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Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet
Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet (29 October 1633 – ) was an English landowner. Early life Cooke was born on 29 October 1633. He was the second son of Bryan Cooke, Esq. (–1653) and Sarah ( Ryley) Cooke, a daughter of Henry Ryley of Doncaster. Among his siblings were Sir George Cooke, 1st Baronet; Sarah Cooke (wife of John Copley of Batley, Thomas Nevile of Thorney, and Christopher Ayscough of Kelsey); Bryan Cooke; Susan Cooke (wife of Charles Butler of Coates); and Margaret Cooke (wife of Acton Burnell of Winkburn). His father, the Mayor of Doncaster in 1630, was a Royalist during the English Civil War. Career Upon the death of his unmarried elder brother in 1683, he succeeded to the Cooke Baronetcy, of Wheatley Hall in the County of York. The title had been created in the Baronetage of England on 10 May 1661 for his brother, with remainder to Henry, in recognition of their father's services during the Civil War. Personal life He married Diana Butler (d. 1668), a daughter of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir George Cooke, 1st Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the ''suo jure'' female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms, or Miss. Etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gervase Eyre
Gervase Eyre DL (1669 – 16 February 1704) was an English MP for Nottinghamshire. Early life Eyre was the son of Anthony Eyre of Rampton, Nottinghamshire and his second wife Elizabeth Pakington, daughter of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet, of Westwood, Worcestershire. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and trained in the law at the Inner Temple (1686). He succeeded his father in 1671 at the age of two. Career Eyre was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire in 1692 and as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire for 1696–97. He was elected a knight of the shire (MP) for Nottinghamshire in 1698 and was re-elected in 1702. Personal life He married Catherine Cooke, the daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet of Wheatley. Together, they were the parents of seven sons and six daughters, including: * Anthony Eyre (–1748), who married Margaret Turner, daughter of Charles Turner of Kirkleatham. * Henry Eyre (b. 1693), who married Elizabeth Hick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1633 Births
Events January–March * January 20 – Galileo Galilei, having been summoned to Rome on orders of Pope Urban VIII, leaves for Firenze, Florence for his journey. His carriage is halted at Ponte a Centino at the border of Tuscany, where he is quarantined for 22 days because of an outbreak of the plague. * February 6 – the formal coronation of Władysław IV Vasa as King of Poland takes place at the cathedral in Kraków. He had been elected as king on November 8. * February 9 – the Duchy of Hesse-Cassel captures Dorsten from the Electorate of Cologne without resistance. * February 13 ** Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ** Fire engines are used for the first time in England in order to control and extinguish a fire that breaks out at London Bridge, but not before 43 houses are destroyed. "Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The University Of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus ( University Park) with Jubilee Campus and teaching hospital (Queen's Medical Centre) are located within the City of Nottingham, with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Outside the UK, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia, and Ningbo, China. Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has more than 46,000 students and 7,000 staff across the UK, China and Malaysia and had an income of £834.7 million in 2023–24, of which £141.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £615.3 million. The institution's alumni have been awarded one Nobel Prize, a Fields Medal, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Nottinghamshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of the English county of Nottinghamshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High 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 its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March. From 1068 until 1567, the position existed as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests. From 1568 separate appointments were made for the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and for the High Sheriff of Derbyshire. 16th century * For Sheriffs prior to 1568 see High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests * 1567: Sir Anthony Strelley * 1568: Thomas Cowper * 1569: John Byron * 1570: John Nevill * 1571: Robert Markham * 1572: Sir Gervase Clifton (4th term) * 1573: William Holles of Haughton * 1574: Sir Thoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Eyre (sheriff)
