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5 giorni fa · Sir John Gell was created a baronet in 1642. The title and the male line of the family became extinct by the death of Sir Philip Gell, the third Baronet in 1719: his sister and eventually heiress married William Eyre, Esq., of Highlow, whose second son, John, took the name of Gell, about the year 1735.
5 giorni fa · Their descendant, Sir Richard Vyvyan, was created a baronet in 1644. The present baronet is the Rev. Sir Carew Vyvyan, Bart., who has no issue. The heir-presumptive is Vyell Vyvyan, Esq., of Trelowarren, descended from Richard, second son of Sir Richard, the third baronet, by the heiress of Pyper, of Tresmarrow.
1 giorno fa · Henry Everett sold the Hothorpe estate in 1881 to Sir Humphrey de Trafford (d. 1886), a Roman Catholic. The advowson was therefore reserved and later sold by Everett to Henry Merceron (d. 1905) of Tangley, near Andover (Hants).
5 giorni fa · The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High 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.
1 giorno fa · List of lord mayors of London. A painting of John Boydell, the lord mayor of London in 1790, by Sir William Beechey in 1800. This is a list of all mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London, from medieval times ). Until 1354, the title held was Mayor of London.
4 giorni fa · In 1412 Sir Humphrey Stafford occupied the manor as guardian of William the son's young daughter Margery (d. 1413). The younger William's sister and eventual heir Alice married first Sir Thomas Lucy (d. 1415) of Charlecote (Warws.), lord in 1413, (fn. 26) secondly in 1415 Richard Archer, who initially retained Quy by the curtesy ...
5 giorni fa · EDITORIAL NOTE. The Editors are desirous of expressing their thanks to Mr. C. W. Sutton, M.A., Mr. Ernest Axon, and Mr. H. T. Crofton, for their assistance with regard to the history of Manchester and in many other ways; and in addition to those whose help has been acknowledged in previous volumes they desire to record their obligations to the following: The Earl of Wilton, the Earl of ...
