Seymours Court Farmhouse, Beckington

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Seymours Court Farmhouse
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Location within Somerset
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Town or city Beckington
Country England
Coordinates 51°16′23″N2°16′13″W / 51.2730°N 2.2702°W / 51.2730; -2.2702 Coordinates: 51°16′23″N2°16′13″W / 51.2730°N 2.2702°W / 51.2730; -2.2702
Completed15th century

Seymours Court Farmhouse in Beckington, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and is a Grade I listed building. [1]

Beckington village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England

Beckington is a village and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England, across the River Frome from Lullington about three miles north of Frome. According to the 2011 census the parish, which includes the hamlet of Rudge, which has a population of 983, and the hamlet of Standerwick.

Somerset County of England

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset's county town is Taunton.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

It was the home of Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, who married Queen Catherine Parr.

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley Brother of the English queen Jane Seymour

Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, KG was a brother of Jane Seymour, the third wife of King Henry VIII. With his brother, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of England, he vied for control of their nephew, the young King Edward VI. In 1547 Seymour became the fourth husband of Catherine Parr, who had been the sixth and last wife and queen of Henry VIII. During his marriage to Catherine Parr, Seymour involved the future Queen Elizabeth I, who resided in his household, in flirtatious and possibly sexual behaviour.

Catherine Parr Queen Consort of Henry VIII

Catherine Parr was Queen of England and Ireland (1543–47) as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII, and the final queen consort of the House of Tudor. She married him on 12 July 1543, and outlived him by one year. With four husbands she is the most-married English queen.

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References

  1. "Seymours Court Farmhouse". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-27.