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The Castle at Wisbech was a stone motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech (historically in the Isle of Ely and now also in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England) on the orders of William I in 1072, it probably replaced an earlier timber and turf complex. [1]
The Friends of Wisbech and Fenland Museum Charity (283506) raise funds for the museum and publish books on local history. [47] Current (2024) membership subscriptions individual £10 and £15 for two persons at the same address.
There was not then a single Jesuit at liberty in the country. He reached England, on 20 September 1584, [1] receiving into the Catholic Church Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel. Weston left an autobiography full of the missionary adventures. One salient feature was the practice of exorcisms, at which a number of other priests assisted.
In October 1595 two more arbitrators, John Mush and Richard Dudley, intervened to mediate, with greater success; Mush was more sympathetic to the anti-Jesuit group led by Bagshaw. [21] But the problem returned in 1596. [16] In late 1600 or early 1601 there was a transfer of 36 priest prisoners at Wisbech Castle to Framlingham Castle in Suffolk ...
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The Annual Concerts run by The Friends of Wisbech & Fenland Museum, in 2021 and 2022 at Wisbech Castle then moving to The Old Chapel, North End from 2023. It raises funds for the museum. [151] August. Wisbech Rock Festival is a Free Festival held in Wisbech Park and is managed by the town council. [152] Wis-Beach day was originally held on the ...
[b] [4] [5] Wisbech Castle had formerly been used for religious prisoners, both Catholic and Protestant and later a Quaker, John Inds was taken from a peaceable meeting on 16 February 1663 and imprisoned for three years in Wisbech Gaol. [6] It was said that Stuart reaped and worked in gardens in the summer and did knitting and sewing in the winter.
As framed by Thomas Graves Law, the controversy turned on Blackwell's relationship to the Jesuits as laid down by Caetani, and this was the central thrust of the appeal of 1600. [10] It was dated 17 November 1600 from Wisbech [11] (where in Wisbech Castle around 30 priests were interned).