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Sir Richard Hutton, the younger (1594 – 15 October 1645) was a Yorkshire landowner and Member of Parliament for Knaresborough who lost his life in the English Civil War.. Sir Richard Hutton inherited substantial estates at Goldsborough and Flaxby including the Jacobean Goldsborough Hall on the death of his father.
Knaresborough is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Chenaresburg, meaning "Cenheard's fortress", [3] [4] in the wapentake of Burghshire, [5] renamed Claro Wapentake in the 12th century. Knaresborough Castle is Norman; [6] around 1100, the town began to grow. It provided a market and attracted traders to service the castle.
[77] [note 5] July 1459 disrupted Knaresborough meeting of Sir William Plumpton, who was attempting to announce a royal proclamation. 18 Sept 1459 mustered at Boroughbridge as part of Salisbury's army that would fight at the Battle of Blore Heath later that month, [79] and all subsequently indicted for being vi et armis insurrexerunt with the earl.
A charter dated at Lambeth 5 August 1205 confirmed that Nicholas had paid a fine of 10,000 marks for his inheritance, with the exception of the castles of Knaresborough and Boroughbridge, which were retained by the King. [2] [3] [4] The King regarded Knaresborough as an important northern fortress and spent £1,290 on improvements to the castle ...
The Holy Cross Chapel ruins. Robert of Knaresborough was born Robert Flower or Floure in York to a wealthy family. From childhood he was intent on pursuing a religious vocation and after a short time in a formal abbey setting he became a hermit and lived for much of his life in a cave beside the River Nidd in Knaresborough. [1]
James Harry Lacey, DFM & Bar (1 February 1917 – 30 May 1989), known as Ginger Lacey, was one of the top scoring Royal Air Force fighter pilots of the Second World War and was the second-highest scoring RAF fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain, behind Pilot Officer Eric Lock of No. 41 Squadron RAF.
Early childhood intervention came about as a natural progression from special education for children with disabilities (Guralnick, 1997). Many early childhood intervention support services began as research units in universities (for example, Syracuse University in the United States and Macquarie University in Australia) while others were developed out of organizations helping older children.
In 1956, Dennis married Dorothy Mary, [6] daughter of Godfrey Parker Hinnels (who fought at the first Battle of Arras in World War I). [ 14 ] [ 3 ] [ 15 ] They had two sons; the elder is John Dennis , a diplomat who was British Ambassador to Angola from 2014 to 2018, [ 16 ] while the younger son is the actor and comedian Hugh Dennis .