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Sulgrave Manor is a mid-16th century Tudor hall house in Sulgrave, Northamptonshire, UK, built by Lawrence Washington, the 3rd great-grandfather of George Washington, first President of the United States. The manor passed out of the hands of the Washington family in the 17th century and by the 19th had descended to the status of a farmhouse.
Washington was born in 1602. He was the fifth son of Lawrence Washington (1565–1616) of Sulgrave Manor, Northamptonshire, son and heir of Robert Washington (1544–1619), of Sulgrave by his first wife Elizabeth Lyte, daughter and heiress of Walter Lyte of Radway, Warwickshire.
Lawrence Washington had Sulgrave Manor house built in about 1540–60. [14] It is at the northeast end of the village, built of local limestone, with a southwest front, a kitchen and buttery, a great hall, and above it a great chamber and two smaller private chambers. The great hall has a stone floor, and its Tudor fireplace contains a salt ...
The Washington coat of arms is placed prominently above the entrance door at Sulgrave Manor in Northamptonshire, the home built in 1560 by Lawrence Washington (d. 1584) George Washington's direct ancestor. The family coat of arms can also be seen in stained glass panels in the Great Hall which show marriage arms of several families that married ...
Bust of George Washington at the Sulgrave Manor. Sulgrave Manor was completed in 1560 and remained in the Washington family until 1610. [10] Lawrence Washington's great-grandson, Lawrence Washington (1602–1652), was a rector. [10] His brother Sir William Washington married the half-sister of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. [1] [14 ...
In 1889 the two brasses of the children and the head of the brass of Lawrence Washington were stolen. [2] They were recovered in 1923 and reinstalled in 1924 but no-one was ever charged with their theft. [2] In 1659 the Washingtons sold Sulgrave Manor, [4] and in about 1673 it passed to a member of the Hodges family. [6]
Lawrence Washington (1602–1653), rector and an ancestor of the first US President George Washington, was born at Sulgrave Manor, 12 miles south-west of Northampton. Lawrence's great-grandfather, Lawrence Washington (c. 1500–1583), who purchased Sulgrave Manor from Henry VIII, was Mayor of Northampton in 1532 and 1545.
George Washington, the first President of the United States of America, was born into the Washington family who had migrated to America from Northamptonshire in 1656. George Washington's ancestor, Lawrence Washington, was Mayor of Northampton on several occasions and it was he who bought Sulgrave Manor from Henry VIII in 1539.