Anthony Eyre ( – 1748) was an English landowner who served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire. Early life Eyre was born in . He was the eldest surviving son of Gervase Eyre Esq. of Rampton, Nottinghamshire, and Catherine Cooke (daughter and eventual heiress of Sir Henry Cooke, 2nd Baronet of Wheatley Hall). Among his siblings were Henry Eyre (father of Anne, who married the 1st Earl of Massereene), Capt. George Eyre of the Royal Horse Guards, Dr. Charles Eyre (father of Anthony Fountaine Eyre, Canon of York). His paternal grandparents were Anthony Eyre and, his second wife, Elizabeth Pakington (a daughter of Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet). The Eyres were a branch of a prominent Derbyshire family that established themselves at Laughton-en-le-Morthen in South Yorkshrie. Eyre's great-great-grandfather acquired a moiety of the manor of Rampton. Career Eyre succeeded his father in 1704. He torn down the old family manor house at Rampton, near East Retford, and moved to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British House Of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the upper house, the House of Lords, it meets in the Palace of Westminster in London, England. The House of Commons is an elected body consisting of 650 members known as members of Parliament (MPs), who are elected to represent constituencies by the first-past-the-post system and hold their seats until Parliament is dissolved. The House of Commons of England began to evolve in the 13th and 14th centuries. In 1707 it became the House of Commons of Great Britain after the political union with Scotland, and from 1801 it also became the House of Commons for Ireland after the political union of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, the body became the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland after the independence of the Irish Free State. Under the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949, the Lords' power to reject legislation was reduced to a delaying power. The gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Retford (UK Parliament Constituency)
East Retford was a parliamentary constituency in Nottinghamshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons for the first time in 1316, and continuously from 1571 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished. Although East Retford was technically a parliamentary borough for the whole of its existence, in 1830 its franchise had been widened and its boundaries had been extended to include the whole Wapentake of Bassetlaw as a remedy for corruption among the voters, and from that point onward it resembled a county constituency in most respects. History The original borough East Retford first sent members to Parliament in 1316, but thereafter the privilege lapsed until the borough was once more summoned to do so in 1571, probably at the instigation of the Earl of Rutland. Certainly, he considered himself entitled to influence its choice of members, and 1586 wrote to the borough asking for the nomination of one or both of the representatives; the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Bryan Cooke, 4th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men who are knights and belong to certain orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the ''suo jure'' female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms, or Miss. Etym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir John Stanhope
Sir John Stanhope (1559 – 1611) was an English knight and landowner, and father of Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield. Career John Stanhope was the son of Sir Thomas Stanhope (d. 1596) of Shelford Manor, Nottinghamshire, and Margaret Port, the daughter of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire, and Elizabeth Giffard. Charles Cavendish had a feud with the Stanhope family over issues including a fish weir in the River Trent. He arranged to fight a duel with John Stanhope at Lambeth choosing rapiers as the weapon. They came to Lambeth bridge by boat. It was discovered that Stanhope was wearing a sword-proof padded doublet. The fight was called off. In November 1599 Cavendish was shot in the backside by Stanhope's followers while visiting Kirkby Hardwick. Marriages and family Stanhope married firstly, Cordelia Alington, with whom he had his eldest son and heir, Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (d.1656). Stanhope married secondly, Catherine Trentham (1566–1621 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl Of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield (1584 – 12 September 1656) was an English nobleman, aristocrat and royalist, who was created the first Earl of Chesterfield by King Charles I in 1628. Biography Stanhope was the only son of Sir John Stanhope of Shelford, Nottinghamshire by his first wife, Cordell Allington, but was raised by his father's second wife, Catherine Trentham (d. 1621). Stanhope was knighted in 1605 by James I. On 7 November 1616, he was created Baron Stanhope and was further elevated as Earl of Chesterfield on 4 August 1628. Leading up to the English Civil War, Chesterfield was summoned to Parliament in 1640 and took the side of King Charles I in the threatening conflict. When the conflict broke out he and his sons took up arms. Shelford Manor, his home in Nottinghamshire, was garrisoned under the command of his son Philip. The house was attacked and his son lost his life defending it on 3 November 1645. The Parliamentarian army took the house and burnt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darfield, South Yorkshire
Darfield is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The village is situated approximately east from Barnsley town centre. Darfield had a population of 8,066 at the 2001 UK Census, increasing to 10,685 at the 2011 Census. History Roman coins have been unearthed in Darfield, and there is evidence to suggest that the village contained Roman habitation during its history. In Saxon, the name "Feld" describes '' 'a large area of pasture land' '', while the term "Dere" refers to the deer which inhabited the forest. When combined, this gives the name ''Derefeld'' which later became ''Darfield''. There are records of an 8th-century church in Darfield, but when the ''Domesday Book'' was written in 1086 there was no mention of it. Darfield remained an insignificant agricultural village for many centuries to come, until 1862. In that year, two mining companies sank shafts in the Barn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
