Horsham

[poliphilo]

 The builders are back in the kitchen so we're going out to lunch again. Yesterday we traveled for an hour in a north-westerly direction to wind up in the market town of Horsham which is pretty in parts. I just skimmed through its entry on Wikipedia  and it seems nothing of more than local interest ever happened there. What a blessed spot! 

The prettiest of the pretty parts is a wide road called The Causeway which slopes downhill to the River Arun with the Museum at the top and the parish church at the bottom. There are nice old houses.



The parish church was uglified on the outside by a Victorian architect called Teulon but the inside is nice enough. The squat tower with a tall spire is typical of this part of West Sussex. There are two tombs with effigies- and I love an effigy.  The older of the two is of Sir Thomas de Braose (d.1395) and the other is of Elizabeth Delves (d.1654) by Edward Marshall, whose work turns up all over Kent and Sussex. 

Comments

[cmcmck]

The de Braose are related to the Scottish Bruces and my other half is related to Marjorie of that ilk (1296-1317)

This is she:

[poliphilo]

I did wonder whether Robert the Bruce was a relation.

[paserbyp]

Horsham, the capital of the Wimmera is the gateway to the Silo Art Trail and the North Western Side of the Grampians National Park. A lively city with a vibrant river and friendly locals, it has great coffee and boutique shopping, a range of dining and accommodation options, arts, culture, recreation and more...

[poliphilo]

Wrong Horsham.

The one in your comment is in Australia.....

[paserbyp]

Horsham's claim to royalty fame is that Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII lived here. Catherine was born in 1523 and married Henry at the age of 17, but was beheaded just nineteen months later, in 1542, for adultery.

[cmcmck]

Which makes me glad that it's Jane Seymour who is my many times great aunt! :o)

[paserbyp]

Jane Seymour (1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until her death the next year. She became queen following the execution of Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who was accused by Henry of adultery after failing to produce a male heir. Jane, however, died of postnatal complications less than two weeks after the birth of her only child, the future King Edward VI. She was the only wife of Henry to receive a queen's funeral; and he was later buried alongside her remains in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.

[paserbyp]

In 1844, the last wife sale in Britain occurred in Horsham for 30 shillings.” Wife selling refers to a historical practice that occurred in England centuries ago, particularly during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.