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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 ...
Created Earl of Effingham (UK) in 1837 Baron Williams of Thame: 1554: Williams: extinct 1559: Baron Percy: 1557: Percy: extinct 1670: Baron Hastings of Loughborough: 1558: Hastings: extinct 1572: Baron Hunsdon of Hunsdon: 1559: Carey: extinct 1765: also Earl of Dover from 1628 to 1677 Baron St John of Bletso: 1559: St John: extant: Baron ...
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 ...
The junior Throckmorton Baronetcy, of Coughton in the County of Warwick, was created in the Baronetage of England on 1 September 1642 for Robert Throckmorton (d. 1650), of Coughton Court, near Alcester, Warwickshire, sixth in descent from Thomas Throckmorton of Coughton, eldest son of Sir John Throckmorton, Under-Treasurer of England.
"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.
Roger de Beaumont, Lord (seigneur) of Pont-Audemer, of Beaumont-le-Roger, of Brionne and of Vatteville, was too old to fight at the battle of Hastings and stayed in Normandy to govern and protect it while William was away on the invasion. As a reward, he received lands in Leicestershire.
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.
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.