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Castello svevo (Termoli)
Il castello svevo di Termoli caratterizza con il suo profilo l'immagine del Borgo vecchio della città. La sua costruzione viene fatta risalire approssimativamente al XIII secolo, periodo in cui Federico II di Svevia progettò un sistema di fortificazione delle frontiere sud-orientali italiane fino alla Sicilia.Il Castello è comunemente definito Svevo, probabilmente a causa della ristrutturazione, databile al 1247, che Federico II vi fece apportare, come testimoniava una lapide ritrovata all'interno di una delle torrette angolari. Nel corso dei secoli il castello ha subito varie modifiche soprattutto per l'adozione delle armi da fuoco. Durante i recenti restauri sono stati ritrovati dei graffiti databili al secolo XVI, ed alcuni disegni al carbone lasciati sulle pareti della cisterna inferiore nel periodo in cui questa era adibita a carcere borbonico.In seguito ai danni subiti durante la seconda guerra mondiale vennero effettuati ulteriori lavori di manutenzione. Dal 1885 il Castello di Termoli è stato annoverato tra i monumenti nazionali e designato quale museo storico regionale. È quasi certo che l'attuale struttura del castello venne edificata su un antico nucleo centrale di origini normanne costituito da un edificio a pianta quadrata completamente realizzato in mattoni e coperto da una volta a botte. Il Castello è formato da una torre che poggia su una base a tronco di piramide quadrata. Sui quattro angoli della base si innestano altrettante torri cilindriche aggettanti. La struttura si sviluppa soprattutto in altezza sul lato nord a ridosso del mare. Questo lascia comprendere, insieme ad altri elementi architettonici, che il castello aveva una funzione di postazione d'avvistamento ma soprattutto difensiva. Il portale era custodito da un ponte levatoio e da un fossato che si estendeva sul lato nord-est. La parte inferiore del castello, che si sviluppa su un livello leggermente superiore rispetto al piano stradale attuale, aveva una funzione di magazzino e deposito. È costituita da quattro grandi ambienti a pianta rettangolare e copertura a botte che si sviluppano intorno alla struttura di periodo normanno. Attualmente una scala di epoca moderna collega gli ambienti del piano terra con quelli del primo piano, in antichità questa funzione era svolta da strutture in legno. La parte superiore del castello era adibita a deposito e abitazione, ma soprattutto aveva un ruolo difensivo. Gli ambienti posti al primo piano sono, infatti, denominati "Corridoio degli arcieri", hanno tutti una pianta rettangolare, sono coperti da volte a botte e sono caratterizzati da numerose feritoie che permettevano agli arcieri e ai balestrieri di colpire i nemici dall'alto. Su questo piano si sviluppano le torrette circolari e qui, in origine, si apriva l'unico accesso al castello posto sul lato nord-est, dove sono visibili le mensole che servivano a far scorrere le funi e gli argani del ponte levatoio. Con l'avvento delle armi da fuoco le feritoie vennero parzialmente trasformate in archibugiere.
Swabian Castle (Termoli)
The Swabian Castle of Termoli with his/her profile features the image of the old town of the city. Its construction is traced back to approximately the 13th century, when Frederick II of Swabia designed a fortification system of the South-eastern borders of Italy until Sicilia.Il is commonly defined Swabian Castle, probably because of the restructuring, dated to 1247, that Frederick II had to make, as testifies a stone slab found inside one of the corner towers. Over the centuries the Castle has undergone several changes, especially for the adoption of firearms. During recent renovations of graffiti were found dating from the 16th century, and some charcoal drawings left on the walls of the tank bottom in the period in which this was used as a Bourbon prison.As a result of damage sustained during World War II were carried out more maintenance work. From 1885 the castle of Termoli was counted among the national monuments and designated as the regional historical Museum. It is almost certain that the current structure of the castle was built on an ancient core of Norman origin consisting of a square building completely made of brick and covered by a barrel vault. The Castle consists of a tower that rests on a truncated square pyramid. On the four corners of the base are grafted two cylindrical towers jutting out. The structure develops especially in height on the north side near the sea. This leaves understand, along with other architectural elements, that the castle had a sighting station but especially defensively. The portal was guarded by a drawbridge and a moat that was located on the northeast side. The lower part of the Castle, which is on a slightly higher level compared to current road, had a function of warehouse and storage. It consists of four large rectangular rooms and vaulted roof that develop around the structure of the Norman period. Now a modern-era scale connects the ground floor environments with those on the first floor, in ancient times this function was carried out by wooden structures. The upper part of the castle was used as a store and dwelling, but also had a defensive role. The seats on the first floor are known as "the corridor of the archers", they all have a rectangular plant, are covered by vaults and are characterized by numerous loopholes that allowed the archers and Crossbowmen to hit enemies from above. On this plan you develop circular towers and here, originally, was the only access to the Castle located on the northeast side, where are visible the shelves that were used to slide down the rope and winches the drawbridge. With the advent of firearms the slits were partially converted into arquebusier.
