Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire
Berkshire is in South-Central England.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Abingdon
Chronicle of Gregory 1460. 09 Sep 1460. Ande thys same yere the Duke of Yorke (age 48) come owte of Yrlonde, and londyd at the Redde Clyffe in Loncaschyre, and hys lyvery was whyte and brewe in hyr clothyng, and i-brawderyd a-bove with fetyrlockys. And thys he come forthe towarde London; ande then hys lady the duchyes (age 45) met with hym in a chare i-coveryd with blewe felewette, and iiij pore coursserys theryn. And so he come to Habyngdon, and there he sende for trompeters and claryners to bryng hym to London, and there he gave them baners with the hole armys of Inglonde with owte any dyversyte, and commaundyd hys swerde to ben borne uppe ryghte be-fore hym; and soo he rode forthe unto Lundon tylle he come to Westemyster to Kyng Harrys palys ande there he claymyde the crowne of Inglonde.
In 1503 John Mason was born at Abingdon. Illegitimate. He was either the son of a cowherd and a sister of Abbot Thomas Pentecost aka Rowland, or a son of Abbot Thomas Pentecost aka Rowland who played an important role in John's education sending him to All Souls College, Oxford University where he became a Fellow in 1521, was awarded BA on 08 Jul 1521 and MA on 21 Feb 1525.
Evelyn's Diary. 20 May 1639. Accompanied with one Mr. J. Crafford (who afterward being my fellow-traveler in Italy, there changed his religion), I took a journey of pleasure to see the Somersetshire baths [Map], Bristol, Gloucestershire [Map], Cirencester, Gloucestershire [Map], Malmesbury, Wiltshire [Map], Abington, and divers other towns of lesser note; and returned the 25th.
Pepy's Diary. 09 Jun 1668. So to Friar Bacon's study: I up and saw it, and give the man 1s. Bottle of sack for landlord, 2s. Oxford mighty fine place; and well seated, and cheap entertainment. At night come to Abingdon, where had been a fair of custard; and met many people and scholars going home; and there did get some pretty good musick, and sang and danced till supper: 5s.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Abingdon Abbey [Map]
Around 675 Abingdon Abbey [Map] was a Benedictine monastery was a Benedictine monastery founded in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Florence of Worcester Continuation. 13 Mar 1121. After this, the archbishop, having accompanied the king (age 53) to Abingdon [Map], consecrated on Sunday the third of the ides [the 13th] of March, Robert, before named, as bishop of Chester, there being present and assisting at this sacrament William, bishop of Winchester, William, bishop of Exeter, and the Welsh bishops, Urban (age 45) and Bernard.
In 1549 John Mason (age 46) was appointed steward of lands and keeper of site of late Abingdon Abbey [Map].
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Aldermaston
In Dec 1711 Humphrey Forster 2nd Baronet (age 62) died. Baronet Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire extinct.
The estate of Aldermaston devolved on Elizabeth, Baroness Stawell (age 34), da. of his sister Elizabeth, by her first husband, William Pert. She d. in 1721. To its subsequent devolution, as given in Burke's Extinct Baronetage, may be added its purchase, in 1899, by Charles Keyser.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Aldermaston, Church of St Mary the Virgin [Map]
In 1663 Humphrey Forster 1st Baronet (age 68) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston [Map]. His grandson Humphrey Forster 2nd Baronet (age 14) succeeded 2nd Baronet Forster of Aldermaston in Berkshire.
On 12 Oct 1673 Anne Kingsmill died. She was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston [Map].
In Feb 1740 William Stawell (age 27) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston [Map].
On 18 Aug 1748 Elizabeth Pert Baroness Stawell (age 71) died. She was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston [Map].
On 24 Jul 1762 Charlotte Stawell died. She was buried at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Aldermaston [Map].
