Tag: Burton Pynsent (location)

Somerset Estates: …. Mr. Alwyne Ainsworth Crossley, of Old Court Misterton, near Crewkerne, who died on January 28 lst, aged 51, son of the late Clement Crossley, of Burton Pynsent House, Currey Rivel, left £1,928 gross, with net personalty £1,468. Probate was granted to his widow, Mrs. Florence Amy Crossley, the sole executrix.

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Local Notes and Queries: … Notes: … William Pitt at Burton Pynsent – Describing Pitt’s life, Lord Macaulay writes: — “In expense, indeed he vied, during this part of his career, with the wealthiest of the conquerors of Bengal and Tanjore. At Burton Pynsent he ordered a great extent of ground to be planted with cedars. Cedars enough for the purpose could not be found in Somersetshire. They were, therefore, collected in London and sent down by land carriage. Relays of labourers were hired, and the work went on all night by torchlight. No man could be more abstemious than Pitt, yet the profusion of his kitchen was a wonder even to epicures. Several dinners were always dressing, for his appetite was capricious and fanciful and at whatever moment he felt inclined to eat, he expected a meal be instantly ready on the table.”

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Death of Major A. A. Crossley, of Misterton: The parishioners of Misterton, near Crewkerne, and the many friends of the family over wide area, heard with deep regret of the death which occurred in a London nursing home on Saturday night, of Major Alwyne Ainsworth Crossley of Old Court, Misterton, eldest surviving, son of the late Mr. Clement Crossley and Mrs. Crossley, of Burton Pynsent, Curry Rivel. He was 51 years of age. Major Crossley had a good record of service during the South African War and the Great War. The family has resided at Old Court for 25 years, and both Major Crossley and Mrs. Crossley have performed much valuable public and charitable work. The body was cremated at Golder’s Green on Wednesday and the ashes scattered, this being the wish of Major Crossley.

[See similar: Western Gazette: Friday 3^rd February 1933]

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Taunton Vale Hounds: Monday, Merry Harriers: Tuesday, Eagle Tavern; Thursday Cothelstone; Friday, Nov. 18, Burton Pynsent Lodge, at 11 a.m.

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Local Notes and Queries: … Notes: … Some Somersetshire Love Letters: Some of the most charming of Somersetshire love letters written at Burton Pynsent. They were written by the Earl of Chatham t his wife. They are not very numerous for the couple were too seldom apart for it to be practicable to write many love letters. The Earl of Chatham wrote to the Countess from Burton Pynsent on April 9^th, 1772. “Two long tedious days are over since I saw my love and dear fellow travellers (their two daughters), which cruel separation is sweetened by nothing but the comfortable and promising state of our two delightful boys …. (continues, along with other letters) …

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Hunting Appointments: Taunton Vale Foxhounds: Thursday March 10, Travellers’ Rest, Friday, March 11, Burton Pynsent, at 11 o’clock.

[see similar Western Gazette: Friday 11th March 1932]

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