disliked by his uncle, Lord Dinorben 316–20
inherits Kinmel 320–1
marriages and children 321–2, 340–1
social and political ambitions 321–6, 338–9
building works at Kinmel 326–32, 338
household accounts 332–6
lack of social life at Kinmel 336–7
expert on genealogies of the Welsh gentry 337–8
as landowner 339–40
Hughes, Hugh Seymour Bulkeley Lewis (d.1918) 340
Hughes, Mary Caroline Stewart Hodgson 340
Hughes, Mary Florentia 339
Hughes, Mary Lewis 312
Hughes, William, Lord Dinorben (d.1852) 316–20
Humberston, Philip 318, 320
Hume, David 209
Hundred Years War (1337–1453) 10
Hunter, Thomas 12
hunting 105–6, 398–400
Hutton, Gabriel 389
Hyde, Edward 102
Idle manor, Airedale 13, 27, 29, 35, 36
Illuminations (Walter Benjamin) 414
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) 282
indigo 252, 258–9
The Institucon of a Gentleman (anon, 1555) xviii–xix
The Institution of a Christian Man 62
Isle of Thanet 163
Jacobson, Howard 416–17
Jamaica 208, 230
James, George 389
James, Guy 389
James I and VI 65, 95, 122
James II 174, 215
Janssen, Cornelius 139
Jarraway, Edward (footman) 333
Jasper, Edward 229
Jeffrey, Tom 365
Jenkins’ Ear, War of (1739) 249
Jenkins, Simon 348
Jesus College, Oxford 312
Joan of Arc 10
Jones, Bessie (kitchenmaid) 333
Jones-Mortimer, Carstairs 329–30
Juvenal 161
Kempe, John 124–5
Ker, Colonel 388, 391
Kew, Surrey 262–6
Killerton, Devon 352, 353, 355
Kinmel Bay Land Company 341
Kinmel (Denbighshire-Flintshire borders)
purchase of 315
inheritance of 316–17, 320–1
neo-classical villa 316
fires at 320–1, 341
extensions and transformations 325, 326–32
contents auctioned in nine-day sale 330
detailed accounts for 332, 333–5
household staff 332–3
game book 335–6
visitors to 336–7, 339
coats of arms 337–8
land attached to 339–40
sale and subsequent use of 341
Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire 29
Knaresborough, Yorkshire 11, 17, 18, 28, 38
Knight, Michael 121
Knight, Thomas 121
Knowle, Ralph 36
Knowlton, Kent 143, 150
Knyvett, Elizabeth 83
Ladies’ Travels into Spain 105
Lambourn, Berkshire 59–60
Lascelles, Daniel Jnr 238, 239
Lascelles, Daniel Snr 38, 215–16
Lascelles, Edward 215, 216, 221, 222, 230, 238
Lascelles, Edwin, Lord Harewood 239
Lascelles, Elizabeth (née Southwick) 238–9
Lascelles family 209, 213–18
Lascelles, Francis Jnr 215
Lascelles, Francis Snr 214–15
Lascelles, George 216, 223
Lascelles, Henry (d.1753) 261
family background 213–16
wealth 213
moves to Barbados 216
marriages 218, 238–9
slave-and-sugar man 218–21
appointed Collector of Customs at Bridgetown, Barbados 220–1
accused of defrauding the Treasury 221–2
acquires a mansion in Richmond (Surrey) 223–5
loathed by fellow London merchants 223
hard-headed commercial businessman 225–39
description and character of 228, 230–1, 233, 237–8
acquires a new business partner 233–7
commits suicide 239–41
Lascelles, Henry Jnr 228
Lascelles, Jennet Whetstone 238, 239
Lascelles, Mary Carter (d.1721) 218, 238
Lascelles (ship) 215
Lascelles, Virginia 215
Launceston, Cornwall 354
Lausanne 305–6
Lawrence, Sir James xvi
lawsuits
medieval 4–5, 27–37
Elizabethan 76, 77, 82–6
Commonwealth 163–4
Georgian 221–2, 313
Victorian 320–1
le Neve, Anne 200
le Neve, Anne Gawdy 180–4, 189, 190, 200
le Neve, Avice 178
le Neve, Elizabeth Sheffield (d.1707) 199–200
le Neve family 103, 178–9
le Neve, Francis 178
le Neve, Henrietta 200
le Neve, Isabella 200
le Neve, Jane Knyvet 191, 199
le Neve, Oliver (d.1711) 104, 392
description and character 175, 179, 185
duel with Henry Hobart 175, 193–5, 196–7, 198
gentrified life 176–9
question of honour 179–80
marriage to Anne Gawdy 180–4
loved by friends and relations 184–8, 190
London life and properties 187
treatment of his tenants 187–8
receives begging letters 188–9
shopping for family and friends 189–90
death of his wife Anne 190
flirtations 191
marriage to Jane Knyvet 191
escapes to Holland 198–9
death of his wife Jane 199
