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Thomas Seckford or Thomas Sakford Esquire was a senior lawyer, a "man of business" at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, a landowner of the armigerous Suffolk gentry, Member of Parliament, and public benefactor of the town of Woodbridge. He was one of the Masters in Ordinary of the Court of Requests to Queen Elizabeth, 1569-1587, and was Surveyor of the Court of Wards and Liveries 1581-1587. He built mansions in Woodbridge, Ipswich and Clerkenwell, and was at different times Steward of the Liberty of Ely in Suffolk, Bailiff for the Crown of the former possessions of Clerkenwell Priory in the City of London and County of Middlesex, and deputy Steward for the northern parts of the Duchy of Lancaster. He was the patron of Christopher Saxton in the making of the first surveyed County Atlas of England and Wales.
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Kersey Priory was a priory in Kersey, Suffolk, England. It was founded before 1218 as a hospital dedicated St Mary the Blessed Virgin and St Anthony under rule of Austin Canons. It was dissolved in 1443 and the next year transferred to King's College, Cambridge.
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Vincent Burrough Redstone was a Suffolk historian who suggested to Edith Pretty that the Sutton Hoo Ship-burial should be excavated. He was a master of Woodbridge School and secretary of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. He retired from Woodbridge School in 1921 and spent the remainder of his life researching historical topics. He was particularly noted for his study of Huguenot settlement in Suffolk.
References
- 1 2 3 Page.W (1975) 'Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Woodbridge', A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, pp. 111-112 (available online). Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- 1 2 The Abbey (Junior School), Woodbridge, British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2011-05-01.
- ↑ Page.W (1975) 'Houses of Austin canons: Priory of Alnesbourn', A History of the County of Suffolk: Volume 2, p. 91 (available online). Retrieved 2011-05-01.
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