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Given I HATE to grout, the right music selection is important. Feeling a little funky today. Went with PRINCE - Greatest Hits.
given to us by a nurse when le petit was in the hospital (hooray for wonderful nurses! nothing beats blowing bubbles after pricks, probes, and shots!)
There is a point in our lives when we, the children, become the adults in the relationship with our parents.
It will come for most of us, no one tells you this will happen, and you are unprepared for it. But it comes
And each of us has a different relationship with our parents than everyone else, what's right for me, and my views, do not apply to you.
Yesterday, was the funeral of the person I have known longer than anyone else on this earth, now that my family is all gone. Margaret and Brian were married a few weeks before mine, and moved into the new build bungalow also a few weeks before my parents.
They also had one child, a son, and Douglas and I have been friends longer than I have been friends with anyone else, although he is a year younger than me.
I have my views on Margaret, but the reason I travelled back to Suffolk for her funeral, was to be there for Douggie, and give him the support he has given me through three weddings and two funerals.
Norfolk isn't far away, and the funeral and wake were taking place just a mile or two over the border from Suffolk, but the roads beyond Ipswich are poor, twisty and where there are accidents or roadworks, no real alternative routes.
I was also leaving just before six, so had to get across the Thames at Dartford and up the A12 during rush hour, so it wouldn't be easy. But at least there would be no rain.
I was up at five, dressed and washed, with time to drink a coffee before leaving. Loading the car with me and my camera bag, as I had plans in case I had time, to visit a church or two.
It was dark up the M20 to Dartford, and busy with traffic, but I made good time, and listened to a loop of old music podcasts all day, so chat and music kept me awake.
I got onto the M25 with no problem, and through the tunnels with only a slight slowdown, but on the other side there were queues.
Despite not wanting to spend money on a new railway, there is always money for road and junction improvements, even if it will just increase traffic. So it is that the M25/A12 junction is being upgraded, and with narrow lanes, speed restrictions, jams began a good four miles before the roadworks started.
I forced my way to the left hand lane, which became a filter lane, meaning it was much quicker than the remaining four lanes. But then came the roundabout. The roundabout under the motorway is the reason the improvements are needed, and queueing traffic blocks the junctions and causes even more backlogs.
Of course, traffic lights on roundabouts are never good ideas, so I was confronted with a wall of traffic, so when the light went green, I went in front of a track before it could shuffle forward and block more of the junction, then there was some clear road.
And ducking into the extreme left hand lane, I dodged past the queuing traffic that was blocking the exit from the A12, and onto clear road.
Yay.
The sky was clear, the sun about to rise, and it was going to be a glorious day.
Just north of Chelmsford, I stopped for breakfast: two sausage rolls and a coffee from Greggs, then filled up the tank and on my way north.
More traffic at Ipswich where the A12 meets the A14 to get over the Orwell, but then clear traffic again after ten minutes delay.
Soon, though, the road narrows to two lane blacktop, and all is well until you meet a slower vehicle. Like a tractor as we did soon after Whickham Market.
For 15 long minutes the tractor lead a growing snake of cars along the winding lanes until it pulled over and we could get past.
Blythburgh was always the marker when travelling back from Ipswich or beyond, that we were nearly home. he handsome church sits high, for Suffolk, overlooking the village and river which is mostly mudflats.
The busy A12 skirts close, but you get to the church via a narrow land, leaving the modern world far behind.
The church opened at nine, it was nearly half past, it was probably open before nine, and was open when I pushed the porch door.
Inside is an unspoilt space, grey wood that have witnessed the centuries so that their vigour has faded to almost no colour of all.
Its the roof people come for. Wooden beams and pairs of wooden angels. I have brought my big lens so to snap them.
My plan was to visit the large and impressive church in Southwold. I turned off the A12 and drove along the straight road into the town, where I found multiple sets of roadworks, and few places to park for a short time, anywhere near the church.
My back is achy, so I wanted somewhere close to park. Anyway, I drove round the town twice, found nowhere to park, so turned the car round and headed back north, until I came to South Cove.
South Cove is a small village, a few farms really, but has a fine, if rustic, well-proportioned church, set in a large churchyard.
And the church was open, so small the wide angle lens wasn't needed, and with windows close to the floor too, no big lens needed either.
Next town up is Kessingland, which until the 80s had the A12 running through the centre of it, but now a bypass lays to the west and the village is quiet. I don't think I had been of the main street, so I went in search of the church, and found it on Church Street.
Obviously.
I rarely research churches before I visit, so nothing prepared me for the interior of St Edmund.
It seems in the last two years, they church had sourced some banners with apt slogans on, banners which were made to look like large tapered ensigns, hanging from or along the supports of the roof.
A man was practicing on the organ, and the notes echoed round the church. Not only does the church have banners, it has ship's wheels and other nautical stuff, although most traditionalists won't like it, I think it hangs together, and if the congregation wants it thus, who are we to argue?
Next stop was South Cove, which I had forgotten I had visited before, so redid all my shots. But this time did see the panel featuring St Michael behind the font, where the rood steps began.
A small, perfect, church, perfect for a small country parish.
I take my shots and leave, driving back onto the A12 and heading into Lowestoft, my main task was to drive over the new bridge which spans Lake Lothing.
The town had been waiting since at least 1966 for a new bridge, and the 3rd crossing was opened in September, and offers fine views as you drive across.
I went to see the old family home. It has been renovated and looks splendid, and not much like it was when sold four years back, it looks cared for and lived in, which is what the buyer promised us he would do.
So then to the crematorium, a drive north through Gunton and past Hopton where Dougie lives, then through the housing estate behind the area hospital to the car park, and then wait.
Margaret was 89, had a long life, but friends of the same age are few, and families are now scattered. So, one can never be sure how many will attend. The chapel was half full at least, with people coming from Kent, Wiltshire and even California to be there.
The celebrant spoke for twenty minutes, saying nice things as they have to do. But, avoiding, or just hinting at faults. Whatever she had done in her life to Dougie, he still loved her, and he was in bits.
Afterward we lined up to shake his hand or give him and Pennie a hug, and allowed me to tell him he was the brother I never had. He was always there for me, and will be there for him.
More tears.
There was a wake at the pub in Hopton, but there was no one I knew other than Dougie and Penny, so I had a drink and made my excuses. These things are really for family and close friends, so I left at quarter to three, hoping to get home before midnight.
In the end, I made good time, I was going round Ipswich before four, and at the M25 junction less than an hour later, and was able to easily join it and zoom round to the bridge. No queues on the southbound side, but the queue northbound went all the way back to the M20 junction, so six mines.
I zoomed on.
I got home at ten past six, happy to have done it and go home in under three and a half hours. Dinner was defrosted ragu, pasta and reheated focaccia, which we were sitting down to eat twenty minutes after getting in.
Phew.
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Perhaps some counties have a church which sums them up. If there has to be one for Suffolk, it must be the church of the Most Holy Trinity, Blythburgh. Here is the late medieval Suffolk imagination writ large, as large as it gets, and not overwritten by the Anglican triumphalism of the 19th century. Blythburgh church is often compared with its near neighbour, St Edmund at Southwold, but this isn't a fair comparison - Southwold church is much grander, and full of urban confidence. Probably a better comparison is with St Margaret, Lowestoft, for there, too, the Reformation intervened before the tower could be rebuilt. The two churches have a lot in common, but Blythburgh has the saving grace. It is so fascinating, so stunningly beautiful, by virtue of a factor that is rare in Anglican parish churches: sheer neglect.