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Ascot
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Sunningdale Ascot
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Coworth Park Sunningdale Ascot
On 23 Jul 1957 Alice Maude Olivia Montagu Countess Derby (age 94) died at Coworth Park Sunningdale Ascot.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Ashbury
In 1473 Bishop Richard Nix aka Nykke (age 26) was appointed Rector of Ashbury, Berkshire.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Bagshot
Evelyn's Diary. 15 Sep 1685. I accompanied Mr. Pepys (age 52) to Portsmouth [Map], whither his Ma* (age 51) was going the first time since his coming to the Crowne, to see in what state the fortifications were. We tooke coach and six horses, late after dinner, yet got to Bagshot that night. Whilst supper was making ready I went and made a visit to Mrs. Graham (age 34), some time maid of honour to ye Queene Dowager (age 46), now wife to James Graham, Esq (age 36) of the privy purse to the King; her house being a walke in the forest, within a little quarter of a mile from Bagshot towne. Very importunate she was that I would sup, and abide there that night, but being obliged by my companion, I return'd to our inn, after she had shew'd me her house, wch was very commodious and well furnish'd, as she was an excellent housewife, a prudent and virtuous lady. There is a parke full of red deere about it. Her eldest son was now sick there of the small-pox, but in a likely way of recovery, and other of her children run about, and among the infected, wnh she said she let them do on purpose that they might whilst young pass that fatal disease she fancied they were to undergo one time or other, and that this would be the best: the severity of this cruell disease so lately in my poore family confirming much of what she affirmed.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Blewbury Parish [Map]
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Blewbury Parish, Churn
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Blewbury Parish, Churn Barrow [Map]
Churn Barrow is also in South England Neolithic Long Barrows.
Long Barrows of the Cotswolds. Churn Barrow [Map]
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Boveney
Around 1429 Edward Montagu was born to Richard Montagu (age 40) at Boveney.
In 1455 Robert Montagu was born to Edward Montagu (age 26) at Boveney.
In 1520 Robert Montagu (age 65) died at Boveney.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Bray
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, St Michael's Church Bray
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Norreys Chapel St Michael's Church Bray
On 01 Sep 1466 John Norreys (age 66) died. He was buried in the Norreys Chapel St Michael's Church Bray.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Buckland
In 1605 John Yate 2nd Baronet was born to Edward Yate 1st Baronet (age 30) in Buckland.
In 1634 Charles Yate 3rd Baronet was born to John Yate 2nd Baronet (age 29) and Mary Pakington (age 23) in Buckland.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Caversham
Evelyn's Diary. 22 Jul 1654. Now we arrived at Stonehenge, indeed a stupendous. Monument, appearing at a distance like a castle; how so many and huge Pillars of stone should have been brought together, some erect, others transverse on the tops of them, in a circular area as rudely representing a cloister or heathen and more natural temple, is wonderful. The stone is so exceedingly hard, that all my strength with a hammer could not break a fragment; which hardness I impute to their so long exposure. To number them exactly is very difficult, they lie in such variety of postures and confusion, though they seemed not to exceed 100; we counted only 95. As to their being brought thither, there being no navigable river near, is by some admired; but for the stone, there seems to be the same kind about 20 miles distant, some of which appear above ground. About the same hills, are divers mounts raised, conceived to be ancient intrenchments, or places of burial, after bloody fights. We now went by Devizes, a reasonable large town, and came late to Cadenham.
Evelyn's Diary. 31 Jul 1654. Taking leave of Cadenham, where we had been long and nobly entertained, we went a compass into Leicestershire, where dwelt another relation of my wife's (age 19); for I indeed made these excursions to show her the most considerable parts of her native country, who, from her childhood, had lived altogether in France, as well as for my own curiosity and information.
On 21 Feb 1722 William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle (age 19) and Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle (age 18) were married at Caversham, Reading. She by marriage Countess Albermarle. She the daughter of Charles Lennox 1st Duke Richmond (age 49) and Anne Brudenell Duchess Richmond (age 51). He the son of Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle and Geertruid Johanna Quirina Van Der Duyn Countess Albermarle. She a granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. 
