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Wroxeter, Shropshire is in Shropshire.
Watling Street was a major Roman Road that travels from the Kent ports broadly north-west through London and St Albans, Hertfordshire [Map] to Viroconium Cornoviorum [Map]. Significant parts of Watling Street remain now being known as the A5.
Welsh Border Road describes an unamed Roman Road, and unnumbered by Margery, that went from Caerleon [Map] to Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map], passing through Usk, Monmouthshire [Map], Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [Map], Hereford [Map], Mortimer's Cross, Herefordshire [Map], Wigmore, Herefordshire [Map] and Leintwardine Bridge, Herefordshire [Map] where it crosses the River Teme just after its convergence with the River Clun.
Around 200AD. Bravinium Roman Station [Map] on the XII Antonine Iter, 22 M.P. from Magnis (Kenchester) and 27 M.P. from Uriconium (Wroxeter [Map]). The Roman site forms a roughly rectangular area with an internal extent of about 10 acres, formerly enclosed by earth banks but these are now partly obliterated by the village which occupies much of the area.
On 23rd February 1620 Andrew Newport was born to Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 32) and Frances Leveson Baroness Gower at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map].
On 23rd February 1620 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford was born to Richard Newport 1st Baron Newport (age 32) and Frances Leveson Baroness Gower at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map]. He married 28th April 1642 Diana Russell Countess Bradford, daughter of Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford and Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford, and had issue.
On 27th May 1719 Thomas Newport 1st Baron Torrington (age 64) died without issue. Baron Torrington of Torrington in Devon extinct. He was buried at Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map].
The River Severn rises on Plynlimon [Map] after which it passes Llanidloes [Map], Caersws [Map], Welshpool [Map], Crew Green [Map], Shrawardine, Shropshire [Map], Shrewsbury, Shropshire [Map], Wroxeter, Shropshire [Map], Coalport, Shropshire [Map], Bridgnorth, Shropshire [Map], Bewdley, Worcestershire [Map], Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire [Map] to Worcester, Worcestershire [Map]
From Worcester the rivers flows through Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire [Map] to Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [Map] where it is joined by the Warwickshire River Avon, Gloucester [Map] becoming the Severn Estuary around Thornwell, Monmouthshire [Map].
On 3rd March 1582 Edward Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Chirbury was born to Richard Herbert (age 25) and Magdalen Newport at Eyton on Severn, Wroxeter. He married 28th February 1599 his fourth cousin once removed Mary Herbert Baroness Herbert Chirbury and had issue.
St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter is also in Churches in Shropshire.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 15th May 1555 Thomas Bromley died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
On 12th September 1570 Richard Newport (age 60) died. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
On 1st October 1708 Francis Newport 1st Earl Bradford (deceased) was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
On 13th June 1723 Richard Newport 2nd Earl Bradford (age 78) died at Soho Square [Map]. He was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map]. His son Henry (age 40) succeeded 3rd Earl Bradford, 3rd Viscount Newport of Bradford in Shropshire, 4th Baron Newport of High Ercall in Shropshire.
Thomas Newport was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
Margaret Bromley was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map].
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Anne Corbet was born to Robert Corbet and Elizabeth Vernon. She was buried at St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter [Map]. She married Thomas Newport and had issue.
Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall
The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall (Chronicon Anglicanum) is an indispensable medieval history that brings to life centuries of English and European affairs through the eyes of a learned Cistercian monk. Ralph of Coggeshall, abbot of the Abbey of Coggeshall in Essex in the early 13th century, continued and expanded his community’s chronicle, documenting events from the Norman Conquest of 1066 into the tumultuous reign of King Henry III. Blending eyewitness testimony, careful compilation, and the monastic commitment to record-keeping, this chronicle offers a rare narrative of political intrigue, royal power struggles, and social upheaval in England and beyond. Ralph’s work captures the reigns of pivotal figures such as Richard I and King John, providing invaluable insights into their characters, decisions, and the forces that shaped medieval rule. More than a simple annal, Chronicon Anglicanum conveys the texture of medieval life and governance, making it a rich source for scholars and readers fascinated by English history, monastic authorship, and the shaping of the medieval world.
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Watling Street 1h Wall to Wroxeter. From Letocetum, Staffordshire [Map] aka Wall Watling Street travels through Muckley Corner, Staffordshire [Map], Brownhills West, Staffordshire [Map], Norton Canes, Staffordshire [Map], Four Crosses, Staffordshire [Map], Gailey, Staffordshire [Map], Pennocrucium, Staffordshire [Map], Weston-under-Lizard, Staffordshire [Map], Uxacona, Staffordshire [Map], Oakengates, Shropshire [Map], Ketley, Shropshire [Map], Overley Hill, Shropshire [Map] ending at Viroconium Cornoviorum [Map] aka Wroxeter.