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3 days ago · In 1201 Reynold Basset granted 2 carucates and 5 virgates in Harbury to the Abbot of Combe, who as a tenant of Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster and of Leicester, held estates in Harbury that included two mills, a dovecote, and a garden (total value £9 2s.) in 1291 and were reckoned at a fifth and a quarter of a knight's fee in 1298.
2 days ago · To the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century belong the three magnificent memorials of Edmund Crouchback, 1296; Aymer de Valence, 1324; and Aveline of Lancaster, 1273, in the presbytery; these monuments are probably the finest examples of their dates in the country (with the possible exception of the Percy tomb at Beverley) and ...
3 days ago · The manor of Belper, then called Beaurepaire, belonged to Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, who died in 1296.
5 days ago · Buckingham Palace is hosting "Royal Portraits: A Century of Photographs," showing never-before-seen royal family photos, including images too delicate for permanent display.
5 days ago · Here's a look at some of the unseen images. How many photos will be on display? The exhibition will bring together more than 150 items by 40 photographers from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives.
4 days ago · Beaufort family. Role In: Wars of the Roses. Edmund Beaufort, 2nd duke of Somerset (born c. 1406—died May 22, 1455, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England) was an English nobleman and Lancastrian leader whose quarrel with Richard, duke of York, helped precipitate the Wars of the Roses (1455–85) between the houses of Lancaster and York. He was a ...
2 days ago · The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was originally named the Andromeda Nebula and is cataloged as Messier 31 , M31 , and NGC 224 . Andromeda has a D 25 isophotal diameter of about 46.56 kiloparsecs (152,000 light-years ) [8] and is approximately 765 kpc (2.5 million light-years ...
