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Crows Hall

  • 1221 - Robert Aguillers, possibly lord when granted market (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1287 - John Crow and Maria his wife, Lords (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1331 - Peter Talbot, of Hintlesham, and Matilda his wife, Lords (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1397 - Manor bought by John Framlingham (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1425 - John Framlingham, son of last John Framlingham, died (wife Margaret and son John) (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1519 - John Framlingham, grandson of last John Framlingham, died and succeeded by son Thomas (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1544 - Death of Francis Framlingham, son of last, who had inherited manor due to death, s.p., of his elder brother Thomas. Son of Francis, Charles, inherited. (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1595 - Death of Sir Charles Framlingham, s.p.m., who left manor to gransdon Charles Gawdy, son of his daughter Anne and her husband Sir Bassinbourne Gawdy of West Harling, Norfolk. (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1629 - Death of Sir Charles Gawdy, the above grandson (wife Judith, nee Waldegrave) who was succeeded by his son Charles, later Sir Charles, commemorated by the coffin-plate now on the south chancel wall.. (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1629 - 1851 - to be added
  • 1851 - Charles Moore (taken from the 1851 Census - HO107 1797 104 Page 36) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1858 - Henry & Charles Moore (taken from 1858 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)
  • 1900 - Margaret Moore, farmer (taken from 1900 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)
  • 1912 - Arthur Henry Moore (taken from 1912 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)
  • 1929 - Mrs. L. M. Moore (taken from 1929 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)

Debenham Hall (aka Goslings Hall)

  • after 1490 - Robert Cheke of Blodhall, Lord (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1548 - Death of Robert Cheke of Blodhall, the mano passing to his son John, who was, in turn succeeeded by his son John, and he again, by his son John Cheke. (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • before 1636 - Manor passed to John Bretton (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1636 - Death of John Bretton, Manor passing to his grandson, John Bretton of Hadleigh, and later to Laurence Bretton, Rector of Hitsham. (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1636 - 1840 - to be added
  • 1841 - TBA
  • 1847 - Charles Chevallier owns (absorbed by Harborough Hall)
  • 1851 - TBA
  • 1861 - James Norris (taken from the 1861 Census - RG9 1155 98 Page 2) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1871 - Thomas F Bryant (taken from the 1871 Census - RG10 1742 93 Page 2) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1881 - John Wm Read (taken from the 1881 Census - RG11 1860 101 Page 21) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1891 - John W Read (taken from the 1891 Census - RG12 1462 82 Page 26) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1900 - John Wm Read J.P., farmer & landowner  (taken from 1900 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)
  • 1901 - John W Read (taken from the 1901 Census - RG13 1768 80 Page 21) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1912 - John Abbott, farmer (taken from 1912 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)
  • 1929 - Jn Abbot, farmer (taken from 1929 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)

Helmingham Hall

  • 1487 - John Tollemache marries Elizabeth Joyce (the heiress of Helmingham) and moves to Helmingham, where they pulled down the Joyce family home of Creke Hall and built Helmingham Hall as it is today.
  • c 1510 - Lionel Tollemache started work on Helmingham Hall. It was built in traditional half-timbered style with an overhang to the upper floors, both inside and outside the courtyard.
  • 1561 - Queen Elizabeth I visits Helmingham Hall twice, first in 1561 and later to attend the christening of her godchild, Lionel Tollemache (the tenth of that name). She left a gift of the Helmingham Lute or Opharion, built by John Rose in 1580.
  • 1611 - King James I instituted the title of Baronet and the Lionel Tollemache of the time was one of the first created.
  • c 1700 - The Oak Avenue leading up to the front drive was planted.
  • 1745 - The wall was built to replace the wooden palisade, that protected the garden from the deer.
  • 1760 - Tudor gables (with the exception of those at the corners) were removed and the existing half-timbered walls were concealed. The lower walls being covered with brick and the upper with tiles about a quarter of an inch thick and hung by wooden pegs.
  • 1800 - The Regency Architect, John Nash, covered the whole of the exterior of the house with a coating of cement on the instructions of Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart, who thought that grey stucco and battlements would make Helmingham more of a castle.
  • c 1800's - The death of Wilbraham Tollemache, 6th Earl of Dysart. The title inherited by his sister Louisa and Helmingham Hall inherited by his younger sister, Jane.
  • 1821 - The grey stucco removed.
  • 1840 - The 1st Lord Tollemache, on his sucession, did a great deal of restoration and the courtyard overhang was bricked in. Anthony Savin is believed to have been the Architect.
  • 1876 - John Tollemache (grandson of Jane), was made a peer for his services to agriculture and the welfare of his tenants
  • 1951 - John, 4th Lord Tollemache came to Helmingham and found the Hall sadly neglected. There was no electric light, no bathrooms and no running water - drinking water came from the Moat.
  • 1976 - Charles, Prince of Wales, becomes godfather to Edward, the eldest son of Lord & Lady Tollemache.
  • 1983 - Her Majesty The Queen and H. R. H. Prince Phillip stayed for two nights at Helmingham.

The above information was abstracted from Helmingham Hall Gardens, published in 1984 by English Life. ISBN 0 85101 224 8.


Poplar Hall


Ulverstone Hall

  • 1313 - John de Ulveston, Lord (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1331 - Sir John de Ulveston, Grandson of last Lord (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1332 - Thomas de Ulveston, Lord (wife Isabella), and subsequently John de Ulveston (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1384 - Sir John de Ulveston, Lord (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1506 - sold by Richard de Ulveston, son of John, to Christopher Thwaytes who was suceeded by his son William Thwaytes (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1533 - Death of William Thwaytes (wife Margaret, daughter of John de Ulveston), succeeded by his son Christopher (abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1548 - Sold by Christopher Thwaytes to Henry Tooley, an Ipswich Merchant abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1553 - Death of Tooley: Manor bequeathed to Ipswich Corporation for charitable purposes. abstracted from Copinger's "Manors of Suffolk")
  • 1553 - 1858 - to be added
  • 1858 - Edward Kersey (taken from 1858 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)
  • 1861 - Edward Kersey (taken from the 1861 Census - RG9 1155 115 Page 35) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1871 - Thomas S Woods (taken from the 1871 Census - RG10 1742 94 Page 4) Click here to read the transcription
  • 1912 - John & Edgar Mudd, farmers (taken from 1912 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)
  • 1929 - Walter Rivers, farm bailiff to Edgar Mudd esq (taken from 1929 Kelly's Suffolk Directory)

White Hall


 

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