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Saturday, 1 May 2021

12. From Alice Wandesford's marriage to the return of the King: 1651-1660

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At Hipswell, 23 year old Christopher Wandesford was now head of the family.  He followed the custom of the time – there was a contract of ma...

11. The wars come to an end: 1651

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By this time, Alice's brother George, now aged 28, was reaching success in his endeavours to recover his sequestered estates and find a ...

9. Royalist disaster & private grief: 1645-7

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On 14 June 1645, the New Model Army – Parliament's new national army – inflicted a decisive defeat on the Royalists at the Battle of Nas...

8. Mrs Wandesford moves to Hipswell: 1644-1645

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In Kirklington, George feared he was a wanted man and he lay low for a while.  His sympathies were with the King, but he reckoned the King...

1. The Wandesfords of Kirklington

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When Alice Wandesford was born, she was put in the care of a wet nurse – pregnancy and labour always left her mother far from well.  It was ...
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