Queen Mary I, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, and (in 1557) Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and Captain of the guards.R. Virgoe, "Bedingfield, Sir Henry (by 1509-83), of Oxborough, Norf.", in S. T. Bindoff (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1982)History of Parliament Online With Henry Jerningham he was among the principals who rallied to Mary's cause following the death of Edward VI in 1553 and helped to set her upon the throne. He was a senior figure in the kinship group of Catholic recusant landowning knights of Suffolk. Given responsibility for the cust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outwell
Outwell is a village and civil parish in the borough of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, in the English county of Norfolk.Ordnance Survey (2006). ''OS Explorer Map 228 – March & Ely''. At the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 2,083, an increase from 1,880 at the 2001 Census. History According to ''A Dictionary of British Place Names'', derives from the Old English 'wella', meaning "a place at the spring or stream", combined with 'ūte', meaning "outer rlower downstream", distinguishing the place from Upwell, which is to the south. In 963 the settlement was referred to as 'Wellan', and in the 1086 ''Domesday Book'', 'Utuuella'. Molycourt Priory in the parish dated from before the Norman Conquest, becoming a cell of Ely Cathedral and surviving until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. ''Outwell'' has an entry in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086. The parish was in the custody William de Warenne. The survey also records 16 bordars with lands worth 5s. as belonging to S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cornwallis (died 1604)
Sir Thomas Cornwallis (1518/1519–1604) was an English politician. Family Thomas Cornwallis was the eldest son of Sir John Cornwallis (c. 1491–1544) of Brome, Suffolk, Steward of the household of the future King Edward VI during the years 1538–1544, by his wife, Mary Sulyard, daughter of Edward Sulyard of Otes, Essex.. Career Cornwallis was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk for 1552–53 and made a Privy Councillor in Aug. 1553. He was the last Treasurer of Calais from April 1554 to December 1557 and Comptroller of the Household from December 1557 to November 1558. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Suffolk in 1547 and 1558, for Gatton in October 1553 and Grampound in April 1554.C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Waldegrave (Suffolk MP, Died 1554)
Sir William Waldegrave (2 August 1507 – 2 May 1554) was an English soldier and Member of Parliament.M.K. Dale, 'Waldegrave, Sir William (1507-54), of Smallbridge, Suff.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1982)History of Parliament Online Life Waldegrave was born into a prosperous Suffolk family, the eldest son of Sir George Waldegrave of Smallbridge Hall, Bures St Mary, Suffolk and Anne Drury, the daughter of Sir Robert Drury of Hawstead, Suffolk. He was brought up at his maternal grandfather's house. The deaths within the space of 14 months of his paternal grandfather, Sir William Waldegrave, and his own father left him heir to a large estate and fortune at the age of 20. While on his deathbed, his father secured for Waldegrave an advantageous marriage to a Suffolk heiress. After inheriting the family estate, Waldegrave combined local administration with attendance at court and military service. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clere (died 1557)
Sir John Clere (1511? – 21 August 1557) was an English politician and naval commander. Career He was eldest surviving son of Sir Robert Clere of Ormesby, Norfolk, and his second wife Alice, daughter of Sir William Boleyn, of Blickling Hall, Norfolk. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1529 and in 1538 came into possession of about 20 manors, mostly on the Norfolk coast, following his mother's death. His mother left him "a bed of blue damask and yellow", a "heart of gold with a large diamond in it", and "a pair of beads of gold" (a rosary). She bequeathed to his brother, the poet Thomas Clere a gold table salt and a pair of beads which had been a gift from Anne Boleyn. Clere married, by 1531, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Tyrrell of Gipping, Suffolk (and a granddaughter of James Tyrrell), with whom he had three sons and two daughters. Clere was knighted in 1539, and was an attendant of the Duke of Norfolk at the reception of Anne of Cleves. He was a Member of Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Paston