Holy Trinity, Blythburgh, is the church that Suffolk people know and love best, and because of this it has generated some extraordinary legends. The first is that Blythburgh, now a tiny village bisected by the fearsome A12 between London and the east coast ports, was once a thriving medieval town. This idea is used to explain the size of the church; in reality, it is almost certainly not the case. Blythburgh has always been small. But it did have an important medieval priory, and thus its church attracted enough wealthy piety on the eve of the Reformation to bankroll a spectacular rebuilding.
It is to Lavenham, Long Melford, Mildenhall, Southwold and here that we come to see the late 15th century Suffolk aesthetic in perfection. But for my money, Holy Trinity, Blythburgh, is the most significant medieval art object in the county, ranking alongside Salle in Norfolk. Look up at the clerestory; it seems impossible, there is so much glass, so little stone; and yet it rides the building with an air of permanence. Beneath, there is a coyness about the aisles that I prefer to the mathematics of Lavenham. Here, it could not have been done otherwise; it distils human architectural experience. If St Peter and St Paul at Lavenham is man talking to God, Holy Trinity at Blythburgh is God talking to man.
At the east end, a curious series of initials in Lombardic script stretch across the outer chancel wall. You can see an image of this at the top. It reads A-N-JS-B-S-T-M-S-A-H-K-R. This probably stands for Ad Nomina JesuS, Beati Sanctae Trinitas, Maria Sanctorem Anne Honorem Katherine Reconstructus ('In the name of the blessed Jesus, the Holy Trinity, and in honour of Holy Mary, Anne and Katherine, this was rebuilt'). A fanciful theory is that they are the initials of the wives of the donors. However, note the symbol of the Trinity in the T stone, and I think this is a clue to the whole piece.
Figures stand on pedestals atop the south side and east end. The most easterly is unusual, a crowned old man sitting on a throne directly on the gable end. This is a medieval image of God the Father, a rare survival. Moving westwards from here we find the Blessed Virgin in prayerful pose, Christ as the Saviour of the World holding an orb in one hand and blessing with the other, and then a collared bear with a ragged staff, a seated woodwose, another bear, this time with a collar and bell, and last of all a fox with a goose in its mouth, his jaws grasping the neck:
The porch is part of the late 15th century rebuilding, but it was considerably restored in the early 20th century. Interestingly, the angels crowning the battlements look medieval - but they weren't there in 1900, so must have come from somewhere else. Pretty much all the porch's features of interest date from this time. These include the small medieval font pressed into service as a holy water stoup, and image niche above the doors. This has been filled in more recent years by an image if the Holy Trinity; God the Father holds the Son suspended while a dove representing the Holy Spirit alights; you can see medieval versions of this at Framlingham and Little Glemham. Of all medieval imagery, this was the most frowned upon by puritans. An image of God the Father was thought the most suspicious of all idolatries. Indeed, as late as the 1870s, when the Reverend White edited the first popular edition of the Diary of William Dowsing, he actually congratulated Dowsing on destroying images of the Holy Trinity in the course of his 1644 progress through the counties of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
William Dowsing visited on the morning on April 9th, 1644. It was a Tuesday, and he had spent most of the week in the area. The previous day he'd been at Southwold and Walberswick to the east, but preceded his visit here with one to Blyford, which lies to the west, so he was probably staying overnight at the family home in Laxfield. He found twenty images in stained glass to take to task (a surprisingly small number, given the size of the place) and two hundred more that were inaccessible that morning (probably in the great east window). Three brass inscriptions incurred his wrath (but again, this is curious; there were many more) and he also ordered down the cross on the porch and the cross on the tower. Most significantly of all, he decided the angels in the roof should go.
Lots of Suffolk churches have angels in their roofs. None are like Blythburgh's. You step inside, and there they are, exactly as you've seen them in books and in photographs. They are awesome, breathtaking. There are twelve of them. Perhaps there were once twenty. How would you get them down if ordered to do so? The roof is so high, and the stencilling of IHS symbols would also have to go.
Perhaps this was already indistinct by the time Dowsing visited. Perhaps Tuesday, 9th of April 1644 was a dull day.
Several of the angels are peppered with lead shot. Here is another of those Suffolk legends; that Dowsing and the churchwardens fired muskets at the angels to try and bring them down. But when the angels were restored in the 1970s, the lead shot removed was found to be 18th century; contemporary with them there is a note in the churchwardens accounts that men were paid for shooting jackdaws living inside the building, so that probably explains where the shot came from. Here are some details of that wonderful roof:
The otherwise splendid church guide also repeats the error that the Holy Trinity symbol in the porch filled a gap that had been 'empty since 1644'. But there was certainly no image in it when Dowsing arrived here, or anywhere else in Suffolk; statues were completely outlawed by injunctions in the early years of the reign of Edward VI, almost a hundred years before the morning of Dowsing's visit.
Another feature used as evidence of puritan destruction is the ring fixed into the most westerly pillar of the north arcade. Cromwell's men stabled their horses here, apparently. Well, it almost certainly is a ring for tying horses to, and the broken bricks at the cleared west end also suggest this; but there is no reason to think that Cromwell and the puritans were responsible. For a full century before Cromwell, and for nearly two hundred years afterwards, a church as big as this would have had a multitude of uses. Holy Trinity was built for the rituals of the Catholic church; once these were no longer allowed, a village like Blythburgh, which can never have had more than 500 people, would have seen it as an asset in other ways. It was only with the 19th century sacramental revival brought about by the Oxford Movement that we started getting all holy again about our parish churches. Perhaps it was used as an overnight stables for passing travellers on the main road; not an un-Christian use for it to be put to, I think.
In August 1577, a great storm brought down the steeple, which fell into the church and damaged the font. This was at the height of Elizabethan superstition, and the devil was blamed; his hoof marks can still be seen on the church door. Supposedly, a black dog ran through the church, killing two parishioners; he was seen the same day at St Mary, Bungay. Black Shuck is the East Anglian devil dog, the feared hound of the marshes; and Holy Trinity is the self-styled Cathedral of the Marshes, so it is appropriate that he appeared here. You can see where the font has been broken. You can also see that this was one of the rare, beautiful seven sacrament fonts, similar in style to the one at Westhall; but, like those at neighbouring Wenhaston and Southwold, it has been completely stripped of imagery. Almost certainly, this was in the 1540s, but there is a story that the font at Wenhaston was chiselled clean as part of the 19th century restoration. More importantly in any case, the storm, or the dog, or the devil, damaged the roof; it would not be properly repaired for more than 400 years. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, accounts note that Holy Trinity is not impregnable to the weather. By the 19th century, parishioners attended divine service with umbrellas. By the 1880s, it was a positively dangerous building to be in, and the Bishop of Norwich ordered it closed.
Why had Holy Trinity not been restored? Simply, this is a big church, with a tiny village. There was no rich patron, and in any case the parishioners had a passion for Methodism. Probably, repairs had been mooted, but not a wholesale restoration as we have seen at Lavenham, Long Melford and Southwold. By the 1880s, attention in England had turned to the preservation of medieval detail; in short, restorations were not as ignorant as they had been a quarter of a century earlier. Suggestions that Holy Trinity should be restored in the manner of the other three were blocked by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings, and this owed a lot to the energy of William Morris, the Society's secretary.
The slow, patient restoration of this building took the best part of a century; indeed, when I first visited in the 1980s I was still aware of a sense of decay.
Nothing could be further from the truth today. You step into a wide, white, open space, one of England's great church interiors. There, high above you, is the glorious roof and the angels of God. The brick floors spread around the scraped font, which still bears its dedicatory inscription and standing places for participants. You turn into the central gangway, and more than twenty empty indents for brasses stretch before you. Dowsing can be blamed for the destruction of hardly any of them. In reality, you see the work of 18th and 19th century thieves and collectors.