Caversham Castle
On 13 Jul 1426 Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick was born to Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 44) and Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester (age 25) at Caversham Castle [Map]. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Clewer
On 02 Dec 1858 Anthony Henry Ashley-Cooper (age 51) died at Clewer.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, St Andrew's Church Clewer
Before 15 Mar 1710 Mary Talbot Countess Castlehaven died. She was buried on 15 Mar 1711 at St Andrew's Church Clewer.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Crowthorne
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Wellington College Crowthorne
Charles Alfred Euston Fitzroy 10th Duke Grafton educated at Wellington College Crowthorne.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Donnington
The Huntingdon Peerage Chapter IX Ferdinando Sixth Earl of Huntingdon. FERDINANDO, sixth Earl of Huntingdon, heir and successor of Henry the fifth Earl (age 21), was born at Ashby [Map], January 11th, 1608. In March, 1627, he was returned to serve in Parliament for the county of Leicester, and two years after was joined with his father in the Lieutenancy of the counties of Leicester and Rutland. By indenture, dated May, 1638, he and his brother Henry, in consideration of the sum of 4,50l. granted, to John Earl of Bridgewater (age 29) and Thomas Davies, a moiety of the rectory of Mould, otherwise Mouldesdale, in Flintshire. On the 13th of November, 1641, his father being then still living, he had summons to Parliament amongst the barons of the realm; and in 1643 he succeeded to the family honours. He married Lucy, daughter and sole heir to Sir John Davys (age 38), of Englefield, Berks, Knt. (Premier Serjeant at Law to James the First, and Charles the First, as also Solicitor, and afterwards Attorney General in Ireland, and finally Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench,) by his wife Lady Eleanor (age 18), youngest daughter of George Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven (age 57), and, settling at Donnington Park, had by her four sons; Henry, John, Ferdinando, and Theophilus, born after the decease of his three brothers; and likewise six daughters, Alice, Eleanor, both of whom died young; Elizabeth, married to Sir James Laughan, of Cottesbroke, in Nottinghamshire, Bart, being his second wife, and dying without issue; Lucy, who died unmarried; Mary, espoused to Sir William Joliffe, of Caverswell Castle in Staffordshire, Knt.; and lastly Christiana.
Evelyn's Diary. 09 Jun 1654. Dined at Marlborough [Map], which having been lately fired, was now new built. At one end of this town, we saw my Lord Seymour's (age 64) house, but nothing observable save the Mount, to which we ascended by windings for near half a mile. It seems to have been cast up by hand. We passed by Colonel Popham's (age 49), a noble seat, park, and river. Thence, to Newbury [Map], a considerable town, and Donnington, famous for its battle, siege, and castle, this last had been in the possession of old Geoffrey Chaucer. Then to Aldermaston, a house of Sir Humphrey Forster's, built à la moderne. Also, that exceedingly beautiful seat of my Lord Pembroke (age 33), on the ascent of hill, flanked with wood, and regarding the river, and so, at night, to Cadenham, the mansion of Edward Hungerford (age 21), Esq, uncle to my wife (age 19), where we made some stay. The rest of the week we did nothing but feast and make good cheer, to welcome my wife (age 19).
Donnington Castle
In 1386 Richard Adderbury of Donnington Casatle (age 55) was given permission by King Richard II of England (age 18) to fortify Donnington Castle [Map].
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Eaton
On 23 Jul 1577 Thomas Wenman (age 29) died. He left significant debts to the Crown requiring some of his lands to be sold. Eaton was sold to John Danvers (age 37) for £7700. Richard Wenman 1st Viscount Wenman (age 4) was made a ward of his mother Jane West (age 19) and Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester (age 45). Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester (age 45) sold his interest to James Cressy who subsequently married Jane West (age 19).
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Hungerford [Map]
In 1440 Bishop Richard Mayew was born in Hungerford [Map]. His surname sometimes Mayo.
On or before 08 Jun 1738 Francis Stonehouse (age 84) died. On 08 Jun 1738 he was buried in Hungerford [Map].
The River Dun rises near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire [Map]. It joins the River Kennet at Hungerford [Map].
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Eddington House Hungerford
On 21 May 1893 Charles Portal was born at Eddington House Hungerford.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Hungerford Church Hungerford
Walter Hungerford was buried at Hungerford Church Hungerford.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Lambourne [Map]
On 27 Jun 1335 William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 73) died at Lambourne [Map]. His son Piers Grandison 2nd Baron Grandison succeeded 2nd Baron Grandison. Blanche Mortimer Baroness Grandison (age 23) by marriage Baroness Grandison.
