18-636: Chartley may refer to: Places [ edit ] Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire Chartley Moss , a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire Chartley railway station , former British railway station to serve the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire Stowe-by-Chartley ,
36-458: A Scheduled Monument , the site having been protected since 1925. The castle itself is a Grade II* listed building The motte and bailey castle was built by one of the early Earls of Chester , about 1100, as a safe stop-over for their journeys to places such as Tutbury . It was rebuilt in 1220 by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester , who died in 1232. It then passed by marriage to William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby . It remained in
54-410: A crossbow, with her secretaries Claude Nau and Gilbert Curle , Bastian Pagez , her doctor Dominique Bourgoing and others. They were surprised by armed soldiers who took them to Tixall . Walsingham wrote to Paulet from Windsor Castle on 25 August that Elizabeth ordered that Mary should not leave Tixall. However, on that day, Paulet brought Mary back to Chartley. Claude Nau, Gilbert Curle, and
72-723: A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Chartley, Massachusetts , a village in the town of Norton Barons [ edit ] Baron Ferrers of Chartley , created on February 6, 1299 for John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley John de Ferrers, 1st Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1271–1312) Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1309–1350) John de Ferrers, 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1331–1367) Robert de Ferrers, 5th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1358–1413) Edmund de Ferrers, 6th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1386–1435) Walter Devereux, 8th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1431–1485) John Devereux, 9th Baron Ferrers of Chartley (1463–1501) Topics referred to by
90-477: A year at Chartley. In August 1586 Francis Walsingham made a plan to arrest Mary and move her from Chartley by having Paulet pretend to take her hunting, while the leading members of her household were arrested and her papers seized. Many of servants would be kept at Chartley and she would be taken to another house. Acting on the Babington Plot , Mary was arrested on 11 August 1586 while out riding and hunting with
108-470: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chartley Castle Chartley Castle lies in ruins to the north of the village of Stowe-by-Chartley in Staffordshire , between Stafford and Uttoxeter ( grid reference SK010285 ). Mary, Queen of Scots , was imprisoned on the estate in 1585. The remains of the castle and associated earthworks are
126-530: The Ferrers family for more than 200 years, and in 1453, passed to Walter Devereux , through his wife Anne de Ferrers, the Ferrers heiress. Through his wife, Walter also became jure uxoris Baron Ferrers of Chartley in 1461, and was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The castle was then abandoned as a residence, and Chartley Manor , a moated and battlemented timber mansion, was built nearby. Mary, Queen of Scots
144-639: The cipher clerk Jérôme Pasquier were arrested and questioned about Mary's involvement in the Babington Plot . On 25 September 1586 Mary was removed to the strong castle of Fotheringay in Northamptonshire where she was beheaded on 8 February 1587. 52°51′14″N 1°59′12″W / 52.85399°N 1.98659°W / 52.85399; -1.98659 William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby William III de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby (c. 1193 – 28 March 1254) of Chartley Castle in Staffordshire,
162-580: The family's landholdings. Their original lands were centred on Tutbury Castle , stretching beyond Staffordshire into the south of Derbyshire and the west of Nottinghamshire . The death in 1232 of his uncle Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester , brought him vast new estates, including Chartley Castle in Staffordshire, much of Lancashire between the Rivers Ribble and Mersey and many manors in Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire . He continued
180-569: The keep, 50 feet in diameter. One author has noted similarities of the plan to the Château de Montlhéry near Paris, which Ranulph de Blondeville may have been familiar with. M.W. Thompson noted numerous architectural similarities between Chartley, Bolingbroke Castle , Lincolnshire and also Beeston Castle in Cheshire, all thought to have been built under de Blondeville. When Chartley Manor belonged to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex it became one of
198-472: The last places of imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots. Her jailor Amias Paulet came from Tutbury Castle to view the manor in September 1585 and saw the house was just big enough to accommodate both his and the queen's households, "somewhat straitly." Chartley manor was preferred over alternatives because the house had a deep moat, though the moat was quite narrow in places. The moat also helped security because
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#1732856059324216-913: The policy of encouraging the growth of towns and markets, exploiting the forests of Needwood and Duffield Frith , and taking advantage of rising prices in commodities and land values. By the time of his death his income placed him among the top six English nobles, but he also left his son considerable debts. He married twice: He married (1st) Sibyl Marshal, a daughter of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke , by his wife Isabel de Clare, 4th Countess of Pembroke , by whom he had seven daughters: He married (2nd) in 1238 Margaret de Quincy (c. 1218 - 12 March 1280), daughter and heiress of Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester , by his wife Helen of Galloway . When Margaret's father married (as his 3rd wife) Eleanor de Ferrers (d.1274), she became both step-mother and step-daughter of Eleanor. By Margaret de Quincy he had two sons and three daughters: He died on 28 March 1254 and
234-465: The queen's laundry could be washed without her maids leaving the house. Paulet wrote that the way the Manor was "found to stand so low and environed with water" was not likely to please Mary (she being sensitive to damp environments). Paulet prepared to move the queen the twelve miles from Tutbury before Christmas 1585, and decided to avoid going through the busy market town of Uttoxeter . Mary spent almost
252-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chartley . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chartley&oldid=1126839976 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
270-670: The same year. Like his father, he suffered from gout from youth and after the 1230s took little part in public affairs, travelling always in a litter. He was accidentally thrown from his litter into the River Great Ouse while crossing a bridge at St Neots in Huntingdonshire and, although he escaped death, never recovered from the effects of the accident. He succeeded to the title of his father in 1247, but only lived another seven years, dying on 28 March 1254. Unable to play any part at court or at war, he followed his father in managing
288-467: Was a prisoner in this manor house. It was destroyed by fire in 1781. What is now known as Chartley Manor was in fact known as "Chartley Manor Farm" until the 1980s. Substantial remains are still present today, including a rare cylindrical keep , a curtain wall flanked by two half-round towers, a twin-towered gatehouse and an angled tower. A survey conducted in the nineteenth century identified five towers ranging from 35 to 41 feet external diameter, and
306-595: Was an English nobleman and major landowner, unable through illness to take much part in national affairs. From his two marriages, he left numerous children who married into noble and royal families of England , France , Scotland and Wales . He was the son and heir of William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby (c. 1168 – c. 1247), by his wife Agnes de Kevelioc, a daughter of Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester (by his wife Bertrada de Montfort). In 1230 he accompanied King Henry III to France and attended Parliament in London in
324-554: Was buried in Merevale Abbey , Warwickshire . He was succeeded by his 15-year-old eldest son Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby (1239–1279), still a minor, who in 1249 aged 10 had been married to Mary de Lusignan, a niece of King Henry III, and knighted. His wardship was granted to the King's eldest son, the future King Edward I . William's first wife's great estates in Ireland (primarily
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