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Malvern, Worcestershire, South-Central England, British Isles

Malvern, Worcestershire is in Worcestershire.

In 1290 Bishop Thomas Cantilupe had a dispute with Gilbert "Red Earl" Clare 7th Earl Gloucester 6th Earl Hertford (age 46) over hunting rights in Malvern, Worcestershire.

On 30th August 1819 Annabella Candler died. She was buried at Malvern, Worcestershire.

On 7th October 1869 George Rice Trevor 4th Baron Dynevor (age 74) died at Malvern, Worcestershire. His first cousin Francis (age 65) succeeded 5th Baron Dynevor of Dynevor in Camarthenshire.

Great Malvern Priory, Worcestershire, South-Central England, British Isles [Map]

Great Malvern Priory is also in Priories in England.

Great Malvern Priory [Map] was a Benedictine monastery founded around 1075.

On 3rd May 1834 Spencer Bulkeley Wynn 3rd Baron Newborough (age 30) and Frances Maria De Winton Baroness Newborough were married at Great Malvern Priory [Map]. She by marriage Baroness Newborough of Newborough in County Wexford. They were half first cousins.

Madresfield, Court Malvern, Worcestershire, South-Central England, British Isles

Around 1540 Cecily Lygon was born to William Lygon (age 28) and Eleanor Denys (age 31) at Madresfield, Court Malvern.

On 8th September 1567 or 29th September 1567 William Lygon (age 55) died at Madresfield, Court Malvern.

In 1568 William Lygon was born to Richard Lygon (age 31) and Mary Russell (age 26) at Madresfield, Court Malvern.

Around 1590 William Lygon was born to William Lygon (age 22) at Madresfield, Court Malvern.

In 1608 William Lygon (age 40) died at Madresfield, Court Malvern.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

On 12th May 1823 William Lygon 2nd Earl Beauchamp (age 40) died at Madresfield, Court Malvern. On 12th May 1823 His brother John (age 39) succeeded 3rd Earl Beauchamp, 3rd Viscount Elmley of Worcestershire, 3rd Baron Beauchamp Powick in Worcestershire.

The Times. 20th February 1891. We regret to announce that EARL BEAUCHAMP (deceased), Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, died suddenly yesterday at Madresfield Court, his Worcestershire seat. He was taken ill while at luncheon, after a journey to a neighbouring town, and died before medical aid could be obtained, the cause of death being heart disease. His death will be felt as a serious loss, both in the English Church and in the Conservative party. A strong and moderately "high" Churchman, he took a leading position in his own diocese and in the Church at large in the promotion and defence of Anglican interests and; though he did not come prominently before the public as a politician, he exercised for many years considerable influence in the councils of the Tory' leaders. Frederic Lygon was the second son of the fourth Earl Beauchamp by Lady Susan Caroline Eliot, daughter of the secoud earl of St. Germans. He was born in 1830, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1852 he was elected a Fellow of All Souls, and the received tho degree of D.C.L. from his University in 1870. As the Hon. Frederick Lygon, he entered Parliament as member for Tewkesbury in 1857, for which place be sat till 1863, when be was elected for West Worcestershire. At his elder brother's death, without issue, in 1866, he succeeded to the peerage as sixth Earl. Both as a member of the House of Commons and as a peer he hold posts in Conservative Governments. In 1859 he was for a short time a Lord of the Admiralty. During the whole of Mr. Disraeli's Ministry which lasted from 1874 to 1880 he was Lord Steward of the Queen's Household. On the return of the Conservatives to power in 1885 he ras Paymaster-General of the Forces for the few months that the Government lasted, and he returned the same post when the general election put an end to Mr. Gladstone's short-lived Administration in 1886. He did not, however, remain in the Goverornent for a year, as he resigned in June, 1887. Since 1876 he had been Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire. The deceased earl was twice married, 1st, in 1868, to Lady Mary Catharine, only daughter of the sixth Earl Stanhope (she died in 1876), and, secondly, to Lady Emily Annora Charlotte (age 37), daughter of the third Earl Mdanvers (age 66). He is succeeded by his eldest son, William, Viscount Elmley, who was born in 1872.

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