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Melford Hall, the Glossary

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  1. 23 relations: Abbot, Beatrix Potter, Brickwork, Bury St Edmunds, Dissolution of the monasteries, Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers, English country house, Guy Fawkes Night, James Howell, Kentwell Hall, LeeStock Music Festival, Long Melford, Mary I of England, Middle Ages, National Trust, Parker baronets, Sir Harry Parker, 6th Baronet, Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, Stour Valley riots, Sue Ryder, Sue Ryder (charity), Suffolk, William Cordell.

  2. Beatrix Potter
  3. Historic house museums in Suffolk
  4. Long Melford
  5. National Trust properties in Suffolk

Abbot

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions.

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Beatrix Potter

Helen Beatrix Potter (28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.

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Brickwork

Brickwork is masonry produced by a bricklayer, using bricks and mortar.

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Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds, commonly referred to locally as Bury is a cathedral and market town in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers

Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers and Viscountess Savage (1581 – 9 March 1651) was an English courtier and a Royalist victim of uprisings during the English Civil War.

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English country house

An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.

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Guy Fawkes Night

Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Fireworks Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain, involving bonfires and fireworks displays.

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James Howell

James Howell (–) was a Welsh writer and historian.

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Kentwell Hall

Kentwell Hall is a stately home in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. Melford Hall and Kentwell Hall are country houses in Suffolk, Grade I listed buildings in Suffolk, historic house museums in Suffolk and Long Melford.

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LeeStock Music Festival

The LeeStock Music Festival (originally known as LeeFest) is an annual music festival, held in Long Melford, Suffolk, since 2006 in memory of a local man, Lee Dunford, who died the same year. Melford Hall and LeeStock Music Festival are Long Melford.

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Long Melford

Long Melford, colloquially and historically also referred to as Melford, is a large village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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Mary I of England

Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as "Bloody Mary" by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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National Trust

The National Trust (Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol; Iontaobhas Náisiúnta) is a heritage and nature conservation charity and membership organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Parker baronets

There have been seven baronetcies created for persons with the surname Parker, three in the Baronetage of England, two in the Baronetage of Great Britain and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Sir Harry Parker, 6th Baronet

Sir Harry Parker, 6th Baronet (1735–1812), was from a naval family and inherited his title on the death of his father, Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, in 1782.

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Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet

Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1 February 1714 – 1782) was a British naval commander.

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Stour Valley riots

The Stour Valley riots, also called the Anti-Popery riots, were a series of anti-Roman Catholic riots and attacks which took place across southern East Anglia throughout 1642.

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Sue Ryder

Margaret Susan Cheshire, Baroness Ryder of Warsaw, Baroness Cheshire, (3 July 1924 – 2 November 2000), commonly known as Sue Ryder, was a British volunteer with Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, who afterwards established charitable organisations, notably the Sue Ryder Foundation (now known as simply Sue Ryder).

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Sue Ryder (charity)

Sue Ryder is a British palliative and bereavement support charity based in the United Kingdom.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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William Cordell

Sir William Cordell (about 1522 – 17 May 1581) of Melford Hall in the parish of Long Melford, Suffolk, was an English lawyer, landowner, administrator and politician who held high offices under both the Catholic Queen Mary I and the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I.

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See also

Beatrix Potter

Historic house museums in Suffolk

Long Melford

National Trust properties in Suffolk

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melford_Hall