Shireburn baronets
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The Shireburn or Sherburne Baronetcy, of Stonyhurst in the County of Lancaster, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 4 February 1686 for Nicholas Shireburn. His only son predece
Stonyhurst College, the former seat of the Shireburn family
Edward Weld (Senior)
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Edward Weld was an English gentleman of the landed gentry and a member of an old recusant family. Weld is notable for two trials, one when he was accused of impotency, the other for treason at the tim
Shireburn baronets
…Francisca Shireburn, wife of Thomas Howard, 8th Duke of Norfolk. The Duchess of Norfolk died childless in 1754 when the Shireburn estates passed to Weld cousins at Lulworth Castle, through her aunt Elizabeth Shireburn. In 1794 Thomas Weld (of Lulworth) donated the Stonyhurst estate to the English Jesuits…
Turner's view of Lulworth Castle, Dorset
Lulworth Castle in 2013