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Aspects of Markenfield 5: The Grantleys of Markenfield by Lady Deirdre Curteis
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Wordsworth wrote “The White Doe of Rylstone” as a long lament for the fate of the Nortons, a proud Yorkshire family ruined by involvement in the Catholic ‘Rising of the North’ of 1569. The poem is seldom read today, perhaps because of its excessive length and its verse reminiscent of the Christmas cracker:
“The monumental power of age
Was with this goodly personage;
A stature undepressed in size
Unbent, which rather seemed to rise…”
Old Sir Richard, a devout Catholic, was one of the leaders of The Rising; when the muster took place in the courtyard at Markenfield, it was he who carried the Banner of the Five Wounds of Christ. The troops rode out to total defeat. Imprisonment and execution followed. Sir Richard was attainted as a traitor, his son Christopher and his brother Thomas died on the scaffold, and the family, evicted from their home, Norton Conyers, were left in penury. The property had been confiscated by the Crown, and Elizabeth Markenfield, the last of the family, is recorded as dying a pauper.
The family motto expresses, in Latin, the Nortons’ pride in their ancient lineage:
AVI NUMERATUR AVORUM
I come from a long line of ancestors
At least fifteen of the 3rd Lord Grantley’s direct lineal ancestors have the distinction of being included in the Dictionary of National Biography (and that is not counting Royal ancestors). Discover the Lords – from one to eight…
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Because the Hall is relatively small, and general parking is limited, it has been decided to make the afternoons “by appointment only” and to lay on a guided tour. The tour will start from the main car park at 2:00am and will be taken by one of our highly knowledgeable guides. It will last in the region of an hour and a half and there will be time afterwards to walk around under your own steam. There will also be cake!
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Because the Hall is relatively small, and general parking is limited, it has been decided to make the afternoons “by appointment only” and to lay on a guided tour. The tour will start from the main car park at 2:00am and will be taken by one of our highly knowledgeable guides. It will last in the region of an hour and a half and there will be time afterwards to walk around under your own steam. There will also be cake!
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"Six years ago, the then Chairman of the Friends of Markenfield, asked if someone would do a write-up of the Grantley window. Both Bill Forster and Diana Balmforth, had already written about it, in their booklets about the Cathedral windows. – I said, if it was to be done again, it should be done in depth. I didn’t realise, what I was letting myself in for..." Dr Brian Crosse.
Many of the Markenfields were buried in the north transept of Ripon Minster. Members of the Norton family, have been buried in many places around Ripon, and family members are commemorated at five places in the Cathedral. In the north aisle, the second window from the east (near the pulpit) is a fine heraldic window. This dates from 1840, and was commissioned by another Fletcher Norton, the third Lord Grantley of Markenfield.
The window’s artist was Thomas Willement, who was heraldic artist to George IV, and artist in stained glass to Queen Victoria. His monogram, TW, can be seen in the bottom right-hand corner of the window.
Almost uniquely within the Cathedral, this window has no religious content. Instead, it is ‘a celebration of dynastic splendour’. Such windows were quite the norm in the 18th century, when almost all the windows here, were heraldic. Willement was also responsible, for some of the heraldic glass, displayed in the east window of the Cathedral Library...
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Although the Markenfields had a beautiful domestic Chapel in the heart of the house – which is still very active, and to which all are welcome – at an early stage they established their own chantry chapel dedicated to St Andrew on the East side of the North transept of Ripon Cathedral, where two mediaeval monuments to two notable members of the family remain: both Sir Thomas Markenfields, one (d. 1398) the great-great-grandfather of the other (d.1497). They are all that is left of what must have been, before the reformation, a very fine place of worship and family. mausoleum.
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MARKENFIELD HALL AND THE RISING OF THE NORTH
SURELY one of the most romantic houses left in England! This is the thought that first strikes the mind of the pilgrim who is fortunate enough to discover Markenfield Hall. And if as he gazes upon this grey pile of buildings already “an ancient house” in the days of Elizabeth he is able to recall the stirring story of its past, he is thrilled yet more with the sense of its romance. This splendid old pile, built in purest fourteenth-century Gothic of the time of the Third Edward, enlarged by its lords in the two following centuries, but happily untouched since then, stands as a monument of heroic deeds and knightly prowess. From its stately gateway mail-clad warriors passed forth to fight at Agincourt and Flodden, and in less happy days it was here that faithful hearts planned the desperate attempt to rise in arms for “God, Our Lady and the Catholic Faith,” against the persecuting violence of heretical power. The great court-yard, now so peaceful and deserted, was once filled with armed men, each with a crucifix hanging on his breast, and a red cross upon his arm, grouped beneath the banner of the Five Wounds of Christ...
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Open for just 30 afternoons each year, the Hall is not always easy to visit. So – by popular demand – it will be open to the public for five extra afternoons this year.
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Because the Hall is relatively small, and general parking is limited, it has been decided to make the afternoons “by appointment only” and to lay on a guided tour. The tour will start from the main car park at 2:00am and will be taken by one of our highly knowledgeable guides. It will last in the region of an hour and a half and there will be time afterwards to walk around under your own steam. There will also be cake!
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The Parish of Markenfield Hall is a most unusual parish, partly
on account of its unique 14th century moated hall and also
because, over the centuries, the parish has remained small, its
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surrounding parishes, no hamlet or village has grown up around
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Merchefeld to Markenfield with the main variants being
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Markinfeild and Markingefeild. In addition, it has been a
manor, parke, mannor, hall and today it is the Parish of
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The parish has at present only five registered adult residents, in
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Open for just 30 afternoons each year, the Hall is not always easy to visit. So – by popular demand – it will be open to the public for five extra afternoons this year.
Because the Hall is relatively small, and general parking is limited, it has been decided to make the afternoons “by appointment only” and to lay on a guided tour. The tour will start from the main car park at 2:00am and will be taken by one of our highly knowledgeable guides. It will last in the region of an hour and a half and there will be time afterwards to walk around under your own steam. There will also be cake!
The tour costs £12 per person (no concessions or HHA entry rates) without tea and cake afterwards, or £16 per person with. We do hope that you will be able to join us.
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We reserve the right to cancel courses if necessary. If courses need to be cancelled a full refund will be given.
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Open for just 30 afternoons each year, the Hall is not always easy to visit. So – by popular demand – it will be open to the public for five extra afternoons this year.
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Open for just 30 afternoons each year, the Hall is not always easy to visit. So – by popular demand – it will be open to the public for five extra afternoons this year.
Because the Hall is relatively small, and general parking is limited, it has been decided to make the afternoons “by appointment only” and to lay on a guided tour. The tour will start from the main car park at 2:00am and will be taken by one of our highly knowledgeable guides. It will last in the region of an hour and a half and there will be time afterwards to walk around under your own steam. There will also be cake!
The tour costs £12 per person (no concessions or HHA entry rates) without tea and cake afterwards, or £16 per person with. We do hope that you will be able to join us.
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