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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the canal. Five one-story cottages in Love Lane, called Castle Almshouses, were built in 1813 by Joseph Medworth, the purchaser and developer of the castle estate and himself a Wisbech charity boy. William 1st …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… commemorating Thomas de Braunstone, Constable of Wisbech Castle, 1401. The canopy shields and part of the inscription … Watson 73 and Abbot Feckenham 74 (see Recusants in the Castle) are buried in the church without monuments. The plate …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… de Drayton for life. 17 Bishop Alcock, who died at Wisbech Castle in 1500, was the last to be normally resident at the … after the Restoration the Southwell family leased the castle and manor, 23 until in 1793 the site of the castle was sold to Joseph Medworth and the estate finally …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was by 1585 divided into ten wards (Timber Market, Church, Castle, South, Barton, White Cross, Old Market, Ship Lane, … the reform of the corporation in the 1830's, but the names Castle, Timber Market, and South Brink have been preserved in … The Crescent, Castle Square, Ely Place, Market Street, Museum Square, and Union Place-and the block of warehouses …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Later history of the castle LATER HISTORY OF THE CASTLE Secretary John Thurloe, who purchased the manor during … in 1816. A model of Thurloe's house is preserved in the Museum. For Webb and Thorpe Hall see V.C.H. Northants. ii, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… digging on 'Ramesinedik' and inside and outside around the castle, and the day's labour for repairing the park of … in 1251 had also to provide guards for prisoners in the castle jail, or if that was unserviceable to keep them in … ( pannos scilicet chalones) for guests arriving at the castle or else to take such guests into their own houses. 67 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… had 84 members and a library of 2,500 volumes. The Wisbech Museum was founded in 1835. 35 The Literary Society and … a descendant of the family formerly resident at the castle. She also provided £6,000 for endowment, increased by … one was built in 1793, as part of the redevelopment of the castle estate. 57 It was used by companies from Lincoln and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in Exchange Square. 11 The foundation stone of a chapel in Castle Square was laid in 1818 by the Rev. William Holmes, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Recusants in the castle RECUSANTS IN THE CASTLE The idea of concentrating Roman Catholic prisoners … of Ely (Cox) to report on the suitability of Wisbech Castle for this purpose. It was 'not ment that they shalbe …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by the fewness of ordinations held in the church or the castle chapel. Of those who recorded the places of …