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In 1617 James I spent a night at the house; he had been a frequent guest on previous occasions at Castle Ashby. In 1629 King Charles I, who himself stayed at the house, created Lord Compton Earl of Northampton. The ceiling of the royal bedroom is decorated with the monograms of all the monarchs who have slept here. [5]
He added a stone chimney-piece engraved with his motto dated 1562, [15] [16] and after his death the house was inherited by his eldest son Sir Anthony Mildmay (c. 1549–1617), from whom Apethorpe passed to his daughter Mary (1581/2–1640) and her husband, Sir Francis Fane (1617), [17] later Earl of Westmorland.
Parliament later sold the estate to Captain Adam Baynes, who demolished the house almost entirely except for a small domestic wing. Holdenby Palace before its demolition in the 17th century In 1709, Holdenby was bought by the Marlborough family who in turn sold it to their kin the Clifden family whose descendants in the female line, the ...
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Northampton Abbey: Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1145-50 by William Peverel II of Nottingham; dissolved August 1538; granted to Nicholas Giffard 1545/6; housing estate now occupies site The Abbey Church of Saint James, known as Northampton Abbey in St James End, Northampton [27] [28] [29
Edward left the estate to his son, the current owner Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, after his death in 1992. As a teenager, Charles served as a tour guide at the house and acquired a deep knowledge of Althorp. [55] At the time he inherited the estate it was losing some £400,000 annually, and the staff of 14 had to be significantly reduced ...
Kirby Hall is a Grade I listed Elizabethan country house, located near Gretton, Northamptonshire, England.The nearest main town is Corby.One of the great Elizabethan houses of England, Kirby Hall was built in 1570 for Sir Humphrey Stafford of Blatherwick.
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