Sir Thomas Paston (by 1517 – 4 September 1550), of London, was an English politician. He was a son of Bridget Heydon, a daughter of Sir Henry Heydon of Baconsthorpe, and Sir William Paston (c.1479 – 1554), a son of John Paston (died 1504), Sir John Paston and his first wife, Margery Brewes. In 1539, Sir Thomas benefitted from the dissolution of the monasteries by gaining access to the wealth of Binham Priory. He demolished some of the priory to use the stones to build a house in Wells-next-the-Sea. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), Norfolk in 1545. By 1544, he married Agnes, daughter of Sir John Leigh of Stockwell, Surrey. They raised two sons and one daughter. References 1550 deaths Politicians from London 16th-century English knights English MPs 1545–1547 Year of birth uncertain Members of the Parliament of England for Norfolk Paston family, Thomas {{1545-England-MP-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
William Parr, 1st Marquess Of Northampton
William Parr, Marquess of Northampton, Earl of Essex, 1st Baron Parr, 1st Baron Hart (14 August 151328 October 1571), was the only brother of Queen Katherine Parr, the sixth and final wife of King Henry VIII. He was a "sincere, plain, direct man, not crafty nor involved", whose "delight was music and poetry and his exercise war" who co-authored a treatise on hare coursing. He was in favour with Henry VIII and his son Edward VI, under whom he was the leader of the Protestant party, but having supported the desire of the latter to be succeeded by the Protestant Lady Jane Grey, was attainted by Edward's Catholic half-sister, Queen Mary I. He was restored by her Protestant half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I. Origins He was the only son and heir of the courtier Sir Thomas Parr (d. 1517) of Kendal in Westmorland, by his wife Maud Green (d. 1531) a daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas Green of Boughton and Greens Norton in Northamptonshire and his wife Joan Fogge. His younger si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salle, Norfolk
Salle ( ) is a small village and civil parish in the Broadland district, in the county of Norfolk, England. to the south is the market town of Reepham. The name, pronounced ''Saul'', derives from "Sallow Wood" — ''sallow'' referring to willow in Norfolk dialect.History Salle Farms Co, 2013. Retrieved 2016-11-04. It is sometimes written, now archaically, Sall. The parish was renamed from "Sall" to "Salle" on 18 October 1994. The civil parish has an area of and in 2001 had a population of 50 in 21 households. Salle is celebrated for its fine, huge late medieval church, which retains the lower part of its rood screen. The Salle Park Estate owns much of the village and surrounding agricultural land. St Peter and St Paul's Church The ch ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 758,556. After Ipswich (144,957) in the south, the largest towns are Lowestoft (73,800) in the north-east and Bury St Edmunds (40,664) in the west. Suffolk contains five Non-metropolitan district, local government districts, which are part of a two-tier non-metropolitan county administered by Suffolk County Council. The Suffolk coastline, which includes parts of the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape, is a complex habitat, formed by London Clay and Crag Group, crag underlain by chalk and therefore susceptible to erosion. It contains several deep Estuary, estuaries, including those of the rivers River Blyth, Suffolk, Blyth, River Deben, Deben, River Orwell, Orwell, River S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Wenham
Little Wenham is a small village in Suffolk, England. It is part of the civil parish of Wenham Parva – the ancient name for Little Wenham) within Babergh district. Its population is included there. Heritage The village is home to Wenham Castle, a castellated manor house and one of the oldest houses in England; built by John de Villabus in the 13th century using some of the first English-made bricks. In later centuries it was the home of the Debenhams, who were notorious for violent and lawless behaviour, but who were so powerful in Suffolk that successive monarchs were forced to rely on their support rather than take steps to curb them. From the Debenhams it passed to their relations the Brewse (or Brewes) family.For other details, see E. Martin, 'Little Wenham Hall: a re-interpretation', ''Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History'' XXXIX Part 2 (1998)pp. 151-164./ref> The Grade I listed All Saints' Church, Little Wenham is currently redundant, but c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
