England is in AACulture.
Culture, England, Canals
Culture, England, Canals, Gresley Canal
AAGresley Canal. 13 George III. Cap. 16, Royal Assent 13th April, 1775.
This AAcanal, which pursues a north-west direction, and is level throughout, was made at the expense of Sir AANigel Gresley (age 48), Bart and AANigel Bowyer Gresley (age 22), Esq. his son and heir-apparent, for the purpose of conveying the produce of their extensive coal mines in Apedale, in Staffordshire, to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the same county, and of facilitating their transit to other parts of the country by means of the Newcastle-under-Lyne Junction, and other navigations.AA
The act obtained as above, is entitled, 'An Act to enable Sir Nigel Greeley, Bart and Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Esq. his Son, to make and maintain a navigable Cut or Canal from certain Coal Mines in Apedale, to Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the county of Stafford." This act, after making the usual provisions, binds the proprietors for twenty-one years from and after the date thereof, to furnish the inhabitants of Newcastle with coals at 5s. per ton of twenty hundred weight, weighing one hundred and twenty pounds each hundred weight, and in like proportion for a single hundred weight. At the expiration of the first twenty-one years the proprietors, or their heirs, are to furnish coals at 5s. 6d. per ton for an additional term of twenty-one years; which last quoted price may, under certain conditions, be raised to 6s. per ton; the proprietors, in either case, binding themselves, under the penalty of £40 for each offence, to keep a supply of coals sufficient for the consumption of the town, at a wharf in or near the same.
There are few private works of more real utility to the public than Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal, which has added considerably to die interests of the inhabitants of Newcastle, by the regularity wherewith they are supplied with coal at a moderate charge.
In 1827 AARoger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 27) sold the Gresley Canal to pay off his gambling debts.AA
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Kings of Arms
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Kings of Arms, Clarenceux King of Arms
On 30 Jan 1511 Thomas Benolt was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
On 19 May 1536 Thomas Hawley was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
In 1557 AAWilliam Harvey (age 47) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
AAHenry Machyn's Diary. 21 Nov 1557. The Sonday, the xxj day at November, the AAquen('s) (age 41) grase [did] sett a crowne of AAmaster Norrey('s) (age 47) hed kyng at armes, [and] created hym AAClarenshus, with a cup of [wine], at Sant James, her grace('s) place.
Note. P. 158. Coronation of Norroy king of arms. The instrument of the creation and coronation of Laurence Dalton to be Norroy king of arms, by letters patent dated 6 Sept. 1557, is printed in Rymer's Fœdera, vol. xv. p. 477; and that for William Harvey to be Clarenceux, dated the next day, in the following page.
On 21 May 1567 AARobert Cooke (age 32) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.
In 1831 AAWilliam Woods Howard 1785-1842 (age 45) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.AA
Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Order of the Garter
On 23 Apr 1344. The date somewhat unclear; it may have been before. AAKing Edward III of England (age 31) formed the Order of the Garter. The date is somewhat unclear. The first reliable record occurs in autumn of 1348 when the King's wardrobe account shows Garter habits being issued. The Order may have been formed before then with some traditions such as the mantle, and the garter and motto, possibly being introduced later. The Garter refers to an event at AAWark Castle [Map] at which AAKing Edward III of England (age 31) picked up the Countess of Salisbury's fallen garter and saying to the crowd "Honi soit qui mal y pense" ie Shame on him who thinks badly of it, or possibly, he brings shame on himself who thinks badly of it. The Countess of Salisbury could refer to his future daughter-in-law AAJoan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 15) or her former mother-in-law AACatherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 40). The event has also been drescribed as taking place at @@Calias.AACreation of the Order of the GarterAA
AACatherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury: Around 1304 she was born to AAWilliam Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 42) and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at AAAshford, Herefordshire. Around 1320 AAWilliam Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury (age 19) and AACatherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 16) were married. AAShe by marriage AABaroness Montagu. On 23 Nov 1349 AACatherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 45) died at AABisham Abbey.
Culture, England, Commoners Titles
Culture, Commoners Titles, Baronetcies of England
Culture, England, Commoners Titles, Baronetcies of Great Britain
Culture, England, Commoners Titles, Baronetcies of the United Kingdom
Culture, England, Court Positions
Culture, England, Court Positions, Governess
On 18 Feb 1516 AAQueen Mary I of England and Ireland was born to AAHenry VIII (age 24) and AACatherine of Aragon (age 30) at AAPalace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. AAMargaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 48) was created 1st AABaron Bryan and appointed the child's AAgoverness. AACatherine York Countess Devon (age 36) was her godmother.AA
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In 1762 AACharlotte Finch nee Fermor (age 37) was appointed Governess to the Royal Children by AAKing George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23).AA
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In 1813 Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 48) was appointed Governess to AAPrincess Charlotte Augusta Hanover (age 16).AA
Culture, Lords of England
Culture, Lords of England, Dukedoms of England
The title Duke comes from the Latin "Dux" meaning leader.
