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Richard Day of Worfield (c.1477 - c.1570)

Interestingly from the Book: Bye-Gones: Relating to Wales and The Border Counties. The surnames of Day and Tye are derived from the Welsh personal name of Dei, a term of endearment for David. Dee is th...

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11/19/2008
6/8/2019
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11/19/2008

Richard Day of Worfield (c.1477 - c.1570)

Interestingly from the Book: Bye-Gones: Relating to Wales and The Border Counties. The surnames of Day and Tye are derived from the Welsh personal name of Dei, a term of endearment for David. Dee is th...

6/8/2019

Humphrey Blount, Sheriff of Shropshire MP (1421 - 1477)

"Humphry", "Sir Knight"

Humphrey Blount is the eldest son of John Blount & his wife Alice de la Bere. He was said to be aged 20, at his father's Inquisition Post Mortem in 1443 & "Proved his age" in 1444., so was born 1421-14...

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2/24/2008
10/3/2015
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2/24/2008

Humphrey Blount, Sheriff of Shropshire MP (1421 - 1477)

"Humphry", "Sir Knight"

Humphrey Blount is the eldest son of John Blount & his wife Alice de la Bere. He was said to be aged 20, at his father's Inquisition Post Mortem in 1443 & "Proved his age" in 1444., so was born 1421-14...

10/3/2015

Sir Thomas Blount, Sheriff of Shropshire MP (1455 - 1524)

"Sir Knight"

See Peter Bartrum, )August 20, 2020; Anne Brannen, curator)* Sir Thomas Blount1,2* M, #77309, b. circa 1456, d. 4 June 1524*Father Humphrey Blount, Sheriff of Shropshire1 d. 12 Oct 1477*Mother Elizabet...

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2/24/2008
10/3/2015
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2/24/2008

Sir Thomas Blount, Sheriff of Shropshire MP (1455 - 1524)

"Sir Knight"

See Peter Bartrum, )August 20, 2020; Anne Brannen, curator)* Sir Thomas Blount1,2* M, #77309, b. circa 1456, d. 4 June 1524*Father Humphrey Blount, Sheriff of Shropshire1 d. 12 Oct 1477*Mother Elizabet...

10/3/2015

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8/8/2015

John Mainwaring MP (1478 - 1516)

Sir John Manwaring1,2,3,4* M, #29443, b. circa 1475*Father Thomas Mainwaring, Esq.2,5,4 b. c 1450, d. 1508*Mother Jane Sutton2,5,4 b. c 1441* Sir John Manwaring was born circa 1475 at of Ightfield, Shr...

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1/28/2014
7/31/2015
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1/28/2014

John Mainwaring MP (1478 - 1516)

Sir John Manwaring1,2,3,4* M, #29443, b. circa 1475*Father Thomas Mainwaring, Esq.2,5,4 b. c 1450, d. 1508*Mother Jane Sutton2,5,4 b. c 1441* Sir John Manwaring was born circa 1475 at of Ightfield, Shr...

7/31/2015

Abraham Darby, III MP (1750 - 1789)

Wikipedia biography==He carried on his family's principalities of improving the art of smelting iron. He built the largest cast iron structure of his era: the first iron bridge ever built. It crossed o...

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12/15/2010
7/16/2015
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Abraham Darby, III MP (1750 - 1789)

Wikipedia biography==He carried on his family's principalities of improving the art of smelting iron. He built the largest cast iron structure of his era: the first iron bridge ever built. It crossed o...

7/16/2015

Sir Richard Mainwaring, Knight, Sheriff of Shropshire MP (1495 - 1558)

"Sheriff of Shropshire"

Sir Richard Mainwaring, Knight, of Ightfield, Shropshire, son of John and Joan married Dorothy Corbet, daughter of Sir Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon. He was knighted by September 28, 1536, when he...

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8/21/2008
3/17/2013
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8/21/2008

Sir Richard Mainwaring, Knight, Sheriff of Shropshire MP (1495 - 1558)

"Sheriff of Shropshire"

Sir Richard Mainwaring, Knight, of Ightfield, Shropshire, son of John and Joan married Dorothy Corbet, daughter of Sir Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon. He was knighted by September 28, 1536, when he...

3/17/2013

Charles Talbot, 1st and last Duke of Shrewsbury MP (1660 - c.1718)

"12th Earl of Waterford"

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury== Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC (24 July 1660 – 1 February 1718) was an English statesman. Born to Roman Catholic parents, he remained in that fa...

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11/27/2008
1/23/2013
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Charles Talbot, 1st and last Duke of Shrewsbury MP (1660 - c.1718)

"12th Earl of Waterford"

Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury== Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, KG, PC (24 July 1660 – 1 February 1718) was an English statesman. Born to Roman Catholic parents, he remained in that fa...

1/23/2013

General George Darell Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys KCB, KCVO, CMG, DL (8 March 1878 – 19 December 1960) was a British military commander and Conservative Member of Parliament. Jeffreys attended Eton an...

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General George Darell Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys KCB, KCVO, CMG, DL (8 March 1878 – 19 December 1960) was a British military commander and Conservative Member of Parliament. Jeffreys attended Eton an...

1/21/2013

Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in...

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8/6/2007
1/21/2013
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8/6/2007

Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the seventeenth century. With the start of the English Civil War in...

1/21/2013