William Thornhurst

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William Thornhurst (1575-1606) was an English landowner.

He was the son of Stephen Thornhurst, keeper of Ford Park (died 1616) and his first wife. His second wife, Dorothy (1565-1620), was a daughter of Roger Drew of Denchworth. Her first husband was Dr Hippocrates d'Otthen of Holstein (died 1611). [1] [2]

Their lands were at Romney and Agney. Stephen Thornhurst sold Bramshill House to Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche. A brother, Thomas Thornhurst was killed at the siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré in 1627. His monument is at Canterbury Cathedral. [3]

William Thornhurst married Anne Howard (died 1633), a daughter of Thomas Howard, 1st Viscount Howard of Bindon. She was a half-sister of Frances Howard, who, as Lady Hertford, became a lady in waiting to Anne of Denmark. [4]

Portrait of Susanna Temple, Dame Thornhurst, later Lady Lister (dated 1620), by Cornelius Johnson Cornelius Johnson - Portrait of Susanna Temple, Later Lady Lister - Google Art Project.jpg
Portrait of Susanna Temple, Dame Thornhurst, later Lady Lister (dated 1620), by Cornelius Johnson

Their children included:

He died on 24 July 1606 and was buried at Herne. A wall monument shows him kneeling at a desk. Above is a helmet and a heraldic carving of a stag hound. A local legend says the tomb was that of a hunter killed by his own dogs for Sabbath breaking. [6]

Anne Turberville

After William Thornhurst's death, his widow Anne married John Turberville of Woolbridge and Bere Regis. Woolbridge is near to Bindon Abbey and Lulworth Castle, a house built by her elder brother, Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Howard of Bindon.

Robert Napier's son, also called Robert, was born at Woolbridge in 1625, and John Turberville and Alice Fanshawe, Lady Hatton, were godparents. [7] A legend of a phantom coach is attached to Woolbridge Manor, along with a story of Anne Howard and John Turberville's elopement. A "legend of the d'Urberville Coach" is mentioned by the character Angel Clare in Thomas Hardy's, Tess of the d'Urbervilles . [8]

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References

  1. ↑ A Guide to Canterbury Cathedral, with the inscriptions and epitaphs (Canterbury, 1860), p. 37.
  2. ↑ William Munk, 'Hippocrates d'Otthen', Royal College of Physicians
  3. ↑ A Guide to Canterbury Cathedral, with the inscriptions and epitaphs (Canterbury, 1860), p. 37.
  4. ↑ Eva Griffith, A Jacobean Company and its Playhouse: The Queen's Servants at the Red Bull Theatre (Cambridge, 2013), p. 129.
  5. ↑ John Nichols, Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, vol. 1 (London, 1790), p. 104.
  6. ↑ John Brent, Lays and legends of Kent (London, 1841), p. 38.
  7. ↑ Notes & Queries for Somerset and Dorset, vol. 1, p. 267.
  8. ↑ Repairs begin on 'Thomas Hardy novel' bridge in Dorset, BBC 2018
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