marriage to Elizabeth Sheffield 199–200
trial and acquittal 199
death of his wife Elizabeth 200
death of 200–1
le Neve, Oliver Snr 178
le Neve, Peter 178, 180–1, 200
le Neve, Prudence Hughes 181
The League of Gentlemen (film, 1959) 416
Lees-Milne, James 347
Left Book Club 359
Leigh family 122
Leigh, Sir John 120, 121–2
Leighton, Frederic, Lord 340
Lely, Sir Peter 182
Lennard, Ann Oglander 129
Lennard, Sir Stephen 129
Lewis, Robert 312
Lichfield House, Richmond (Surrey) 223–4, 239
Little Ice Age 3, 174
Little Maydekin (or Red House), Kent 167, 168, 169
Lloyd George, David 367
Lloyd-Mostyn, Thomas 323
Llysdulas, Anglesey 312
Llywni and Cotton Hall estate, Denbigh 315, 327, 328, 341
Locke, John 104, 248, 250, 252–3
London Season 322–3, 327, 337
Long, Henry 79
Longleat, Wiltshire 72–3, 74, 86, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96
Looker, Will 177
Lowther, Sir John 412
Lucas family 245–7
Lucas, George 246, 248–9, 260–1
Lucas, John 246, 249
Lucas, Polly 249
Luttrell, Narcissus 196
Macaulay, Thomas 191–2
McEwan, William 373
Maitland, General 294
Manor Farm, Frampton on Severn (Gloucestershire) 387, 390, 392–3, 394–5, 404–6
Mansfield Woodhouse 29
Margaret, Princess 373
Marie Antoinette 373
Marion, Francis 271
Marlborough, Duke of 345
Marprelate Tracts (1588–9) 65
Marshall, Peter 61, 65
Marshall, William 214
Martin, Catherine 248
Martin, John 248
Martin’s Bank 248
Mary Tudor 57, 65, 66
Maurice, F.D. 354
Maxwell, George 233–7, 239
Maydekin, Denton (Kent) 139–41, 145, 159–60, 161, 165–8, 169
Meaux, siege of (1421) 10
Mellon collection, Yale 144
Merton College, Oxford 123
Mervyn, Christine 96
Mervyn, Edmund 77
Mervyn family 72–80, 83–4, 88, 91, 92, 96
Mervyn, Sir Henry 96
Mervyn, Sir James 71–2, 74, 75–7, 78, 80, 81, 83, 86, 88, 96
Mervyn, John 71–2, 76, 83
Metamorphoses (Ovid) 131
Meux, Sir John 119, 120
Meux, Sir William 120
Mevagissey, Cornwall 371
Millecent, John 185–6, 189, 191, 198, 199
Milton, John 271
Mitchell, Frank 397
Monson, Lady 285
Monteith, Marilyn 348
Moore, Clara (housemaid) 333
Moore Crichel, Dorset 306
Moore, Edward 226
Moore, Mrs Selina (housekeeper-cook) 333
Moore, Thomas 298, 306–7
More, Sir Thomas 53–4, 56, 57, 58, 62, 63
Morpeth, Lady Georgiana 303
Mosely, Thomas 76
Mottistone, Isle of Wight 122
Mrs Pearson’s boarding school, Hackney (London) 248
Mulatto Quash 251
Mulgrave, Earl of 199
Mundy, Alfred Miller 326
Muse’s Farewell to Popery 105
Napoleon Bonaparte 296, 297, 300
Nash, George (butler) 333
National Trust 347, 348, 357–8, 371–7, 378–9, 402, 415
Nesfield manor, Derbyshire 27
Nesfield, William Andrews 326
Nesfield, William Eden 326–32, 341
Neville, Lady 36
Neville, Lord 35
Neville, Richard, Earl of Warwick 21, 23
The New Art of Brewing 105
Newport, Isle of Wight 116
Nichols, Charles 162
Nichols, John 196
Norfolk, Dukes of 58, 326
North Court, Isle of Wight 122
Northallerton, Yorkshire 213–14, 239
Northumberland, Earls of see Percy family
Nunwell, Isle of Wight 109, 110–11, 112–15, 123, 136
Observer newspaper 372
Ogden, Charles (coachman) 333
Oglander, Ann 123
Oglander, Bridget 111
Oglander family 109
Oglander, Frances ‘Franck’ 110, 111, 113, 131–4
Oglander, George 111, 117, 123, 124–8
Oglander, Henry, 7th Baronet 136
Oglander, Sir John 263
‘Bookes of Accoumpts’ 109–35
description and character 110
family of 110–11, 123–5
income and wealth 111–12, 255–6
love of family and land 113–17
comments on his neighbours 114, 119–22
descendants 114–15, 121, 136
belief in education 116–17
political nature of 117
husbandry of 118–19
sense of self 118–19, 125
world view 122–3
illness and death of son George 125–8
effect of Civil War on 128–35
arrest and release 131–4
death of his beloved wife 133–4
entertains the King 134
death of 135–6, 240
Oglander, Richard 110
Oglander, Sir William, 6th Baronet 136
Oglander, William Jnr 111, 128, 136
Oglander, William Snr 122
On the Nobility of the British Gentry Compared with Those on the Continent (Sir James Lawrence) xvi
