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2 days ago · ALCHER, EALCHER, or AUCHER, was the first EARL OF KENT that I have seen any mention of, who had also the title of DUKE, from his being at the same time intrusted with the military power of the county. He is eminent in history for his bravery shewn in a battle with the Danes, in the year 853.
4 days ago · Thomas Cromwell ( / ˈkrɒmwəl, - wɛl /; [1] [a] c. 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English statesman and lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charges for the execution.
5 days ago · No comment yet. On This day in Tudor history, 22nd May, Edward Seymour, brother of Queen Jane Seymour, was sworn in as a privy councillor; Franciscan friar John Forest was burnt at the stake; and four men, including the Earls of Hertford and Surrey, were installed as Knights of the Garter... 1490 – Death of Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent.
3 days ago · Thomas of Brotherton 1300–1338 1st Earl of Norfolk: Mary Braose: Edmund of Woodstock 1301–1330 1st Earl of Kent: Margaret Wake Countess of Kent c. 1297 –1349 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell: Eleanor 1306–1310: Philippa of Hainault 1314–1369 Queen of England: King Edward III 1312–1377 r. 1327–1377 King of England: John of Eltham 1316 ...
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1 day ago · — John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, (third son of Thomas de Holland, Earl of Kent, by the heiress of Edmund de Woodstock, Earl of Kent,) was created Duke of Exeter, in 1388. He had two seats in this county, Exeter castle, and Dartington.
1 day ago · The question of who first set foot on the British Isles is a complex and enduring one that continues to be reshaped by groundbreaking discoveries and advances in scientific techniques. The current evidence suggests a human presence stretching back nearly a million years, involving multiple hominid species, great climatic upheavals, and a ...
