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Sir Henry Chauncy's Observations on Wilfred Entwysel
By F. R. R.
After recording the inscription on the brass plate in St. Peter's Church, St. Alban's, to the memory of Sir Bertin Entwysel, Knt., Viscount and Baron of Brykbeke in Normandy, who fell at the first battle of St. Alban's, in 1455, Chauncy proceeds to state:— "These Entwysels were gentlemen of good account in Lancashire, whose mansion-house retains the name of Entwysel, and the last heir of that house was one Wilfred Entwysel, who sold his estate, and served as a lance at Musselborrow Field, Anno 2 Edw. VI. After that he served the Guyes in defence of Meth, and he was one of the four captains of…
Topics: Historical Customs, Genealogy, Victorian History
Locations: St. Peter's Church, St. Alban's, Brykbeke, Normandy, Lancashire, Musselborrow Field, Meth, Newhaven, Portsmouth, England, Bolton-en-le-Moors