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Hace 6 días · A cosy stone cottage in the beautiful grounds of the Wallington estate, perfect for walkers, cyclists and wildlife lovers. A 2.6-mile walk uncovering the secrets of the Lambton worm near Penshaw Monument in Tyne and Wear. On top of Penshaw Hill sits the Earl of Durham's Monument.
Hace 6 días · Chester, stripped of its mitre, became first a rectorial, and afterwards a collegiate church (see the Church history hereafter). The manor has remained constantly vested in the See of Durham, and includes Boldon, Whitburn, the Cleadons, and the copyholds in the parish of Chester.
Hace 2 días · The present lord of the manor is the Earl of Eldon. The second moiety, inherited by Alice wife of Walter de Denton, passed to her daughter and heir Joan, who married first Robert Thirkeld and afterwards Thomas Tailboys.
Hace 5 días · When the bishop came back he made that pact with the Earl of Northumberland which is reasonably supposed to confer upon the mediaeval Bishop of Durham the outstanding rights hitherto retained in the hands of the earl, who held certain ill-defined powers over the patrimony of St. Cuthbert.
2 de sept. de 2024 · Perhaps that explains why the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury became such a dedicated social reformer, campaigning against the abuse of children working in factories and mines and the scandalous treatment of the insane in lunatic asylums.
28 de ago. de 2024 · Edward, who had almost certainly designated William as his successor in 1051, was involved in a childless marriage and used his lack of an heir as a diplomatic tool, promising the throne to different parties throughout his reign, including Harold Godwineson, later Harold II, the powerful earl of Wessex.
Hace 6 días · The abortive rebellions dramatized the need to reform Canada’s outmoded and constrictive constitution, prompting the “Canadian question” to become a leading issue in British politics. Whig reformer John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham, was appointed governor-general to inquire into the causes of the troubles.
