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Grafton Manor (13 miles north-east of Worcester and 2 1/2 miles south-west of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) was established before the Norman Conquest. [1] Grafton means "settlement at or near the wood" and may indicate a role in woodland management within a larger estate, for instance.
Sir Humphrey Stafford (c. 1427 – 8 July 1486) of Grafton Manor in Worcestershire, was an English nobleman who took part in the War of the Roses on the Yorkist side. He was executed by Henry VII following his fighting for Richard III and his role in the Stafford and Lovell rebellion.
It dates back beyond 1542, in the reign of Henry VIII when a bill for its management is known before parliament. [1]As with all honours there were exclusions for church lands (such as glebe), waste, land freed of the manor (freeholds) who nonetheless paid tithes to the rectories, many of which belonged to the honour, among which some lesser manors of parishes.
Sir John Talbot of Grafton, Worcestershire (1545 – 28 January 1611 [1]) was a prominent recusant English Catholic layman of the reigns of Elizabeth I of England and James I of England. He was connected by marriage to one of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, and by acquaintance or family ties to other important Catholic figures.
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HMS Grafton, a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, and captured by the French in 1707; HMS Grafton, a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1709, rebuilt in 1725 and broken up in 1744; HMS Grafton, a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1750 and sold in 1767; HMS Grafton, a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1771
The Grafton Village Historic District encompasses the historic village center of the town of Grafton, Vermont. The village was developed in the early-to-mid 19th century, and has retained the character of that period better than many small communities in the state. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. [1]
The Grafton Common Historic District encompasses the historic village center of Grafton, Massachusetts. The center consists of a number of buildings arrayed around a roughly oval common, which were mostly built in the middle of the 19th century. Later development was significantly reduced because the area was bypassed by the railroads.