Interesting how Local lake effect snow can be. Sometimes it can affect us some 20 miles inland and sometimes it will only affect a couple miles from the shore. Well today lake effect snow only affected the immediate shore lines of Lake Michigan. As much as 18 inches of snow fell in some locations; while just a few miles inland just a trace of snow.
a flickr friend wondered ... if one of these towers somehow toppled over, and started a domino effect down the hill ... would the sound reach across the central valley ... from the Altamont hills all the way to Sonora?
then, another flickr friend offered the use of a station wagon with a trailer hitch, and a long rope .... just to help things get started.
and then, the topic of dark and stormy nights combined with a flickrwalk and photo event was brought up ..... just to record the unique event for posterity ... strange how our flickr minds work ...
these un-named flickr friends will remain anonymous ... just to protect the guilty.
Peacock butterflies are out in force, busily feeding in preparation for hibernating, frequently in places like woodpecker holes. They usually hibernate en masse and if disturbed in the depths of winter they will all rub their wings together to make a hissing sound, which is probably enough to scare off a hungry mouse or bird. A flash of the large eyes in the darkness will have a similar effect. I took this one on Astrantia in my back garden in West Yorkshire.
The Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) has the most beautifully apt scientic name from Greek mythology. Io was the daughter of Inachus, a Greek king. Zeus was in love with Io, so to indulge himself without arousing his wife Hera's suspicion, he turned her into a Heifer. Hera found out and placed her under the care of Argus, who had a hundred eyes. Zeus enlisted the help of Hermes who lulled Argus to sleep with his flute and then cut off Argus's head. Hera consoled herself by setting Argus's eyes into the tail of the peacock. But the story is spoiled because taxonomists have now changed the Peacock's genus from Inachis to Aglais. the same as the Small Tortoiseshell, which translates simply as "beautiful". I certainly cannot argue with that.
I remembered very little at Penshurst.
A painted font, lots of places named Leicester.
A nice pub.
The Leicester Arms, of course.
So, a day trip to the area and so a revisit. I checked the website to see if it would be open, it assured me it would be open though all daylight hours.
A bold claim.
Anyway, it was.
I came back because my thinking if the landed gentry were rich enough to have their own chapel, there were probably monuments and tombs worth looking at.
I was right, and indeed the tombs and memorials were of the highest quality.
I was the only person here, having walked through Leicester Square, under the alms houses into the churchyard.
The painted font is still here, but so much more to enjoy.
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A large sandstone church of nave, aisles, chancel and chapels that was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1864. It stands in an excellent position set back from the street in a large well-kept churchyard. The tower is of three stages with four pinnacles strangely set well back from the corners. Inside it is obvious that there have been many rebuildings and repairs, leaving a general character of the Victorian period. The good chancel screen is by Bodley and Garner and dates from 1897. Whilst it is well carved the florid design is more suited to a West Country church than to the Garden of England. The fifteenth-century font has been painted in bold colours in a way that can never have been imagined when it was new! Nearby is the Becket window designed by Lawrence Lee in 1970. It is quite unlike any other window in Kent and has an emphasis on heraldry - the figure of Becket and three knights are almost lost in the patchwork effect. Under the tower is the famous Albigensian Cross, a portion of thirteenth-century coffin lid with the effigy of a woman at prayer. The south chapel, which belongs to Penshurst Place, was rebuilt by Rebecca in 1820 and has a lovely painted ceiling. It contains some fine monuments including Sir Stephen de Pencester, a damaged thirteenth-century knight. Nearby is the large standing monument to the 4th Earl of Leicester (d. 1704) designed by William Stanton. It is a large urn flanked by two angels, above which are the heads of the earls children's floating in the clouds!
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PENSHURST.
THE next parish eastward from Chidingstone is Penhurst, called in the Textus Roffenfis, Pennesherst. It takes its name from the old British word Pen, the height or top of any thing, and byrst, a wood. (fn. 1) It is called in some antient records, Pen cestre, and more vulgarly, Penchester, from some sortified camp or fortress antiently situated here.
There is a district in this parish, called Hallborough, which is within the lowy of Tunbridge, the manerial rights of which belong to Thomas Streatfeild, esq. and there is another part of it, comprehending the estate of Chafford, which is within the jurisdiction of the duchy court of Lancaster.
