You’re probably familiar with the British television series, Wolf Hall, an adaptation in both novel and film of a fictionalized biography of the very real Thomas Cromwell in the time of Henry VIII. The actual Wolf Hall, or Wulfhall as it was most commonly spelled, was the seat of...
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Incarceration of William Whitchurch
William Whitchurch (1699-1750) was the son of William Whitchurch and Dorothy Smith. He had 11 known brothers and sisters, not all of whom survived infancy. He was married to Mary Weight (nee Newport), a widow, with whom he had 3 known children: William, who married Elizabeth Bayly and was...
Nunney Castle Connection
The Whitchurch connection to Nunney Castle is not that complicated when you put it in a visual context. It goes back, directly, to William Whitchurch of Frome Selwood, Somerset, who was apparently the High Sheriff of Somerset in the year 1691. William, who married Elizabeth Roberts, had two surviving...