Sheriff of Yorkshire
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Sir Ralph Assheton. (The ‘Black Knight of Ashton’) Vice-Constable of England.
Ashton Hall, Battle of Bosworth, Black Knight, Clayton Hall, Coronation, Edward IV, English Civil War, Etihad Stadium, Flodden, funeral brass, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VI, Isabel Kirby, Jane Saville, Knight Marshal, knights banneret, Lieutenant of the Tower, Lord Byron, Margery Barton, Mary Byron, Middleton, Middleton Archers, Middleton Church, mothers, MPs, Ralph Holinshed, Richard III, Sheriff of Yorkshire, siege of Berwick, Sir Ralph Assheton, trams, Vice-ConstableThere is some confusion about the parentage of Sir Ralph Assheton. At least, various internet sources give him alternative mothers. His father was Sir John Assheton of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. The family’s main residence was Ashton Hall, although this building was sadly destroyed in the 1890s to make way for a coal yard. The medieval parish…
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MARKENFIELD HALL AND THE MARKENFIELD BROTHERS, THOMAS AND ROBERT.
“Perkin”, AJ Pollard, Barons Grantley, Battle of Bosworth, Buckingham rebellion, Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel, Coldridge, Edward V, Elizabeth I, excommunication, executions, Falklands Play, funeral effigy, Iain Curteis, John de Merkynfeld, knights of the body, licence to crenellate, Markenfield Hall, piscina, rape, Ripon Cathedral, Rising of the North, Robert Markenfield, Sheriff of Yorkshire, Sir Thomas Markinfield, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, YorkshireReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri sparkypus.com Markenfield Hall viewed through the Gatehouse. A 14th century moated manor house and one time home to the Markenfields. Photo National Garden Scheme. Markenfield Hall, near Ripon, Yorkshire is surely the epitome of a survivor of medieval manor houses. The building of the Hall begun in 1230 and was…
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