THIS PARISH lies in the Weald, about four miles Southward from the foot of the sand hills, and the same distance from Tunbridge town, and the high London road from Sevenoke. The face of the country is much the same as in those parishes last described, as is the soil, for the most part a stiff clay, being well adapted to the large growth of timber for which this parish is remarkable; one of these trees, as an instance of it, having been cut down here, about twenty years ago, in the park, called, from its spreading branches, Broad Oak, had twenty-one ton, or eight hundred and forty feet of timber in it. The parish is watered by the river Eden, which runs through the centre of it, and here taking a circular course, and having separated into two smaller streams, joins the river Medway, which flows by the southern part of the park towards Tunbridge. At a small distance northward stands the noble mansion of Penshurst-place, at the south west corner of the park, which, till within these few years, was of much larger extent, the further part of it, called North, alias Lyghe, and South parks, having been alienated from it, on the grounds of the latter of which the late Mr. Alnutt built his seat of that name, from whence the ground rises northward towards the parish of Lyghe. Close to the north west corner of Penshurst-park is the seat of Redleaf, and at the south west corner of it, very near to the Place, is the village of Penshurst, with the church and parsonage. At a small distance, on the other side the river, southward, is Ford-place, and here the country becomes more low, and being watered by the several streams, becomes wet, the roads miry and bad, and the grounds much covered with coppice wood; whence, about a mile southward from the river, is New House, and the boroughs of Frendings and Kingsborough; half a mile southward from which is the river Medway; and on the further side of it the estate of Chafford, a little beyond which it joins the parish of Ashurst, at Stone cross. In a deep hole, in the Medway, near the lower end of Penshurst-park, called Tapner's-hole, there arises a spring, which produces a visible and strong ebullition on the surface of the river; and above Well-place, which is a farm house, near the south-east corner of the park, there is a fine spring, called Kidder's-well, which, having been chemically analized, is found to be a stronger chalybeate than those called Tunbridge-wells; there is a stone bason for the spring to rise in, and run to waste, which was placed here by one of the earls of Leicester many years ago. This parish, as well as the neighbouring ones, abounds with iron ore, and most of the springs in them are more or less chalybeate. In the losty beeches, near the keeper's lodge, in Penshurst-park, is a noted beronry; which, since the destruction of that in lord Dacre's park, at Aveley, in Effex, is, I believe, the only one in this part of England. A fair is held here on July I, for pedlary, &c.
The GREATEST PART of this parish is within the jurisdiction of the honour of Otford, a subordinate limb to which is the MANOR of PENSHURST HALIMOTE, alias OTFORD WEALD, extending likewise over parts of the adjoining parishes of Chidingstone, Hever, and Cowden. As a limb of that of honour, it was formerly part of the possessions of the see of Canterbury, and was held for a long time in lease of the archbishops, by the successive owners of Penhurst manor, till the death of the duke of Buckingham, in the 13th year of king Henry VIII. in the 29th year of which reign, Thomas Cranmer, archbishop of Canterbury, exchanging Otford with the crown, this, as an appendage, passed with it, and it remained in the hands of the crown till the death of king Charles I. 1648; after which the powers then in being, having seised on the royal estates, passed an ordinance to vest them in trustees, to be sold, to supply the necessities of the state; when, on a survey made of this manor, in 1650, it appeared that the quit-rents due to the lord, from the freeholders in free socage tenure, were 16l. 18s. 3½d. and that they paid a heriot of the best living thing, or in want thereof, 3s. 4d. in money. That there were copyholders holding of it, within this parish, by rent and fine certain; that there was a common fine due from the township or borough of Halebury, and a like from the township of Penshurst, a like from the townships or boroughts of Chidingstone, Standford, and Cowden; and that there was a court baron and a court leet. The total rents, profits, &c. of all which amounted to 23l. and upwards. (fn. 2) After this the manor was sold by the state to colonel Robert Gibbon, with whom it remained till the restoration of king Charles II. when the possession and inheritance of it returned to the crown, where it remains, as well as the honour of Otford, at this time, his grace the duke of Dorset being high steward of both; but the see farm rents of it, with those of other manors belonging to the above mentioned honour, were alienated from the crown in king Charles II.'s reign, and afterwards became the property of Sir James Dashwood, bart. in whose family they still continue.
