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Anne Leighton grew up during the volatile period of political intrigue and religious fervour that marked the end of the...

Johanna St. John (1631-1705) married her distant cousin, Sir Walter St. John, 3rd Baronet, around 1651. This marriage...

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

There's no denying the Woodville women were a fine-looking lot. Elizabeth Woodville was said to have used her beauty and...

It's all very confusing! Some of the public family trees posted on the online genealogy website Ancestry are in a right...

Theresa Villiers was returned as MP for Chipping Barnet for the 5th time in the December 12, 2019 General Election. A former...

  Katharine Pleydell Bouverie Today Katharine Pleydell Bouverie’s work comes with an expensive price tag, which...

Have you seen The Favourite, the story of Queen Anne, her long-time favourite Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough and the...

Sometimes the handwriting is almost illegible, the archaic language difficult to interpret, but I do love grappling with a...

Have you ever heard of the 17th century poet and dramatist Anne Wharton? No, neither had I. The only work published during...