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12 giu 2024 · These are now replaced by landscaping, an alteration probably of the late 18th century. In 1775 Thomas Erle Drax rebuilt the Chapel S.W. of the house, which was remodelled in 1837 by John Sawbridge Erle Drax who introduced miscellanea of Continental woodwork (see Monument (2)).
10 giu 2024 · The lands inherited by Martha (d. 1688) and Sir Walter Ernie (d. 1682) passed with Winterbourne Maddington manor in Maddington in turn to their grandsons Sir Walter Ernie, Bt. (d. 1690), and Sir Edward Ernie, Bt. (d. 1729), to Sir Edward's daughter Elizabeth Drax (d. 1759), and to her son Thomas Drax.
3 giorni fa · Land of Littlecott's manor was apparently inherited by Martha Ernie (d. 1688) and presumably passed with Winterbourne Maddington manor in Maddington in turn to her grandsons Sir Walter Ernie, Bt. (d. 1690), and Sir Edward Ernie, Bt. (d. 1729), to Sir Edward's daughter Elizabeth Drax (d. 1759) and her sons Thomas (d. 1789) and Edward ...
14 giu 2024 · It was then that one of Princess Augusta’s ladies-in-waiting who had once served alongside Elizabeth Drax, now the Countess of Berkeley, informed them that her ladyship was seeking a governess. The opening was a godsend.
6 giorni fa · In April 2014, Cumberbatch was regarded as a British cultural icon, with young adults from abroad naming him among a group of people whom they most associated with UK culture, which included William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth II, David Beckham, J. K. Rowling, The Beatles, Charlie Chaplin, Elton John and Adele.
3 giorni fa · The first decade of Elizabeth’s reign was relatively quiet, but after 1568 three interrelated matters set the stage for the crisis of the century: the queen’s refusal to marry, the various plots to replace her with Mary of Scotland, and the religious and economic clash with Spain.
9 giu 2024 · Elizabeth I (born September 7, 1533, Greenwich, near London, England—died March 24, 1603, Richmond, Surrey) was the queen of England (1558–1603) during a period, often called the Elizabethan Age, when England asserted itself vigorously as a major European power in politics, commerce, and the arts.
