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Torquay and Torre Abbey

Jan 12, 2023

anniversaries, buildings, law, religion, travel

abbeys, Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie Mile, Babbacombe murder, Barons Hunsdon, Careys, Carys, crime, Dissolution of the Monasteries, First World War, Jacobites, museums, poisons garden, Premonstratensian order, priests, recusants, Royal Navy, the Green Ginger, The Legendary Ten Seconds, Torquay, Torquay Crime Museum, Torre Abbey, Viscounts Falkland

Thanks to our friends at the Legendary Ten Seconds, I had heard of Torre Abbey but didn’t realise that it was open to visit, as convenient or spectacular as it is. Half of the original building remains, on three floors including an art exhibition, whilst the other half (including the church) is a ruin, complete…
Henry VIII’s mistresses….

Jul 28, 2022

anniversaries, art, genealogy, law, religion

“Beauforts”, “wives”, Arthur “Tudor”, Bessie Blount, Careys, Edward VI, Henry Fitzroy, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Jasper “Tudor”, Mary Boleyn, mistresses

We’re accustomed to reading about Henry VIII’s six wives, but his mistresses aren’t quite as well known. This article (by Amy Licence) is all about these ladies—at least, about the ones of whom we’re aware. I suspect that Henry was a man of huge appetites and that his little black book was much scribbled…
More Royal ancestry

Apr 8, 2022

anniversaries, battles, buildings, genealogy, law, religion, Science, television reviews, The play’s the thing

actresses, Alexander Armstrong, Arthur Capell Baron Hadham, astronomy, Barings Bank, Battle of Surbiton, bigamy, burials, Careys, Clare Balding, comedians, Dame Judi Dench, Danny Dyer, Dartmoor, Denmark, Duke of Hamilton, Edict of Nantes, Edward IV, Elsinore, English Civil War, executions, France, Frank Gardner, Groom of the Stool, Guildenstern, Hamlet, Henry Earl of Holland, Henry VIII, Hugenots, illegitimacy, Ireland, Joe Sugg, Josh Widdicombe, Lettice Knollys, Mark Wright, Mary Boleyn, Military Cross, Normandy, Ophelia, religious persecution, Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester, Rosencrantz, royal palaces, Sabine Baring-Gould, secret marriage, Tom Stoppard, Trenchard Manor, Tycho Brahe, Westminster Abbey, Who do you think you are?, Will Kemp, William Shakespeare

Who do you think you are? has now completed eighteen series as British television’s predominant genealogy programmes. In that time, with an average of eight episodes per series, they have uncovered many celebrities with interesting lineage and some unexpected royal descendants, including Alexander Armstrong, Clare Balding, Danny Dyer, Frank Gardner and Sir Matthew Pinsent. Now…
Not just another Anne Boleyn series

Nov 14, 2021

anniversaries, genealogy, law, religion, television reviews

Anne Boleyn, annulments, BBC2, bigamy, Careys, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Elizabeth II, executions, George Boleyn, Henry VIII, Jane Parker Viscountess Rochford, Leanda de Lisle, Mary Boleyn, mediaeval canon law, secret marriage, The Boleyns: A scandalous family, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Wolsey

This was shown on BBC2 during August and the subject has been covered several times in recent years, not least with our old friend Dr. Starkey. However, I am pleased I watched it for two reasons. The first is that The Boleyns: A scandalous family discussed the situation from the perspective of Thomas Boleyn seeking…
So wrong he may be right (2) – William Cowper

Apr 25, 2020

anniversaries, culture, genealogy, religion, Science

biographies, Careys, Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, John Donne, Lord David Cecil, Mary Boleyn, mtDNA, Norfolk, Wales, William Cowper

Here we have the poet and hymnwright William Cowper (left), who we referred to in our previous article but couldn’t find the evidence for the Essex anniversary in February. The usual sources have been a little troublesome but we know from Lord David Cecil’s The Stricken Deer that he was the great-nephew of an Earl…
The Great Commoner?

Oct 15, 2018

anniversaries, genealogy

Careys, Duke of Newcastle, Edward I, Edward III, Henry VIII, Hester Grenville, House of Commons, Joan “Beaufort”, John Earl of Chatham, John Howard Duke of Norfolk, Lord Privy Seal, Mary Boleyn, peeresses, Prime Ministers, William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger

Today in 1768, William Pitt the Elder, known as the “Great Commoner”, retired as Prime Minister after two years’ service. He earned this title by serving in several other Cabinet roles from the House of Commons whilst a succession of peers, such as the Duke of Newcastle, were Premier, although his wife Hester nee Grenville…

Careys

Torquay and Torre Abbey

Henry VIII’s mistresses….

More Royal ancestry

Not just another Anne Boleyn series

So wrong he may be right (2) – William Cowper

The Great Commoner?