E - Englefield House
An AD 871 battle between Saxons and Danes on what was to be called the "Englishman's battle field" or the "field of angels" is possibly the origin of the name of Englefield.
The Englefield family were lords of the manor from as early as the 9th century.
However it was via a John Constable painting that I first heard of Englefield House.
An AD 871 battle between Saxons and Danes on what was to be called the "Englishman's battle field" or the "field of angels" is possibly the origin of the name of Englefield.
The Englefield family were lords of the manor from as early as the 9th century.
However it was via a John Constable painting that I first heard of Englefield House.
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| Constable's Englefield House© V & A Museum |
The Berkshire mansion, with 18th and 19th century modelling is built loosely on the Elizabethan E-plan.
Sir Francis Englefield, the last of the Englefield family to live here, was prosecuted by Queen Elizabeth 1 for his Catholic sympathies. The house was seized by the crown in 1585.
Elizabeth gave the house to her favoured Earl of Essex. He later fell from grace and was executed for treason.
In 1635 the house was purchased by John Paulet, the 5th Marquis of Winchester. Paulet had married the daughter of Walsingham, Elizabeth's spymaster.
Englefield House became the main residence of the Paulets after their Basingstoke palace burnt down, It has remained in the ownership of the descendants of them ever since.
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| Englefield House - 16 April 2010 (ex geograph.org.uk - by Richard Croft - CC BY-SA 2.0) |
10 comments:
Hi Bob - what a magnificent building ... I know the area quite well ... wasn't a good place to live early on - 'heads off' were the order of the day. Fascinating about the E shape - I think you mentioned it yesterday -is the E after E for Elizabeth - or is it just circumstance?
Cheers Hilary
http://positiveletters.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/e-is-for-extinct-animals-and-endangered.html
What a beauty you've shared today. Fascinating that it dates so far back.
Phillip | E is for Envelope Exchange
Hilary - E for Elizabeth - that's right chosen to flatter the Queen.
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Everyday I get impressed by the houses you show.
Eva - Mail Adventures
Interesting and new to me.
Beth Lapin
https://bethlapinsatozblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/energy/
Another huge, beautiful house.
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Looks like an amazing building (seems to large to refer to as a house). Thanks for the interesting lesson.
[I suspect the issue with the link could be because you have an apostrophe in the title of your blog. Try using something like My Home for Writing or something that has no apostrophe in it. It would look like this:
Bob | My Home for Writing
If that does not work please let me know. I want to figure this out.]
Emily | My Life In Ecuador
What an incredible 'house' and fascinating history. Don't know it.
The house is magnificient.
It looks like the house in the movie X-men, Professor X lived here.
That is a beautiful house. it is always interesting to know the history behind the houses and palaces.
-- Usha (A-Z Challenger)
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