Members of The Friends of Markenfield’s Archive & Research Group, Alan Robiette and Eleanor Hart spent a number of months researching a letter written to Sir Thomas Markenfield (V) during his exile in the Low Countries. Few personal documents remain pertaining to Thomas, which makes this one – housed in the Harleian Manuscripts at the British Library – all the more special. Bearing a message from Markenfield – “your is poor but prayeth hard for you” – the letter is not all that it first seems.
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Adrian Tinniswood OBE FSA, Senior Research Fellow in History at the University of Buckingham and Visiting Fellow in Heritage and History at Bath Spa University: part academic and part raconteur. His work running Buckingham’s postgraduate programme in Country House Studies, and his career as a writer covering all things historic house, has given him a unique insight into their social history.
From lions at Longleat to Christine Keeler at Cliveden. Join us on a lively tour as Swinging London collided with traditional rural values. Capturing the spirit of the age and proving that the country house is not only an iconic symbol, but a lens through which to understand the shifting fortunes of Britain in an era of monumental social change.
Archbishop Longley will reflect on the Chapel of St Michael Archangel at Markenfield Hall as a place of ecumenical prayer and welcome, alongside his responsibility as Roman Catholic Co-Chairman of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) and his continuing work on interfaith relations.