Cockfield Hall
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Cockfield Hall in Yoxford
in Suffolk
is a Grade I listed private house standing in 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of historic parkland, dating from the 16th century. It was built by the Spring family
, wealthy cloth merchants and later baronets of Pakenham
.
Lady Catherine Grey
, sister of Lady Jane Grey
, was imprisoned at Cockfield Hall in 1567 where her keeper was Sir Owen Hopton
to recover from her privations in the Tower of London
but died shortly after her arrival and was buried in the Cockfield Chapel in Yoxford church.
The hall was owned for most of the 20th century by the Blois family
, a major landowning family in East Anglia
.
Yoxford
Yoxford is a village in the east of Suffolk, England close to the Heritage Coast, Minsmere Reserve , Aldeburgh and Southwold.-Location and features:...
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
is a Grade I listed private house standing in 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of historic parkland, dating from the 16th century. It was built by the Spring family
Spring Baronets
The Spring Baronetcy, of Pakenham in the County of Suffiolk, is a title in the Baronetage of England.-History:The Spring family were major landowners in East Anglia between the late 15th and the early 18th centuries, when the family’s wealth and status began to go into decline...
, wealthy cloth merchants and later baronets of Pakenham
Pakenham, Suffolk
Pakenham is a village in the English county of Suffolk.It is to the east of Bury St. Edmunds and it administered as part of the borough of St Edmundsbury, until local government reorganisation in 1974 it was part of Thingoe Rural District...
.
Lady Catherine Grey
Lady Catherine Grey
Lady Catherine Grey , Countess of Hertford, was the younger sister of Lady Jane Grey. A granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Mary, she was a potential successor to her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I of England, but incurred Elizabeth's wrath by her secret marriage to Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford...
, sister of Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey , also known as The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman who was de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was subsequently executed...
, was imprisoned at Cockfield Hall in 1567 where her keeper was Sir Owen Hopton
Owen Hopton
Sir Owen Hopton was an English administrator and politician.He was born the son of Sir Arthur Hopton of Cockfield Hall, Yoxford and knighted in 1561.He was the Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1570 to 1590...
to recover from her privations in the Tower of London
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
but died shortly after her arrival and was buried in the Cockfield Chapel in Yoxford church.
The hall was owned for most of the 20th century by the Blois family
Blois family
The Blois family are major landowners in Suffolk. Sir Gervase Ralph Edmund Blois, 10th Baronet born on 6 June 1901. He was the son of Sir Ralph Barrett MacNaghten Blois, 9th Bt. and Winifred Grace Hegan Kennard. He married, firstly, Audrey Winifred Johnson, daughter of Colonel Harry Johnson, on 20...
, a major landowning family in East Anglia
East Anglia
East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...
.
External links
- Catherine at Cockfield Hall — Tudor Place
- Hopton family — National Portrait Gallery
- The Cockfield Chest — JSTOR