Orlando Furioso 71, 78
Orwell, George 364
Otley, Yorkshire 11
Ovid 131
Oxinden, Adam 143, 146
Oxinden, Anne (née Peyton) 143, 146, 149–50
Oxinden, Bess 143
Oxinden, Elizabeth 149, 150
Oxinden family 103, 145–6, 153, 166, 169–70, 399
Oxinden, George 169
Oxinden, Harry (d.1670) 392
description and character 139, 142, 162
family background 140, 141, 142–4
likened to a ‘rural Samuel Pepys’ 142
marriage to Anne Peyton 143, 149–50
family network 145–9
neighbourhood network 146–7
children’s inheritance 150–1, 165
effect of Civil War on 151–4, 161
falls in love with Kate Culling 154–8
newly enlightened views 158–61
disagreement with John Swan 159–61
downfall 162–9
marriage to Kate Culling 162–5
lawsuits 163–4
sells Maydekin 165–8
illness and death 168–9
Oxinden, Sir Henry 143–4, 145, 149–50, 152, 153, 165
Oxinden, James 142–3, 144, 145
Oxinden, Sir James 143, 146, 151, 156, 161, 165
Oxinden, Kate Culling 154–8, 160, 162–5, 166, 167
Oxinden, Margaret 149, 150, 164
Oxinden, Richard Jnr ‘Dicke Ox’ 143, 145, 164, 167, 168
Oxinden, Richard Snr 140–1
Oxinden, Thomas (d.1668) 146, 149, 150, 165, 167–8, 168
Packington, William xviii
Paget, Henry, Earl of Uxbridge, Marquess of Anglesey 285, 287, 291, 303, 306
Palestine 395, 396–7, 404
Palmer, Harry 159
Parliamentary Committee for the Safety of the Kingdom 131
Parminter, Henry 238
Parnham estate, Dorset 136
Parr, William 61–2, 63
Parry-Okeden, David Okeden 306
Parry-Okeden, George Fitz-Maurice 307, 308
Parsons, Shaun 389, 390, 393
Partisan Review 364
Parys Mine Company 313–15
Parys Mountain, Anglesey 311–15, 325, 340
Patrixbourne, Kent 144–5
Paulet, William, Marquess of Winchester 42
Pembroke, Countess of 71
Pennant, Thomas 314
Peppa – A Novel 105
Pepys, Samuel 226
Percivall, Sir Anthony 162
Percy family (Earls of Northumberland) 13, 15–16, 20, 28, 326
Percy, Harry, Earl of Northumberland (d.1461) 12–13, 18, 20
Peto, Joanna 64
Peto, William 53, 54, 55, 64
Peyton family 145, 166
Peyton, Sir Thomas 143, 145, 150–1, 152–3, 156, 158, 161, 162, 164–5
Pilgrimage of Grace (1536) 56–61
Pinckney, Charles Jnr 261, 269–70
Pinckney, Charles Snr 259–62, 267
Pinckney, Eliza Lucas (1722–93) 209–10, 245
family background 245–7
birth 246
education in London 247–8
interest in botany and natural history 247, 252, 258–9, 261–2, 267, 268–9
moves to South Carolina 249
put in charge of American family estate 249–57
domestic life 251–2
social life 251, 254, 257
self-improvement and self-recognition 252–4
attitude towards slavery 254–7
marriage 257, 259–61
cultivates indigo 258–9
moves to Richmond, Surrey 261–2
friendship with Princess Augusta 262–6
returns to South Carolina 266–9
death of her husband Charles 267
involvement in war against the British 269–72
meets George Washington 272–3
death of 273
Pinckney, Thomas 262, 269–70, 271
Pitt the Younger, William 220
Placentia, Greenwich 53
plague 10–11, 153
Plumpton, Agnes 23
Plumpton, Agnes Gascoigne 30–5
Plumpton, Alice 23
Plumpton, Catherine 23
Plumpton, Edward 28
Plumpton, Elizabeth 23
Plumpton, Elizabeth Clifford (b.1441) 15, 24, 25
Plumpton family 4–5, 38, 399
Plumpton Hall 13, 16–17, 27, 28, 29, 35, 36, 38, 239
Plumpton, Isabel 23
Plumpton, Isabel Neville 35–6, 37
Plumpton, Jane 23
Plumpton, John (d.1644) 38
Plumpton, Margaret 23
Plumpton, Robert (b.1453) 26, 27–37
Plumpton, Sir Robert (d.1421) 10, 13
Plumpton, Robert (d.1449) 14–15
Plumpton, Robert (d.1749) 38
Plumpton, Robert (the bastard) 14
Plumpton, Sir William (d.1480) 4, 104, 389
description and character 9–10
family background 10
violent assertion of his authority 11–12
estates and rich living 12–14, 16–17
legitimate and bastard sons 14–15
marriage of his sons to Lord Clifford’s daughter 15–16
lawsuits 16, 26–7
at the battle of Towton 18–20
deprived of offices, income and property 20–2
dowries and granddaughters 22–9
secret marriage 25–6
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