15-562: Bigby may refer to: Places [ edit ] Bigby, Lincolnshire , one of the Thankful Villages in Lincolnshire, England People [ edit ] Atari Bigby , American football player Larry Bigbie , American baseball player Fictional characters [ edit ] Ned Bigby , title character of Nickelodeon's sitcom, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide Bigby,
30-467: A character in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game's setting of Greyhawk Bigby Wolf , from the comic book series Fables Businesses [ edit ] Biggby Coffee , a coffee franchise business Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bigby . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
45-424: Is a Grade I listed building dedicated to All Saints . It dates from the 12th century, with later additions and restorations in 1779 and 1878. On the north side of the chancel is a large alabaster tomb to Sir Robert Tyrwhit of Kettleby hamlet, who died in 1581, and his wife. To the east is a monument to Sir Robert Tyrwhit of Kettleby, who died in 1617, and Lady Bridget Manners his wife who died in 1604. Bigby
60-619: Is a village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire , England. The village is situated about 10 miles (20 km) south from the Humber Bridge , and 4 miles (6 km) east from the town of Brigg . The village lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds , a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and close to the administrative border with North Lincolnshire . The hamlets of Kettleby and Kettleby Thorpe lie within
75-580: Is one of four Thankful Villages in Lincolnshire, because it lost no men in the First World War. There is a war memorial in the parish churchyard in remembrance of a local man and his comrade shot down during the Second World War. Pingley Farm, or Camp 81, was the site of a Second World War Prisoner-of-war camp . Purpose-built to house 750 low-risk Italian prisoners, by May 1946 Pingley camp held 984. The camp has been demolished as of January 2009, and
90-727: The company of his wife and access to the gardens. When he died on 16 November 1581, two of his sons were let out of prison to attend his funeral. He was buried at Bigby, Lincolnshire , in a tomb of white alabaster. His will, made five days before his death, left generous legacies to his wife, children, and grandchildren and his executors included two sons-in-law. The supervisors were William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley , and Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland . He married Elizabeth Oxenbridge, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Oxenbridge (died 1540), of Etchingham in Sussex , and his wife Elizabeth (died 1529), daughter of Sir George Puttenham and aunt of
105-456: The lands of his grandfather Sir Robert. This made him a substantial landowner and public recognition followed. He served as a justice of the peace for Lindsey from 1547, possibly until 1579, and was knighted by 1553. In the Parliaments of March 1553, April 1554 and that of 1558, he represented Lincolnshire . In May 1559 he was joint Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire and in the 1559-60 year
120-427: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bigby&oldid=1109451955 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bigby, Lincolnshire Bigby
135-537: The parish, and that of Somerby almost immediately to the south. According to the 2001 census Bigby had a population of 234, increasing to 347 at the 2011 census. The name Bigby comes from an Old Norse personal name 'Bekki' + Old Norse 'býr', meaning "settlement" or "farmstead". Bigby is recorded in the Domesday account as "Bechebi", with the Lord of the manor as William son of Nigel. The local Anglican parish church
150-564: The site redeveloped as housing. The area is being developed with ten luxury executive houses. The first was started in July 2010. The hamlet of Kettleby (sometimes spelled Kettelby ) lies about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Bigby village. The deserted medieval village (DMV) of Kettleby was first recorded in a will of 1066. Domesday records two manors: Kettleby, whose Lord of the Manor was Ralph, nephew of Geoffrey Alselin, and Kettleby Thorpe, whose Lord
165-572: Was a High Sheriff of Lincolnshire . With the re-imposition of Anglicanism under Queen Elizabeth I , his Roman Catholicism became a hindrance. Whether it was he or his uncle who led a force of 237 men against the Rising of the North in 1569 is unknown. In his later years, both he and his children were pursued by the authorities on account of their recusancy . He was in the Fleet Prison in 1580, being allowed
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#1732848013979180-446: Was also an MP but married a woman of the same name (his wife was the other Elizabeth's niece). Apart from an initial career at the court of King Henry VIII under the tutelage of his uncle and three spells as an MP at Westminster , he spent his life managing his lands and taking part in the affairs of his county. His marriage to an heiress before 1531 brought him valuable estates and in 1548, his father having died in 1541, he inherited
195-468: Was demolished in 1696â97. The present farmhouse on the site dates from the nineteenth century. [REDACTED] Media related to Bigby, Lincolnshire at Wikimedia Commons Robert Tyrwhitt (MP died 1581) Sir Robert Tyrwhitt (died 1581), of Kettleby in Lincolnshire , was an English landowner, politician and administrator whose adherence to Roman Catholicism later led to imprisonment. He
210-458: Was listed only as Gilbert. Thereafter Kettleby merged with Kettleby Thorpe, also a deserted settlement. Kettleby is mentioned in 1334. Today the area is occupied by the earthworks of Kettleby Hall. Kettleby Hall was reputedly a moated hunting lodge built in the reign of James I and later the chief seat of the Tyrwhitt family. The last male heir sold-up in 1648 because of debts, and the building
225-408: Was the eldest son of Sir William Tyrwhitt (died 1541), of Scotter , MP and Sheriff of Lincolnshire, and his wife Isabel (died 1559), widow of Christopher Kelke and daughter of William Girlington, of Normanby . Among his brothers were two who also became MPs: Marmaduke Tyrwhitt and Tristram Tyrwhitt . He is often confused with Sir Robert Tyrwhitt , his uncle, who not only had the same name and
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