The bench-ends are superb. The benches themselves were reconstructed in the late 19th century, supposedly from the main post of Westleton windmill, but the ends are some of the county's finest medieval images. There are partial sets of basically three series: the Seven Deadly Sins, the Seven Works of Mercy, and the Labours of the Seasons. There are also angels bearing symbols of the Holy Trinity and the Crown. There are other figures too, obscure and fragmentary and whose purpose is unclear, as if surviving figments of a broken dream. The quality of what remains makes you grieve for what has been lost.
The rood screen is a disappointment; most of it is modern, and the medieval bits perfunctory and scoured. Having said this, note how tiny the exit from the north aisle rood loft stair is. Also at this end of the church, a scattering of medieval glass, mainly angels. There is more in the south aisle, including a collection of shields of the Holy Trinity:
But step through the central aisle to see something remarkable. The priest and choir stalls are fronted by exquisite carvings of the Apostles, the Evangelists, John the Baptist, St Stephen, Mary Queen of Heaven and Christ in Majesty. Seeing these eighteen carvings is a bit like gobbling up a very large box of chocolates, but it is worth stopping to consider quite how genuine they all are. For a start, there could not have been choir stalls here in medieval times, and in any case we know that these desks and their frontages were in the north aisle chapel until the 19th century. They were used as school benches in the 17th century; they still bear holes for inkpots, and the graffiti of a bored Dutch child (his father was probably working on draining the marshes) is dated 1665. There is nothing at all like them anywhere else in Suffolk.
Whatever, the east end of the chancel and aisles are thrillingly modern, wholly devotional. In the north aisle, traditionally the Hopton chantry, extraordinary friezes of skeletons become symbols of the four evangelists behind the altar. Beside them is Peter Ball's beautiful Madonna and Child. Separating the south aisle chapel from the sanctuary is is one of Suffolk's biggest Easter sepulchres, tomb of the Hoptons. Behind the high altar, branches arranged like huge stag antlers spread dramatically. It is all just about perfect. Tucked to one side of the organ is a clockjack; Suffolk has two, and the other is down-river at Southwold. They date from the late 17th century, and presumably once struck the hours; at high church Blythburgh and Southwold today, they are used to announce the entry of the ministers.
This is a wonderful church to wander around in, the light and the air changing with the seasons, a suffused sense of the numinous presenting its different faces according to the time of day and time of year. Come here on a bright spring morning, or in the drowsy heat of a summer's day. Come on a cold winter afternoon as the colours fade and the smell of woodsmoke from neighbouring cottages weaves a spell above the old stone floors and woodwork. And before you leave, find the doorway in the south-west corner of the nave. It opens onto a low, narrow stairway. You can go up it. It leads up into the parvise storey of the south porch, now reappointed and dedicated as a tiny chapel, a peaceful spot to spend a few moments before continuing your journey.
You may be reading this entry in a far-off land; or perhaps you are here at home. Whatever, if you have not visited this church, then I urge you to do so. It is the most beautiful church in Suffolk, a wonderful art object, and it is always open in daylight. It remains one of the most significant medieval buildings in England. If you only visit one of Suffolk's churches, then make it this one
Simon Knott, 2014.
It was no surprise given the road... but this little spill held us up for an hour. We passed the time making bets on which heavy equipment operator was more incompetent (the one on the right), and which idiot motorbike driver would bolt first and get crushed by a swinging bucket (none, somehow). Good times.
I've given this photo a paint effect as the original wasn't 100% sharp & was a bit grainy too, the result of low light & small maximum aperture on the 18-55mm lens
Star of Hope has given out livestock for Christmas again. Children and families will enjoy their new animal.
Star of Hope's livestock program in Haiti started before Christmas 2008. It is very popular among beneficiaries.
Those who get an animal as a gift get information about the program and all must share the offspring in one year to the other villagers so that more families can take part of the program.
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Eski Party given for us at "GI Joe"'s (Yavus Tahmaz) Apartment Downtown. The Mayor was a guest I'd never met before but the Colonel (Chief of Police) and "some" of us had been out drinking on another occasion or two...
Nine Inch Nails performing at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on August 31, 2008. Taken from the pit with my Canon Powershot SD750.
I have been given an assignment called 'Contrasts' my idea was to contrast either two pictures, or contrast the person to the environment! So I got up early and went out to the park which was next to an estate, contrasting the beauty of nature, to the urban streets!
Descendants of Robert Givens and Sally Rebecca Stewart gathered at Lake Jackson in Florala, Alabama, on June 15, 2019
This mug was given to me by Mary Freanier, who was our hostess at the Tesuque Pueblo. I reached her on the phone when we were trying to decide where to go on Christmas Day; there are ceremonial dances at many of the pueblos. She invited us to Tesuque, and said we were welcome to stop at her house for something to eat, so that cinched it. She served up a generous meal, including delicious Posole, a traditional winter stew made with large corn kernals, to friends, family and occasional strangers like us. All the food was served in beautiful handmade and painted bowls made by one of Mary's friends.
The ceremony was wonderful, but no photos are allowed, so this mug's depiction (by a native artist) is the closest I have. It shows the buffalo and the mother of the buffalo; in addition to these characters in the center of the dance, there were 30 or so people of all ages, including little children, dressed as deer. These dancers had masks made of evergreens with antlers on top, and the dancers held a stick in each hand that they walked with, mimicking the delicate forelegs of deer. The dancers all moved to the sound of drumming and chants from a chorus of 20 or so. All of this took place in a plaza in front of the church, with mountains behind providing a dramatic backdrop. Although there was snow on the ground the afternoon sun was strong and welcoming.
Fresno State Centennial
College of Arts and Humanities
Homecoming Weekend
Dean's Centennial Homecoming Kick-off Luncheon
Friday, October 15, 2010, 11:30AM-1:30PM
University Dining Hall
California State University, Fresno
Given the resurgent nationalism across multiple regions and the growing centrality of information technology in sowing seeds of distrust and violence, it is critical to rethink the role of public diplomacy in combating ideologies and narratives of adversarial state and non-state actors in current as well as emerging conflicts.
CPD hosted a panel discussion on March 8th that explored the challenges and strategies in countering violent extremism, public outreach efforts amidst military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and in navigating information warfare in great-power confrontation.
Photo / Benjamin Dunn
Given that Independence didn't happen 'til 1922, Ireland was still part of the UK during WWI (although Home Rule was supposed to have happened, but had gotten pushed aside given the raging war and all.) I like that the woman in the poster is obviously playing on the question of masculinity, but is also, in an odd way, it seems to me, personifying Ireland (who is almost always personified female, an Aisling), which seems an odd choice given that this is a British posters and referencing a rallying point for independence would be dangerous.
This makes more sense in my head but it's late and I'm tired.
Keynote given by Harvard University Graduate School of Design's Eve Blau
Photo credit: Martha Stewart
Given the perspective, I assumed they weren't in the obvious place (it *looks* like they're right on top of the Soldiers Field Park Garage.) Turns out that they really are, and a garage-top mount like this is unique (and involves steel supports that go down two floors.) They're just *small* - 10kW each, 40ft towers... and although they're counting them towards the parking lot's power draw (along with new lighting fixture improvements) they actually just feed directly into Harvard's grid. sustainabledcs.blogspot.com/2009/10/soldiers-field-park-w...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/09/harvesting-watts-f...
The visibility is an intentional statement.
Details are given at www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?195719. Some of the wreckage is still visible among the sand and rocks, just north of Gateholm at the extreme west of Marloes Sands. The Pembrokeshire wreck list states that she was between St Ann's Head and Castlebeach Bays, www.dive-pembrokeshire.com/wreck1.html.
Crypt.
