25-571: Baron Petre ( / ˈ p iː t ə / ), of Writtle, in the County of Essex, is a title in the Peerage of England . It was created in 1603 for Sir John Petre . His family has since been associated with the county of Essex. He represented Essex in parliament and served as Lord Lieutenant of Essex . Lord Petre was the son of Sir William Petre , Secretary of State to Henry VIII , Mary I , Edward VI and Elizabeth I . Sir William acquired Ingatestone Hall and
50-546: A Country Park with the Petre family retaining limited ownerships. The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Dominic William Petre (b. 1966) The heir apparent 's heir apparent is his son William John Jude Petre (b. 2001) Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year,
75-426: A number of Catholic priests at Ingatestone, among them was St. John Payne , who was executed in 1582. The hall contains two priest holes that were used for this purpose. In the late 18th century Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre moved the family seat to Thorndon Hall and rented Ingatestone Hall out to tenants. In 1876 much of Thorndon Hall was destroyed by fire. During World War I , Lionel Petre, 16th Baron Petre
100-514: A state of abeyance between these. Baronets , while holders of hereditary titles, as such are not peers and not entitled to stand for election in the House of Lords. Knights , dames and holders of other non-hereditary orders, decorations, and medals are also not peers. The following tables only show peerages, still in existence. For lists of every peerage created at a particular rank, including extinct, dormant, and abeyant peerages, see: Each peer
125-516: Is listed only by their highest English title. Peers known by a higher title in one of the other peerages are shown in blue, and peers with more than one title of the same rank in the Peerage of England are shown in orange. Subsidiary title Subsidiary title Ingatestone Hall Ingatestone Hall is a Grade I listed 16th-century manor house in Essex , England . It
150-552: Is located outside the village of Ingatestone , approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Chelmsford and 25 miles (40 km) north east of London . The house was built by Sir William Petre , and his descendants ( the Barons Petre ) live in the house to this day. Part of the house is leased out as offices while the current Lord Petre 's son and heir apparent lives in a private wing with his family. The Hall formerly housed Tudor monarchs such as Queen Elizabeth I . The hall
175-537: Is open to the public on selected afternoons between Easter and September. William Petre bought Ingatestone manor soon after the Dissolution of the Monasteries for some £850 and commissioned the building of the house. In June 1561, Queen Elizabeth I spent several nights at Ingatestone Hall on her royal progress , where she held court . The Petre family laid on a lavish welcome, procuring food and drink and decorating
200-487: Is set in an extensive deer park. Formerly called "Thorndon Old Hall", it burned down in the early 18th century; after which "New" Thorndon Hall was built about a mile north, in Ingrave. This too suffered from a fire in the 1880s and has since been rebuilt as flats within the repaired walls, and the family mortuary chapel nearby is now owned by Historic Chapels Trust . Thorndon Park is mostly now run by Essex County Council as
225-665: The Kingdom of England into a Protestant country. Statutes were passed prohibiting Catholic worship in England, the Book of Common Prayer was established as the official liturgy of the Church of England , and practising Catholics faced severe punishments. Like many noble Catholic families, the Petres worshipped in secret, holding clandestine Catholic Mass in the private family chapel at Ingatestone Hall. The first Baron Petre, Sir John Petre , befriended
250-426: The 16th Baron Petre, moved the family back to Ingatestone Hall, she began a major project to restore Ingatestone Hall to its original Tudor appearance. The works, overseen by the architect, W.T. Wood, included replacing alterations to the building with reproductions of Tudor period features, notably the re-instatement of mullioned windows on the west side of the building on the ground floor. The initial phase of project
275-472: The English peerage are, in descending order, duke , marquess , earl , viscount , and baron . While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females. Such peerages follow the old English inheritance law of moieties so all daughters (or granddaughters through the same root) stand as co-heirs, so some such titles are in such
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#1733086208218300-506: The Great Hall, was demolished, opening the enclosed courtyard out into the U-shaped building that is seen today, and the north wing was extended and the outer court buildings were rebuilt, including an entrance arch topped with a one-handed clock. This clock turret, engraved with the motto "Sans dieu rien" ("without God, nothing") is thought to have been the work of Paine. The Long Gallery in
325-635: The Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain . There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords . The ranks of
350-502: The Petre family was Father Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet , the unpopular chaplain and advisor to James II . James made him Clerk of the Closet and asked the Pope to make him a bishop and later a Cardinal but was refused both requests. The Petre family have been staunchly loyal to Roman Catholicism . It was the first Baron who publicly acknowledged his Catholicism. At least twelve members of