SOON AFTER the reign of William the Conqueror Penshurst was become the residence of a family, who took their name from it, and were possessed of the manor then called the manor of Peneshurste; and it appears by a deed in the Registrum Roffense, that Sir John Belemeyns, canon of St. Paul, London, was in possession of this manor, as uncle and trustee, in the latter part of king Henry III.'s reign, to Stephen de Peneshurste or Penchester, who possessed it in the beginning of the reign of king Edward I. He had been knighted, and made constable of Dover castle and warden of the cinque ports by Henry III. in which posts he continued after the accession of king Edward I. (fn. 3) He died without issue male, and was buried in the south chancel of this church, under an altar tomb, on which lay his figure in armour, reclining on a cushion. He left Margery, his second wife, surviving, who held this manor at her death, in the 2d year of king Edward II. and two daughters and coheirs; Joane, married to Henry de Cobham of Rundale, second son of John de Cobham, of Cobham, in this county, by his first wife, daughter of Warine Fitz Benedict; (fn. 4) and Alice to John de Columbers, as appears by an inquisition, taken in the 3d year of king Edward II. His arms, being Sable, a bend or, a label of three points argent, still remain on the roof of the cloisters of Canterbury cathedral. Alice, above mentioned, had this manor, with that of Lyghe adjoining, assigned to her for her proportion of their inheritance; soon after which these manors were conveyed to Sir John de Pulteney, son of Adam de Pulteney of Misterton, in Leicestershire, by Maud his wife. In the 15th year of that reign he had licence to embattle his mansion houses of Penshurst, Chenle in Cambridgeshire, and in London. (fn. 5) In the 11th year of king Edward III. Thomas, son of Sir John de Columbers of Somersetshire, released to him all his right to this manor and the advowson of the chapel of Penshurst; (fn. 6) and the year following Stephen de Columbers, clerk, brother of Sir Philip, released to him likewise all his right in that manor and Yenesfeld, (fn. 7) and that same year he obtained a grant for free warren within his demesne lands within the former. He was a person greatly esteemed by that king, in whose reign he was four times lord mayor of London, and is noticed by our historians for his piety, wisdom, large possessions, and magnificent housekeeping. In his life time he performed several acts of public charity and munificence; and among others he founded a college in the church of St. Laurence, since from him named Poultney, in London. He built the church of Little Allhallows, in Thamesstreet, and the Carmelites church, and the gate to their monastery, in Coventry; and a chapel or chantry in St. Paul's, London. Besides which, by his will, he left many charitable legacies, and directed to be buried in the church of St. Laurence above mentioned. He bore for his arms, Argent a fess dancette gules, in chief three leopards heads sable.
By the inquisition taken after his death, it appears, that he died in the 23d year of that reign, being then possessed of this manor, with the advowson of the chapel, Lyghe, South-park, and Orbiston woods, with lands in Lyghe and Tappenash, and others in this county. He left Margaret his wife surviving, who married, secondly, Sir Nicholas Lovaine; and he, in her right, became possessed of a life estate in this manor and the others above mentioned, in which they seem afterwards jointly to have had the see; for Sir William Pulteney, her son, in his life time, vested his interest in these manors and estates in trustees, and died without issue in the 40th year of the same reign, when Robert de Pulteney was found to be his kinsman and next heir, who was ancestor to the late earl of Bath. The trustees afterwards, in the 48th year of it, conveyed them, together with all the other estates of which Sir John Pulteney died possessed, to Sir Nicholas Lovaine and Margaret his wife, and their heirs for ever. Sir Nicholas Lovaine above mentioned was a descendant of the noble family of Lovaine, a younger branch of the duke of Lorraine. Godfrey de Lovaine, having that surname from the place of his birth, possessed lands in England in right of his mother, grand daughter of king Stephen, of whose descendants this Nicholas was a younger branch. He bore for his arms, Gules, a fess argent between fourteen billets or; which arms were quartered by Bourchier earl of Bath, and Devereux earl of Essex. (fn. 8) He died possessed of this manor, leaving one son, Nicholas, who having married Margaret, eldest daughter of John de Vere, earl of Oxford, widow of Henry lord Beaumont, died without issue, and a daughter Margaret, who at length became her brother's heir.
Margaret, the widow of Nicholas the son, on his death, possessed this manor for her life, and was afterwards re-married to Sir John Devereux, who in her right held it. He was descended from a family which had their surname from Eureux, a town of note in Normandy, and there were several generations of them in England before they were peers of this realm, the first of them summoned to parliament being this Sir John Devereux, who being bred a soldier, was much employed in the wars both of king Edward III. and king Richard II. and had many important trusts conferred on him. In the 11th year of the latter reign, being then a knight banneret, he was made constable of Dover castle and warden of the cinque ports. In the 16th year of that reign, he had licence to fortify and embattle his mansion house at Penshurst, the year after which he died, leaving Margaret his wife, surviving, who had an assignation of this manor as part of her dower. She died possessed of it, with Yensfield, and other lands, about the 10th year of king Henry IV. and was succeeded in them by Margaret, sister and heir of her husband, Nicholas Lovaine, who was twice married, first to Rich. Chamberlayn, esq. of Sherburn, in Oxfordshire; and secondly to Sir Philip St. Clere, of Aldham, St. Clere, in Ightham. (fn. 9) Both of these, in right of their wife, seem to have possessed this manor, which descended to John St. Clere, son of the latter, who conveyed it by sale to John duke of Bedford, third son of king Henry IV. by Mary his wife, daughter and coheir of Humphry de Bohun, earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton.
