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Eleanor was a beautiful and strong woman of great ability, a patron o fthe arts and a master politician. She had sophisticated tastes,surrounded herself with troubadours, and founded a literary court. Herideals helped establish the idea ofromantic "courtly love."
She instigated revolt among her sons against their father Henry II, whohad Eleanor imprisoned for 16 years. After her imprisonment, Henry openly lived in adultery with his mistress "The Fair Rosamond," whom many later chroniclers claimed was mysteriously murdered by a jealous Eleanor.
After Henry II's death, Eleanor ruled as Regent, while Richard I was on crusade.
Eleanor has been immortalized by Katherine Hepburn's portrayal of her in the film, "The Lion in Winter."
Eleanor also appears as a character in Shakespeare's play KING JOHN
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Eleanor of Poitou, Queen consort first of King Louis VII of France and then of King Henry II of England. Daughter and heiress of GuillaumeX, Duke of Aquitaine, she married Louis in 1137 shortly before his accession to the throne. She accompanied him on the Second Crusade from1147 to 1149. Eleanor bore Louis two daughters, but in 1152 theirmarriage was annulled. Soon afterward Eleanor married Henry, Duke ofNormandy and Count of Anjou, uniting her vast possessions with those ofher husband. Louis VII feared this powerful combination, and when Henry ascended the English throne in 1154, the stage was set for a long struggle between the English and French kings. Eleanor bore Henry three daughters and five sons, and two of the latter, Richard I and John,became kings of England. Because of Henry's infidelities, especially his relationship with Rosamond, Eleanor's relations with her husband grew strained, and in 1170 she established a court of her own at Poitou. She supported her sons in their unsuccessful revolt against Henry in 1173 andwas held in confinement by Henry until 1185. Her efforts helped Richardsecure the throne in 1189. While Richard was on the Third Crusade andlater held captive in Europe from 1190 to 1194, Eleanor was active in forestalling the plots against him by his brother John and in collecting the ransom for his release. She brought about a reconciliation between the two brothers, and on Richard's death in 1199 she supported John's claims to the throne over those of Arthur I of Bretagne. Eleanor's court at Poitou was the scene of much artistic activity and was noted for its cultivation of courtly manners and the concept of courtly love. She wasthe patroness of such literary figures as Wace, Benoît de Sainte-More,and Chrestien de Troyes. In literature Eleanor has appeared as the jealous murderess of the fair Rosamond, but she was apparently innocent of this crime. She was an able and strong-minded woman.
Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two Kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one ofthe great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. Eleanor of Aquitaine was born into a Europe dominated by feudalism. In the twelfth century there was no concept of nationhood or patriotism, and subjects owed loyalty to their ruler, rather than thestate. Europe was split into principalities called feudatories, each under the rule of a king, duke, or count, and personal allegiance, orfealty, was what counted. This was expressed in the ceremony of homage, in which a kneeling vassal would place his hands between those of his overlord and swear to render him service and obedience. In this martial world dominated by men, women had little place. The Church's teachings might underpin feudal morality, yet when it came to the practicalities of life, a ruthless pragmatism often came into play. Kings and noblemen married for political advantage, and women rarely had any say in how they or their wealth were to be disposed in marriage. Upon marriage, a girl's property and rights became invested in her husband, to whom she owed absolute obedience. It is fair to say, however, that there were women who transcended the mores of society and got away with it: the evidence suggests that Eleanor of Aquitaine was one such. There were then, as now, women of strong character who ruled feudal states and kingdoms, as Eleanor did; who made decisions, ran farms and businesses, fought lawsuits, and even, by sheer force of personality, dominated theirhusbands. Poitou was the most northerly of Eleanor's feudatories: its northern border marched with those of Brittany, Anjou, and Touraine, andits chief city was Poitiers. Perched on a cliff, with impressive ramparts, this was the favourite seat of its suzerains. To the east wasthe county of Berry, and to the south the wide sweep of the duchy ofAquitaine, named "land of waters" after the great rivers that dissectedit: the Garonne, the Charente, the Creuse, the Vienne, the Dordogne, and the Vézère. The duchy also incorporated the counties of Saintonge,Angoulême, Périgord, the Limousin, La Marche, and the remote region ofthe Auvergne. In the south, stretching to the Pyrenees, was the wine-producing duchy of Gascony, or Guienne, with its bustling port ofBordeaux, and the Agenais. All these lands comprised Eleanor's inheritance. The Aquitanian lordships and their castles were controlledby often hostile and frequently feuding vassals, who paid mere lipservice to their ducal overlords and were notorious for their propensity to rebel and create disorder. These turbulent nobles enjoyed a luxuriousstandard of living compared with their unwashed counterparts in northern France, and each competed with his neighbour to establish in his castle asmall but magnificent court. Renowned for their elegance, their shavenfaces and long hair, the Aquitanian aristocracy were regarded bynortherners as soft and idle, whereas in fact they could be fierce andviolent when provoked. Self-interest was the dominant theme in theirrelations with their liege lords: successive dukes had consistently failed to subdue these turbulent lords or establish cohesion within their own domains.
