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Ightham Mote (/ ˈ aɪ t əm ˈ m oʊ t /), at Ightham, is a medieval moated manor house in Kent, England. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county". [1] Ightham Mote and its gardens are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public.
The Selby family, of English gentry, originated in Selby, Yorkshire, but largely settled in Northumberland and County Durham.At various points through history, the family owned Biddlestone Hall and Twizell Castle in Northumberland in addition to the manor houses Ightham Mote in Kent and at Beal, Northumberland.
Monckton was the only son of Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, created Viscount in 1957, and Mary Adelaide Somes Colyer-Ferguson.He was born at Ightham Mote, which was owned by his maternal grandfather, Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson.
It showed a glimpse into the courtyard of a romantic fourteenth-century manor house, Ightham Mote in Kent. Ightham’s owner, Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, was then opening the house to the public ...
Ightham Mote, much developed by Richard Haute in the 15th century. The first wife of Nicholas was Alice Cawne, the widow of Richard Charlys (Charles) and daughter of Sir Thomas Cawne (or Couen), M.P. (d. 1374), [26] [27] and his wife Lora, daughter of Sir Thomas Moraunt of Chevening. [28]
He married Polly Colyer-Fergusson, daughter of Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, the family who owned Ightham Mote, Sevenoaks.In 1947, he married, secondly, Bridget Monckton, 11th Lady Ruthven of Freeland, CBE, the wartime head of the ATS counterpart in India, the Women's Army Corps (India), and also of the Women's Royal Indian Naval Service (WRINS).
According to the inscription on his tomb at St Peter's Ightham, William Selby was a soldier at the Siege of Leith in 1560, at Newhaven in France, at the capture of Edinburgh Castle in 1573, and at Hume Castle in 1569. He served in Ireland for three years and was governor of Amersfoort in the Netherlands. [2]
He was Sheriff of Northumberland again in 1606. In 1611 he succeeded to Ightham Mote and the estates in Kent of his uncle Sir William Selby. He was gentleman porter of Berwick upon Tweed in succession to his father. [3] Selby married Dorothy Bonham (1572–1641). [3] She was a friend of Lady Anne Clifford. Dame Dorothy and Sir William obtained ...