The duke of Bedford was the great support and glory of this kingdom in the beginning of the reign of his infant nephew, king Henry VI. his courage was unequalled, and was followed by such rapid success in his wars in France, where he was regent, and commanded the English army in person, that he struck the greatest terror into his enemies. The victories he acquired so humbled the French, that he crowned king Henry VI. at Paris, in which city he died greatly lamented, in the 14th year of that reign, (fn. 10) and was buried in the cathedral church of Roan. He was twice married, but left issue by neither of his wives. He died possessed of the manors of Penshurst, Havenden-court, and Yensfield, as was then found by inquisition; in which he was succeeded by his next brother, Humphry duke of Gloucester, fourth son of king Henry IV. by Mary his wife, daughter and coheir of Humphry de Bohun, earl of Hereford, &c. who in the 4th year of king Henry V. had had the offices of constable of Dover castle and warden of the cinque ports, granted to him for the term of his life; and in the 1st year of king Henry VI. was, by parliament, made protector of England, during the king's minority; and the same year he was constituted chamberlain of England, at the coronation of that prince was appointed high steward of England.
The duke was, for his virtuous endowments, surnamed the Good, and for his justice was esteemed the father of his country, notwithstanding which, after he had, under king Henry VI. his nephew, governed this kingdom twenty-five years, with great applause, he was, by the means of Margaret of Aujou, his nephew's queen, who envied his power, arrested at the parliament held at St. Edmundsbury, by John lord Beaumont, then high constable of England, accompanied by the duke of Buckingham and others; and the night following, being the last of February, anno 25 king Henry VI. he was found dead in his bed, it being the general opinion that he was strangled; though his body was shewn to the lords and commons, with an account of his having died of an apoplexy or imposthume; after which he was buried in the abbey of St. Alban, near the shrine of that proto-martyr, and a stately monument was erected to his memory.
This duke married two wives; first Jaqueline, daughter and heir of William duke of Bavaria, to whom belonged the earldoms of Holand, Zeland, and Henault, and many other rich seignories in the Netherlands; after which he used these titles, Humphrey, by the grace of God, son, brother, and uncle to kings; duke of Gloucester; earl of Henault, Holand, Zeland, and Pembroke; lord of Friesland; great chamberlain of the kingdom of England; and protector and defender of the kingdom and church of England. But she having already been married to John duke of Brabant, and a suit of divorce being still depending between them, and the Pope having pronounced her marriage with the duke of Brabant lawful, the duke of Gloucester resigned his right to her, and forthwith, after this, married Eleanor Cobham, daughter of Reginald, lord Cobham of Sterborough, who had formerly been his concubine. A few years before the duke's death she was accused of witchcrast, and of conspiring the king's death; for which she was condemned to solemn pennance in London, for three several days, and afterwards committed to perpetual imprisonment in the isle of Man. He built the divinity schools at Oxford, and laid the foundation of that famous library over them, since increased by Sir Thomas Bodley, enriching it with a choice collection of manuscripts out of France and Italy. He bore for his arms, Quarterly, France and England, a berdure argent. (fn. 11)
By the inquisition, taken after his death, it appears, that he died possessed of the manors of Penshurst, Havenden-court, and Yensfield, in this county, and that dying, without issue, king Henry VI. was his cousin and next heir.
