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SIR THOMAS BURGH c.1430-1496 AND GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
Bolingbroke Caastle, Carlisle Castle, Catherine Howard, churches, Edward IV, Elizabeth Percy, esquire of the king’s body, executions, Gainsborough All Saints, Gainsborough Hall, ghosts, Henry VI, Henry VIII, John Crackenthorpe, Leyland, Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire rebellion, Lord Roos, Losecoat Field, Readeption, Richard III, Richard Lord Welles, Robert Welles, Rosemary Horrox, Sir Thomas Burgh, Sir Thomas Dimmock, Sir Thomas Launde, Warkworth’s ChronicleReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com Gainsborough Old Hall. Photo thanks to Graham Oxford Photography Street. Sir Thomas Burgh was the builder of Gainsborough Hall, as seen today, after inheriting the original building in 1455 on the death of his mother Elizabeth Percy, when he was 24 years old. The building and enhancement, which took…
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