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  Coughton Court, Warwickshire
In the cold early hours of November 6th, 1605 Thomas Bates, servant to Robert Catesby, rode over the moat bridge of Coughton Court and climbed the stairs to the Drawing Room on the first floor of the Gatehouse, with its wide view of the surrounding countryside.
A nephew, Francis Throckmorton, was executed in 1584 for acting as a go-between for Mary Queen of Scots and the Spanish Ambassador in an attempt to invade England and place Mary on the throne.
Coughton Court was occupied by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War, and was bombarded byby the Royalist armies in order to drive the Parliamentarians out.
www.gunpowder-plot.org /houses/coughton.htm   (1570 words)

  
 Coughton Court Warwickshire
Coughton Court, was begun in 1518 by Sir George Throckmorton whose family had inherited the estate in 1409.
The present appearance of Coughton Court was determined by Sir Charles Throckmorton, the 11th Baronet.
Coughton Court is surrounded by 25 acres of gardens and grounds which two churches and a lake.
www.touruk.co.uk /houses/housewarw_coug.htm   (728 words)

  
 The Gunpowder Plot Society
Coughton Court is still a classic example of a recusant gentry house which has survived to the present day.
This daughter kept an excellent record of a woman persecuted for recusancy, documenting the fines and searches made at Coughton Court, that is still in the family archives.
Coughton Court was occupied by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War, and was bombarded by the Royalist armies in order to drive the Parliamentarians out.
www.gunpowder-plot.org /coughton.asp   (1592 words)

  
 BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Webcams - Coughton Court virtual tour
Warwickshire is very lucky to have Coughton Court - a rare authentic Tudor house that can be visited in all its splendour - now from your own chair.
Coughton Court is brimming with history as its origins date back to the early 15th Century when it is believed a medieval house was on the site.
Apart from the impressive gardens and the two churches in the grounds, Coughton Court houses also a Gunpowder Plot exhibition, highlighting the history and reasons of the events and the family’s involvement.
www.bbc.co.uk /coventry/webcams/stories/2003/09/coughton-court-virtual-tour.shtml   (464 words)

  
 Coughton Court, Warwickshire
Coughton Court in Warwickshire is the home of the Throckmorton family and has been for the last six centuries.
Unlike many houses that change hands and have each family's style integrated into the furnishings and the building this one is a property which has remained much the same as it was 600 years ago.
The main claim to fame of Coughton Court however is its connection with the Gunpowder Plot of the early 17th century.
louisabrown.net /Coughton.htm   (616 words)

  
 BBC - Coventry and Warwickshire Features - A visit to Coughton Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Coughton Court has a fine collection of historic furniture, porcelain, tapestries and family memorabilia.
Next to the dining room with its splendid mid-16th Century panelling is the tribune housing a special exhibit: the execution chemise of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Coughton Court is situated two miles north of Alcester on the A435.
bbc.co.uk /coventry/features/days-out/a-visit-to-coughton-court.shtml   (497 words)

  
 Coughton Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Set in beautiful Warwickshire Countryside, yet only 15 miles from the ICC and NEC, Coughton Court is ideal for many events including Champagne Receptions, Dinners and Lunches (for up to 80 people) and Product Launches.
Coughton Court (pronounced coat-on) has been the home to the Throckmorton Family since the 15th Century and has been transformed in to this beautiful Historic House by the current owner.
With beautiful Gardens and an RHS acclaimed Walled Garden, Coughton Court is the perfect addition to any itinerary.
www.necgroup.co.uk /expoguide/coughtoncourt   (103 words)

  
 Coughton
The chemise, said to have been worn by Mary Queen of Scots at her execution, is on show in the House.
Coughton is usually pronounced 'Co-ton', the 'Cough' rhyming with 'though'.
Kings Coughton, a short distance away, is in the parish of Alcester.
www.stnicholasalcester.org.uk /Coughton_1.htm   (247 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - Warwickshire - Coughton
The memorial is to be found inside St Peters Church, Coughton Court, Alcester, Warwickshire on the left side of the Nave (North Wall).
Nephew of Sir William Throckmorton, Bt., of Coughton Court, Warwickshire; husband of Lilian Throckmorton, of Coughtton Court.
Buried left of path, near chapel in Coughton Church Cemetery, on the Birmingham-Alcester road, was opened in 1867, and belongs to St. Peter's Church.
www.roll-of-honour.com /Warwickshire/Coughton.html   (581 words)

  
 Motoring the Route Of The Conspirators
The entrance on the right hand side to Coughton Court is 0.3 miles (86.1 miles) down the road.
Coughton Court is now a National Trust property, even though the Thockmortons still live in it.
The mill farm on the left side at 1.3 miles (101.5 miles) is quaint, and is 0.1 miles from Huddington Court, which is on the left hand side.
www.bcpl.net /~cbladey/guy/html/motor.html   (3718 words)

