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Gifford Sanford Robinson, Kenilworth Castle, 1858. The preface to Gascoigne's The Princely Pleasures describes what follows as "sundry pleasaunt and Poeticall inuentions... as well in verse as in prose." [3] The text includes notes on the dates of the events and their creators, explanations of the nature of the performance, and the poetry and ...
Kenilworth Castle is a castle in the town of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, England, managed by English Heritage; ... Very loosely based on the events of 1575, ...
The Two Castles Run began in 1983 as a fun run between Warwick Castle and Kenilworth Castle. [61] It has grown into an English Athletics-licensed run with 3,000 entrants in 2010. [62] In 2010 and 2011 it held the Warwickshire Amateur Athletic Association 10 Kilometre Championship. In 2012 all 4,000 places were sold within 25 hours.
When Elizabeth I visited Kenilworth in 1575 she brought an entourage of 31 barons and 400 staff for a visit that lasted an exceptional 19 days; Leicester, the castle's owner, entertained the Queen and much of the neighbouring region with pageants, fireworks, bear baiting, mystery plays, hunting and lavish banquets. [207]
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Kenilworth is a conjectural reconstruction of a masque by the dramatist George Gascoigne that was planned to be performed for the pleasure of Queen Elizabeth on her fourth and last visit, in 1875, to Kenilworth Castle, which she had gifted in 1563 to her favourite courtier, Robert Dudley.
The Langham letter, published by 1580, is a significant source for the entertainments of the Elizabethan period in England.Dated from Worcester on 20 August 1575, and titled A letter: whearin, part of the entertainment vntoo the Queenz Maiesty, at Killingwoorth Castl, in Warwik Sheer in this soomerz progress 1575. iz signified: from a freend officer attendant in the coourt, vntoo hiz freend a ...
A priory for Augustinian canons was built on this site in about 1124 by Geoffrey de Clinton, [1] which is about the same time as he built Kenilworth Castle.Gardens and pools were made near to the priory, and the priory gained additional land as gifts from Geoffrey de Clinton.
RMS Kenilworth Castle was a British Passenger ship that served for the Union-Castle Line until its scrapping in 1937. It also served as a troop transport during the First World War . [ 1 ] This was also the last ship Titanic - lookout Reginald Lee served on before his death in 1913.