Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Staffordshire, Blore

Blore, Staffordshire is in Staffordshire.

In 1320 William Wrottesley was born in Blore, Staffordshire.

In 1380 Ralph Bassett was born to Ralph Bassett (age 27) in Blore, Staffordshire.

In 1464 William Bassett was born to William Bassett (age 28) in Blore, Staffordshire.

In 1470 Mary Bassett was born to William Bassett (age 34) in Blore, Staffordshire.

On 18 Aug 1551 William Bassett was born to William Bassett (age 32) and Elizabeth Fitzherbert (age 36) at Blore, Staffordshire.

Around 1592 Elizabeth Bassett Countess Newcastle upon Tyne was born to William Bassett (age 40) at Blore, Staffordshire.

Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Staffordshire, Blore Hall

On 07 Dec 1472 William Bassett (age 66) died at Blore Hall, Staffordshire.

After 1562 Elizabeth Fitzherbert (deceased) died at Blore Hall, Staffordshire.

On 09 Dec 1601 William Bassett (age 50) died at Blore Hall, Staffordshire. He was buried in St Bartholomew's Church, Blore [Map].

Europe, British Isles, North-Central England, Staffordshire, Blore, Lady Low Barrow [Map]

Lady Low Barrow is also in Peak District Bronze Age Barrows.

Blore. Lady Low [Map], near Blore, a bowl-shaped tumulus, 21 yards across and four feet high in the middle, was opened on the 2nd of July by carrying a trench six feet wide through the centre, without finding the interment, a few flints and some charcoal being the result of our labour.

Blore. On the 15th of September we opened a barrow called Lady Low [Map], near Blore, not far from that examined on the 2nd July [Note. The barrow on the 2nd of July is described as Lady Low?]. It is twenty yards across, and has a central elevation of three feet and a half, formed of compact earth, burnt red about the middle, below which the earth was ash-coloured and plentifully mixed with charcoal down to the natural surface, where the latter was so abundant as to form a layer in some places several inches thick. A deposit of calcined bones occupied the exact centre of the mound; they were raised a few inches from the floor, and were embedded in charcoal. Amongst them were an arrow-head of white flint, a bone pin, and some fragments of very thin bronze, all much burnt Higher up we discovered, by cutting with the spade, a small oval cavity, eight inches long by four wide, surrounded by charcoal, which was quite empty, but suggested the idea of a wooden or wicker vessel that had been partly consumed and covered with earth. A few instruments of flinty and some very minute and indeterminate pieces of bronze, were found at no great depth below the turf, in the centre of the barrow.

Lady Low. On the 13th of April we made a cutting in the south-east side of the tumulus, at Lady Low [Map], near Blore, first examined on the 2nd July, 1849, and discovered a heap of calcined bones buried in the earth, without any provision having been made to enclose them. In their midst lay a bronze dagger, of the usual shape as far as regards the blade, but having a shank or tang to fit into the handle, which was secured by a single peg passing through a hole in the former; the handle, where it overlaid the blade, was terminated by a straight end, and not by a crescent-shaped one as usual. The dagger had been burnt along with the body, furnishing the second instance of the kind, and the third in which that instrument has been discovered with calcined bones in our researches. We also made a further search in the other tumulus at Lady Low, where burnt bones were found on the 14th of September, 1849, but found nothing but two blocks of flint.