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Tim Couzens

@Tim_Couzens

Local historian. Author of Hand of Fate, the history of the Longs, Wellesleys and the Draycot Estate in Wiltshire, ELSP, 2001.

 Kingston upon Thames, London
Joined May 2016
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The basic framework of my website on Draycot House and the Draycot Estate, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, is up. It will be populated over the next few weeks. I have been using Wordpress for 3 weeks, so please be gentle, if you comment. draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
History of the Draycot Estate

History of the Draycot Estate

A local history site, by Tim Couzens, about the Draycot Estate, Draycot Cerne,near Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Draycot House, the Long, Tylney-Long, Long Wellesley, Cowley and Hatzfeldt owners…

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If you haven't see this for a while, the outline story of Catherine Tylney Long and William Wellesley Pole has been added here:- draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
The owners and occupiers of Draycot House

The owners and occupiers of Draycot House

You will find all of the owners of Draycot House and the Estate here. The section on the de Cerne family briefly describes the descent of the medieval Manor. The Longs owned Draycot in direct line …

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#FakeOrFortune. I reckon there is a correlation between the number of cameos for Cedric and the authenticity of the work in question. It's much more important than connoisseurship . . . . . .
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Newly traced portrait of Lady Victoria Long Wellesley (1818-1897) by L.C. Dickinson, 1864. Courtesy of Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, and ArtUK.
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Donated by Rev. E.G. Barry, 1936, who I should be able to trace, on my Barry family tree. Unfortunately not with any other bequests - so no help with the collection of watercolours by David Cox.
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The Redbridge Wanstead House correspondence contains this gem about Queen Victoria in 1838 'the Coronation of our much beloved & amiable tho’, at present, radical Queen' - Lady Victoria Long Wellesley to her aunts Dora and Emma Tylney Long.
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My post on Sir Richard Long (d. 1546), one of Henry VIII's courtiers, is now complete. draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
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Happy 400th Birthday to #JohnAubrey draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
John Aubrey b. 12th March 1626.

John Aubrey b. 12th March 1626.

2026 sees the 400th Anniversary of the birth of John Aubrey, at Easton Piercy in Kington St. Michael, Wilts. He was one of the closest friends of Sir James Long 2nd Bart. and his wife, Lady Dorothy…

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I have started to post a mini tribute to #JohnAubrey, b. 12th March 1626, on my website. Should be finished in plenty of time for the anniversary. draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
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Catherine Long Wellesley d. 12th Sept 1825 draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
Catherine Long Wellesley d. 12th Sept 1825

Catherine Long Wellesley d. 12th Sept 1825

For the time being, this is a repeat of the relevant section of The owners and occupiers of Draycot House. From a Miniature engraving after A.E. Chalon. The Connoisseur, 1932, Vol LXXXIX, p. 47. Ph…

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#stainedglasssunday. Ward & Hughes, 1896, St James' Draycot Cerne (CCT). Angel wings and sunrise.
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2nd Earl Cowley as a Roman centurion
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Fancy a laugh? #WinningIsntEverything wherever you get your Podcasts. A brand-new episode today, but there's 18 hours up there for you to work through. Give it a go! X
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Sir Edward and Elyne de Cerne. Holding hands since 1393. St James' Church, Draycot Cerne.
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I will be running a parallel account in the other place (the one with the butterfly) for a while
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The Index for Lady Dorothy Long's 17th century correspondence is finally complete - and I never want to see paragraph marks or marked text, ever again . . . .!
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The first phase of the Index for the WRS Volume of Lady Dorothy Long's correspondence is complete. Should be finished by the end of August. 30 pages of A4.
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Good to hear a mention of Earl Tylney on #ComposerOfTheWeek @BBCRadio3 and Thomas Linley Jr "Tomassino" with @DonaldMacleod01. I've been researching John for a while. Sadly there are no mentions of Linley in his family correspondence from Italy (or Mozart, come to that).
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The section on Prince and Princess Hatzfeldt, on my website, is complete (for now). draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
The owners and occupiers of Draycot House

The owners and occupiers of Draycot House

You will find all of the owners of Draycot House and the Estate here. The section on the de Cerne family briefly describes the descent of the medieval Manor. The Longs owned Draycot in direct line …

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If anybody knows where the Flameng portrait of Princess Hatzfeldt might be, I would be grateful for information.
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The basic framework of my website for Seagry, including Seagry House, is finished. It will be added to over the next few months. draycotestatehistory.wordpre…
Seagry, including Seagry House

Seagry, including Seagry House

The southern part of Seagry was purchased from the Houlton Family in 1785. Seagry House was bought as a potential Dower house. In fact, it only had that use for Clare, Countess Cowley, from 1919 to…

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