Another lovely read. Book: Mulvagh, 'Madresfield: One house, one family, one thousand years' (2008). A book with a lot of details of the Lygon family that has been living for 28 generations, unbroken, at one place: Madresfield Court, Worcestershire (since 1086/ 1196). In a house that never has been bought nor sold.
The Lygons are one of a handful of families who can claim such unbroken longevity in one place: the Fulfords of Fulford, Devon (since before 1200); the Gordon-Duff-Penningtons of Muncaster, Cumbria (1208); the Hoghtons of Hoghton, Lancashire (since early 1200s); the Giffards of Chillington Staffordshire (since William the Conqueror).
In this book the history of this family is written. The ups and downs financially and socially. The black sheeps. The renovations to the house and garden.
The Lygons are one of a handful of families who can claim such unbroken longevity in one place: the Fulfords of Fulford, Devon (since before 1200); the Gordon-Duff-Penningtons of Muncaster, Cumbria (1208); the Hoghtons of Hoghton, Lancashire (since early 1200s); the Giffards of Chillington Staffordshire (since William the Conqueror).
In this book the history of this family is written. The ups and downs financially and socially. The black sheeps. The renovations to the house and garden.
Richard Ligon (1585?–1662) was one of its black sheeps. He bought a part of a sugar plantation in Barbados. He stayed there a couple of years and on his return in England he wrote 'A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes' (London 1657). Interesting: here (PDF).
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