The authority of the dukes of Aquitaine held good, therefore, only in theimmediate vicinities of Poitiers, their capital, and Bordeaux. Al-thoughthey claimed descent from Charlemagne and retained his effigy on the coinage of Poitou, they did not have the wealth or resources to extend their power into the feudal wilderness beyond this region, and since their military strength depended upon knight service from their unrulyvassals, they could not rely upon this. Consequently, Aquitaine laggedbehind northern France in making political and economic progress.
Nevertheless, the duchy was wealthy, thanks to its lucrative export tradein wine and salt, and it was a land in which the religious life flourished. Its rulers erected and endowed numerous fine churches and abbeys, notably the famous abbey at Cluny-"a pleasaunce of the angels"-and the Aquitanian Romanesque cathedrals in Poitiers and Angoulême,built in a style typified by elegant archways with radiating decoration and lively but grotesque sculptures of monsters and mythical creatures.
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_William de Ferrers Lord Ferrers Of Groby_+
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William Ferrers, baptized Luton, co. Bedford, 25 Apr 1372, d. 18 May 1445, 5th Baron Ferrers of Groby; m. (1) aft. 10 Oct 1388, Philippa deClifford, daughter of Sir Roger de Clifford, Lord of Clifford, and Maud Beauchamp, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Warwick, living 4 July 1405; m.(2) Margaret, daughter of John de Montagu, Earl of Salisbury; m. (3) by 26 Oct 1416, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Standisshe, widow of John deWrottesley and of William Botiller. [Ancestral Roots]
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BARONY OF FERRERS OF GROBY (V) 1388
WILLIAM (DE FERRERS], LORD FERRERS OF GROBY, son and heir, born in the manor house of Hoo, and baptized at Luton, Beds, 25 April 1372. The Kingtook his homage and he had livery of his father's lands, 16 May 1394, the escheator in cos. Warwick and Leicester being ordered to take his fealty.On 9 July following he had livery of the lands, knights' fees, and advowsons, which Joan, his mother, had held for life in dower or otherwise of his inheritance. In September 1394 he attended the King to Ireland. He had livery of one-third of the manor of Bredfield, Suffolk,14 February 1395/6, and of one-third of the manor and advowson of Dalhamin that county, 14 May following, his homage, on both occasions, being respited, and his fealty ordered to be taken by the escheator in co.Suffolk. He was summoned to Parliament from 30 November 1396 to 13 January 1444/5, by writs directed Willelmo de Ferraiis de Groby (latterlychivaler). As one of the Lords temporal, he swore on the altar of the shrine of St. Edward at Westminster, 30 September 1397, to maintain all the statutes, &c., made in the preceding session of Parliament; gave his assent, in Parliament, 23 October 1399, to the secret imprisonment of Richard II; and sealed the exemplifications of the Acts settling the succession to the Crown, 7 June and 22 December 1406.
He married, 1stly, after 10 October 1388, Philippe, daughter of Sir Roger DE CLIFFORD, Lord of Westmorland, sometimes called LORD CLIFFORD, by Maud, daughter of Thomas (DE BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK: she was living 4 July 1405. He married, 2ndly, Margaret, daughter of John (DE MOUNTAGU), EARL OF SALISBURY, by Maud, daughter of Sir Adam FRAUNCEYS, of London. He married, 3rdly (without royal licence), before 26 October 1416, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert DE STANDISSHE, of Ulnes-Walton, co.Lancaster, by Iseude, his wife. She had married, 1stly, 10 April 1385, John DE WROTTESLEY, of Wrottesley, co. Stafford, who was born 29 September 1379, and died 7 September 1402: and, 2ndly (settlement, 4 April 1404, Sir William BOTILLER, of Warrington and Layton, co. Lancaster, Cropwell Butler, Notts, & c., who died at the siege of Harfleur, 26 September 1415, and was buried in the Church of the Austin Friars at Warrington. M.I. She died in January or February 1441/2. He died 18 May 1445, aged 73. [Complete Peerage V:354-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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| _John Medley ________|_Susannah Rhodes _______
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| _William Medley _____|
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| | |_Elizabeth Thompson _|_Anne Unknown __________
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1790 Census shows 2 males over 16 and 1 female over 16
Robert THOMPSON and Clement HAYDEN, his nephew, were sureties for theadministration of the estate of George HAYDEN in 1756.