  
 George THROCKMORTON of Coughton
This early advancement may have owed something to Throckmorton's marriage to a daughter of another courtier, Sir Nicholas Vaux, whose stepson Sir Thomas Parr, comptroller of the Household to Henry VIII, was furhter related to him by marriage.
The most impressive monument which he left, however, was the gatehouse of Coughton court.
Throckmorton spent most of his life rebuilding the house: in 1535 he wrote to Cromwell that he and his wife had lived in Buckinghamshire for most of the year, ‘for great part of my house here is taken down’.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/GeorgeThrockmortonofCoughton.htm   (1472 words)

  
 Coughton Lodge – country bed and breakfast close to Stratford upon Avon 4 diamond bed and breakfast (B&B) ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Coughton Lodge – country bed and breakfast close to Stratford upon Avon 4 diamond bed and breakfast (BandB) accommodation in Stratford upon Avon
Coughton Lodge provides exceptional accommodation in a country setting and is an ideal base to explore Shakespeare Country and the Cotswolds.
The Coughton Lodge complex is just a short walk from Coughton Court, a classic example of an English stately home now belonging to the National Trust.
www.coughtonlodge.co.uk   (133 words)

  
 Coughton Court - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coughton (pronounced "Coat-un") Court (grid reference SP080604) is a country house on the main road between Studley and Alcester in Warwickshire, England.
It holds a place in English history for its role in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Coughton Court is set in extensive grounds including a more formal garden, a river and a lake.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coughton_Court   (146 words)

  
 Throckmorton Daffodil Garden at Coughton Court   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The beautiful and historic Gardens at Coughton Court are featuring a new and expanded area of daffodils in recognition of American physician and horticulturist, Dr. Tom Dercum Throckmorton (Des Moines, Iowa).
In recent years, the Gardens at Coughton Court have achieved national prominence in the Midlands and throughout the United Kingdom because of the foresight and creative planning and work by Clare Throckmorton and her daughter Christina.
Although the day to day management of Coughton Court has been turned over to the National Trust, the gardens will continue to be managed by Mrs.
sites.flexiblehost.com /throckmorton/daffodils.htm   (275 words)

  
 COUGHTON COURT STATELY HOME A HISTORY WARWICKSHIRE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Coughton Court, like so many stately homes in the area, has been influenced by the main upheavals of the nation.
As the estate belonged to a Catholic family, the Throckmortons, it inevitably became involved in the various waves of persecution of
A fine example of Tudor architecture, the spectacular Gatehouse was evidently meant as a part of an equally grandiose plan for the whole residence.
www.know-britain.com /country_houses/coughton_court_stately_home.html   (310 words)

  
 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Throckmorton family, minor gentry from Throckmorton and Fladbury in Worcestershire, acquired property in Coughton, near Alcester, in the early fifteenth century.
The earliest (from 1317) tend to relate to the family's ancestral estates in Worcestershire, though the great majority (nearly 500) are of sixteenth-century date and later.
Of the 1,500 court rolls, the most notable runs are for Coughton itself, 1484-1731 (53 documents), Sambourne, 1472-1849 (56 documents), Spernall, 1619-1731 (45 documents), Buckland, in Berkshire, 1245-1757 (80 documents), Weston Underwood, in Buckinghamshire, 1295-1754 (62 documents), and, the finest, Chaddesley Corbett, in Worcestershire, 1338-1829 (125 documents).
www.shakespeare.org.uk /content/view/86/86   (297 words)

  
 Thomas THROCKMORTON of Coughton
Born by 1536, first son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton by his first wife, Muriel, daughter of Thomas, 5th Lord Berkeley.
It was to a quasi-hereditary knighthood of the shire that Thomas Throckmorton was elected in 1558; his grandfather Sir George had sat for Warwickshire in the Parliament of 1529 and his father Sir Robert three times between 1553 and 1555.
In the time of Sir Robert Throckmorton, and his son and heir Thomas, Coughton became a centre for Catholic recusants.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/ThomasThrockmortonofCoughton.htm   (322 words)

  
 The Moat House Kings Coughton Pub and Restaurant - Text Only web site
Kings Coughton is a hamlet in the parish of Alcester, lying to the north of the town, reputedly the smallest town in England.
At one period during the Middle Ages Kings Coughton, as, indeed Alcester itself, formed part of the eastern boundary of the Royal Forest of Feckenham.
The earliest reference to Kings Coughton, as distinct from it’s neighbour in the north, Coughton, is in 1262.
www.moathouseinn.co.uk /textonly.htm   (1086 words)

  
 Henley in Arden to Coughton
Coughton to Henley in Arden / Henley in Arden to Coughton
Pass car entrance, over River Arrow and turn immediately R to pass in front of a pair of cottages to a stile by a National Trust sign for Coughton Court.
Continue along the A439 with superb view of Coughton Court to L until you reach main gate by pedestrian traffic lights.
walking.41club.org /hencough.htm   (2539 words)

