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4 giorni fa · In the early 19th century Captain Hardy, Nelson's friend, resided in Thorpe. Nearly half the parish lay formerly in common fields. The Inclosure Act (fn. 3) inclosed 700 acres of common fields, marked as 'Thorpe Field' on the 1-in. Ordnance map, to the north of the village. The National Schools, built in 1848, were enlarged in 1901.
4 giorni fa · In 1485, Lovel's lands were forfeited and Henry VII granted Thorpe Waterville and Achurch to his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, for life. On her death, they remained in the King's hands until 1525, when Henry VIII granted them to his illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset.
2 giorni fa · In 1541 Isabel wife of John Hilton and widow of Ralph Carr of Newcastle, from whose grant she held it, conveyed the manor of Thorpe, now first beginning to be called a manor, to William Wycliffe, lord of Wycliffe, who settled it in 1581 on his younger son John and his heirs.
3 giorni fa · The sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. From 1204 to 1344 the High Sheriff of Staffordshire also served as Sheriff of Shropshire .
3 giorni fa · During John Smith’s short tenure as Party leader, two key structural changes are identified by Thorpe: the implementation of one member one vote (OMOV), and the adoption of all-women short lists for Labour parliamentary candidates in half of all vacant Labour-held marginal seats.
3 giorni fa · Impartial Reporter. Mr. John Henry (Harry) Allen. 2024-05-30 - THE late John Henry (Harry) Allen passed away peacefully on May 14 at the age of 93 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Born on February 27, 1931, Harry – who grew up in Tempo – was the son of Reginald Allen and Helena Allen (nee Maxwell).
2 giorni fa · v. t. e. John Henry Newman CO (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English theologian, academic, philosopher, historian, writer, and poet, first as an Anglican priest and later as a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.
