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Rye Cross is a hamlet in south-west Worcestershire 1 mile west of Castlemorton, 0.5 miles east of Berrow and 1 mile south of Hollybush, near the borders of Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. Eastnor Castle and the towns of Malvern , and Ledbury are nearby.
Rye House, Hertfordshire in a 1793 watercolour by J. M. W. Turner. The Rye House Plot of 1683 was a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother (and heir to the throne) James, Duke of York.
In the 1680s, the Duke of York's influence in England grew stronger, and Gov. Dongan was encouraged to seek a speedy resolution to the border dispute after his arrival in 1683. John Pell, a Westchester justice, granted a warrant requiring the constables of Rye, Greenwich, and Stamford to appear at a NY Court of Assizes in Oct 1683. Gov.
Duke of York (2nd creation), 1474 Duke of Norfolk (3rd creation), 1477: Duke of Bedford (4th creation), 1478: Alexander Stewart c. 1454 –1485 1st Duke of Albany: James III 1451/1452–1488: George Neville 1457–1483 Duke of Bedford: King Henry VII 1457–1509: Elizabeth of York 1466–1503: Richard of Shrewsbury 1473–1483 Duke of York ...
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus; 16 August 1763 – 5 January 1827) was the second son of George III, King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, and his consort Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. A soldier by profession, from 1764 to 1803 he was Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück in the Holy Roman Empire.
Rachel, Lady Russell (née Wriothesley / ˈ r aɪ ə θ s l i / RYE-əths-lee; [1] c. 1636 – 29 September 1723) was an English noblewoman, heiress, and author. Her second husband was William, Lord Russell, who was implicated in the Rye House Plot and later executed. A collection of the many letters she wrote to her husband and other ...
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The House of York descended in the male line from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, the fourth surviving son of Edward III. In time, it also represented Edward III's senior line, when an heir of York married the heiress-descendant of Lionel, Duke of Clarence, Edward III's second surviving son. It is based on these descents that they claimed ...