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also Baronet Bacon of Mildenhall in the Baronetage of England. Premier Baronet of England. Badd of Cames Oysells: 1643: Badd: extinct 1683 Bagot of Blithfield: 1627: Bagot: extant: sixth Baronet created Baron Bagot in 1780; baronetcy unproven as of 30 June 2006 (14th Baronet died 2001) – under review Baker of Sisinghurst: 1611: Baker: extinct ...
King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, to fund the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of £ 1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8 d. per day per man (total – £1,095 ...
Sir Thomas Molyneux, 5th Baronet (1767–1841) Sir George King Adlercron Molyneux, 6th Baronet (1813–1848) Sir Capel Molyneux, 7th Baronet (1841–1879) Sir John William Henry Molyneux, 8th Baronet (1819–1879) Sir John Charles Molyneux, 9th Baronet (1843–1928) Sir Ernest Molyneux, 10th Baronet (1865–1940) Extinct on the 10th baronet's death
"Hamo de Mascy was the youngest son of William de La Ferte-Mace, viscount of the powerful Belleme (Bellamy) family of Normandy. William's oldest son was Baron Mathieu de La Ferte Mace. His middle son was Sir Hugue de Macey. All three sons were present at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and as a result were awarded land grants in England.
To date, it has had seventeen baronets since its inception, beginning with Sir Thomas Nightingale (d. 1645) who was appointed the High Sheriff of Essex in 1627. The fourth baronet, Sir Robert Nightingale (d. 1722), was a director, and eventually chairman, of the Honourable East India Company in London, England. [4]
1066: A large medallion fixed to a rock in the harbour marks the Normans' departure from Barfleur before the battle of Hastings.; 1120: The White Ship, carrying the sole legitimate heir to Henry I of England, William Adelin, went down approximately a mile northeast of the harbour, [3] setting the stage for the period of civil war in England known as the Anarchy.
Bayeux (UK: / b aɪ ˈ j ɜː, b eɪ-/, US: / ˈ b eɪ j uː, ˈ b aɪ-/ B(A)Y-yoo; French: ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Arms of Willys of Fen Ditton [1]. There have been two baronetcies- both extinct- granted to the Willises of Fen Ditton, both in the Baronetage of England. [2]The Willis (also Willys) Baronetcy, of Fen Ditton in Cambridgeshire, was first created in the Baronetage of England on 15 December 1641 for Thomas Willis (the surname often alternatively given as "Willys"), [3] son and heir of Inner ...