Memorial to, Sir Peter Carew, in Exeter Cathedral and a panel on display at Dartmouth Castle.

Kate Champernowne/Astley’s cousin was quite a character!

#MonumentsMonday #devonhistory

Thank you English Heritage and guides Nigel and Jeremy for an excellent Heritage Opens Days tour at Berry Pomeroy this evening. So interesting to learn more about the layout, scale and grandeur of Edward Seymour’s Jacobean mansion.
#heritageopendays #berrypomeroycastle #devonhistory

#OTD 8 September 1596 died Sir John Gilbert,

nephew of Kate Astley (Kat Ashley), elder brother of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh.

Read more

rosemarygriggs.co.uk/blog/48/

#devonhistory #gilbertfamily #elizabethan #katashley