  
 GENUKI: Coughton, Warwickshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
"COUGHTON, a parish in the Alcester division of the hundred of Barlichway, in the county of Warwick, 2 miles N. of Alcester, and 18 from Birmingham.
It is situated on the river Arrow, and contains the hamlet of Sambourne.
The transcription of the section for Coughton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/WAR/Coughton/index.html   (236 words)

  
 Coughton Court
Coughton Court has been the home of the Throckmorton faimly for 600 years.
The Throckmorton family have always been staunchly Roman Catholic and played important part in British history through the Reformation.
This picture, and the picture below, show the lake, with a gazebo at the far end.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /heartofengland/coughton.htm   (261 words)

  
 Kings Coughton Warwickshire - Kings Coughton UK websites
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Kings Coughton Lane, Kings Coughton, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49.
Police in Alcester are investigating a robbery which occurred in a layby on the A435 at Kings Coughton in the early hours of Thursday morning, July 20.
www.dotukdirectory.co.uk /173614.html   (282 words)

  
 The Kings Court Hotel - Home
The Kings Court Hotel, originally a Tudor farmhouse situated in the village of Kings Coughton, where the infamous gunpowder plot was hatched, has been delightfully extended over the years.
We also recommend visits to Ragley Hall, Coughton Court and Warwick Castle.
The Kings Court Hotel prides itself on providing a professional and friendly service to all of our guests.
www.kingscourthotel.co.uk /home.php   (232 words)

  
 Topiary in the United Kingdom - Coughton Court
Topiary in the United Kingdom - Coughton Court
This is one of those properties which can only happen in England.
The Elizabethan style knot garden in the Courtyard was opened in 1992 and in 2003 the Mary Copse memorial garden has been completed as a lasting testimony to the hard work of one of the Trust's most loyal workers.
www.frostatmidnight.co.uk /Pages/Coughton.htm   (222 words)

  
 Coughton Court, 01/11/05, Andi's blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Silvi, her visitors from Germany and I joined a group of Birmingham's City Church to a trip to 'Coughton Court', which is about 18 miles south of Birmingham.
For those of you that haven't heard about famous 'Coughton Court': It was the hiding place of the conspirators around Guy Fawkes.
Well, we visited 'Coughton Court' (see pictures in the gallery) and got to know a bit about the history.
blogs.warwick.ac.uk /ahaegele/entry/coughton_court   (470 words)

  
 Coughton Court - Warwickshire - UK Venue - UK Venues & Weekending Guide - Square Meal
Coughton Court - Warwickshire - UK Venue - UK Venues & Weekending Guide - Square Meal
Coughton Court has been the home of the Throckmorton Family since the fifteenth century.
Coughton Court is located in the middle of the South Midlands area, 18 miles from Birmingham City Centre and 8 miles from Stratford.
www.squaremeal.co.uk /venues/uk/display.php?Venue_ID=22808   (153 words)

  
 Welcome to Coughton Court
Coughton Court has been the home of the Throckmorton family since they built it around 1530.
It holds a unique place in English history with its close connections with the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Click here to find out more about the gardens.
www.coughtoncourt.co.uk   (148 words)

  
 GENUKI: Coughton, Warwickshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
GENUKI: Coughton, Warwickshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
Coughton Court, the seat of Sir R. Throckmorten, Bart., was built in the reign of Henry VIII."
"SAMBOURN, a hamlet in the parish of Coughton, Alcester division of Barlichway hundred, county Warwick, 3½ miles N.W. of Alcester.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/WAR/Coughton/Gaz1868.html   (249 words)

  
 COUGHTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
MANORIAL RECORDS: 1612, 1483/4-1731 STR 1772-1849 (Sambourne) STR Court Rolls 1746, Sambourne and Court Rolls 1789-1832.
Abstract of grant of manor and of the Court Rolls with an appendix showing the present tenants' names, estates, rents etc. in 1746.
There is a collection of Throckmorton papers including deeds of many places in and around Coughton with a name index, at STR
www.bmsgh.org /parish/warw/tyaiw/coughton.html   (317 words)

  
 Coughton Court Craft Show - Cancelled   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Coughton Court is on the A435 between Birmingham and Stratford.
Coughton Court, which has been home to the Throckmorton family since 1409, provides a beautiful backdrop for this event early in August.
The country's finest craftspeople and artists will be displaying and selling their work.
www.maryholland.co.uk /coughton.htm   (150 words)

  
 Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
Located on A435, 2m N of Alcester, 10m NW of Stratford-on-Avon.
Coughton Court has been the home of the Thockmortons since the 15th century and the family still live here today.
The magnificent Tudor gatehouse was built around 1530 with the north and south wings completed 10 or 20 years later.
www.camelotintl.com /heritage/historichouses/midlands/coughton.html   (317 words)

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