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3 days ago · Claude Bowes-Lyon, the 13th Earl of Strathmore and grandfather of the Queen Mother, once ominously remarked: "If you could even guess the nature of this castle's secret, you would get down on your ...
5 days ago · James VI: September 1591 607. Robert Bowes to Burghley. [Sept. 2.] Was informed yesterday by a person of quality that Earl Bothwell would remain in Scotland and had sent for some of his horses; and also that it was intended to surprise the King riding between Stirling and Falkland or in other fit place, in which conspiracy sundry noblemen are named who would never enter into such traitorous ...
4 days ago · By the mid 13th century the college estate also included a virgate at Charlton in Wrockwardine. (fn. 158) The rebuilding of the church on a comparatively large scale in the mid 12th century (fn. 159) suggests that the college may have been reorganized at about the same time as the neighbouring college of St. Chad (fn. 160) but, if so, this involved no known change in its endowments.
2 days ago · Earl of Caithness is a title that has been created several times in the Peerage of Scotland, and it has a very complex history.Its first grant, in the modern sense as to have been counted in strict lists of peerages, is now generally held to have taken place in favor of Maol Íosa V, Earl of Strathearn, in 1334, although in the true circumstances of 14th century, this presumably was just a ...
4 days ago · Portrait of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer, K.G. (1758-1834), by John Singleton Copley, in the Spencer Gallery at Althorp House. His son, George John , became the Second Earl Spencer in 1783. A mild-mannered scholarly man, George John was eclipsed socially by his overbearing wife, Lady Lavinia Bingham, and he was no match for his glamorous sister Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire .
3 days ago · Sir Godfrey Boleine, Lord Mayor, 1457 (Henry VI.), was grandfather to Thomas, Earl of Wiltshire, the grandfather of Queen Elizabeth. He was a mercer in the Old Jewry, and left by his will £1,000 to the poor householders of London, and £2,000 to the poor householders in Norfolk (his native county), besides large legacies to the London prisons, lazarhouses, and hospitals.
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4 days ago · Andrew III, Baron of Vitré (1211-1250) Andrew IV of Vitré (1250-1251) Philippa of Vitre (1251-1254) Guy VII de Laval (1254-1267) Guy VIII de Laval (1267-1295) Guy IX of Laval (1295-1333) Duchy of Aquitaine/King of England had several viscounts under his control in the 13th century. Many of the viscounties were dependent on the king of England ...
