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Há 3 dias · In 1092 Hugh I, earl of Chester, took the first steps towards the transformation of a church of secular canons dedicated to St. Werburgh into a Benedictine abbey. The early history of the church of canons and its connection with St. Werburgh is a matter of 'legend and guesswork'. (fn. 1) The legend is preserved in the writings of two monks of ...
Há 5 dias · The Savignac abbey at Combermere, dedicated to St. Mary and St. Michael, was founded in 1133 (fn. 1) by Hugh Malbank, second baron of Wich Malbank, whose father had founded the hospital of St. Nicholas in Nantwich. (fn. 2) The foundation charter was witnessed by Ranulph II, earl of Chester, whom Malbank wished to be regarded as the principal ...
Há 5 dias · Founded by William I in 1070, the castle shortly afterwards came under the control of the earl of Chester and thereafter descended with the earldom. (fn. 1) It was temporarily in royal hands during the minorities of Earl Hugh II (1153–62) and Earl Ranulph III (1181–7), and passed permanently to the Crown with the earldom in 1237.
Há 4 dias · Earl Hugh of Chester and Hugh of Montgomery, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury had greater success in their 1098 campaign against the Welsh, bringing their army to the Menai Strait. Gruffudd and Cadwgan regrouped on defensible Ynys Môn, where they planned to make retaliatory strikes from their island fortress.
Há 5 dias · Gruffudd consolidated royal authority in north Wales, and offered sanctuary to displaced Welsh from the Perfeddwlad, particularly from Rhos, at the time harassed by Richard, 2nd Earl of Chester.
Há 4 dias · Mother. Matilda of Flanders. Henry I ( c. 1068 – 1 December 1135), also known as Henry Beauclerc, was King of England from 1100 to his death in 1135. He was the fourth son of William the Conqueror and was educated in Latin and the liberal arts. On William's death in 1087, Henry's elder brothers Robert Curthose and William Rufus inherited ...
Há 4 dias · 29/03/24. Ranulf de Blondeville was born in 1172. A powerful aristocrat, his family owned extensive property following the Norman Conquest. In 1181 and at the age of 9, Ranulf succeeded his father to become the 6th Earl of Chester. At seventeen he married Constance, a character immortalised by Shakespeare in the play, 'King John'; the marriage ...