The River Lambourn rises at Lambourne [Map] from where it flows broadly south-east through Eastbury, Berkshire [Map], East Garston, Berkshire [Map], Great Shefford, Berkshire [Map], Welford, Berkshire [Map], Boxford, Berkshire [Map] to Newbury [Map] where it joins the River Kennet.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Lambourne, Boxford [Map]
The River Lambourn rises at Lambourne [Map] from where it flows broadly south-east through Eastbury, Berkshire [Map], East Garston, Berkshire [Map], Great Shefford, Berkshire [Map], Welford, Berkshire [Map], Boxford, Berkshire [Map] to Newbury [Map] where it joins the River Kennet.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Lambourne, East Garston [Map]
The River Lambourn rises at Lambourne [Map] from where it flows broadly south-east through Eastbury, Berkshire [Map], East Garston, Berkshire [Map], Great Shefford, Berkshire [Map], Welford, Berkshire [Map], Boxford, Berkshire [Map] to Newbury [Map] where it joins the River Kennet.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Lambourne, Eastbury [Map]
The River Lambourn rises at Lambourne [Map] from where it flows broadly south-east through Eastbury, Berkshire [Map], East Garston, Berkshire [Map], Great Shefford, Berkshire [Map], Welford, Berkshire [Map], Boxford, Berkshire [Map] to Newbury [Map] where it joins the River Kennet.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Lambourne, Fawley
On 30 Mar 1231 Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 22) and Isabel Marshal Countess Cornwall, Gloucester and Hertford (age 30) were married at Fawley, Lambourn. She by marriage Countess Cornwall. She the daughter of William Marshal 1st Earl Pembroke and Isabel Clare Countess Pembroke. He the son of King John "Lackland" of England and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England (age 43).
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Lambourne, Great Shefford [Map]
The River Lambourn rises at Lambourne [Map] from where it flows broadly south-east through Eastbury, Berkshire [Map], East Garston, Berkshire [Map], Great Shefford, Berkshire [Map], Welford, Berkshire [Map], Boxford, Berkshire [Map] to Newbury [Map] where it joins the River Kennet.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Lambourne, Welford [Map]
The River Lambourn rises at Lambourne [Map] from where it flows broadly south-east through Eastbury, Berkshire [Map], East Garston, Berkshire [Map], Great Shefford, Berkshire [Map], Welford, Berkshire [Map], Boxford, Berkshire [Map] to Newbury [Map] where it joins the River Kennet.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Midgham
On 17 Dec 1750 Stephen Poyntz (age 65) died at Midgham.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Mortimer
Around 1332 Edward Zouche was born to William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 67) and Eleanor Clare Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 39) at Mortimer. He a great grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Moulsford
In 1215 William Carew was born at Moulsford.
Around 1235 Nicholas Carew was born to William Carew (age 20) and Alice Marshal (age 20) in Moulsford.
Around 1253 Nicholas Carew was born to Nicholas Carew (age 18) in Moulsford.
On 04 Oct 1369 Leonard Carew (age 26) died in Moulsford.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Pangbourne
On 06 Jul 1932 Kenneth Grahame Writer (age 73) died at Pangbourne.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Remenham
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Remenham, Park Place
In 1738 Frederick Louis Hanover Prince of Wales (age 30) bought Park Place from Archibald Hamilton (age 64).
In 1752 Park Place was purchsed by Field Marshal Henry Seymour-Conway (age 31).
Letters of Horace Walpole. 13 May 1752. Arlington Street. To Horace Mann 1st Baronet (age 45).
By this time you know my way, how much my letters grow out of season, as it grows summer. I believe it is six weeks since I wrote to you last; but there is not only the usual deadness of summer to account for my silence; England itself is no longer England. News, madness, parties, whims, and twenty other causes, that used to produce perpetual events are at an end; Florence itself is not more inactive. Politics, "Like arts and sciences are travelled west."
They are cot into Ireland, where there is as much bustle to carry a question in the House of Commons, as ever it was here in any year forty-one. Not that there is any opposition to the King's measures; out of three hundred members, there has never yet been a division of above twenty-eight against the government: they are much the most zealous subjects the king has. The Duke of Dorset (age 64) has had the art to make them distinguish between loyalty and aversion to the Lord Lieutenant.
