Wraxall, Somerset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Wraxall, Somerset is in Somerset.

See: Pye Hill, Somerset [Map], Wraxall Hill, Somerset [Map].

Around 1454 Edmund Gorges was born to Walter Gorges [aged 32] in Wraxall, Somerset [Map]. He married before 1474 Anne Howard, daughter of John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk and Katherine Moleyns, and had issue.

In 1474 Anne Howard [aged 28] died in Wraxall, Somerset [Map].

On 22nd April 1512 Edmund Gorges [aged 58] died in Wraxall, Somerset [Map].

In 1536 Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle was born to Edward Gorges [aged 62] and Mary Poyntz [aged 36] in Wraxall, Somerset [Map]. He married 1576 Helena Snakenbourg Marchioness Northampton and had issue.

In 1537 Edward Gorges was born to Edmund Gorges at Wraxall, Somerset [Map]. He married in or before 1565 his fourth cousin once removed Cecily Lygon and had issue.

On 21st September 1629 Ferdinando Gorges [aged 64] and Elizabeth Gorges [aged 51] were married at Wraxall, Somerset [Map]. She the daughter of Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle and Helena Snakenbourg Marchioness Northampton [aged 80]. They were first cousin once removed.

On 26th September 1709 John Codrington [aged 31] and Elizabeth Gorges [aged 23] were married. She brought him several estates in Somerset including Wraxall, Somerset [Map].

Pye Hill, Somerset, Wraxall, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Wraxall Hill, Somerset, South-West England, British Isles [Map]

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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Fosse Way 5b Ilchester to Bath. From Lindinis [Map] aka Ilchester the Fosse Way crosses the River Yeo at Northover, Somerset [Map], then travels just west of the Podimore Roundabout, Somerset [Map], to Wraxall, Somerset [Map] where there is a slight deviation to climb Wraxall Hill, Somerset [Map], and then descend Pye Hill, Somerset [Map]. Then through Cannard's Grave, Somerset [Map] to Beacon's Hill, Somerset [Map] where the Fosse Way is crossed by the Sorviodunum [Map] aka Old Sarum to Charterhouse, Somerset [Map] Roman Road. Then through Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset [Map], Midsomer Norton, Somerset [Map], Clandown, Somerset [Map], Peasdown, Somerset [Map], Dunkerton Bottom, Somerset [Map], Wellsway, Somerset [Map], Holloway [Map] to the Roman Bridge [Map] over the Gloucestershire River Avon into Aquae Sulis aka Bath.