Date:1589 - 1593 (c.)
Description:Ralph Sheldon (1537 - 1613) was a rich landowner in Warwickshire and Worcestershire. He was also a courtier commuting via Oxford to London. [This view is strongly disputed on the grounds of accuracy, as his attendance at Court was by summons and not by virtue of his position.] In the 1580s he commissioned a set of four tapestry maps to hang in his new house at Weston, near Long Compton. The maps showed the counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, and were probably woven at the Sheldon tapestry workshop at Barcheston. The Warwickshire Tapestry Map is the only complete surviving map from the set.
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Bond in £1,000 from William Barnes to John Throckmorton for indemnifying him certain ...
Release from John Alderford to Ralph Sheldon of an annuity of £66 on Barcheston. [Date ...
Postcard of Barcheston Manor from the rear, near the River Stour.
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The Sheldons were an ancient family who came originally from Sheldon, a parish on the western outskirts ...
Ralph Sheldon (1537 - 1613) was a rich landowner in Warwickshire and Worcestershire. He was also a courtier ...
William Sheldon (c.1500-1570) married the heiress of William Willington of Barcheston Manor. Shortly ...
Award of Sir John Throckmorton and others between William and Ralph Sheldon and John Throckmorton whereby ...
This coat of arms at the bottom left corner of the Brailes Map displays the arms of the Sheldon family ...
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Source: Warwickshire Museums , Warwickshire County Record Office
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