I last night received yours of May 5th; but I cannot deliver your expressions to Mr. Conway (age 31), for he and Lady Ailesbury (age 31) are gone to his regiment in Ireland for four months, which is a little rigorous, not only after an exile in Minorca, but more especially unpleasant now as they have just bought one of the most charming places in England, Park-place, which belonged to Lady Archibald Hamilton (age 48), and then to the Prince. You have seen enough of Mr. Conway (age 31) to judge how patiently he submits to his duty. Their little girl (age 3) is left with me.
The Gunnings [Maria Gunning Countess Coventry (age 19) and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll (age 18)]are gone to their several castles, and one hears no more of them, except that such crowds flock to see the Duchess Hamilton (age 18) pass, that seven hundred people sat up all night in and about an inn in Yorkshire to see her get into her postchaise next morning.
I saw lately at Mr. Barret's a print of Valombrosa, which I should be glad to have, if you please; though I don't think it gives much idea of the beauty of the place: but you know what a passion there is for it in England, as Milton has mentioned it.
Miss Blandy (deceased) died with a coolness of courage that is astonishing, and denying the fact310, which has made a kind of party in her favour as if a woman who would not stick at parricide, would scruple a lie!
We have made a law for immediate execution on conviction of murder: it will appear extraordinary to me if it has any effect;311 for I can't help believing that the terrible part of death must be the preparation for it.
Note 310. Miss Blandy (deceased) was executed at Oxford, on the 6th of April, "I am perfectly innocent," she exclaimed, "of any intention to destroy or even hurt my dear father; so help me God in these my last moments!"-E.
Note 311. Smollett, on the contrary, was of opinion that the expedient had been productive of very good effects.-E.
Letters of Horace Walpole. 23 Jun 1752. Arlington Street. To The Hon H S Conway (age 31).
By a letter that I received from my Lady Ailesbury (age 31) two days ago, I flatter myself I shall not have occasion to write to you any more; yet I shall certainly see you with less pleasure than ever, as our meeting is to be attended with a resignation of my little charge (age 3).316 She is vastly well, and I think you will find her grown fat. I am husband enough to mind her beauty no longer, and perhaps you will say husband enough too, in pretending that my love is converted into friendship; but I shall tell you some stories at Park-place of her understanding that will please you, I trust, as much as they have done me.
My Lady Ailesbury (age 31) says I must send her news, and the whole history of Mr. Seymour (age 22) and Lady Di. Egerton (age 21), and their quarrel, and all that is said on both sides. I can easily tell her all that is said on one side, Mr. Seymour's, who says, the only answer he has ever been able to get from the Duchess or Mr. Lyttelton was, that Di. has her caprices. The reasons she gives, and gave him, were, the badness of his temper and imperiousness of his letters; that he scolded her for the overfondness of her epistles, and was even so unsentimental as to talk of desiring to make her happy, instead of being made so by her. He is gone abroad, in despair, and with an additional circumstance, which would be very uncomfortable to any thing but a true lover; his father refuses to resettle the estate on him, the entail of which was cut off by mutual consent, to make way for the settlements on the marriage.
The Speaker told me t'other day, that he had received a letter from Lord Hyde, which confirms what Mr. Churchill writes me, the distress and poverty of France and the greatness of their divisions. Yet the King's expenses are incredible; Madame de Pompadour (age 30) is continually busied in finding out new journeys and diversions to keep him from falling into the hands of the clergy. The last party of pleasure she made for him, was a stag-hunting; the stag was a man in a skin and horns, worried by twelve men dressed like bloodhounds! I have read of Basilowitz, a Czar of Muscovy, who improved on such a hunt, and had a man in a bearskin worried by real dogs; a more kingly entertainment!
