Following swift on the heels of the news that Robert Markenfield may have prepared the way for one of ‘the Princes in the Tower’ to move to Devon, where he may have lived out his life in relative obscurity, came another fabulous find. This research, carried out on the cusp of the new year byContinue reading “I bequeath thee a… what?!”
Category Archives: Archive & Research
Richard III, John Evans and Robert Markenfield
Who? You may ask. We certainly did. Richard III is a famous, some may say infamous, name in this country; but John Evans and Robert Markenfield are somewhat more enigmatic. Robert wasn’t even mentioned in history books, and nothing was known of him save that he died without progeny. But that all changed on 28Continue reading “Richard III, John Evans and Robert Markenfield”
The Grantleys of… Brimham Rocks?
A Blog post by our Volunteer Archivist Janet Senior Cataloguing documents at Markenfield Hall brings me into contact with many fascinating items. A few weeks ago I discovered papers relating to the sale by the 5th Lord Grantley of the Brimham Rocks Estate. This was an astonishing find for me as I had no ideaContinue reading “The Grantleys of… Brimham Rocks?”
Let’s Get Real! No, really.
Earlier this year, Markenfield signed up to be a part of Culture 24’s Let’s Get Real 2021: how to evaluate online success. This collaborative project will bring together 60 cultural organisations to not only help them to measure their “digital success”, but to establish what digital success means to them. Since January 2020, the culturalContinue reading “Let’s Get Real! No, really.”
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
An article by Janet Senior. Archivist and author of The Markenfields of Markenfield Hall. There were at least seven children [four sons and three daughters] from the marriage between the second Thomas Markenfield and Beatrice Soothill in the 14th century. One of their daughters was Elizabeth Markenfield born around 1403. In 1415 a contract wasContinue reading “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
79 boxes
“A Mr Johnson of Ripon removed from Markenfield 79 boxes of evidence, 1 little coffer and 2 littell bagges by commission (and to deliver) the same into the Exchequer” circa. 1601 Markenfield is a house of may mysteries, but perhaps the most prevailing – and most vital in its history – is the mystery ofContinue reading “79 boxes”
Seek and ye shall find…
Research can be a thankless task – especially online. You can spend hours looking through lists of searches containing the word Markenfield (now bear in mind the the Archive & Research Group have identified over 16 possible spellings of Markenfield over the years) and some days the most exciting thing that pops up is aContinue reading “Seek and ye shall find…”
We have a moat 