“It was agreed, that it would be most satisfactory to have the names inscribed on the tablets in units.” [Register 11 Jan 1928]
“A domed inner shrine, in the base of the memorial, has its walls lined with commemorative bronze tablets — a list of the fallen South Australian soldiers. When complete this list will contain about 6,000 names.” [Chronicle 12 Mar 1931]
Even before World War I ended, there were plans to commemorate the war dead of South Australia. Years of discussion followed about the form & location of a memorial. The National War Memorial on the corner of North Terrace & Kintore Avenue was not unveiled until 25 Apr 1931 by Governor Hore-Ruthven. Sculpture by G Raynor-Hoff, bronze figures cast by A W Dobbie & Co, architects Woods, Bagot Tory & Laybourne-Smith.
“the necessity for deciding upon the most fitting type of national memorial to those who have given their lives in the great war.” [Register 2 Nov 1918]
“A correspondent points out that in The Register two years ago Mr. Fred Johns, F.J.I, suggested that the National War Memorial in South Australia should take the form of a noble State building.” [Register 27 Feb 1919]
“There are indications that the Parliamentary consideration of the question of the erection of a war memorial will develop into an issue between a purely artistic memorial and a building useful as well as ornamental. . . a committee be appointed to consider designs.” [Advertiser 8 Aug 1919]
“A meeting of the National War Memorial Committee. . . It was decided that Government House Grounds should be set aside for the proposed memorial, and that the Commonwealth should be asked to return to the State the old parade ground on North terrace, to be included in the area to be used for the memorial.” [Register 23 Oct 1919]
GRAND PLANS
“The viceregal domain comprises 12 acres, and the old Parade Ground, which the Government is endeavouring to acquire from the Federal authorities, contains an additional two acres. If the latter area is transferred to the State the possibilities of the scheme will be greatly enhanced, and the grounds will then probably be terraced right down to the Torrens banks, and a bridge placed over the railway line leading to the Exhibition Building. It has also been suggested that the main approach to the memorial grounds should be from King William Road, in a line with the thoroughfare to the Adelaide Railway Station between the Government' Printing Office and the City Baths. Here a large triumphal arch may be built, or, if such a structure should mar the outlook, imposing marble steps might grace the entrance. These are some of the suggestions which will come before the committee for its consideration.” [The Mail 8 Nov 1919]
“nothing is likely to be done until after the visit of the Prince of Wales, and, in view of the difficulty in obtaining a suitable viceregal residence within easy distance of the city, where facilities would be available for accommodating Royal guests.” [Register 15 Jan 1920]
MONTEFIORE HILL? or MOUNT LOFTY?
“The Institute of Surveyors has notified the Institute of Architects that it endorses the latter body's recommendation of Montefiore Hill as the site for the national war memorial, as against the grounds of Government House. Should the former not be available a site on Government House grounds overlooking the Torrens is mentioned. A purely decorative, and not a utilitarian, memorial is preferred.” [Advertiser 28 Feb 1920]
“From 'A Soldier’s Mother'. . . Placed on Norton's Summit or Mount Lofty, where it could act as a guiding star for mariners at night (if illuminated), and in the day touched by gleams of light, with the sky or trees for a background, it would be inspiring, pointing to higher ideals, and ever reminding us in its .perfect surroundings and its lofty position of those great acts of sacrifice which it would symbolize.” [Register 6 Mar 1920]
“But time is flitting, and the question of a National Memorial is not one that should be tarried with or put off indefinitely. It is when the country's heart is warmest that the best response is made.” [The Mail 28 Aug 1920]
“the resolution carried by the old committee, viz., ‘that the memorial consist of the northern portion of Government House domain, the parade-ground, and such portions of the City Corporation's park adjacent thereto south of Victoria-drive”, was endorsed. Now that the question of the site has been disposed of the next step is to decide the form the memorial shall take.” [Advertiser 5 Oct 1921]
FOUR YEARS!
“Here we are four years after the war and nothing as yet to mark our permanent tribute of the men who served in the mighty conflict, so many of them with their lives.” [The Mail 23 Dec 1922]
“the National War Memorial Committee. . . decided that a monument or column of suitable design should be erected in a central situation, the cost not to exceed £5,000. Competitive designs for the memorial will be invited by the committee, and that no time shall be lost.” [The Journal, Adelaide 3 May 1923]
“With plans for the completion of the South Australian National War Memorial changing during the four years the committee has been striving to reach finality. . . a recommendation will be made to increase the amount from £5,000 to £25,000.” [News 8 Aug 1923]
MORE IDEAS
“The sub-committee appointed to consider the matter of site and form for a National War Memorial for this State met on Tuesday at the Chief Secretary's office, when the following suggestions in connection with the matter were brought forward:—
That the south-eastern corner of Parliament House grounds be the site for the memorial.
That information be obtained from the Institute of Architects in regard to using Montefiore Hill as the site.
That a carillion [sic] of bells be considered for inclusion in connection with the memorial.
That the memorial take the form of a Roman fountain.
That the south-western corner of Government House grounds, now occupied by the guard house, be the site.
That the memorial be erected on the summit of Mount Lofty, and take the form of a memorial tower, having the appearance of a huge cross, and replacing the present obelisk.
Before a definite determination is arrived at it has been decided to invite further suggestions from the public.” [Advertiser 24 Oct 1923]
“the sub-committee appointed to enquire into the matter of a National War Memorial site has deferred its decision pending further suggestions from the public. If I may be allowed a voice in the matter. I suggest the erection of a temple, or theatre, capable of seating two thousand persons, on the South Park Lands, between King William-road and West-terrace. . . with a portion of the land surrounding it transformed into a luxuriant garden; the garden to be open to the general public at specified times; the proposed temple or theatre to be used exclusively for education purposes on the lines of peace; — such, for instant, as lectures, cinema pictures, concerts, floral shows, for charity benefits, the annual 'thousand voice choir,’ art exhibitions in aid of soldiers' widows.” [Advertiser 27 Oct 1923]
“Since the subcommittee met on October 23 further suggestions have been received, including: — A bellfry to carry a carillon of bells, with a small hall at the base, to contain war records, and to be placed in King William street, between the Queen Victoria Statue and the Law Court, with a remodelling of the square to allow traffic to pass: or on the south-western corner of Government House Gardens, to be worked in with the proposed widening of North terrace.
A high bell tower with a peal of bells to ring out at a given hour, situated preferably on the land adjoining Parliament House.
A square stone tower, with the words, 'Tower of remembrance,' cut deeply into the stone, guarded at each corner by a bronze lion, the internal to be a chamber to contain war records. Suggested position — the south-east-corner of Parliament House grounds.
A bronze statue, of St. George and the dragon, similar to the Cavalry Memorial at Hyde Park, London. A tower and bells might be included in this memorial, the statue to occupy the foreground. The site suggested is on the south-east corner of Parliament House grounds.” [Register 6 Nov 1923]
SOUTH-WEST of GOVT HOUSE GROUNDS?
“That the south-western portion of Government House grounds be the side for the National War Memorial and that the Government be asked to appropriate £100,000 for the memorial was the decision arrived at by the committee this morning. It is probable that an acre will be set aside for the memorial and that the guard house at the entrance to Government House grounds will be removed for the purpose. . . The idea in the minds of the committee is that the memorial should include among other things, a carilion [sic] of bells, which would be rung at certain times, chiefly on Sunday and festival days.” [News 13 Nov 1923]
“The Government has refused to grant the request of the National War Memorial Committee to make available, as a site for the memorial, the south-western corner of Government House grounds.” [Observer 24 Nov 1923]
VICTORIA SQUARE?
