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CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER - STARTING "A" BY PHILLIP E JONES [Adrian Boult], [Aethelflaeda], [Aethelfrith], [Aethelred], [Aethelwulf], [Alan la Zouche], [Alice Street], [Andrew Gamull], [Andrew Yarraton], [Ann Osboston], [Ann Thornton], [Anselm of Bec], [Arthur Blomfield] Boult was born in Chester in April 1889 and later became the Musical Director of the BBC. Between 1930 and 1950 he was Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and afterwards Conductor of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, from 1950 to 1957. She was the daughter of the great Anglo Saxon king Alfred and known as the “Lady of the Mercians” who helped to refortify and defend much of England from the Danes and other raiders who were threatening the country. She was married to Ethelred, the Earl of Mercia and was recorded as having died at Tamworth in 922 AD. In around 916 AD Aethelflaeda was thought to have sent a military force from Chester into the Welsh border region of Brycheiniog as a warning to its then leader Tewder ab Elise who was attempting to expand both his lands and sphere of influence well beyond his existing boundaries. At the turn of the 10th Century, the ancient city of Chester was reported to have been under threat of attack from a Viking leader called Ingimond who had been granted lands in the region by Aethelflaeda as an act of generosity. Having been made aware of Ingimond’s plans, the Lady of the Mercians was said to have refortified the city and strengthened its military garrison in order to meet any future attack by the ungrateful colonists. The Saxon king of Northumbria who was said to have captured the city following the Battle of Chester, where he defeated the forces of the Welsh war leader “Brochfael” who was forced to flee the field with only 50 of his men. During the battle, Aethelfrith was reported to have ordered the slaughter of 1200 monks from the monastery of Bangor Isycoed in Flintshire, who were said to have been praying for a British victory. The Northumbrian king was reported to have said of the monks; “Whether they bear arms or not, they fight against us by crying to their God”. Directly descended from King Egbert’s royal line, Aethelred was reported to have ordered the construction of St John’s church at Chester as the result of a dream. Legend has it, that the king who was an uncle to Werburga, later St Werbugh, was visiting his niece at her Abbey in the city. While there he was said to have had a dream or vision, which instructed him to build a church where he would see a white hind. Having instructed his entourage to search the area for such a beast, a white hind was said to have been seen at the spot where the church was eventually built. There has been much heated debate over the actual age of St John’s church, with some suggesting that the building dates from around 689 AD, a full 150 years or so before the reign of Aethelred. Others believe that its first construction dates from around the mid 9th Century, regardless of the legend that has been associated with its building. Still others believe that much of the structure derives from the time of Earl Leofric in the 11th Century He was the successor to King Edgar around 833 AD and is thought to have held his Parliament at Chester as well as being crowned in the city. He was said to have received tribute from a number of subordinate rulers at Chester shortly after his coronation. De Zouche was the Chief Justice of Chester during the reign of Henry III and was charged with the completion of the Shire Hall and the Castle Walls at Chester around 1251. Alice was the daughter of a Chester Alderman who was said to have married Roger Comberbach, the Recorder of Chester. Their son, also called Roger, later became Recorder of the city and a member of the Freemasons lodge which was located at the Sun Inn around 1725. Two years later this Roger was thought to have risen to the rank of Grand Warden within the brotherhood. Gamull was a member of the wealthy and landed Cheshire family which owned numerous properties and held public office within the city. In 1677, Yarraton was reported to have put forward plans to reinvigorate Chester’s dwindling medieval port. As with other plans and proposals that were submitted on other later occasions, these plans received little backing from the city authorities and were not adopted Ann was a native of Rainow, near Macclesfield who was accused of employing the Black Arts to bring about the deaths of a number of people between 1651 and 1656. Her supposed victims were thought to have included, John and Barbara Potts, John Steenson and Anthony Booth of Manchester. Found guilty by the court at Chester, Osboston along with two other innocent women, Ann Thornton and Ellen Beech was hung on the public gallows at Spital Boughton, Chester in 1656. Reported to have been a widow from Eyton, Thornton was accused of employing Witchcraft to bring about the death of 3 year old Daniel Finchett of Eccleston who died on 11th February 1656. Invited by Hugh Lupus to witness the foundation of St Werbugh’s Abbey in the September of 1092, he became Arch Bishop of Canterbury, the following year. Blomfield was a renowned architect who undertook a restoration of the city’s Cathedral between 1882 and 1887. |
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