¶The manor of Penshurst thus coming into the hands of the crown, was granted that year to Humphrey Stafford, who, in consideration of his near alliance in blood to king Henry VI. being the son of Edmund earl of Stafford, by Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, duke of Gloucester, sixth and youngest son of king Edward III. Mary, the other daughter and coheir, having married Henry of Bullingbroke, afterwards king Henry IV. and grandfather of king Henry VI. (fn. 12) as well as for his eminent services to his country, had been, in the 23d year of that reign, created duke of Buckingham. He was afterwards slain in the battle of Northampton, sighting valiantly there on the king's part. By the inquisition, taken after his death, it appears that he died in the 38th year of that reign possessed of this manor of Penshurst, among others in this county and elsewhere; which afterwards descended down to his great grandson, Edward duke of Buckingham, but in the 13th year of Henry VIII. this duke being accused of conspiring the king's death, he was brought to his trial, and being found guilty, was beheaded on Tower-hill that year. In the par liament begun April 15, next year, this duke, though there passed an act for his attainder, yet there was one likewise for the restitution in blood of Henry his eldest son, but not to his honors or lands, so that this manor, among his other estates, became forseited to the crown, after which the king seems to have kept it in his own hands, for in his 36th year, he purchased different parcels of land to enlarge his park here, among which was Well-place, and one hundred and seventy acres of land, belonging to it, then the estate of John and William Fry, all which he inclosed within the pale of it, though the purchase of the latter was not completed till the 1st year of king Edward VI. (fn. 13) who seems to have granted the park of Penshurst to John, earl of Warwick, for that earl, in the 4th year of that reign, granted this park to that king again in exchange for other premises. In which year the king granted the manor of Penshurst, with its members and appurtenances, late parcel of the possessions of the duke of Buckingham, to Sir Ralph Fane, to hold in capite by knight's service, being the grandson of Henry Vane, alias Fane, of Hilsden Tunbridge, esq. but in the 6th year of that reign, having zealously espoused the interests of the duke of Somersee, he was accused of being an accomplice with him, and being found guilty, was hanged on Tower-hill that year.
PENSHURST is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Rochester, and being a peculiar of the archbishop of Canterbury, is as such within the deanry of Shoreham.
The church, which is a large handsome building, is dedicated to St. John Baptist. It consists of three isles, a cross isle, and three chancels, having a tower steeple at the west end.
Among other monuments and inscriptions in this church are the following:—In the middle isle, a grave-stone, with the figure of a man and his two wives, now torn off, but the inscription remains in black letter, for Watur Draynowtt, and Johanna and Anne his wives, obt. 1507; beneath are the figures of four boys and three girls, at top, arms, two lions passant, impaling or, on a chief, two lions heads erased; a memorial for Oliver Combridge, and Elizabeth his wife, obt. 1698. In the chancel, memorials on brass for Bulman and Paire; within the rails of the altar a gravestone for William Egerton, LL. D. grandon of John, earl of Bridgwater, rector of Penshurst and Allhallows, Lombard-street, chancellor and prebendary of Hereford, and prebendary of Can terbury, he left two daughters and one son, by Anne, daughter of Sir Francis Head, obt. Feb. 26, 1737; on the south side of the altar, a memorial in brass for John Bust, God's painful minister in this place for twenty-one years; on the north side a mural monument for Gilbert Spencer, esq. of Redleafe-house, obt. 1709, arms, Spencer, an escutcheon of pretence for Combridge; underneath is another stone, with a brass plate, and inscription for William Darkenol, parson of this parish, obt. July 12, 1596; on grave-stones are these shields in brass, the figures and inscriptions on which are lost, parted per fess, in chief two lions passant guardant in base, two wolves heads erased; on another, the same arms, impaling a chevron between three padlocks; another, a lion rampant, charged on the shoulder with an annulet, and another, three lions passant impaling parted per chevron, the rest defaced. In the south chancel, on a stone, the figures of a man and woman in brass, and inscription in black letter, for Pawle Yden, gent. and Agnes his wife, son of Thomas Yden, esq. obt. 1564, beneath is the figure of a girl, arms, four shields at the corner of the stone, the first, Yden, a fess between three helmets; two others, with inscriptions on brass for infant children of the Sidney family; a small grave-stone, on which is a cross gradated in brass, and inscription in black letter, for Thomas Bullayen, son of Sir Thomas Bullayen; here was lately a monument for lady Mary . . . . . . eldest daughter of the famous John, duke of Northumberland, and sister to Ambrose, earl of Warwick, Robert, earl of Leicester, and Catharine, countess of Huntingdon, wife of the right hon. Sir Henry Sidney, knight of the garter, &c. at the west end of the chancel, a mural monument for Sir William Coventry, youngest son of Thomas, lord Coventry, he