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Burghley and Queen Elizabeth
The earliest known mention of the manor of Theobalds is in 1441 when it was granted to John Carpenter, Master of St Anthony’s Hospital, at the quaint rent…
Robert Cecil and King James I
Old Sir William Cecil, Lord Burghley, died full of years and honors in 1598 and Robert Cecil, later to become the first Earl of Salisbury, came into his inheritance at Theobalds.
Bellarmine jugs
During the July 2008 dig, the complete neck of a late seventeenth to eighteenth century Frechen Bartmann (FREC) jug was found. The name Frechen comes from the town Frechen, which…
The Manor of Cullings
Historical Background by Martin J. Dearne The name Cullings (variant Cullynges) presumably derives from Walter Cullings who held a fourth part of a knight’s fee in Cheshunt of…
