Culture, England

England is in Culture.

1344 Creation of the Order of the Garter

1470 Marriage of Edward of Westminster to Anne Neville

1516 Birth of Princess Mary

1761 Coronation of George III

Culture, England, Canals

Culture, England, Canals, Gresley Canal

Gresley Canal. 13 George III. Cap. 16, Royal Assent 13th April, 1775.

This canal, which pursues a north-west direction, and is level throughout, was made at the expense of Sir Nigel Gresley (age 48), Bart and Nigel Bowyer Gresley (age 22), Esq. his son and heir-apparent, for the purpose of conveying the produce of their extensive coal mines in Apedale, in Staffordshire, to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the same county, and of facilitating their transit to other parts of the country by means of the Newcastle-under-Lyne Junction, and other navigations.

The act obtained as above, is entitled, 'An Act to enable Sir Nigel Greeley, Bart and Nigel Bowyer Gresley, Esq. his Son, to make and maintain a navigable Cut or Canal from certain Coal Mines in Apedale, to Newcastle-under-Lyne, in the county of Stafford." This act, after making the usual provisions, binds the proprietors for twenty-one years from and after the date thereof, to furnish the inhabitants of Newcastle with coals at 5s. per ton of twenty hundred weight, weighing one hundred and twenty pounds each hundred weight, and in like proportion for a single hundred weight. At the expiration of the first twenty-one years the proprietors, or their heirs, are to furnish coals at 5s. 6d. per ton for an additional term of twenty-one years; which last quoted price may, under certain conditions, be raised to 6s. per ton; the proprietors, in either case, binding themselves, under the penalty of £40 for each offence, to keep a supply of coals sufficient for the consumption of the town, at a wharf in or near the same.

There are few private works of more real utility to the public than Sir Nigel Gresley's Canal, which has added considerably to die interests of the inhabitants of Newcastle, by the regularity wherewith they are supplied with coal at a moderate charge.

In 1827 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 27) sold the Gresley Canal to pay off his gambling debts.

Culture, England, Chivalric Orders

Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms

Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Kings of Arms

Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Officer of Arms, Kings of Arms, Clarenceux King of Arms

On 30 Jan 1511 Thomas Benolt was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.

On 19 May 1536 Thomas Hawley was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.

In 1557 William Harvey (age 47) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Nov 1557. The Sonday, the xxj day at November, the quen('s) (age 41) grase [did] sett a crowne of master Norrey('s) (age 47) hed kyng at armes, [and] created hym Clarenshus, with a cup of [wine], at Sant James, her grace('s) place.

Note. P. 158. Coronation of Norroy king of arms. The instrument of the creation and coronation of Laurence Dalton to be Norroy king of arms, by letters patent dated 6 Sept. 1557, is printed in Rymer's Fœdera, vol. xv. p. 477; and that for William Harvey to be Clarenceux, dated the next day, in the following page.

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On 21 May 1567 Robert Cooke (age 32) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.

In 1831 William Woods Howard 1785-1842 (age 45) was appointed Clarenceux King of Arms.

Culture, England, Chivalric Orders, Order of the Garter

On 23 Apr 1344. The date somewhat unclear; it may have been before. King Edward III of England (age 31) formed the Order of the Garter. The date is somewhat unclear. The first reliable record occurs in autumn of 1348 when the King's wardrobe account shows Garter habits being issued. The Order may have been formed before then with some traditions such as the mantle, and the garter and motto, possibly being introduced later. The Garter refers to an event at Wark Castle [Map] at which King Edward III of England (age 31) picked up the Countess of Salisbury's fallen garter and saying to the crowd "Honi soit qui mal y pense" ie Shame on him who thinks badly of it, or possibly, he brings shame on himself who thinks badly of it. The Countess of Salisbury could refer to his future daughter-in-law Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales (age 15) or her former mother-in-law Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 40). The event has also been drescribed as taking place at @@Calias.Creation of the Order of the Garter

Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury: Around 1304 she was born to William Grandison 1st Baron Grandison (age 42) and Sibylla Tregoz Baroness Grandison at Ashford, Herefordshire. Around 1320 William Montagu 1st Earl Salisbury (age 19) and Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Montagu. On 23 Nov 1349 Catherine Grandison Countess of Salisbury (age 45) died at Bisham Abbey.