died at Tunbridge-wells, 1686; on the south side a fine old monument of stone, under which is an altar tomb, and on the wall above it a brass plate, with inscription in black letter, for Sir William Sidney, knightbanneret, chamberlain and steward to king Edward VI. and the first of the name, lord of the manor, of Penshurst, obt. 1553; on the front are these names, Sir William Dormer, and Mary Sidney, Sir William Fitzwilliam, Sir James Haninngton, Anne Sidney, and Lucy Sidney; on the south side a handsome monument, with the arms and quarterings of the Sidney family, and inscription for lord Philip Sidney, fifth earl of Leicester, &c. obt. 1705, and was succeeded by John, his brother and heir; for John, sixth earl of Leicester, cosin and heir of Henry Sidney, earl of Romney, &c. obt. 1737, his heirs Mary and Elizabeth Sidney, daughters and heirs of his brother the hon. Thomas Sidney, third surviving son of Robert, earl of Leicester, became his joint heirs, for Josceline, seventh earl of Leicester, youngest brother and heir male of earl John, died s. p. in 1743, with whom the title of earl of Leicester expired; the aforesaid Mary and Elizabeth, his nieces, being his heirs, of whom the former married Sir Brownlow Sherard, bart. and Elizabeth, William Perry, esq. on the monument is an account of the several personages of this noble family, their descent, marriages and issue, too long by far to insert here; on the north side is a fine monument for several of the infant children of this family, and beneath is an urn and inscriptions for Frances Sidney, fourth daughter, obt. 1692, æt. 6; for Robert Sidney, earl of Leicester, &c. fourth earl of this family, who married lady Elizabeth Egerton, by whom he had fifteen children, of whom nine died young, whose figures, as cherubims, are placed above, obt. 1702; Robert, the eldest son, obt. 1680, æt. 6; Elizabeth, countess of Leicester, obt. 1709, and buried here in the same vault with her lord. In the same chancel is a very antient figure in stone of a knight in armour, being for Sir Stephen de Penchester, lord warden and constable of Dover-castle in the reign of king Edward I. It was formerly laid on an altar tomb in the chancel, but is now placed erect against the door on the south side, with these words painted on the wall above it, SIR STEPHEN DE PENCHESTER. In the fourth window of the north isle, are these arms, very antient, within the garter argent a fess gules in chief, three roundels of the second, being those of Sir John Devereux, K. G. lord warden and constable, and steward of the king's house in king Richard II's reign; near the former was another coat, nothing of which now remains but the garter. In the same windows are the arms of Sidney; in the second window is this crest, a griffin rampant or. In the east window of the great chancel are the arms of England. In the east window of the south chancel are the arms of the Sidney family, with all the quarterings; there were also, though now destroyed, the arms of Sir Thomas Ratcliff, earl of Sussex, and lady Frances Sidney.
This church was of the antient patronage of the see of Canterbury, and continued so till the 3d year of queen Elizabeth, when Matthew, archbishop of Canterbury, granted it to that queen in exchange for the parsonage of Earde, alias Crayford; and though in the queen's letters patent dated that year, confirming this exchange, there is no value expressed, yet in a roll in the queen's office, it is there set down, the tenth deducted, at the clear yearly value of 32l. 1s. 9d. (fn. 24)
¶Soon after which the queen granted the church of Penshurst to Sir Henry Sidney, whose descendants, earls of Leicester, afterwards possessed it; from whom it passed, in like manner as Penshurst manor and place, to William Perry, esq. who died possessed of it in 1757, leaving Elizabeth his wife surviving, who continued proprietor of the advowson of this church at the time of her death in 1783; she by her last will devised it to trustees for the use of her eldest grandson, John Shelley, esq who has since taken the name of Sidney, and is the present owner of it.
In the 15th year of king Edward I. this church was valued at thirty marcs. By virtue of the commission of enquiry into the value of ecclesiastical livings, taken in 1650, issuing out of chancery, it was returned that the tithes belonging to the parsonage of Penshurst were one hundred and ten pounds per annum, and the parsonage house and glebe lands about fifty pounds per annum, the earl of Leicester being patron, and master Mawdell, minister, who received the profits for his salary. (fn. 25)
The annual value of it is now esteemed to be four hundred pounds and upwards. The rectory of Penshurst is valued in the king's books at 30l. 6s. 0½d. and the yearly tenths at 3l. 0s. 7½d. (fn. 26)
John Acton, rector of this parish, in 1429, granted a lease for ninety-nine years, of a parcel of his glebe land, lying in Berecroft, opposite the gate of the rectory, containing one acre one rood and twelve perches, to Thomas Berkley, clerk, Richard Hammond, and Richard Crundewell, of Penshurst, for the purpose of building on, at the yearly rent of two shillings, and upon deaths and alienations, one shilling to be paid for an heriot, which lease was confirmed by the archbishop and by the dean and chapter of Canterbury. (fn. 27)
52 weeks of 2017, week 40 Collodian effect.
I fiddled with several effects and then applied GIMP grainy filter, info in comments.