“In view of the Government's adverse decision, the committee has now recommended that the whole of Victoria square should be made available for the purpose of a site.” [Register 28 Nov 1923]
“The suggestion o£ a highway along the foothills to serve as a national war memorial was advanced by the President of the Townplanning Association.” [Register 29 Nov 1923]
“National War Memorial. Victoria Square Site Abandoned. Governor's Domain Again Recommended.” [Register 30 Nov 1923]
COMPETITION FOR DESIGN
“conditions in connection with the proposed invitation for designs for the memorial for this State. . . The competition for designs is to be confined to Australian or British subjects resident in South Australia, and the designs will be assessed by three judges, one to be appointed by the Government, one by the South Australian Institute of Architects, and one by the committee.” [News 3 Jan 1924]
“Between 20 and 30 competitive designs for the National War Memorial have been received.” [Advertiser 1 Oct 1924]
“When asked what the Government would do in connection with the National War Memorial, now that the competitive designs had been destroyed by the disastrous fire that occurred last week in Richards Building, Currie street, where the plans had been spread out for viewing by the judges, the Premier (Hon. J. Gunn) said the matter had not been discussed by Cabinet.” [Register 19 Nov 1924]
“In view of the War Memorial being a patriotic object, the South Australian architects submitted the competitive designs without receiving any promise of payment for the work, or a prize for the successful competitor, beyond that he should be given the right to supervise the work. . . In all, 28 sets of plans were sent in, each comprising several drawings. Many of these designs were prepared out of office hours, and to re-produce them would, according to one of the competitors, mean a couple of months of night work.” [Advertiser 6 Dec 1924]
SEVEN YEARS!
“Though nearly seven years have elapsed since the signing of the Armistice the State is still without a National War Memorial worthily commemorating the heroism of its citizen soldiers in the great ordeal of civilisation.” [Chronicle 2 May 1925]
“Much interest centres round the question of the site to be chosen for the new Government House. . . a sub-committee. . . will then discuss the relative suitability of Lady Duncan's home, ‘Strathpeny’, Mitcham, and that of Mr. Frank Rymill, in the same neighborhood.” [Recorder, Port Pirie 7 May 1925]
KINTORE AVENUE
“the architects were cramped in giving expression to their ideas m the small triangular block of land only a quarter of an acre in extent opposite Parliament House. It has now been decided that the Shrine of Memory shall be erected upon an acre of land opposite the Circulating Library on the corner of North terrace and Kintore avenue. Although not such an imposing site as the previous one it is in a position that will not be disturbed should any big scheme of public works in the nature of the building of an underground railway beneath King William street ever come to fruition. . . the men who submitted the five best designs in the previous competition will be compensated just as if the competition had gone on to finality,” [Register 13 Jul 1926]
“War Memorial, New Competition Probable. Architects Hopeful.” [News 25 Aug 1926]
“South Australia is still without a National War Memorial in its capital city. The Women's Memorial on Pennington-terrace, dignified and worthy as it is, does not take the place of an official tribute from the State, nor do any 6f the memorial tablets erected in various public and private institutions throughout the city. There is not an Adelaide suburb or a country town in the State which has not erected a monument or established, some institution to .commemorate the deeds of the soldiers who went from the particular districts to the Great War.” [Chronicle 25 Dec 1926]
“On Saturday the assessor in connection with the competitive designs for a National War Memorial out of 18 designs selected that entered by Messrs. Woods, Bagot, Jory and Laybourne-Smith as the best.” [Advertiser 17 Jan 1927]
“Mr. Laybourne-Smith, a member of the firm of architects for the National War Memorial, is visiting Sydney to collaborate with Mr. G. Rayner Hoff, A.R.C.A., sculptor, who is preparing models for the statuary of the design.” [Advertiser 15 Aug 1927]
“It was agreed, that it would be most satisfactory to have the names inscribed on the tablets in units.” [Register 11 Jan 1928]
“The National War Memorial on Government House grounds, North-terrace, and the structure has reached a height of approximately 15 ft. The Granite foundations for the marble shrine have been completed, and work on the superstructure is being continued. Fourteen skilled men are being employed cutting and moulding the stones for this work.” [Advertiser 19 Jan 1929]
“North Terrace Elms. Architect Did Not Suggest Removal of All. Only Seven at War Memorial.” [News 6 Mar 1929]
“The names of all South Australian soldiers who died from service in the Great War, whether they served with the A.I.F. or Allied forces, are wanted by the Premier (Mr. Butler) as early as possible for inscription on the Roll of Honour, to be placed on the National Memorial on North terrace, Adelaide.” [Observer 3 Aug 1929]
“Because the bronze figures on the State War Memorial on North terrace cannot be completed in the expected time, it will not be possible to unveil the memorial on Anzac Day. . . the bronzework could be done more cheaply in England than in South Australia, but the Premier asked that the work should be done here. That had been agreed on.” [Observer 8 Feb 1930]
“The Ploughman, the first of three bronze figures representing the youth of Australia which will form part of the National War Memorial on North terrace, has been completed and will soon be placed in position. The group was modelled by Mr. G. Rayner Hoff, of Sydney. The figures for the National War Memorial arc being made at the works of Messrs. A. W. Dobbic & Co., in Adelaide.” [Observer 9 Oct 1930]
“Fittingly, on Anzac Day — April 25 — the South Australian National War Memorial on North-terrace will be unveiled to the public. Work on this £30,000 monument to the South Australian soldiers who died in the Great War has been going on since the end of 1927. For more than a year A. W. Dobbie and Company's workmen were casting in bronze the 9 ft. figures. . . The platform and superstructure are of grey granite, and the great winged figure of Duty, which overlooks the bronze group facing North-terrace, is cut in white Angaston marble. . . A domed inner shrine, in the base of the memorial, has its walls lined with commemorative bronze tablets — a list of the fallen South Australian soldiers. When complete this list will contain about 6,000 names.” [Chronicle 12 Mar 1931]
“It is seven months since the State's War Memorial at the corner of Kintore-avenue and North-terrace, was unveiled, and since then not even the weeds have been cleaned from the paths which abut its foundations.” [Advertiser 6 Nov 1931]
Descendants of Robert Givens and Sally Rebecca Stewart gathered at Lake Jackson in Florala, Alabama, on June 15, 2019
09-06-13 Any Given Monday
Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington, DE ***
Didn't sound interesting, and only went because we got half price tickets, but it was surprisingly enjoyable. Didn't anticipate the plot twists, nor the ending. Four accomplished actors that we didn't know, but the audeince seemed to recognise from various TV roles. Lucy (daughter of Danny) DeVito, Leslie Hendrix (Medical Examiner on Law & Order), Kenny Morris (varoius roles) and Michael Mastro (Nurse Jackie).
The "I Saved One" Award was given to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brett Van Sickle and Spc. Shaneria Robinson from the Army Aviation Support Facility during the 2023 Safety Conference at Delaware State University, February 4, 2023. The "I Saved One" Award is the highest safety award attainable in the Delaware Army National Guard.
Robinson identified a fuel leak and prevented injury, possible loss of life, and destruction of a UH-60. Van Sickle identified and repaired an aircraft deficiency preventing any potential mishap.
Flight Hour Awards also went to CW2 Patrick Reilly and SSG Brett Van Sickle for 500 total safe flying hours. CW3 Ray Liedlich, CW3 Erikas Bagdonavicius, and SFC Andrew Josefyk for 1,000 hours. CW4 Josh Hiers and CW3 Shawn Wright for 1,500 hours. CW3 Kyle Zimmerman for 2,000 hours, Col. Darin Schuster for 3,000 hours, SGM Bryan Clarke for 4,000 hours, CW4 Elwood Gilger for 5,500 hours, and CW4 John C. Felker for 6,500 hours.
