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Lordship of Kettlethorpe Hall Lordship of Kettlethorpe Hall Ketton Principal Victoria County Parish/ County Rutland Source Histories Date History of Lordship Monarchs 871 Creation of the English Monarchy Alfred the Great 871-899 Edward Elder 899-924 Athelstan 924-939 Edmund I 939-946 Edred 946-955 Edwy 955-959 Edgar 959-975 Edward the Martyr 975-978 Ethelred 978-1016 Edmund II 1016 Canute 1016-1035 Harold I 1035-1040 Harthacnut 1040-1042 Edward the Confessor 1042-1066 Harold II 1066 1066 Norman Conquest- Battle of Hastings William I 1066-1087 1086 Domesday William II 1087-1100 Henry I 1100-35 Stephen 1135-54 Henry II 1154-89 Richard I 1189-99 1215 Magna Carta John 1199-1216 1215-1217 First Barons War Henry III 1216-72 1264-1267 Second Barons War 1301 Robert Luterel is licenced to grant lands (a manor) in Ketton to Edward I 1272-1307 the Priory of Sempringham, Lincolnshire. Edward II 1307-27 1342 Hasculph de Whitwell adds (a manor or grange) to the Priory’s Edward III 1327-77 lands with the direction that the income be devoted to the maintenance of a chaplain. Richard II 1377-1399 Henry IV 1399-1413 Henry V 1413-22 1455-1487 War of the Roses Henry VI 1422-61 1470-71 Edward IV 1461-70 1471-83 Edward V 1483 Richard III 1483-5 © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 Lordship of Kettlethorpe Hall Date History of Lordship Monarchs Henry VII 1485-1509 1534 The Act of Supremacy – Church of England Henry VIII 1509-47 The Priory is dissolved, and the two manors are taken by the Crown. 1544 A messuage (farm) and lands in Ketton formerly belonging to the Priory of Sempringham are granted to Sir John Markham, the Member of Parliament for Nottingham. He is also serving on Rutland’s Inner Council with Sir Robert Bowes, John Harrington and John Uvedale. 1545 The manor of Ketton and the manor or grange of Ketton called Kettlethorpe Hall (formerly belonging to Sempringham Priory) is granted to James Gunter and William Lewes. 1546 James and William are granted a licence to convey Kettlethorpe Hall to Sir John Harrington. Edward VI 1547-53 1552 Sir John is again made High Sheriff of Rutland, a post he has already held 3 times previously. 1554 Sir John dies leaving a son and heir James. Mary I 1553-58 1554-89 James is elected as a Knight of the Shire for Rutland in 7 Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Parliamentary elections. 1559 James serves as a Justice of the Peace. 1561-86 James serves as High Sheriff of Rutland 4 times. 1565 James is knighted. 1569 Sir James serves as Rutland’s Commissioner for Musters (organising troops for war). 1592 Sir James dies leaving a son and heir Sir John. He is a Justice of the Peace for Kesteven and is Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland and Warwickshire. 1593 Sir John is elected a Member of Parliament for Rutland. 1594 Sir John is appointed High Sheriff of Rutland. 1596 Sir John and his wife Anne convey Kettlethorpe Hall to Richard Stace. © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 Lordship of Kettlethorpe Hall Date History of Lordship Monarchs 1599 Richard and his wife Betelina convey Kettlethorpe Hall to John Tredway. John conveys it to himself, his wife Elizabeth and his son Robert. 1610 John dies and as Robert is still a minor Elizabeth manages James I 1603-25 Kettlethorpe Hall. 1618 Robert comes of age and takes up his inheritance. 1623 Robert is made High Sheriff of Rutland. 1636 Robert has died childless and so Kettlethorpe Hall is owned by Charles I 1625-49 John’s widow Elizabeth and her daughter Cecilia. Cecilia marries Evers Armyn and Kettlethorpe Hall is settled on the couple. 1638-60 Evers serves as a Justice of the Peace and has a successful legal career at Gray’s Inn, London. 1642 Evers serves as Commissioner of Swans for Lincolnshire and for the ‘Defence of Midlands’ Association. 1642-1651 English Civil War 1644 During the Civil War Evers lives in London but moves to Rutland to take up the role of Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland. There, he raises 2 troops of horses for Parliament and assumes responsibility for taking over extensive royalist estates in Rutland. 1645 Evers serves as Commissioner New Model Ordinance for Rutland. 1654-9 Evers is made Commissioner of Sewers for Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire and as Oyer and Terminer for the Midlands (judiciary for serious crimes such as murder and treason). 1659 Evers is made Commissioner for gaol delivery (prison service) for Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Charles II 1660-85 1660-70 Evers is made Commissioner of Sewers for Lincoln. 1680 Evers dies, his son has pre-deceased him, so Armyn Bullingham, his grandson (a minor) by one of his four daughters is his heir. Armyn’s father John Bullingham has custody of Kettlethorpe Hall. © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 Lordship of Kettlethorpe Hall Date History of Lordship Monarchs 1685 John is made High Sheriff of Rutland. James II 1685-88 1691 Armyn on reaching his majority takes control of Kettlethorpe William III 1688-1702 Hall 1697 Armyn sells Kettlethorpe Hall to Samuel Tryon of Collyweston, Northamptonshire. 1712 Samuel dies leaving a son and heir John. Anne 1702-14 George I 1714/27 1750-1850 Industrial Revolution George II 1727/60 Before 1751 John dies leaving only a daughter, Elizabeth who marries Richard Dixon Skrine. 1791 Richard dies. George III 1760-1820 1800 Elizabeth dies leaving four children however the manorial entity and title from Kettlethorpe Hall is lost from all records. George IV 1820-30 William IV 1830-7 Victoria 1837-1901 Edward VII 1901-10 George V 1910-36 Edward VIII 1936 George VI 1936-52 2019 The title appears not to have been used for 219 years. Elizabeth II 1952- © Copyright Manorial Counsel Limited 2014 .
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