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5 days ago · From Hugh, first Duke of Northumberland, the property passed to his son Hugh, second duke, and then to his grandsons, Hugh, Algernon, and George, the third, fourth, and fifth dukes successively. "The noble family of Northumberland," says a writer in the Builder, "have always been famed for their hospitality and humanity. The name of Smithson ...
5 days ago · ‡ This is the Lady Taylboys who was mother of Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond, base son of Henry VIII. § Dugd. Sum. to Parl. p. 497. edit. 1685. The Church. Stands immediately on the brink of the river-bank. The structure consists of a chancel, nave, North porch, and low West tower.
5 days ago · In 1149 he persuaded Henry II, Matilda's son, to give him an undertaking that Scotland could retain Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmorland. David's surviving son Earl Henry (named after Henry I of England) died in 1152. David himself died at Carlisle, Cumberland on 24 May 1153, aged about 73.
4 days ago · Northumberland, historic county and unitary authority of northeastern England. It is England’s northernmost county, bounded to the north by Scotland, to the east by the North Sea, to the west by the administrative county of Cumbria (historic county of Cumberland ), and to the south by the county of Durham. Newcastle was the historic county ...
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1 day ago · Henry I (c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts.
3 days ago · United Kingdom - Henry VIII, Tudor, Reformation: An 18-year-old prince inherited his father’s throne, but the son of an Ipswich butcher carried on the first Tudor’s administrative policies. While the young sovereign enjoyed his inheritance, Thomas Wolsey collected titles—archbishop of York in 1514, lord chancellor and cardinal legate in 1515, and papal legate for life in 1524. He ...
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3 days ago · United Kingdom - Edward VI (1547–53): Henry was succeeded by his nine-year-old son, Edward VI, but real power passed to his brother-in-law, Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford, who became duke of Somerset and lord protector shortly after the new reign began. Somerset ruled in loco parentis; the divinity of the crown resided in the boy king, but authority was exercised by an uncle who proved ...
