Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Worcestershire, Bewdley [Map]
Bewdley, Worcestershire is in Worcestershire.
In 1659 Edward Pytts of Kyre Park (age 53) was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1685 Charles Lyttelton 3rd Baronet (age 57) was elected MP Bewdley in which post he served until 1689.
In 1694 Salwey Winnington (age 27) was elected MP Bewdley which seat held for the next twenty bar two and half years.
In 1748 William Henry Lyttelton 1st Baron Lyttelton (age 23) was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1761 Edward Winnington 1st Baronet (age 33) was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1774.
In 1768 Thomas Lyttelton 2nd Baron Lyttelton (age 23) was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1790 George Fulke 2nd Baron Lyttelton (age 26) was elected MP Bewdley.
In 1832 Thomas Winnington 3rd Baronet (age 52) was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1837.
In 1837 Thomas Winnington 4th Baronet (age 25) was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1847.
In 1852 Thomas Winnington 4th Baronet (age 40) was elected MP Bewdley which seat he held until 1868.
The River Severn rises on Plynlimon [Map] after which it passes Llanidloes [Map], Caersws [Map], Welshpool [Map], Crew Green [Map], Shrawardine, Shropshire [Map], Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map], Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map], Coalport, Shropshire [Map], Bridgnorth, Shropshire [Map], Bewdley, Worcestershire [Map], Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire [Map] to Worcester, Worcestershire [Map]
From Worcester the rivers flows through Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map] to Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [Map] where it is joined by the Warwickshire River Avon, Gloucester, Gloucestershire [Map] becoming the Severn Estuary around Thornwell, Monmouthshire [Map].
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Worcestershire, Bewdley Bridge [Map]
1789. Joseph Farington (age 41). Watercolour of Bewdley Bridge [Map].
In 1795 severe flodding destroyed the Bewdley Bridge [Map].
1798. Bewdley Bridge [Map] is a three-span masonry arch bridge over the River Severn at Bewdley, Worcestershire, designed by civil engineer Thomas Telford.
Europe, British Isles, South-Central England, Worcestershire, Bewdley, Tickenhill Manor [Map]
On 19 May 1499 Arthur Prince of Wales (age 12) and Catherine of Aragon (age 13) were married by proxy at Tickenhill Manor, Bewdley [Map]. Roderigo de Puebla stood in for Catherine. The service was performed by John Arundel Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry.
On 14 Nov 1501 Arthur Prince of Wales (age 15) and Catherine of Aragon (age 15) were married at St Paul's Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Henry Deane assisted by William Warham Bishop of London (age 51) and a further eighteen bishops. She wore a white satin dress with a farthingale and over her head wore a veil of fine silk trimmed with gold and pearls. She would, eight years later, marry his younger brother King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 10) - see Marriage of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. She the daughter of Ferdinand II King Aragon (age 49) and Isabella Queen Castile (age 50). He the son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 44) and Elizabeth York Queen Consort England (age 35). They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.
Prince Henry (age 10) who escorted her up the aisle and gave her away.
Cecily York Viscountess Welles (age 32) bore the train, Thomas Grey 2nd Marquess Dorset (age 24) was Chief Answerer.
Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 18) and Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 23) attended.
Thomas Englefield was appointed Knight of the Bath.
Immediately after their marriage Arthur Prince of Wales (age 15) and Catherine of Aragon (age 15) resided at Tickenhill Manor, Bewdley [Map] for a month. Thereafter they travelled to Ludlow, Shropshire [Map].
