1933
The Reverend William Henry Wilkinson, clerk, of Abbotsford, Boreham Road, Warminster, Wiltshire, died 10th August 1933. Administration (with will) at London, 16th September 1933, to Lily Wilkinson, widow. Effects £7,461 15s. 10d.
Category: Persons
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The Death Of Caroline Hinton Of Sutton Veny
From The Warminster & District Parish Magazine, August 1933:
Sutton Veny. Caroline Hinton
The death of Mrs. Caroline Hinton takes from among us one of our oldest and best-known parishioners, who will be missed by many. Our sympathy is given to her sons and daughters in their bereavement.
Rowland Fitz Of Boreham (Such Men Form The Backbone Of English Character)
From The Warminster & District Parish Magazine, August 1933:
Warminster, St. John’s. Rowland Fitz
On St. James’s Day we laid to rest the mortal remains of Rowland Fitz, who has passed on to his rest after many months of weary suffering and acute pain. The choir was present, and the hymns “”Fight The Good Fight” and “”Glory Be To Jesus” were sung and a large congregation were present.
It is wonderful what the influence of a good, quiet man can have in the vicinity in which he lives. Wherever one went, people were deeply moved at the news of Rowland Fitz’s death at such a comparatively early age. A man of fine physique, a zealous and most conscientious workman, home-loving, deeply religious without any outward show or boast, and devoted to his wife and children. Such men form the backbone of English character. Even men who were seldom in his company readily testify to his fine Christian character and his charm and gentle manner. By his death St. John’s has bid farewell to a son of whom she is proud.
Our deepest sympathy goes out to Mrs. Fitz and her daughters in their irreparable loss. No patient was ever nursed with more tender devotion, patience and care, night and day, than was Rowland Fitz by his wife and daughters. Even when on the verge of exhaustion they carried on, hoping against hope. Such love and charity are never wasted, even though they may seem to us to be. These deeds are noted in the Book of Life. We pray for the comfort of the Holy Spirit for those who mourn his loss and that eternal rest may be granted to him who is gone before.
Burial. July 25th – Rowland Fitz, of 27, Boreham, aged 53 years. R.I.P.
Thomas Arnold
From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:
Thomas Arnold (1795 – 1842). British schoolmaster. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford. In 1828 he was chosen headmaster of Rugby School, and there he did a great work in reforming the school and making the public school system respected and popular. Chosen professor of modern history at Oxford in 1841, he held this office with his headmastership until his death, June 12, 1842.
Oliver Cromwell
From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:
Oliver Cromwell. Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England. Born at Huntingdon, April 25, 1599, he studied law in London, where he married Elizabeth Bourchier. Returning to Huntingdon, he was its M.P., 1628-29. In the Short Parliament and the Long Parliament he represented Cambridge. When civil war broke out he organized his own district, and at Edgehill commanded a troop of horse. He then raised his Ironsides, who showed their quality at Marston Moor, and under him the new model army was victorious at Naseby.
In 1648 Cromwell crushed the Welsh rising and defeated the Scots at Preston. A member of the Rump, he signed the warrant for the king’s execution. In 1649 he put down civil war in Ireland with crushing severity. He routed the Scots at Dunbar, 1650, and the next year crushed the invading army of the young king at Worcester, thus ending the war. In 1653 Cromwell dissolved the Rump and formed a council of state. After the dismissal of the short-lived Barebones Parliament he was declared lord protector, with almost unlimited executive powers. His first elected parliament met in 1654; he dissolved it after five months, and placed the country under military administration. Offered the crown by the second parliament in 1657, Cromwell refused it. He died Sept. 3, 1658.
Cromwell left two sons and four daughters, all of whom married, Bridget being the wife of Ireton and then of Fleetwood. Of the sons, Richard (1626-1712) was named protector after his father’s death. In 1660 he retired and left England, but returned about 1680 and died July 12, 1712. Henry (1628-74) was lord deputy in Ireland, 1657-59.
Lord Lovel ~ Notes By Victor Manley
Writing in 1932, Victor Strode Manley, as part of his Regional Survey Of Warminster And District, wrote the following notes with an Upton Lovell connection:
Lord Lovel took part in the rebellions against Henry VIII, at one time fleeing to France and then opposing the royal troops at Stoke, after which he was never heard of again, until his skeleton was found.
Manley attached an undated, newspaper cutting, which reads:
To look at the smiling face of Greys Court, near Henley-on-Thames, which is in the hands of Messrs. Gordon Prior and Goodwin for sale or letting, it is not easy to recall its association with “old forgotten far-off things and battles long ago.” Rotherfield Greys, on the high land beyond Henley, was bought in the reign of John by Walter de Grey, a famous Archbishop of York, one of whose brother’s posterity became Baron Rotherfield. The Lords Lovel acquired it by marriage with the De Grey heiress, and “every schoolboy” knows the tragic story of the disappearance of the last Lord Lovel after the battle of Stoke in 1487, and the discovery two hundred and twenty years later of what was supposed to be his skeleton in a secret chamber at Minster Lovel. The result of the treason of fighting for Lambert Simnel was the confiscation of Greys Court, which was granted by Henry VII. to his uncle, the Duke of Bedford, and, after his death, by Henry VIII. to Sir Robert Knollys, whose grandson became Lord Knollys of Greys, and eventually Earl of Banbury. He long had in his custody at Greys Court the infamous Earl and Countess of Somerset, the poisoners of Sir Thomas Overbury, until they were undeservedly pardoned by James I.
Aldhelm
From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:
Aldhelm (c. 640-709). English saint. He succeeded Maildulf as abbot at Malmesbury about 676, was made bishop of Sherborne in 705, and died May 25, 709. His writings include the famous riddles in Latin, hexameters embodied in a treatise on Latin prosody, verses, and a treatise addressed to the nuns of Barking.
Thomas Arnold
From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:
Thomas Arnold (1795 – 1842). British schoolmaster. He was educated at Winchester and Oxford. In 1828 he was chosen headmaster of Rugby School, and there he did a great work in reforming the school and making the public school system respected and popular. Chosen professor of modern history at Oxford in 1841, he held this office with his headmastership until his death, June 12, 1842.
John Aubrey
From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:
John Aubrey (1626-1697). English antiquary. Born March 12, 1626, he described the stone circle at Avebury, 1649, and made notes on the antiquities of Surrey and Wiltshire.
Thomas Thynne ~ Marquess of Bath
From The Modern Encyclopedia, published in the early 1930s:
Marquess of Bath. British title. In 1789, Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth (1734-96), long a secretary of state, was made marquess of Bath, and the title is still held by his descendants. The family seat is Longleat, and the eldest son is called Viscount Weymouth.