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- 2nd December 2024
Born in 1764, Mary Marchioness of Downshire and Baroness Sandys (1764-1836) was the middle child of Colonel The Honourable Martin Sandys (1729-1768) and Mary Trumbell (1741-1769). Playmate to the Prince of Wales, she knew little of her parents as they died young. An orphan aged six, and with her maternal grandparents also deceased, Mary and...
- 21st November 2024
Here, we explore how licensing files can assist research into how pubs, theatres and other entertainment venues in Worcestershire may have undergone changes through time. Like house history, you can understand the history of buildings and the people who lived or worked there by combining this with other documentary or archaeological evidence. We have done...
- 18th November 2024
This blog contains a reference to slavery. The complex lineage of the Sandys family begins with Edwin Sandys born in 1518. A Protestant Cleric to King Edward VI, he later fled the country to avoid a sentence of death upon the Catholic Queen Mary’s accession to the throne. Under Elizabeth I, he served as Bishop...