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Scope of Project ==This project aims to identify people executed on order of the Kings and Queens of England and Great Britain.== Overview ==Under the law of the United Kingdom, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Crown. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the sovereign; having sexual intercourse with the sovereign's consort, with his eldest unmarried da...
Sutton Courtenay Manor, Oxfordshire, England=According to the 12th-century tradition of the house, the vill of SUTTON was given to Abingdon Abbey by King Ini (688–728). The story went on to relate how Abbot Hrethun in 801 gave 100 manentes of land here and £120 to Coenwulf, King of the Mercians, in exchange for Andersey Island. Be this as it may, Sutton remained a royal vill until the reign of ...
The British Crown Jewels Master of the Jewel Office and Resident Governors ===Tower of London The Master of the Jewel Office was a position in the Royal Households of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom. The office holder was responsible for running the Jewel House, which houses the Crown Jewels. This role has, at various points in history, been called * Master or Tre...
Frogmore House, Berkshire, England= Frogmore House , located within the Frogmore Estate which is to be found within Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire, is a 17th century grade I listed country house under the ownership of the Crown Esate.==History==Frogmore house was initially built between 1680 and 1684 for its first tenants, Anne Aldworth and Thomas May . The architect employed by Charles II at Wi...
Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, England= Chicheley Hall, in Chicheley, Buckinghamshire , is an English country house built in the first quarter of the 18th century in the Baroque style.===Earlier buildings===An ancient manor house on the site belonged to the Pagnell family of Newport Pagnell, but was given by them to the church. Cardinal Wolsey gave it to Christ Church, Oxford, but it reverted...