When the introduction has been given by the master, the Essence, Nature and Energy are called the "three bodies of the Base". They corespond, in the path, to three apects or characteristic conditions of the nature of the mind : the calm state, movement and presence. -- The calm state is the condition of the mind in which no thoughts arise. An example of this is the space that exists between the disappering of one thought, and the arising of another, a space that is usually imperceptible. The movement is the manifestation of thoughts, without interruption. An example is given in which the state without thoughts is said to be like a calm lake, and the arising of thoughts to be like the movement of fish in the lake. These two factors are common to all beings. Presence, on the other hand, is as asleep in us, and it takes a master to awaken it through transmission. Presence is the pure recognition without judgment, of either the calm state or the movement. These three are called the "three bodies of the path". -- In the "Fruit" or realization, they manifest as Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, and Nirmanakaya, the three "purified dimensions". The Dharmakaya corresponds to the condition of the Essence, the voidness of all phenomena. However, presence is here totally awakend. The state of Dharmakaya is beyond form or colour, like limitless space. The Sambhogakaya is the self-perfected dimension of the manifestation of energy. It corresponds to the natural clarity of the Base, linked to presence. The Nirmanakaya is the dimension of manifestation whether pure or impure, perceived as an object in relation to one's own state, although there no longer remains any trace of dualism. Presence is totally integrated with the external dimension. -- No matter how many analyses one does, one should not forget that one is always referring to one's own condition, to the aspects of one's body, voice and mind. If one tries to understand a teaching with this attitude, whatever explanations one receives will be meaningful, and will not remain something abstract. -- Namkhai Norbu / Dzogchen / Penguin Books
So, the churchcrawling group is going well. We have done four visits, and most of the group are enthused and amazed at the history and wonders on their doorsteps.
So, the 5th visit is next week, but one of the group will be away visiting her family, and for the final visit of the year: so would I take her to the two churches before she left?
I would.
And Wednesday was the day.
I backed out of bridge, so the morning was clear. Jools just had to get to the station before quarter to ten after her Qigong class.
But, she said, the station was just a five minute walk away from the Riverside Centre, so didn't need a lift.
Just dropping into town before eight.
Which I did.
And already the wind was blowing and the rain falling. But Mother Nature had barely got started.
Back home via Tesco where I bought some carrots, celery, bread amongst other things, then back home by half eight for breakfast before going to Walmer to pick Carol up.
By then the sun had given up on the day, thick clouds hung just above the tree tops, wind blew, and sheets of rain fell.
You can never book the weather when arranging meetings or trips, so today proved again.
She climbed in, and I drove through Deal, out over the railway line to Worth before doubling back along the Sandwich Road to Whitfiled, then along to Waldershare.
All Saints is a small estate church, a 17th century Chancel with 18th century side chapes and a 19th century Nave.
Despite being just a mile from Jen's, its situated down a lane, and only the brown "historical church" sign pointing down it to show there is anything worth seeing.
As it is, as you pass the old stable block, it feels like you're trespassing, but the lych gate is in front with a small muddy are for parking in front.
The triple gable end appears through the bushes, so we walk up, past the sad grave of a 14 year old miner who died in Tillmanstone at the beginning of the 20th century, and to the porch where the door swung open.
The church is cold and austere, but to the east the Chancel is tiled richly and glistened once I found the light switch.
But then there are the chapels.
To the north, a 17th century tomb with a couple carved in marble holding hands for eternity above.
"It contains the tomb of Susan Bertie. The same tomb also commemorates Montague, Earl of Lindsey, who was loyal to Charles I, and is noted as 'having attended his sacred Majestic to his grave and giving him a Christian burial at Windsor after his barbarous and horrid murder"
To the north, a memorial so large that the chapel must have been built around it.
Four life sized statues of young ladies, each in mourning, and above two more layers each with winged cherubs. There's another layer above that, with an urn, but that is so close to the ceiling.
"The north chapel was built in 1712 to accommodate the monument to Sir Henry Furness who built the present mansion house in the park. This monument only just fits into its chapel and rises in stages like a wedding cake, with four life-sized broken-hearted ladies at the base for starters. As a conversation piece it is unrivalled in a country church."
They make a remarkable pair.
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The church stands within the grounds of Waldershare Park and is not easy to find. Through a lychgate, in a tree-shaded churchyard, the three eastern gables may be seen. The centre one is of natural flint, whereas the outer two are of brickwork, and these sum up the charm of this church - one of contrasts. The nave was almost rebuilt in the nineteenth century and you could almost imagine it belonging to a suburban church of the 1870s. The roof is high, the walls are bare and the character rather austere. The chancel, too, has a Victorian feel with a heavy marble reredos and stencilled walls. Leading off to north and south of the chancel are the brick chapels which we noted on the outside. The south chapel is the earlier, dating from 1697, and contains the tomb chest of Susan Bertie. The same tomb also commemorates Montague, Earl of Lindsey, who was loyal to Charles I, and is noted as 'having attended his sacred Majestic to his grave and giving him a Christian burial at Windsor after his barbarous and horrid murder'. The north chapel was built in 1712 to accommodate the monument to Sir Henry Furness who built the present mansion house in the park. This monument only just fits into its chapel and rises in stages like a wedding cake, with four life-sized broken-hearted ladies at the base for starters. As a conversation piece it is unrivalled in a country church. The church is no longer used and is in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.
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WALDERSHARE
Is the next parish southward from Betshanger lastdescribed, being written in the book of Domesday, Walwaresere, and in some other antient records, both Walworthshire, and Walwareshare, taking its name most probably from the worlds, or open downs, among which it is situated. A borsholder is appointed for this parish, including the district of Apulton, at the court leet of Waldershare manor.
THIS PARISH is situated in a healthy country, among the high hills near the eastern boundary of the county, next the sea, from which it is distant about five miles, and near as many from Dover. It lies about a mile and an half northward of the great London road, and extends about two miles from north to south, but it is very narrow across the other way. It contains in the whole about 1000 acres of land, the rents of which are about 600l. per annum. The whole parish belongs to the earl of Guildford, except ing Southwood and Heasleden down; London close, part of Linacre court, and Appleton. There are eight houses in it, besides one in the district of Appleton, which is entirely separated from the rest of it by the parishes of Norborne and West Langdon intervening, as has been already noticed. In the southern part of it is Waldershare park, well cloathed with trees, having the house in the vale nearly in the centre, and the belvidere at the south-west corner, on high ground, with a beautiful prospect from it, the whole of it stands much in need of modern taste and improvements. The church is situated near the middle of the eastern side of the parish. At the northern boundary is Malmains farm, (the antient mansion of that family in this parish, though now only a mean farm-house, belonging to the earl of Guildford) and an open uninclosed down, called Maimage down, corruptly for Malmains down. The country here has much the same face and soil as those of the neighbouring parishes, a wild and mountainous aspect, and a poor chalky soil. There is a fair held here on WhitTuesday yearly, for toys and pedlary.
WALDERSHARE, at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, in the 15th year of the Conqueror's reign, was part of the possessions of Odo, bishop of Baieux, the king's half-brother, of whom it was held by Ralph de Curbespine; accordingly it is thus entered in that record, under the general title of the bishop's lands:
In Estrei bundred. Ralph de Curbespine bolds of the bishop two sulings in Walwaresere. The arable land is . . . . In demesne there is one carucate and an half, and fourteen villeins, with two carucates and an half. Of this land, Robert has half a suling, and one carucate there. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, it was worth seven pounds and ten shillings, and afterwards fifty shillings, now seven pounds. Wluuard held it of king Edward.