I shall make out a sad Journal of other news; yet I will be like any gazette, and scrape together all the births, deaths, and marriages in the parish. Lady Hartington (age 32) and Lady Rachel Walpole (age 25) are brought to bed of sons; Lord Burlington (age 58) and Lord Gower (age 57) have had new attacks of palsies: Lord Falkland (age 45) is to marry the Southwark Lady Suffolk;317 and Mr. Watson (age 23), Miss Grace Pelham (age 17). Lady Coventry (age 19) has miscarried of one or two children, and is going on with one or two more, and is gone to France to-day. Lady Townshend (age 44) and Lady Caroline Petersham (age 30) have had their anniversary quarrel, and the Duchess of Devonshire (age 53) has had her secular assembly, which she keeps once in fifty years: she was more delightfully vulgar at it than you can imagine; complained of the wet night, and how the men would dirty the rooms with their shoes; called out at supper to the Duke (age 53), "Good God! my lord, don't cut the ham, nobody will eat any!" and relating her private menage to Mr. Obnir, she said, "When there's only my lord and I, besides a pudding we have always a dish of Yeast!" I am ashamed to send you such nonsense, or to tell you how the good women at Hampton Court are scandalized at Princess Emily's (age 41) coming to chapel last Sunday in riding-clothes with a dog under her arm; but I am bid to send news: what can we do -,it such a dead time of year? I must conclude, as my Lady Gower did very well t'other day in a letter into the country, "Since the two Misses318 were hanged, and the two Misses319 were married, there is nothing at all talked of." Adieu! My best compliments and my wife's to your two ladies.
Note 315. Now first published.
Note 316. Their daughter, Ann Seymour Conway (age 3).
Note 317. Sarah, Duchess-dowager of Suffolk, daughter of Thomas Unwen, Esq. of Southwark.-E.
Note 318. Miss Blandy and Miss Jefferies.
Note 319. The Gunnings. [Maria Gunning Countess Coventry (age 19) and Elizabeth Gunning Duchess Hamilton and Argyll (age 18)]
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Sandhurst
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Sandhurst, Royal Military College
Around 1838 Poulett George Henry Somerset (age 15) educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
On 06 May 1861 Charles Michael Edgeworth Brinkley was born at Knockmaroon. He was educated at Clifton College Bristol, Jesus College, Cambridge University and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
On 24 Oct 1869 Captain Leopold Jenner was born to William Jenner 1st Baronet (age 54) and Adela Adey. He was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Around 1910 John Granville Cornwallis Eliot 6th Earl St Germans (age 19) educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Sandhurst, St Michael's Church
On 14 Sep 1904 Geoffrey Duke Coleridge 3rd Baron Coleridge (age 27) and Mary aka Jessie Alethea Mackarness Baroness Coleridge (age 24) were married at St Michael's Church, Sandhurst. They were second cousins.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Shrivenham
On 09 Feb 1867 William Keppel Barrington 6th Viscount Barrington (age 73) died at Shrivenham. He was buried at St Andrew's Church Shrivenham. His son George Barrington 7th Viscount Barrington (age 42) succeeded 7th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 6th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Shrivenham Village Hall
In 1926 Princess Beatrice (age 68) opened Shrivenham Village Hall which had been endowed by Charlotte Stopford Viscountess Barrington.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, St Andrew's Church Shrivenham
On 09 Feb 1867 William Keppel Barrington 6th Viscount Barrington (age 73) died at Shrivenham. He was buried at St Andrew's Church Shrivenham. His son George Barrington 7th Viscount Barrington (age 42) succeeded 7th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 6th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down.
On 12 Sep 1933 William Bulkeley Barrington 9th Viscount Barrington (age 85) died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church Shrivenham. His son William Barrington 10th Viscount Barrington (age 60) succeeded 10th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 9th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass in County Down, 4th Baron Shute of Beckett in Berkshire.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Slough
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Upton cum Chalvey Slough
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, St Laurence's Church Upton cum Chalvey Slough
In 1598 Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley Bulstrode Buckinghamshire died. He was buried in St Laurence's Church Upton cum Chalvey Slough.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Sparsholt
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Kingston Lisle Sparsholt
In 1340 Elizabeth Lisle Baroness Ferrers Harewood was born to John Lisle 2nd Baron Lisle (age 21) and Maud Grey Baroness Lisle (age 22) at Kingston Lisle Sparsholt.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Sunninghill
On 18 May 1795 Thomas Pelham-Clinton 3rd Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 42) died at Sunninghill. His son Henry Pelham-Clinton 4th Duke Newcastle-under-Lyme (age 10) succeeded 4th Duke Newcastle under Lyme, 11th Earl Lincoln.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Sunninghill, St Michael and All Angels Church
On 02 Feb 1779 Everard Buckworth 3rd Baronet (age 74) died. He was buried at St Michael and All Angels Church, Sunninghill. His son John Buckworth 4th Baronet (age 52) succeeded 4th Baronet Buckworth of Sheen in Surrey.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Swallowfield
On 03 May 1257 Katherine Plantagenet (age 3) died at Swallowfield. She was buried in the Ambulatory, Chancel, Westminster Abbey.