Will of Robert Thompson, Sept 14, 1804. Copied from the Hall of records,Annapolis, Maryland. Liber JJ #3 folio 137.
"I give and bequeath unto my son Charles Thompson all that part or parcelof land which I purchased of John Baptist Thompson being part of a tractof land called Scotland, bounded and running agreeable to the bounds andcourses which appears at large in a deed which said John Baptist Thompsongave me of the same---All the said land after the death of my wifeElizabeth (except what may be included by a certain marsh herein aftermore particularly described) to him and his heirs and of signsforever---also I give and bequeath unto my son Bennett Thompson his heirsand of signs forever all the tract or parcel of land whereon I now livewhich was conveyed to me by George Thompson and William Thompson beingpart of a tract of land called "Rocky Point" and called in their deed ofconveyance ("The Brothers Sat") Brothers Sal together with all the righttittle interest or claim which said deed hath invested me with to anyland or lands whatever. The said land to include the whole of a certainMarsh or Branch lying on the North side thereof up to the road that leadsto Newtown and it is my meaning that he may said son Bennett or his heirsmay run a fence from the beginning boundary of the land of Scotlandstanding at the side of a branch of a creek called St. Mathias Creek,along the edge of said Marsh or branch so as to include the same asentirely aforesaid---Also I give and bequeath unto my son James Thompsonthe sum of 100 lbs current money of Maryland to be raised and levied outof my personal Estate after the death of my wife Elizabeth----Also I giveand bequeath unto my son Ignatius Thompson the sum of 5 shillings currentmoney---I give and bequeath unto my daughter Susanna Lee the sum of 5shillings current money-I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Greenwellthe sum of 5 shillings current money-I give and bequeath to daughterEleanor Hall's son, William Nottingham, the sum of 10 lbs current money.I give and bequeath to my grandson, Hugh Hopewell, the sum of 10 lbscurrent money.
The same together with the aforesaid bequeath 10 lbs to William Nottingham
to be raised and levied out of my personal estate. Lastly I give and
bequeath unto my aforesaid son Bennett Thompson whom I constitute and
appoint sole Executor of this my last will and testament all the remaining
part of my estate whatsoever after the deceased of my wife, Elizabeth and
its my will and meaning that she shall possess and enjoy the whole of my
estate both real and personal during her natural life, in such manner asto
make no waste thereof further than necessary for sufficient support and
maintenance and after her decease to be distributed as above bequeathedand
so that my Negro Harry may be at liberty to choose his master at amoderate
and reasonable value---and I do hereby utterly revoke and annual all other
wills or bequests made by me in any former will acknowledge this and no
other to be my last will and testament. In witness thereof I havehereunto
sat my hand and seal this 14th day of September 1804
Joseph Marman
Thomas Maryman
Ethilbert Cecil
Robert Died January 15th, 1807
Robert Thompson of St. Mary's county Maryland took the Oath of
Fidelity and support to the state of Maryland before Richard Barnes,
as certified by Richard Barnes at Leonardstown, MD on March 2, 1778.
The Oaths of Allegiance for SMC. MD., in Special publication of the
National Genealogical society, NO. 15, Washington DC 1957,as taken
from the J. Thomas Scharf collection, deposited in the Maryland
Historical society. Robert Thompson name appears on page 2. The
tittle of the Publication NO. 15 is "Special Aids to Genealogical
Research on Southern Families" This reference can also be found in
"National Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol.. XLI., NO. 3 Sept 1953
pg. 70. Also in Book "Catholic Families of Southern Maryland" by
Timothy J. O'Rourke, pg 81 list both Robert Thompson and Athanatius
Thompson as those who took the Oath from SMC. MD. (also listed is
several other Thompson's. Athanatius would be the son of this Robert)
Information gained by the DAR report tells us that Elizabeth Thompson
wife of Robert died after 1804 (as she is mentioned in her husbands
will)
Bennett Thompson son of Robert died after April 9th 1835 (this is from
the will date) that his wife unknown died before 1835 as she is NOT mentioned in Bennetts
will.
Thomas Thompson son of Bennett was born abt. 1795 SMC. MD (age 21 when
married) died before Dec 30, 1833 (estate records) and his wife Maria
Peacock b. abt 1800 died prior to 12/30 1833 (not mentioned in estate
records) married 5/1/1816 taken from (Maryland marriage records Vol 1,
pg 405).
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Charley More CharleyMoore@cs.com from will
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Paul Tobler tobler@omniglobal.net
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Terri McConaughy at mccon@n-connect.net
Donelly, probate records JJ#3:137
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Randy Dunavan [randyd@texramp.net]