Good Gentlewoman Blog posts – Friends of Lydiard Park

Published on: 4th August 2020

When war raged across England in the 17th century the St. John family, like so many others, were divided by the conflict....

Published on: 11th August 2018

How does Maryland, one of the Thirteen Colonies on the Eastern seaboard that came together to form the United States, have a...

Published on: 12th May 2017

Established in 1607 the Jamestown colony had been without suitable marriageable women for 12 years when the enterprising...

Published on: 15th December 2016

Earlier this month the future of a watercolour painting of the lost palace of Nonsuch by Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel was...

Published on: 31st July 2016

When it comes to family tombs, St Mary’s, Lydiard Park has the daddy of them all. The St John alabaster, black limestone...

Published on: 25th July 2015

It was the year 1615 and Sir John St John began commissioning a series of quite astounding monuments to immortalise his...

Published on: 13th February 2015

Don't you just love the St John women - intelligent, feisty, and brave? From Anne St John, Countess of Rochester who...

Published on: 22nd January 2015

If you enjoyed reading about Anne Dudley, Countess of Warwick I'd now like to introduce you to her younger sister Margaret,...

Published on: 27th June 2014

Ashdown House was the subject of a recent talk at Swindon Central Library by best selling author of historical...

Published on: 12th June 2014

If the family stories handed down to you included the fate of two first cousins twice removed, beheaded by a tyrannical...

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