In 1274 John Despencer (age 39) died at Swallowfield.
Evelyn's Diary. 22 Oct 1685. I accompanied my Lady Clarendon to her house at Swallowfield in Berks, dining by the way at Mr. Graham's (age 36) lodge at Bagshot; the house, new repair'd and capacious enough for a good family, stands in a Park [Map]. Hence we went to Swallowfield; this house is after the antient build ing of honourable gentlemen's houses, when they kept up antient hospitality, but the gardens and waters as elegant as 'tis possible to make a flat, by art and industrie, and no meane expence, my lady being so extraordinarily skill'd in ye flowery part, and my lord in diligence of planting; so that I have hardly seene a seate whrch shews more tokens of it than what is to be found here, not only in the delicious and rarest fruits of a garden, but in those innumerable timber trees in the ground about the seate, to the greatest ornament and benefit of the place. There is one orchard of 1000 golden, and other cider pippins; walks and groves of elms, limes, oaks, and other trees. The garden is so beset with all manner of sweete shrubbs, that it per fumes the aire. The distribution also of the quarters, walks, and parterres, is excellent. The nurseries, kitchin garden full of ye most desireable plants; two very noble Orangeries well furnished; but above all, the canall and fishponds, the one fed with a white, the other with a black running water, fed by a quick and swift river, so well and plen tifully stor'd with fish, that for pike, carp, breame and tench, I never saw any thing approching it. We had at every meale carp and pike of size fit for the table of a Prince, and what added to ye delight was to see the hundreds taken by the drag, out of which, the cooke standing by, we pointed out what we had most mind to, and had carp that would have ben worth at London twenty shillings a piece. The waters are flagg'd about with Calamus aromaticus, with wch my lady has hung a closet, that retains the smell very perfectly. There is also a certaine sweete willow and other exotics: also a very fine bowllng-greene, meadow, pasture, and wood; in a word, all that can render a country seate delightful. There is besides a well furnish'd library in ye house.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Swallowfield House
In 1649 John Backhouse died without issue. His younger brother William Backhouse (age 55) inherited his estates including Swallowfield House.
On 19 Oct 1670 Henry Hyde 2nd Earl Clarendon and Flower Backhouse Countess Clarendon were married. She being the sole heir of her father William Backhouse brought Swallowfield House to the marriage which Henry had rebuilt. He the son of Edward Hyde 1st Earl Clarendon (age 61) and Frances Aylesbury Countess Clarendon.
Evelyn's Diary. 15 Aug 1687. I went to visit Lord Clarendon at Swallowfield, where was my Lord Cornbury (age 25) just arrived from Denmark, whither he had accompanied the Prince of Denmark (age 34) two months before, and now come back. The miserable tyranny under which that nation lives, he related to us; the King keeps them under an army of 40,000 men, all Germans, he not daring to trust his own subjects. Notwithstanding this, the Danes are exceedingly proud, the country very poor and miserable.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Tilehurst
On 18 Aug 1627 Bishop William Lloyd was born in Tilehurst.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Waltham St Lawrence
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Billingbear House Waltham St Lawrence
In 1588 Elizabeth Neville was born to Henry Neville of Billingbear (age 24) and Anne Killigrew at Billingbear House Waltham St Lawrence.
On 30 May 1615 Richard Neville was born to Henry Neville (age 27) and Elizabeth Smythe (age 29) at Billingbear House Waltham St Lawrence.
