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5 days ago · Officer of East India Company), 1785–9; Richard Beadon, Bishop of Gloucester, 1790–2; William Henry Lyttelton, later third Baron Lyttelton (second creation), 1816–19; George Tierney, statesman, 1819–30; Richard Bright, physician, discoverer of Bright's Disease, 1830–1858; Sir George Johnson, physician, 1859–96.
5 days ago · Munslow passed to William's daughters, Sir Thomas Trussell's wife Elizabeth and Sir Thomas Lyttelton's wife Joan. The Trussells' share descended with Acton Trussell (Staffs.) until 1552 when John de Vere, earl of Oxford, (fn. 159) sold his moiety of Munslow manor to John Stringfellow.
5 days ago · William Carent and Thomus Huse demised the under-mentioned manor of Bakehampton to John, Lord Stourton, and the said Katharine his wife (as in No. 151). She survived him, and was seised of the said manor in her demesne as of frank tenement for the term of her life.
3 days ago · Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland, conveyed the property, by marriage, in 1695, to Wriothesley, Marquis of Tavistock, afterwards third Duke of Bedford, and Baron Howland of Streatham. The marriage ceremony was performed by Bishop Burnet, at Streatham House, Lord Wriothesley being only fifteen years old.
2 days ago · Francis Aungier, 3rd Baron Aungier of Longford later 1st Earl of Longford (c. 1632–1700) Sir James Barry (1603–1672) John Bysse (d. 1680) Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork (1612–1698) Edward Conway, 3rd Viscount Conway later 1st Earl of Conway (c. 1623–1683) Michael Boyle.
4 days ago · United Kingdom - Henry III, 1216-72, Monarchy: The years until his death in 1219 were dominated by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. As regent in all but name he achieved success in the civil war and, assisted by the papal legate Guala, did much to restore royal government in its aftermath.
22 hours ago · In 1068 Exeter rose against the Normans, and a major rising began in the north. A savage campaign in 1069–70, the so-called harrying of the north, emphasized William’s military supremacy and his brutality. A further English rising in the Fens achieved nothing.