Four years afterwards the bishop was disgraced, and all his possessions were consiscated to the crown; soon after which, upon the king's new arrangement of Dover castle, this manor, among other lands, was assigned to Gilbert Magminot, for his assistance in the defence of it, and together made up the barony of Magminot, being held by barony of Dover castle, by the service of performing ward there from time to time.
Of the Magminots, and their descendants the Sayes, the chief lords of the seignory, this manor was again held by the family of Malmaines, of eminent account in these parts, who were possessed of manors called after them, in Alkham, Pluckley, and Stoke; their residence in this parish likewise being called by their name. John de Malmalnes is recorded in the Battle abbey roll, as having accompanied the Conqueror to England, and to have been present at the battle of Hastings, being standard-bearer to the Norman footmen. From him descended the several branches of this family seated in different parts of this county, who were many of them men eminent for the offices of trust and honour, which they at different times held. They bore for their arms, Ermine, on a chief, gules, three right hands couped, argent; which shield is carved in stone in several places on the roof of the cloysters of Canterbury cathedral. Several of this family lie buried in the Grey Friars church, in London. From the permanency of them here, not only their mansion in this parish acquired the name of Malmaines, (fn. 1) but the manor itself became stiled in records, WALDER SHARE, alias MALMAINES.
From John de Malmaines above-mentioned, who first held this manor in the reign of the Conqueror, it descended down to Henry Malmaines, esq. of Waldershare, who died possessed of it in the 46th year of king Edward III. leaving an only daughter and heir Alice, but it seems she inherited only a part of this manor and estate, which she carried in marriage to Henry Holland, of Solton, near Dover, and he died possessed of her interest in it, in the 19th year of king Richard II. leaving Jane his daughter and heir, married to Thomas Goldwell, of Godington, in Great Chart, who entitled her husband to it, and from him it descended down to his grandson of the same name, who, about the beginning of king Henry VI.'s reign, alienated his part of it to John Monins, esq. who had before become possessed of the other part of this manor, by his marriage with the daughter and heir of Colby, who inherited this estate in right of his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas, son of John Malmaines, of Stoke, who was related to Henry Malmaines before-mentioned, on whose death in 46 Edward III. it descended to him, so that he became then possessed of the whole of this manor.
John Monins, or Monyn, as the name was sometimes spelt in antient deeds, was descended from Sir Simon de Monyn, of the castle of Mayon, in Normandy, who attended William the Conqueror in his expedition into England, and bore for his arms, Gules, three crescents, or, the coat-armour of his descendant at this time. John Monins, esq. afterwards resided at Waldershare, where he built a new mansion, about a mile south-eastward from the antient house of Malmaines, in which he afterwards resided, as did his descendants down to Sir William Monins, of Waldershare, who was created a baronet in 1611. He died in 1643, and was succeeded in title and estate by his eldest son Sir Edward Monins, bart. of Waldershare, who served the office of sheriff in the 21st year of king Charles I. and died possessed of this manor and estate in 1663, leaving five daughters his coheirs. On his death, this manor and seat devolved on his two eldest daughters and coheirs, Susan, married to Peregrine Bertie, second son of Montague, earl of Lindsey; and Jane to John, son and heir of Sir Norton Knatchbull, bart. the former of whom left two daughters and coheirs, Mary, married first to Anthony Henley, esq. of the Grange, in Hampshire, father of the lord chancellor, earl of Northington; and secondly, to Henry Bertie, third son of James, earl of Abingdon; and Bridget to John, lord Powlet, afterwards created earl Powlet. On the death of Susan, the eldest daughter and coheir above-mentioned, late wife of Peregrine Bertie, deceased, who seems at her death to have been possessed of the whole of this manor and estate, it became vested in her heirs and trustees, for the use of her two daughters and coheirs, and they, in the reign of king William and queen Mary, joined in the sale of it to Sir Henry Furnese, bart. of Waldershare, who rebuilt this seat, after a design, as it is said, of Inigo Jones, and inclosed a park round it, which he planted in an elegant manner with avenues, according to the taste of that time.
Sir Henry Furnese was the eldest son of Henry Furnele, of Sandwich. His next brother, George Furnese, was in the East-India Company's service, whose son Henry Furnese was of Gunnersbury house. He died in 1712, leaving by his first wife Anne, daughter of Robert Brough, esq. one son Sir Robert Furnese, bart. His second wife was Matilda, widow of Anthony Balam, esq. by whom he had a daughter Matilda, married to Richard Edgcumbe, afterwards created lord Edgcumbe.
Sir Henry Furnese, the eldest son, became a capital merchant, and by his industry and abilities rose to eminence, wealth, and honours. Being always active, and zealous in support of the Revolution, he was favourably distinguished by king William, and the Whigs in general, and the ministry patronizing him, it gave him weight and consequence, and served to enable him in the various branches of trade which he carried on, the more speedily to acquire those riches which he afterwards accumulated. He served the office of sheriff of London in 1701, and was in 1707 created a baronet. At his death he bequeathed a handsome legacy for charitable uses to the several parishes in Sandwich, as may be further seen in the description of that town. He bore for his arms, Argent, a talbot bound, seiant, within a bordure, sable
Sir Robert Furnese, bart. his son, resided here, and died possessed of this manor and seat in 1733, being at that time knight of the shire for this county. He had been three times married, first to Anne, daughter of Anthony Ealam, esq. by whom he had a daughter Anne, who married the hon. John St. John, second but at length only surviving son of Henry, viscount St. John, and after his death lord viscount St. John; Sir Robert married secondly, the hon. Arabella Watson, one of the daughters of Lewis, lord, afterwards earl of Rockingham, by whom he had Henry, his successor in title and estates; and Catherine, afterwards married to Lewis, earl of Rockingham; lastly, he married lady Anne Shirley, daughter of Robert Shirley, earl Ferrers, by whom he left an only surviving daughter Selina, married to Edward Dering, afterwards Sir Edward Dering, bart. Sir Henry Furnese, bart. survived his father but a short time, dying abroad in 1735, under age, and unmarried, and this, among the rest of his estates, by virtue of the limitations in his grandfather's will, became vested in his three sisters, as the daughters and coheirs of his father Sir Robert Furnese, in equal shares and proportions, in coparcenary in tail general. After which, by a decree of the court of chancery, at the instance of the parties, anno 9 king George II. a writ of partition was agreed to, which was confirmed by an act passed specially for this purpose next year, by which this manor and seat, with Malmaines and other premises in this parish, were allotted to Catherine, wife of Lewis, earl of Rockingham, who died s.p. in 1745, leaving her surviving, who then became possessed of this estate again in her own right. She afterwards married Francis, earl of Guildford, by whom she had no issue, and dying in 1766, devised it, among the rest of hereestates, to her surviving husband, who died in 1790, and was buried at Wroxton, in Oxfordshire, beside the countess his late wife. He was the only surviving son of Francis, lord Guildford, and by the death of William, lord North and Grey, succeeded as his heir to the former of those titles, the latter becoming extinct, bearing the title of. Lord North and Guildford; and on April 8, 1752, he was further advanced to the title of Earl of Guildford, in Surry. He married first Lucy, daughter of George, earl of Halifax, by whom he had Frederick, who became his heir; his second wife was Elizabeth, relict of George, viscount Lewisham, by whom he had two daughters, whom he survived, one of whom, Louisa, married to John Peyto, lord Willoughby de Broke; and a son Brownlow, now lord bishop of Winchester, who married Miss Banister. He married thirdly, Katherine, Countess of Rockingham, as above mentioned, who died s.p. Upon the earl of Guildford's death in 1790, in his 87th year, he was succeeded in titles and estate by his eldest son Frederick, lord North, and knight of the garter, who became (the second) earl of Guildford, a nobleman well known as having continued the prime minister of this country during the late unhappy American war. He died in 1792, in London, being at that time lordwarden of the cinque ports and constable of Dover castle, lord lieutenant and custos rotulorum of Somersetshire, chancellor of the university of Oxford, recorder of Gloucester and Taunton, &c. He was buried in the family vault at Wroxton; the whole university attending the funeral procession with great solemnity as it passed through Oxford. His Lordship married Anne, daughter of George Speke, esq. of Dillington, in Somersetshire, by whom he left three sons and three daughters; the former were, George-Augustus, Frederick, and Francis; the latter were Caroline, the eldest, married to Sylvester Douglas, esq. and Anne and Charlotte who are unmarried. The eldest son, GeorgeAugustus, succeeded him in title, and in this estate and seat of Waldershare, being the present right hon. the earl of Guildford, who first married Miss Hobart, daughter of the earl of Buckinghamshire. She died in 1794, leaving only an infant daughter Maria.—He married secondly, in 1796, the daughter of Mr. Thomas Coutts, banker, of London, by whom he has two daughters.
