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The castle played a significant role in the Wars of the Roses, and in the Civil War, when it was badly damaged. [2] Various magnates held the castle, most prominently the Percy Earls of Northumberland from the 15th to 17th centuries. [3] It passed to the Wyndham family, the current owners, in the 18th century.
Piel Castle, also known as Fouldry Castle or the Pile of Fouldray, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, off the coast of the Furness Peninsula in north-west England. Built in the early-14th century by John Cockerham, the Abbot of neighbouring Furness Abbey , it was intended to oversee the trade through the local ...
Cockerham is a civil parish in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.It contains 19 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II.
Two Roman statuettes were discovered on Cockersand Moss near the abbey site in 1718, possibly indicating the presence of a Romano-British shrine nearby. One statuette of Mars, which was part of Lord Arundel's collection that William Stukeley exhibited in 1719 to the Society of Antiquaries was an inscription which has been recorded as DEO MARTI NODONTI AVRJELIVS .....
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After burgess William Cockerham retired in 1665, Surry County voters elected Baker as his successor, and he served the remainder of what later became known as the "Grand Assembly of 1661-1676". [3] In 1671, the General Court ordered Baker to audit some accounts. [2] The Grand Assembly ended with Bacon's Rebellion.
Cockerham Priory was a priory served by Austin Canons in Cockerham, Lancashire, England. St Michael's Church was granted to Leicester Abbey c. 1153–54, with some land. [ 1 ] The priory was founded in 1207 or 1208 as a cell of the Abbey of St Mary de Pratis ("St Mary in the Meadows") in Leicester .
Adventure Galley, also known as Adventure, was an English merchant ship captained by Scottish sea captain William Kidd. She was a type of hybrid ship that combined square rigged sails with oars to give her manoeuvrability in both windy and calm conditions. The vessel was launched at the end of 1695 and was acquired by Kidd the following year to ...