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Grand Tour of Winchester Part IX: Twin Chantries of late 15th Century: Cardinal Henry Beaufort (d. 1447) and Bishop William Waynflete (d. 1486)

Grand Tour of Winchester Part IX: Twin Chantries of late 15th Century: Cardinal Henry Beaufort (d. 1447) and Bishop William Waynflete (d. 1486)

Sep 3, 2025

The two 15th century chantries that flank the shrine of St Swithun at Winchester are an exuberant expression of stone masons’ skills at the height of Perpendicular architecture.  Years as Bishop Location of Chantry 1 Cardinal Henry Beaufort 1405-1447 S side of later...
EDWARD PHELIPS V DIARY JAN 1779: Coach Journey to & arrival at Parliament Street, London

EDWARD PHELIPS V DIARY JAN 1779: Coach Journey to & arrival at Parliament Street, London

Oct 3, 2023

From what I read in Edward Phelips’s diaries of his trips to London he seems to take different routes. It took two full days of travelling from Montacute House to Parliament Street in London. This post looks at his route to London from Montacute in January 1779. The...
Sir Walter Raleigh in Dorset Part 5: The New World – The Potato & Tobacco

Sir Walter Raleigh in Dorset Part 5: The New World – The Potato & Tobacco

Sep 2, 2020

On the main road leading east from Sherborne (A30) at the crossroads at Henstridge is an inn, namely the Virginia Ash Inn. Although Henstridge is just in Somerset and not Dorset, I am going to include it in this series of articles in reference to the legends of...

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