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The pamphlet claims that some misdemeanour of the Flower family was reported to Cecily, Countess of Rutland, and various ill effects ensued. It was said that Margaret Flower and her mother purloined groceries from the castle. Joan Willimot, one of the accused, mentioned that one of the Flower sisters was "put away" from her service at the ...
He had five sons, Thomas, Robert, Roger, John, and William, and two daughters, Anneys and Joan, the latter being married to Sir Henry Plesyngton of Burley in Rutland, grandson of Sir Robert Plesyngton, chief baron of the exchequer in the reign of Richard II. His eldest son and heir Thomas was twice MP for Rutland and six times Sheriff of Rutland.
Joan, Margaret and Philippa Flower were "known to be herbal healers" and came from a local family that "had fallen on hard times". [2] They accepted employment as servants with Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland and his wife Cecily at Belvoir Castle near Grantham, Lincolnshire, when additional staff were needed for an upcoming visit by King James I [2] but the sisters, and their mother, were ...
He was the eldest son of Richard Flower of Whitwell, Rutland and trained for the law at Lincoln's Inn. He was elected a Knight of the Shire (MP) for Rutland in 1563. He was appointed three time as High Sheriff of Rutland (in 1556–65, 1569–70 and 1577–78) and a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for the county c. 1573–78.
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A map of Rutland from Darton's New miniature atlas (1820) The hundreds of Rutland. By the time of the 19th century it had been divided into the hundreds of Alstoe, East, Martinsley, Oakham and Wrandike. Rutland covered parts of three poor law unions and rural sanitary districts (RSDs): those of Oakham, Uppingham and Stamford.
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