I was born in Sambourne Lane in 1952. My paternal grandfather was William Parsons whom I believe was born in what is now Jill Lane in Sambourne. The house was ...
I worked here in 2001 for around six months, aged 19. A long time ago now, but I remember a fair bit about this time as it was my first ...
Frederick Dickens’ pub in Warwick. Frederick, who was a professional cricketer, was the younger brother of my great grandfather. Frederick owned the New Bowling Green in Warwick from 1901-1905, sold ...
My Lord Brooke beinge but uppon same daye com to towne, and resolving to goe downe this daye fore Warwicksheare as he told me hime selfe, was arrested heance by ...
As we have read, Fulke Greville’s murder was a particularly gruesome affair. So why did he do it? Well, most of the narrative focusses on Hawarde’s dissatisfaction with the terms ...
Lord Brooke, heir of the seventh Earl of Warwick, announced his intention to sell the Greville family archives in March 19781. This was the latest in a long string of ...
Mary Jane Kirby (1876-1946) worked in the kitchens at Warwick Castle in the early 20th century. In 1993, her daughter Gertrude Lakins (1905-1999) was interviewed as part of Warwickshire County ...
After searching for a servant to teach Scottish Gaelic to Lady Eva Greville (1860-1940), Ella Urquhart was now safely in the Countess of Warwick’s employ, Ella started her working life ...
You may have read about the Countess of Warwick’s artistic maids, but during the project to catalogue the Greville Family of Warwick Castle collection, we discovered a new servant story. ...
Frances Evelyn “Daisy” Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861-1938), was perhaps most famous for her socialist views, her political dabblings, and her affair with the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), ...
The relationship between Marjorie, 6th Countess of Warwick, and her son Charles Guy ‘Fulke’ Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick, became an increasingly uneasy one over the years. Correspondence in the ...
As we have seen, Fulke Greville and Philip Sidney shared a close bond.
Another friend to both Sydney and Greville was the poet, courtier and (alleged) alchemist Sir Edward Dyer. He ...
