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Philip Sidney (1554–1586), Henry's son, was born at Penshurst Place in 1554. Poet and courtier, he was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral in London, having died twenty-five days after a bullet wound to the thigh at the battle of Zutphen; his tomb was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Philip's brother Robert Sidney inherited ...
Philip and Mary sixpence, 1554 Mary shilling. The weather during the years of Mary's reign was consistently wet. The persistent rain and flooding led to famine. [152] Another problem was the decline of the Antwerp cloth trade. [153] Despite Mary's marriage to Philip, England did not benefit from Spain's enormously lucrative trade with the New ...
Mary, if Philip died before her, would enjoy a dowry or jointure income from Spanish lands and territories including Brabant, Flanders, Hainault and Holland. Margaret of York had the same jointure in 1468. Possibly, the final articles would include a contract preventing Philip appointing foreigners to English offices.
A William and Mary style cabinet with oyster veneering and parquetry inlays. What later came to be known as the William and Mary style is a furniture design common from 1700 to 1725 in the Netherlands, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland and Kingdom of Ireland, and later in England's American colonies.
Robert Mannock, alive in Edward's reign, was the great-grandfather of Philip Mannock, [7] who purchased the Giffords manor in 1427 [1] or 1428. [8] The Mannock family and their successors would hold the house for nearly 500 years. [9] [1] Following Philip's purchase, the estate would be expanded, for instance acquiring the manor of Raven's Hall ...
The house was designed by Christopher Wren. Its name derives from Nottingham House, the former residence of Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham: in 1689, the second Earl sold the property to William III and Mary II, who developed the estate as Kensington House, later Kensington Palace. [3] [8]
Philip Speakman Webb (12 January 1831 – 17 April 1915) was a British architect and designer sometimes called the Father of Arts and Crafts Architecture. His use of vernacular architecture demonstrated his commitment to "the art of common building."
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, dating to his Seville period, now in the National Gallery, London. It was probably painted in 1618 (it is dated, but the "8" is "fragmentary" and uncertain), [ 1 ] shortly after he completed his apprenticeship with Pacheco .