Culture, Lords of England, Marquessates of England
Culture, Lords of England, Earldoms of England
Culture, Lords of England, Viscountcies of England
Culture, Lords of England, Baronies of England
Culture, England, Military
Culture, England, Military, Navy
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Commander in Chief
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Commander in Chief: Jamaica Station
Around Nov 1762 AAAugustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel (age 37) was appointed Commander in Chief: Jamaica Station.AA
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Rear Admiral
On 21 Oct 1762 AAAugustus Keppel 1st Viscount Keppel (age 37) was appointed Rear Admiral.AA
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Vice Admiral
AARichard William Courtenay was appointed Vice Admiral.AA
Culture, England, Military, Navy, Vice Admiral: Norfolk
In 1691 AAHenry Hobart 4th Baronet (age 34) was appointed Vice Admiral: Norfolk.AA
In 1719 AAJohn Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire (age 25) was appointed Vice Admiral: Norfolk.AA
Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes
Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes, Wansdyke
Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes, Wansdyke, Wiltshire Wansdye
The Wiltshire Wansdye remains highly visible in the landscape especially when it is crossing chalk downland that has little vegetation to hide it. Its date is somewhat uncertain; most sources consider it to have been constructed around 600AD give or take a hundred years either was. It was definitely constructed before the 9th century when begins to occur in charters.
It appears to start AAwest of Savernake Forest [Map], after which it travels broadly west through AAShaw Medieval Village [Map], AAFurze Hill [Map], AATan Hill, Wiltshire [Map], AAShepherd's Shore, Wiltshire [Map], AAFurze Knoll [Map] after which it disappears, possibly being absorbed into the Roman Road
Culture, Religious Buildings in England
Culture, England, Royal Navy
In 1663 AAAdmiral Arthur Herbert 1st Earl Torrington (age 15) joined the Royal Navy.AA
On 15 Feb 1780 AAAdmiral Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 11) joined the Royal Navy becoming a midshipman aboard HMS Duke commanded by Sir Charles Douglas. He followed Douglas to his next command HMS Formidable under AAGeorge Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 62).AA
In Oct 1797 AAAdmiral George Francis Seymour-Conway (age 10) joined the Royal Navy.AA
In 1893 AAVice Admiral Charles Andrew Fountaine (age 13) joined the Royal Navy.
Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories
Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class
Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class, Chatham Class
AAHMS Southampton was a Chatham Class light cruiser laid down on 06 Apr 1911 and launched on 16 May 1912. It was sold for scrap on 13 Jul 1926.
Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class, Weymouth Class
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Ball and Cross
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Blunt Sword of Mercy
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Crown of St Edward
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, King's Champion
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, King's Crown
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Lord High Constable's Mace
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Pointed Sword of Justice
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Queen's Crown
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Queen's Sceptre
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Rod of the High Steward of England
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Rod with the Dove
On 22 Sep 1761 AAKing George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) was crowned III AAKing Great Britain and Ireland at AAWestminster Abbey [Map].AA
AACharles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton 1737-1763 (age 24) was the Bearer of the AAIvory Rod with the Dove.AA
AAWilliam Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 51) was appointed AALord High Steward.AA
AAFrancis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon (age 32) was the bearer of the Sword of State although the actual Sword of State couldn't be found and the Lord Mayor's Pearl Sword was substituted.AA
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Sceptre
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Sword of Estate
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Third Sword of State
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, King
Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Princess of Wales
In 1240 AADafydd ap Llewellyn Aberffraw Prince of Wales (age 27) was created AAPrince of Wales. AAIsabella "Lady of Snowdon" Braose Princess Wales (age 18) by marriage AAPrincess of Wales.AA
On 13 Dec 1470 AAEdward of Westinster Prince of Wales (age 17) and AAAnne Neville Queen Consort England (age 14) were married at AAAngers Cathedral [Map]. They were AAhalf third cousins. AAShe by marriage AAPrincess of Wales. She the daughter of AARichard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 42) and AAAnne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick (age 44). He the son of AAKing Henry VI of England and II of France (age 49) and AAMargaret of Anjou Queen Consort England (age 40).AAAA
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