In 1667 King Chales II (age 36), his brother James (age 33), Prince Rupert (age 47) and James Scott 1st Duke Monmouth 1st Duke Buccleuch (age 17) dined with Richard Neville (age 51) at Billingbear House Waltham St Lawrence.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Wantage
Assers Life of Alfred 849. 849. 1. Alfred's Birth and Genealogy.1 In the year of our Lord's incarnation 849, Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons, was born at the royal vill of Wantage, in Berkshire (which receives its name from Berroc Wood, where the box-tree grows very abundantly). His genealogy is traced in the following order: King Alfred was the son of King Æthelwulf; he of Egbert; he of Ealhmund; he of Eafa; he of Eoppa; he of Ingild. Ingild and Ine, the famous king of the West Saxons, were two brothers. Ine went to Rome, and there ending the present life honorably, entered into the heavenly fatherland to reign with Christ. Ingild and Ine were the sons of Cœnred; he of Ceolwald; he of Cutha2; he of Cuthwine; he of Ceawlin; he of Cynric; he of Creoda; he of Cerdic; he of Elesa; [he of Esla;] he of Gewis, from whom the Welsh name all that people Gegwis3; [he of Wig; he of Freawine; he of Freothegar;] he of Brond; he of Beldeag; he of Woden; he of Frithowald; he of Frealaf; he of Frithuwulf; he of Finn[; he of] Godwulf; he of Geata, which Geta the heathen long worshiped as a god. Sedulius makes mention of him in his metrical Paschal Poem, as follows:
If heathen poets rave o'er fancied woe,
While in a turgid stream their numbers flow
Whether the tragic buskin tread the stage,
Or waggish Geta all our thoughts engage;
If by the art of song they still revive
The taint of ill, and bid old vices live;
If monumental guilt they sing, and lies
Commit to books in magisterial wise;
Why may not I, who list to David's lyre,
And reverent stand amid the hallowed choir,
Hymn heavenly things in words of tranquil tone,
And tell the deeds of Christ in accents all my own?
Note 1. Based on the Chronicle under 855.
Note 2. MS. Cudam. So always, but see the Chronicle.
Note 3. Bede, Eccl. Hist. 3. 7: 'The West Saxons, formerly called Gewissae.' Plummer comments in his edition, 2. 89: 'It is probably connected with the "visi" of "Visigoths," meaning "west," and hence would indicate the western confederation of Saxon tribes; ... "Gewis" is probably an eponymous hero manufactured out of the tribe-name.' The gw of Gegwis is a Welsh peculiarity (Stevenson).
In 849 King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex was born to King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex at Wantage.
On 18 May 1692 Bishop Joseph Butler was born in Wantage.
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On 28 Oct 1361 William Fitzwarin (age 45) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary, Wantage.
Monumental Effigies. Amicia wife of William Lord Fitz Warine, K.G. in the Church of St Mary, Wantage.
Amicia Haddon: Around 1325 she was born. On 28 Oct 1361 William Fitzwarin and she were married. In 1362 she died.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Wokingham
Around 1265 Emma Harcourt (age 46) died at Wokingham.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Bill Hill Wokingham
On 15 Aug 1792 John Leveson-Gower (age 52) died apparently having had a stroke whilst shaving at his house in Bill Hill Wokingham.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Woodaye
Around 1442 Roger Cheney was born to John Cheney (age 27) at Woodaye.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Berkshire, Wytham
On 01 Oct 1486 Richard Harcourt (age 70) died at Wytham.
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Yattendon Castle
In 1127 Ralph Basset (age 51) died at Yattendon Castle [Map].
In Sep 1142 Robert II Oili (age 77) died at Yattendon Castle [Map].
Around 1441 William Norreys was born to John Norreys (age 41) and Alice Merbrook at Yattendon Castle [Map].
In 1458 Thomas Courtenay 13th Earl Devon (age 44) died at Yattendon Castle [Map]. He was buried at Courtenay Chantry Chapel Exeter Cathedral. His son Thomas Courtenay 14th Earl Devon (age 26) succeeded 14th Earl Devon, 9th Baron Okehampton, 7th Baron Courtenay.
In 1547 John Norreys was born to Henry Norreys 1st Baron Norreys Rycote (age 22) and Margery Williams Baroness Norreys Rycote (age 26) at Yattendon Castle [Map].
On 20 Apr 1770 George Keppel 3rd Earl Albermarle (age 46) and Anne Miller Countess Albermarle (age 44) were married at Yattendon Castle [Map]. She by marriage Countess Albermarle. He the son of William Anne Keppel 2nd Earl Albermarle and Anne Lennox Countess Albermarle (age 66). He a great grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