This week let’s have some retro fun! The theme for the week is the “Collodian Effect”, a retro look back in the day of wet plate photography. Well, in the day, it wasn’t retro, it was the face of photography. Today we can get picture perfect images and “develop” them with software. We can tweak them to have whatever look we want. Looking back at the photographers of yesteryear (and the poor perfectly still models), we can appreciate how lucky we are. Using the magic of software and your personal creativity, produce an image that looks as if it was taken and developed back in the day of wet plate processing.
Original in comments... Fishing boat in Scarborough, Queensland.
Creative Collective Effect is a fashion show focusing on eco conscious clothing. Initiated by Creative Collective the show, featuring well known brands such as Nudie Jeans, took place during Stockholm Fashion Week. During the night, hip hop group Movits!, fresh back from a month long US-tour, gave a special performance...
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Rounding out my tour of Mass Effect capital ships is the SR1 (again). This build is right around 5 feet which is just over 1.5 for the metrically inclined. Construction is mostly studless and was built from primary reference.
Build time was around 160 hours in about four weeks. Most of that was dealing with shaping issues on the fuselage and getting things to attach at the proper angles. As much as I love the ship design from Mass Effect, they really aren't Lego-friendly.
So I thought of testing out the Droste effect on Photoshop CS5. Came out perfect on the very first go :)
Clicked@Thiruneermalai, Chennai
It may not be a great snap, i tried for the star effect, you have to tell me, whether i got it?
PLEASE NO MULTI INVITATIONS,AWARDS AND GRAPHICS.
I have been filled with self loathing recently, so decided to hold myself captive last night to see if I could induce the Stockholm Effect.
Monochrome conversion. Selective cropping. Black and white contrast balancing for mood and effect Alberta, Canada.
Just 'roll' with it...lol
The film got dented on a few frames in development from me having to forcefully untrap the film from being caught in a vintage old Patterson Major 2 tank reel that had a chip out of it.
I like the effect of the marks so embracing it's imperfections. Why not. Who is perfect? Certainly not meeee lol
Ilford Delta 3200 35mm Expired 2018
Shot at Box Speed
f5.6 1/125
Nikon F75
Nikkor 35-70mm 1:3.3-4.5
No post processing, No crop.
Development...
Adox Rodinal 1+25 11 minutes 20C 200ml
Adox Fixer 4 minutes at 20C 200ml
Here is what to expect as glaciers melt and ice caps disappear!
This photo was taken by a Yashica FR1 SLR 35mm film camera and ML 28mm 1:2.8 lens using Kodak 135 Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an HP Scanjet G4050 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
This is an older picture I shot in 2008 and just stumbled over it on my harddisk. :D I used a 50mm f/1.4 lens wide open and a paper vignette. Since the traffic light hangs at about 3m height it took me several attempts with my camera hold up on a tripod to get the shot I wanted.
Shot at the Maihof School in Luzern, using a Pentax K100D DSLR and FA50/1.4 lens.
I'm here to learn, so feel free writing honest/hard critiques.
I took this last week, on a very rare day when it wasn't raining. I've not really done many sunsets, so this was all trial and error. It's actually a HDR from 3 exposures, something I very rarely do either.
Only thing i'm not happy about is the banding around the sun, which is called the fried egg effect from some forums i've been reading. Not really sure how you avoid it, but this will have to do for the time being. Hope you like it.
28/52 - Life and death
L'effetto farfalla è una perturbazione impercettibile nelle condizioni iniziali di un sistema che può generare radicali cambiamenti nell'evoluzione dei risultati a lungo termine.
The butterfly effect is an imperceptible perturbation in the initial conditions of a system that can generate radical changes in the evolution of long-term results.
Chaos Theory.
On Tuesday I go to the outing of Religion, we went by the missionaries, we sang in the language of Congo, and we discussed about so many things. Then we entered into a museum of stuffed animals, bones, and so many fascinating and intriguing things, I was ecstatic. I took about ten photos, but I haven't my sweet camera, so I 've shot with a camera a bit 'poor...
Just ripples in a pond but i love the effect of the ripples in the water.
Taken in London.
All rights reserved by Amanda Ramsay.
Probably the most rare car in my smudgy collection of pictures, this is the Lea Francis Leaf-Lynx which made it's debut at the 1960 Earls Court motor show. The show car was painted mauve and it was ugly, very ugly. This luxury sports car was powered by a triple S.U. carburettor Ford Zephyr engine and it had a tubular steel chassis. It could have had a sleek(?) hard top made of perspex, non of which were ever seen. This last flowering of the Lea Francis Motor Company, Much Park Street Coventry, never went into production. This one was photographed at a Lea-Francis owners club rally in 1971, it has a March 72 tax disc. It must survive in a collection somewhere although the DVLA have no record.