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”
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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.”
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