375-452: The composer William Byrd , also a Catholic. In 1589–90, Byrd spent Christmas with the family at Ingatestone along with John Petre's half sister Dorothy Petre and her husband Nicholas Wadham later co-founders of Wadham College, Oxford and in 1593 Byrd took up residence in the neighbouring village of Stondon Massey . Byrd supported the Petre family's covert Catholic worship by composing a comprehensive repertory of choral music to be sung in
400-505: The courtyard, a prominent feature is a tall crenellated turret containing an octagonal staircase . In the late 18th century Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre moved back to the other family property, Thorndon Hall, which was being rebuilt in the Palladian style by the architect James Paine . At around this time, Ingatestone Hall underwent significant alterations and was converted into smaller rented apartments. The west wing, which contained
425-638: The death of Lord Petre) the abeyance of the ancient barony of Furnivall was terminated by the King in favour of their daughter Mary Frances Katherine Petre, who became the nineteenth Baroness Furnivall (see the Baron Furnivall for more information). Petre was succeeded by his younger brother, Philip Petre, 15th Baron Petre . As of 2017 the title is held by the latter's great-grandson, John Petre, 18th Baron Petre , who succeeded his father in 1989. Lord Petre has been Lord Lieutenant of Essex since 2002. Another member of
450-437: The east range of the house was the main area of the house. It adjoins the remains of the former family chapel, which was pulled down and rebuilt in 1860. The two priest holes within the building, used during the 16th and 17th centuries to conceal Catholic clergy, are located in the east wing in a void under the turret, and in the south wing behind a chimney stack in the old study. In the 20th century, when Lady Rasch, widow of
475-609: The family have been Jesuits . The family has also produced two bishops , Francis (1692–1775) and Benjamin (1672–1758). These two were coadjutor bishops of, respectively, Bishop Dicconson and Bishop Challoner . The feudal Lordship of Writtle had for centuries been the possession of the de Brus family and early chroniclers give the manor there as the birthplace of Robert the Bruce . The family seats are Ingatestone Hall (principal), at Ingatestone , Essex , and Writtle Park , Essex . The family-owned Thorndon Hall , near Brentwood,
500-538: The house. In November 1564, Lady Katherine Gray was transferred to the charge of Sir William Petre. For two years she was in his custody, and resided at Ingatestone Hall; where she was then removed to the care of Sir John Wentworth (a kinsman of Petre's first wife) at Gosfield Hall. The Petre family were recusants , remaining loyal to the Roman Catholic Church after the English Reformation had turned
525-453: The outhouses became Grade II listed. Ingatestone Hall houses the remaining Petre family picture collection . The building comprises three wings (north, east and south) around a central court. It was built by Sir William Petre 1539–1556 around a central courtyard in English bond brick and includes features typical of Tudor , including stepped gables and tall, ornate chimney pots . Within
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#1733086208218550-446: The private chapels at Ingatestone and nearby Thorndon Hall , the other Petre family property. The compositions included two sets of motets called Gradualia (1605 and 1607) and a set of three Mass settings , such as the Mass for Four Voices (1592–3), works first heard at Ingatestone that are now considered to be some of the finest examples of Tudor music . The Petre family sheltered
575-635: The surrounding manor from Henry for the full market value after it had been surrendered to the King by Barking Abbey during the Suppression of the Monasteries . The first Baron was succeeded by his son, William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre . He sat as Member of Parliament for Essex. His grandson, William Petre, 4th Baron Petre , was one of the accused in the Titus Oates plot and died in the Tower of London in 1684. His younger brother, Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre ,
600-619: Was Lord Lieutenant of Essex. His great-grandson, Robert Petre, 9th Baron Petre , who succeeded his father the year of his birth, married Anne Howard, daughter of Philip Howard, younger brother of Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk . On her uncle's death in 1777 Anne became co-heiress to the baronies of Howard , Furnivall , Strange of Blackmere , Talbot , Braose of Gower , Dacre of Gillesland , Greystock , Ferrers of Wemme, Giffard of Brimsfield and Verdon. Their great-great-grandson, Bernard Petre, 14th Baron Petre , married Etheldreda, daughter of William Robinson Clark . In 1913 (five years after
625-535: Was killed in action in 1915 and his widow, Lady Rasch, decided to move back to Ingatestone. During the Second World War , the house was let to Wanstead High School . In the 1950s, Essex County Council used the north wing to house the Essex Record Office and mounted annual exhibitions there until the late 1970s. In 1952 the hall became grade I listed and the gatehouse grade II* listed, while several of
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