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- Lichfield was granted its charter of incorporation by Edward VI, under which the town's government was vested in two bailiffs and twenty-four burgesses. 1553 Queen Mary made Lichfield a county separate from the rest of Staffordshire. 1575 Queen Elizabeth I visited Lichfield. 1593 There was a severe outbreak of plague in Lichfield.
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Sep 28, 2024 · It was a post town on the route between London and Ireland by the later 1570s, and by the 1650s coaches between London and Chester called there, with the George and the Swan probably already the main coaching inns. (fn. 18) In the 1630s Lichfield was by far the wealthiest of Staffordshire's towns.
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Lichfield began as an Anglo-Saxon village. The name Lichfield may be a corruption of Letocetum meaning grey wood. Or it may be a corruption of Lece feld meaning a small stream (lece) by the open land (feld). In the year 669, the Bishop of Mercia (roughly the Midlands of England) chose to make his seat at Lichfield. After his death, the Bishop was c...
The Bishops of Chester owned the village of Lichfield. Bishop Clinton (1129-48) decided to create a new town there. The bishop laid out some new streets. On one side of the town was a street where John Street and Bird Street now stand. On the other side was a street where Dam Street, Conduit Street, and Bakers Lane are today. Linking the two were F...
In 1538 Henry VIII closed the friary. He also destroyed St Chad’s shrine. That was a serious blow to Lichfield as it meant no more pilgrims were visiting the town and spending their money. However in 1548, Lichfield was incorporated, that is it was given a corporation and a mayor. In 1553 Queen Mary made Lichfield a county separate from the rest of...
In 1642 there was a civil war between the king and parliament. A royalist army occupied Lichfield at the beginning of 1643. However, in March a parliamentary army entered the town and the royalists were forced to withdraw into the Cathedral Close. Behind its walls and gates, they held out for several days. The royalists surrendered but they were al...
In the early 18th century the population of Lichfield was about 3,000. By the standards of the time, it was a fair-sized town. In the 18th century, Lichfield was a sedate, genteel market town. There was little industry. Dr Johnson the famous lexicographer (writer of dictionaries) and literary critic was born in Breadmarket Street in 1709. He said t...
In 1901 Lichfield had a population of 7,900. In the 1920s the first council houses were built in Lichfield. In 1920 Friary estate was given to the council as a gift. Friary Road was built in 1926. Nevertheless, Lichfield grew little in the early 20th century. It only had a population of 8,500 in 1931. Furthermore, Victoria Hospital was built in 193...
The city was represented at most parliaments between 1305 and 1327 and again in 1353, but it then ceased to be represented until the mid 16th century. Lichfield's position on important roads continued to attract royal visitors. Edward II was there as Prince of Wales probably in 1296 and as king in 1309, 1323, and 1326.
Sep 26, 2024 · Lichfield, one of the smallest of the English cathedral cities, was an ecclesiastical centre by the 7th century. (fn. 1) A town was laid out there in the 12th century, and it was incorporated and given county status by royal charters in the mid 16th century.
However, in the sixteenth century when Lichfield became a city the head of the Church of England, Henry VIII, introduced the concept of dioceses (a number of parishes supervised by a bishop) and city status was awarded to the six English towns which housed diocesan cathedrals, of which Lichfield was one.
Oct 20, 2021 · Lichfield House, the picturesque black and white half-timbered residence was built when Henry VIII was king and still married to Catherine of Aragon ruled England, and before the little Cathedral town which was granted the status of City and County in 1553.
4 days ago · A late-16th-century history of the cathedral wrongly ascribed to Æthelweald the foundation of prebends to support his canons. (fn. 22) The earliest canons were more probably supported by estates held in common.
