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3 giorni fa · HOUSES OF BENEDICTINE NUNS 3. THE ABBEY OF WILTON. A poem probably written at Wilton in the first half of the 15th century purports to give a history of Wilton Abbey from its foundation until the time of Henry I. According to this, Weohstan, first recorded ealdorman of Wiltshire, founded a chantry at Wilton to commemorate Alcmund, his father-in-law, who was killed in battle against the King of ...
3 giorni fa · On this day in history, May 19, 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, is executed by beheading on charges that include adultery, incest, and conspiracy against the king. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, 1 st Earl of Wiltshire, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Howard, and was tutored in France and the Netherlands, mainly as a maid of honor to Queen Claude of France.
2 giorni fa · Details the history of Old and New Salisbury, Wilton, and the parishes of Underditch hundred. Victoria County History - Wiltshire.Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1962.
2 giorni fa · Wilton situated at a strategic point on the river systems of southern Wiltshire (fn. 1) was an obvious choice as a place of settlement by the migrants from the south, who about the middle of the 6th century founded the kingdom of Wessex. How early Wilton became the royal seat of the kingdom is unknown, but evidence of the 9th century shows it ...
2 giorni fa · Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480–1538), English noblewoman; Elizabeth Boleyn (lady-in-waiting), English noble; Elizabeth Bond (1942–2002), Australian broadcaster; Elizabeth Powell Bond (1841–1926), educator and social activist; Elizabeth Bonforte Gardner, episcopal bishop; Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818), English novelist ...
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3 giorni fa · Timeline. c. 1501 - 1536. Life of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England . 1522. Anne Boleyn arrives at the court of Henry VIII of England . Jun 1529. Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio presides over a special court to decide the annulment of the first marriage of Henry VIII of England. No decision is reached.
1 giorno fa · Wiltshire, geographic and historic county and unitary authority of southern England. Wiltshire is situated on a low plateau draining into the basins of the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the eastward-flowing River Thames. Trowbridge, in western Wiltshire, is the administrative center.
