The Lords of Tewkesbury by Cynthia Brown Part 1 It is known from the Register that the noble Dukes Oddo and Doddo founded a monastery in 715 on their lands near the Severn, seven miles from Gloucester. They were said to live in the time of the Kings Ethelred and Ethelbald, and they were buried in Pershore in 725. Their brother, Almeric, was buried in ‘a little chapel at Deerhurst’. In the seventeenth century a stone was dug up at Deerhurst,…
Extracted from “The History and Antiquities of Gloucester” From the Earliest Period By Thomas Rudge. Publ. Jan 1811 Freemen – The general qualifications of voters arise from the birth or Servitude; every son of a freeman, and every person who has been legally apprenticed to a freeman, and served the whole of his time, has, upon attaining the age of twenty one years, a right to claim the privileges of a burgess, though not resident in the city; Mayor and…
This rather Romantic name Albion or Alban in Welsh or Cornish was so called when the mystic white cliffs of our island was viewed from the Gallic shores of the old Roman Empire. Brutus – there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the western sea surrounds, By giants once possessed, now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore thy sails employ There fate decrees to raise a second Troy And…
Vice President’s Report to the FEW Court 19 March 2022 at Leicester Fraternal Greetings to All. In the light of friendship and courtesy, I trust we can all look forward to a more harmonious year ahead. May I begin by reporting with great sadness, the passing of our good friend and colleague, Nick Johnson, Warden, and former Hon Secretary of FEW. Nick had been bravely battling with severe illness for some time, although this never prevented his interest in the…
Tribute to Nick Nicholas Rutherford Sowerby Johnson 14th November 1949 – 17th February 2022 Ever amiable and popular with all, Nick was a proficient Hon Secretary of FEW and an excellent Area Warden covering both the East and Southeast of England. He had been bravely battling with severe illness for some time. Throughout which, he maintained an interest in FEW and retained his typical good humour. Nick, a retired police officer and freeman of Hale was accomplished in many ways….
The Very Reverend Stephen Lake, retiring Dean of Gloucester, was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Gloucester at a Civic Service in the Cathedral, on Sunday 6th March, 2022. The very popular Dean Lake is leaving Gloucester after 11 years to become the Bishop of Salisbury.
Sudbury Borough (William Downs) 1815 incl plan Sudbury Tithes
Freemen’s Great & Little Commons Little & Great Fullingpit Meadows North Meadow People’s Park (Harp Close Meadow) Friars Meadow (And Walters Meadow)
Wales is a beautiful country within Great Britain, of mountains, valleys, meadows, and flat coastal plains. It has its own distinctive culture, language, customs, and politics. It is widely praised for its sporting prowess, particularly in rugby, and for its festivals and music, especially in choral singing. Before the Roman occupation, the religion in Wales was pagan. It is commonly believed that, particularly on Anglesey (an old Norse name) that the druids influenced much of the early government of Wales….
The Gild Merchant and Hanse (old German for band or troop) Although gilds in various forms existed during the Anglo-Saxon period it was not until the Norman Conquest that the Gild Merchant came into operation. It formed the reorganisation of the old fraternal and craft gilds into an early form of local government. Newly begotten trade interests and connections were established with Normandy. Reorganisation of trading methods were adopted to suit a similar form of Gild Merchant in existence in…