Holdenby House
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Holdenby House is a historic country house in Northamptonshire, traditionally pronounced, and sometimes spelt, Holmby. The house is situated in the parish of Holdenby, six miles northwest of Northampt
Holdenby House
Christopher Hatton
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Sir Christopher Hatton was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the judges who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason.
Holdenby House
…northwest of Northampton and close to Althorp. It is a Grade II* listed building. The house was completed in 1583 by the Elizabethan Lord Chancellor, Sir Christopher Hatton, who refused to sleep a night in the mansion until Queen Elizabeth I had slept there. Thomas Heneage stayed at Holdenby in July 1583, and wrote to…
Hatton c. 1575
Sir Christopher Hatton as Lord Chancellor
Sir Christopher Hatton as Lord Chancellor with his seal on the table by his side, by Nicholas Hilliard, 1588–1591
Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire. Relatively unchanged.