In the house of Waldershare was a portrait of Sir Robert Furnese, by Carlo Maretti, painted at Rome, and there is now a portrait of him there, marked F. T. his hand resting on a book, intitled Monumenta Romana. There are there likewise two family pictures by Sir Godfrey Kneller; the one of Sir Robert Furnese with his first wife and their daughter; the other of Sir Robert and his second wife, with their son Henry and daughter Catherine. (fn. 2)
A court leet and court baron is held for this manor of Waldershare.
The earl of Guildford bears for his arms, Azure, a lion passant, or, between three fleurs de lis, argent. For his supporters, Two dragons, sable, scaled, ducally gorged and chained, or; and for his crest, on a wreath of its colours— A dragon's head erased, sable, scaled, ducally gorged and chained, or. Motto, La vertue est la senle noblesse.
APULTON is a district esteemed to be within this parish, though separated from the rest of it by a part of the parishes of Norborne and West Langdon in tervening. It is situated northward from the other part of Waldershare, and appears by the survey of Domesday to have been at that time part of the possessions of Odo, bishop of Baieux, under the general title of whose lands it is thus entered in it:
The same Ralph (de Curbespine) holds of the bishop, Apletone. It was taxed at one suling. The arable land is . . . . . In demesne there are two carucates, with six borderers. In the time of king Edward the Consessor, it was worth one hundred shillings, and afterwards ten shillings, now forty shillings. Ascored held, it of king Edward.
Four years after the taking of the above survey, the bishop of Baieux was disgraced, and all his possessions were confiscated to the crown; soon after which, both these manors were granted by the king to Gil bert Magminot, for his assistance in the defence of Dover castle, being held by the service of ward to it, and with other lands made up the barony of Magminot. Of the family of Magminot and their heirs, these manors were again held by the eminent family of Malmains, who continued in the possession of them, down to Henry Malmains who joining with Simon, earl of Leicester, in rebellion against king Henry III. would have forfeited all his lands, had not the abbot of the adjoining monastery of Langdon interceded for him and gained his pardon; for which service his descendant, Sir John Malmains, through gratitude, gave the two manors of Apleton and Southwold, by his will, after the death of Lora his wife, who held them in dower, to the above-mentioned monastery, (fn. 3) and they both continued in the abbot's possession till the Ist year of king Richard III. when the abbot exchanged Southwood with Robert Monins, esq. for other lands elsewhere; but Appleton was, on the suppression of the abbey, in the 27th year of king Henry VIII surrendered into the hands of the crown, together with the rest of the possessions of the monastery; and the king seized on Southwood, then in the possession of Edward Monins, esq. as part of them, and unjustly alienated from it, and afterwards granted both Apleton and Southwold, among other premises, in his 29th year, to the archbishop of Canterbury, who in the Ist year of queen Elizabeth exchanged Appleton again with the crown, but he retained Southwood, which has ever since continued part of the possessions of that see, and remains so at this time.
BUT THE MANOR OF APPLETON, or Appulton, as it is sometimes written, was afterwards granted to Sir Edwin Sandys, of Northborne, in whose descendants it continued, till it was at length passed away to Wickenden; and Robert Wickenden, gent. of Dover, died possessed of it in 1686, and by his will gave it to his son of the same name, whose descendant Mr. Nicholas Wickenden, of the same place, dying without issue about sixty years ago, devised it to his servants, who sold it to Mr. Samuel Billingsley, of London, whose widow marrying Richard Crickett, esq. entitled him to the possession of it, and he continues the present owner. There is not any court held for this manor.
There are no parochial charities. The poor constantly maintained are about six, casually four.
THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Sandwich.
The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, is a small mean building, consisting of a body and chancel, having a wooden turret at the west end, in which hangs one bell. It is almost overgrown with ivy. There are two additional buildings on each side the chancel, each of which communicates with the church by a door broken through the walls of it. That on the north side has in it a most magnisicent pyramidical monument, erected by Sir Robert Furnese, bart. in memory of his father Sir Henry Furnese. Four female figures, in white marble, as large as life, support the bale; on the four sides of which are inscriptions to the memories of Sir Robert his father, his sister Matilda, his three wives, his son Henry, and his daughters Anne and Catherine, all buried here; the whole finely executed by Mr. Greene, of Camberwell. In the building, on the south side, is a large altartomb, on which are the figures of a man and woman, made out of all proportion, and conspicuously absurd, and an inscription to the memory of the honorable Susan Bertie, fourth daughter and coheir of Sir Edw. Monins, bart. of Waldershare, and wife to the hon. Peregrine Bertie. Over it are banners, pendants, &c. In the chancel, against the south wall, is a monument for Sir Edward Monins, and Elizabeth his wife, obt. 1602; also for Sir William Monins, bart. of Waldershare, his son and heir, obt. 1642; and for his wife Jane, daughter of Roger Twysden, esq. of Roydonhall, in Peckham, in Kent, obt. 1640, and two of their children. Near it are two grave-stones, pointing out the burying-places of Sir William Monins and his wife, lady Jane; and for Edward, eldest son of Sir Edward Monins, bart. obt. 1640. In the east window are painted several female figures, which seem singularly indecent, at any rate very improper, for the place. In the body is a memorial for Laurence Wright, A. M. vicar of this parish and Elmsted, obt. 1707; arms, A chevron, between three batchets. A memorial for Robert Greenall, A. M. late vicar of this parish and rector of Blackmanstone, and curate of Nonington and Wimlingswold, obt. 1770.
¶The church of Waldershare was antiently appendant to the manor, and continued so, till one of the family of Malmaines gave it to the neighbouring abbey of West Langdon, to which it was appropriated by archbishop Walter Reynolds, in the 16th year of Edward II (fn. 4) In which state it continued till the suppression of that monastery, in the 27th year of king Henry VIII. when it came with the rest of the possessions of it, into the king's hands, whence this appropriation, together with the advowson of the vicarage, was afterwards granted to the archbishop of Canterbury, part of whose possessions it continues at this time. The appropriation is demised on a beneficial lease. The Monins's were formerly lesses of it, afterwards the Furneses, and now the earl of Guildford.
In the time of king Edward III. there were of the endowment of this church, one messuage, one garden, and nine acres of arable. It is valued in the king's books at 5l. 8s. but is now a discharged living, of the clear yearly value of twenty-five pounds.
In 1588 here were thirty-three communicants. In 1640 here were the like number, and it was valued at thirty-eight pounds. Archbishop Juxon augmented this vicarage twenty pounds per annum, anno 14 king Charles II. There is no vicarage house, and only one acre of glebe land, adjoining to the church-yard; but by the king's books it appears there were formerly two acres.