Culture, England, Commoners Titles

Culture, England, Commoners Titles, Baronetcies of Great Britain

Culture, England, Court Positions

Culture, England, Court Positions, Governess

On 18 Feb 1516 Queen Mary I of England and Ireland was born to Henry VIII (age 24) and Catherine of Aragon (age 30) at Palace of Placentia, Greenwich [Map]. Margaret Bourchier 1st Baroness Bryan (age 48) was created 1st Baron Bryan and appointed the child's governess. Catherine York Countess Devon (age 36) was her godmother.

In 1762 Charlotte Finch nee Fermor (age 37) was appointed Governess to the Royal Children by King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23).

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In 1813 Catherine Anguish Duchess Leeds (age 48) was appointed Governess to Princess Charlotte Augusta Hanover (age 16).

Culture, Lords of England

Culture, England, Military

Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes

Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes, Wansdyke

Culture, England, Prehistoric and Iron Age Dykes, Wansdyke, Wiltshire Wansdye

The Wiltshire Wansdye remains highly visible in the landscape especially when it is crossing chalk downland that has little vegetation to hide it. Its date is somewhat uncertain; most sources consider it to have been constructed around 600AD give or take a hundred years either was. It was definitely constructed before the 9th century when begins to occur in charters.

It appears to start west of Savernake Forest [Map], after which it travels broadly west through Shaw Medieval Village [Map], Furze Hill [Map], Tan Hill, Wiltshire [Map], Shepherd's Shore, Wiltshire [Map], Furze Knoll [Map] after which it disappears, possibly being absorbed into the Roman Road

Culture, Religious Buildings in England

Culture, England, Royal Navy

In 1663 Admiral Arthur Herbert 1st Earl Torrington (age 15) joined the Royal Navy.

On 15 Feb 1780 Admiral Joseph Sydney Yorke (age 11) joined the Royal Navy becoming a midshipman aboard HMS Duke commanded by Sir Charles Douglas. He followed Douglas to his next command HMS Formidable under George Brydges Rodney 1st Baron Rodney (age 62).

In Oct 1797 Admiral George Francis Seymour-Conway (age 10) joined the Royal Navy.

In 1893 Vice Admiral Charles Andrew Fountaine (age 13) joined the Royal Navy.

Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories

Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class

Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class, Chatham Class

HMS Southampton was a Chatham Class light cruiser laid down on 06 Apr 1911 and launched on 16 May 1912. It was sold for scrap on 13 Jul 1926.

Chatham Class were slightly larger and improved versions of the preceding .

Culture, England, Royal Navy, Ship Categories, Town Class, Weymouth Class

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Ball and Cross

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Blunt Sword of Mercy

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Crown of St Edward

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, King's Champion

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, King's Crown

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Lord High Constable's Mace

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Pointed Sword of Justice

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Queen's Crown

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Queen's Sceptre

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Rod of the High Steward of England

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Rod with the Dove

On 22 Sep 1761 King George III of Great Britain and Ireland (age 23) was crowned III King Great Britain and Ireland at Westminster Abbey [Map].

Charles Compton 7th Earl of Northampton 1737-1763 (age 24) was the Bearer of the Ivory Rod with the Dove.

William Talbot 1st Earl Talbot (age 51) was appointed Lord High Steward.

Francis Hastings 10th Earl Huntingdon (age 32) was the bearer of the Sword of State although the actual Sword of State couldn't be found and the Lord Mayor's Pearl Sword was substituted.

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Sceptre

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Sword of Estate

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Coronation Regalia and Functions, Third Sword of State

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, King

Culture, Royalty of England Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Princess of Wales