EditorialThomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, 6th Baron le Despencer (1501-1551), English peer and courtier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, Lon...
EditorialCattle by a body of water in extensive parkland in the foreground; Mereworth Castle in the middle ground; trees throughout the scene; a hill in the distance. MEREWORTH CASTLE IN KENT : The seat of the Rt Honble Lord Le Despencer. [England] : [George Wo...
EditorialThomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, 6th Baron le Despencer (1501-1551), English peer and courtier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, Lon...
EditorialThomas Wentworth, 1st Baron Wentworth, 6th Baron le Despencer (1501-1551), English peer and courtier. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Bartolozzi after Hans Holbein from Facsimiles of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, Hamilton, Adams, Lon...
EditorialThe Beauchamp chantry, built by Isabella Despencer in memory of her first husband Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Abergavenny and Worcester, who was killed at the siege of Meaux in 1421.