Europe, British Isles, North East Wales, Flintshire, Hawarden
Hawarden, Flintshire is in Flintshire, North East Wales.
Around 1443 John Arderne was born to Ralph Arderne (age 60) at Hawarden, Flintshire.
Around 1570 Ralph Bingley was born at Hawarden, Flintshire.
In Nov 1643 Colonel Thomas Ravenscroft (age 25) surrendered Hawarden, Flintshire to Parliamentary forces.
On 15 Nov 1666 William Glynne 1st Baronet (age 28) inherited at Hawarden, Flintshire.
On 28 Oct 1902 Lieutenant-Colonel John Foster Manifold (age 45) and Amy Mary Cliff (age 41) were married at the Mother Church at Hawarden, Flintshire. Her sister Jeanette Octavia Cliff (age 44) was a witness, as well as Walter Andrew Urquart and Augustus (Augusta?) Hodges.
Chronicle of Gregory 1460. And that same nyght the King remevyde unto London a-gayne his wylle, to the byschoppe is palys of London, and the Duke of Yorke com unto him that same nyght by the torchelyght and toke a-pon him as kyng, and said in many placys that this is owrys by very ryght. Ande then the quene hyrynge this she voydyde unto Walys, but she was met with be-syde the Castelle of Malepas [Map], and a servand of her owne that she hadde made bothe yeman and gentylman, and aftyr a-poyntyd for to be in offysce with her son the prynce, spoylyde her and robbyde hyr, and put her soo in dowt of her lyffe and sonys lyffe also. And then she com to the Castelle of Hardelowe [Probably Denbigh Castle, Possibly Hawarden, Flintshire] in Walys, and she hadde many grete gyftys and gretely comfortyd, for she hadde nede there of, for she hadde a full esy many a-boute hyr, the nombyr of iiij personnys. And moste comynly she rode by-hynde a yonge poore gentylle-man of xiiij year age, his name was Jon Combe, i-borne at Amysbery [Map] in Wyltschyre. And there hens she remevyd full prevely unto the Lord Jesper, lord and Erle of Penbroke, for she durste not a byde in noo place that [was] a opyn but in pryvatt. The cause was that conter fete tokyns were sende unto her as thoughe that they hadde come from her moste dradde lord the Kyng Harry the VI; but it was not of his sendyng, nothyr of [his] a doynge, but forgyd thyngys, for they that brought the tokyns were of the kyngys howse, and some of the pryncys howse, and some of her owne howse, and bade her beware of the tokyns, that she gave noo credans there too; for at the kyngys departynge fro Covyntre towarde the fylde of Northehampton, he kyste her and blessyd the prynce, and commaundyd her that she shulde not com unto him tylle that [he] a sende a specyalle tokyn unto her that no man knew but the King and she. For the lordys wolde fayne hadde her unto Lundon, for they knew welle that alle the workyngys that were done growe by hyr, for she was more wyttyer then the King, and that apperythe by his dedys, &c.
Richard Whitley was killed in the defence of Hawarden, Flintshire being a captain of foot in the service of Charles I.
John Davies of Broadlane was appointed Constable of Hawarden Castle.
Europe, British Isles, North East Wales, Flintshire, Hawarden, Church of St Deiniol
On 19 Aug 1659 the Battle of Winnington Bridge was fought between the 5000 strong Parliamentary Army of General John Lambert (age 39) and the 4000 strong Royalist army led by George Booth 1st Baron Delamer (age 36).
Brothers Piers Legh (age 28) and Thomas Leigh fought. Thomas Leigh was killed.
Edward Morgan of Golden Grove was killed. He was buried at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.
On 17 Jul 1697 Colonel Roger Whitley of Peel in Cheshire (age 79) died. He was buried at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire. His inscription read Near this place lieth interred the body of Colonel Roger Whitley late of Peel in the County of Chester eldest son of Thomas Whitley, Esq. of Aston in this Parish by Elizabeth Brereton his second wife He married Charlotte sister of the Right Honorable Charles Gerard, Earl of Macclesfield and had by her issue three sons and six daughters viz. Gerard, Thomas, Roger, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Henrietta Maria, Penelope, Jane and Anne He died July 17th, 1697 This monument was erected to his memory by his grand-daughters Charlotte Mainwaring and Elizabeth Mainwaring daughters of Sir John Mainwaring of Peover in the County of Chester, Bart. and Elizabeth Whitley 1722.
On 17 Jun 1874 Stephen Glynne 9th Baronet (age 66) collapsed and died outside Bishopsgate railway station. He was buried at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire, where he is commemorated by a recumbent effigy by Matthew Noble (age 57) in a tomb recess designed by John Douglas. He was unmarried. Baronet Glynne of Bicester aka Bisseter in Oxfordshire extinct.
Edward Morgan of Golden Grove and Elizabeth Whitley were married at the Church of St Deiniol, Hawarden, Flintshire.