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- Thomas William Coke , lord Lovell
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- Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester
History of Thornbury Castle http://www.thornburycastle.co.uk/history.asp The earliest account of Thornbury and the manor exists in the time of King Athelstan (A.D. 925-940) who was grandson of King Alfred the Great. It was then owned by Aylward and in A.D. 1020 his grandson Brictric succeeded to it. Brictric was ambassador at the Court of Baldwin, Count of Flanders where he attracted the love of Baldwin’s daughter Matilda. However, Brictric felt no affection for the lady and hastily returned to England. Matilda later married William the Conqueror who seized the Manor, together with other properties owned by Brictric, and gave it to his Queen. Not satisfied with this, she then had Brictric imprisoned in Winchester where, two years later, he died. Matilda died in 1083 and the Manor reverted to the King. William Rufus ascended the throne in 1087 and granted Thornbury to Robert Fitzhamon as a reward for his support. It then passed through 28 generations to William Stafford Howard, Earl of Stafford, who sold it to his cousin Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk, in 1727 and in whose family it remained until 1959. http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:fb3Tl6YhPmkJ:mss.library.nottingham.ac.uk:6334/dynaweb/family/ne_estates/nw/%40Generic__BookTextView/83%3Bcs%3Ddefault%3Bts%3Ddefault+%228th+duke+of+norfolk%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=16 F  or many years the Worksop Manor Estate in Nottinghamshire rested in the hands of the Howard family, Dukes of Norfolk. It had come into the family in 1606, following the marriage of Althea, daughter and heiress of the Earl of Shrewsbury to Thomas, Earl of Arundel (grandson of the 4th Duke of Norfolk). After descending through the cadet branches of the Howard family, the estate finally emerged into the senior line with the succession of Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk in 1701. For some time afterwards, Worksop Manor became the principal family seat. In 1839, however, Bernard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, sold the Worksop estates to Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle under Lyne, who was consolidating his family's land holdings in Nottinghamshire.
http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Jacks1881/worksop.htm This house was built in the late 16th century for the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, and probably designed by Robert Smythson. The building was burnt down in 1761. < Worksop Manor in the early 19th century. James Paine was commissioned to build a replacement for the Elizabethan mansion. However, only one wing was completed and work stopped on the house in 1767. The wing was demolished in the 1840s. On 5 Jun 1730, Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk, deputized Col. Daniel Coxe of New Jersey, a member of the Lodge at the Devil Tavern within Temple Bar, London, to be The Provincial Grand Master of the Provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. His deputation took effect 24 Jun 1730, and extended to 24 Jun 1732. The deputation authorized Bro. Coxe to appoint his officers for the two years he was the Grand Master. -------------------- 14. 29 Mar 1731 Thomas William Coke, lord Lovell, afterwards 1st earl of Leicester installed The dukes of Norfolk and Richmond, the earl of Inchiquin, and lords Colerane and Montague, with several other persons of distinction, seldom failed to give their attendance. The most remarkable event of lord Lovell's administration, was the initiation of Francis duke of Lorraine, afterward emperor of Germany. By virtue of a deputation from his lordship, a lodge was held at the Hague, where his highness was received into the first two degrees of masonry. At this lodge, Phillip Stanhope earl of Chesterfield, then ambassador there, presided; Mr. Strickland, esq., acted as Deputy, and Mr. Benjamin Hadley with a Dutch brother as Wardens. His highness coming to England in the same year, was advanced to the third degree at an occasional lodge convened for the purpose at Houghton-hall in Norfolk, the seat of sir Robert Walpole; as was also Thomas Pelham, duke of Newcastle. * 1731 33 Coke, Thomas, Lord Lovell (later [1744] 1st Earl of Leicester) [10C6R] b. 17 Jun 1697; d. 29 Apr 1759 FRS 1735; GM UGLE 1731 [AQC Vol. 113 - 2000, pg. 93]
