By: Dr Tom Bell

Dr Tom Bell — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:36:43 +0000

Thanks for this. Black Tom by Andrew Hopper is a good read. I am related to Sir Tom …. well descended from his father Ferdinand and have a document signed by him.
As you say it is because of him that the stained glass was protected AND the colleges of Oxford . Best wishes Dr Tom Bell ps I must visit the grave

By: Robert Walton

Robert Walton — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 22:10:36 +0000

As a child, I used to walk past a house in Ronald Drive, in the suburb of Denton, West of Newcastle upon Tyne. Visible in an upstairs room was a suit of armour. The local children thought the house was very spooky, although it was a quite unexceptional semi. When the eccentric owner died, there was a short article in the local Evening Chronicle, saying that the armour had belonged to Sir Thomas Fairfax. This must have been in about 1953. I have often wondered what became of it. Perhaps you can enlighten me.

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