Thomas Coke, Lord Lovel, afterwards Lord Leicester, installed GM of Grand Lodge. Coke, or Cook, is named as an owner of one of Kirkall's "Vandervelds". http://www.holkham.co.uk/family/index.html Builder of Holkham Hall Orphaned at 10 (1707) father (Edward) died within months of his wife (Carey) suffering from the Plague. They were great lovers of the theatre and collected many plays - none survive today. Sent to Longford his Uncle's estate as a more fitting place to bring up a young nobleman. He was regarded as an able pupil but loved outdoor pursuits. On 6 June 1711 his tutor Wilkins reported from Longford (referring to cockfighting) "Seeing that this diversion does hinder his course of studies. I've reduced this pleasure to once a week, since it is most impossible to take him quite off it". On 9 July Coke wrote " I have no sport here now, cock fighting is out..." His tutor on the grand tour was Dr Thomas Hobart a Fellow of Christ's College (1699 - 1728) Cambridge. He was given leave of absence by his college "to be away from England for 3 years to go along with Mr Cook the Duke of Leeds grandson". In fact Thomas was away from England for six years from 1712 to 1718. He returned to this country in May of that year, in June he became 21 and in July married Lady Margaret. Lady Margaret Tufton 3rd daughter of the Earl of Thanet and one of five co-heirs. She was declared Baroness de Clifford on 3rd August 1734. Born 16 June 1700; married Thomas on 3rd July 1718 died 28 February 1775 at age 74. She is buried at Tittleshall. It was she who completed the building, decoration and furnishing of the house. In 1742 he was made a founder member of the newly created Order of the Bath. Since appointment to this honour was a political decision it seems likely that he was sponsored by his friend Walpole. He speculated in the disastrous South Seas stock and his resulting losses delayed the building of Holkham for many years. The first payment for digging the foundation trenches of the Family wing was not made until March 1734 although work on the grounds, on a massive scale, had been underway for some 12 years before this.
Created Baron Lovell of Minster Lovell on 28 May 1728 Grand Master of Freemasons 1731-2 Joint Postmaster General 1733-45; 1745 - 1758; and PMG to his death Fellow of the Royal Society 27 March 1735 Made Earl in 1744 Cause of his death not known although in 1757 he visited another country house and was weighed there, a custom of the time we're told - he was 19 stone Quote from letter dated 3 Jan 1714/15 "During my voyage round Italy I have brought several of the most valuable authors that have writ in Italian or about the country. 9 Mar 1715 Coke and Burlington in Milan for the night. Only time they could have met. 1715 Robert Manser's estate bought making enclosure of Holkham easier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coke,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (1697–1759) was a wealthy English land-owner and patron of the arts. He is particularly noted for commissioning the design and construction of Holkham Hall in north Norfolk. He was the son of Edward Coke (Coke is pronounced like the surname "Cook") and Carey Newton. As a young man, Coke embarked on a six-year 'Grand Tour', returning to England in the spring of 1718. During his time overseas in Rome in 1715, he made the acquaintance of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, the aristocratic architect at the forefront of the Palladian revival movement in England, and of William Kent. Both were later to be engaged by Coke to work on his mansion at Holkham which housed the considerable collection of works of art that Coke had accumulated on his travels. H  owever, Coke was badly affected by financial losses when his investments in The South Sea Company proved worthless. This delayed the building of Coke's planned new country estate for over ten years. It was not until around 1732 that Burlington and Kent made their first drawings for the new mansion. Norfolk architect Matthew Brettingham was also influential in its design (though he attributed the design of the Marble Hall to Coke himself). Work on the foundations began in 1734, but it was to be 30 years before work was completed.
Coke, who had been created Earl of Leicester in 1744, died in 1759, five years before the completion of Holkham, having never fully recovered his financial losses. His only son predeceased him, so Holkham was inherited by his nephew Wenman Coke, who died in 1776 and was succeeded by his son Thomas William Coke, later 1st Earl of Leicester of Holkham. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holkham_Hall Directory: sites -> default -> files -> history files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status history -> History of the Third Masonic District Grand Lodge of the State of New York history -> Freemasons of New York State in the Civil War history -> Grand Lodge of New York Masonic Lodge Histories Lodge Nos. 201-230 Download 7.35 Mb. Share with your friends:
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