Photographic section of Mackey ancestry web site

These are a group of photographs taken over a number of years during different genealogy related trips in the U.S. and Europe. They relate to the various chapters of ancestors discussed in the Plantagenet Ancestry of Agnes Gum Mackey web site. (Gum, Claypoole, Cecil, Goushill, Wingfield, and Fitz-Alan). Bruce Morrison, 3488 Elmendorf Way, Lexington, Ky. 40517


© August 2008

Rhuddlan Castle

Rhuddlan Castle in North Wales birthplace of Elizabeth Plantagenet in 1282. King Edward I and Queen Eleanor of Castile were on a military expedition to Wales at the time of Elizabeth's birth.

 

Monumental Brass of Sir John Wingfield

Early ancestor of the Wingfields of Letheringham. Sir John's brass dates from the late 14th century. Leatheringham Church, Suffolk. Photo taken during a 1989 visit to Leatheringham by Bruce Morrison.

 

Norton Gum Jr. Grave

Grave of Norton Gum Jr., brother of Agnes Gum Mackey. Located in the Mackey Cemetery near Streator, Illinois. Death date of 1835 makes it the oldest known grave in the Streator area.

 

Northborough Manor

Northborough Manor in Northamptonshire, England. The ancestral home of the Claypoole family purchased in the 16th centuy by Sir James Claypoole.

 

Elizabeth Cecil Monument

Monument to Elizabeth Cecil in Tinwell Church, Rutlandshire, England. Elizabeth Cecil died in 1611. Arms of Robert Wingfield on the left, Cecil in center, and Hugh Allington on the right.

 

Monument of Sir Robert Goushill and Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk

Nottinghamshire effigies of the Goushills date from the early 1400's.

 

Tomb of King John in Worcester Cathedral

Tomb and Effigy of Plantagenet King John (1167-1216) in Worcester Cathedral. Photographed in 1991. John was the first of the Plantagenet Kings of England to be buried on English soil.

 

Arundel Castle

Arundel Castle was the ancestral home of the Fitz-Alan family. Located in Sussex, England. Photo taken in May, 1989.

 

William Longespee

Monumental tomb of William Longespee, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, found in Salisbury Cathedral. William Longespee was the illegitimate son of the Plantagenet King Henry II. Photo by Bruce Morrison.

 

Stephen Mackey Sr. (1742-1819)

Stephen Mackey's revolutionary war grave marker at Tent Presbyterian Church in Fayette Co., Pa. Original large gravestone of 1819 is adjacent and in excellent condition. (Photo taken in 1988)

 

Orford Castle

Sir Henry Wingfield's residence in Suffolk. Sir Henry was Governor of this castle defending the North Sea approach to England. Photo by Bruce Morrison 1989.

 

Sir Hugh Hastings 1347

Memorial brass (1347) of Sir Hugh Hastings at Elsing Parish Church in Norfolk, England. Sir Hugh was a aristocratic knight of the medieval period and a direct ancestor through the Wingfield and Claypoole lines. Photograph taken in the interior of Elsing Church.

 

Alfonso Henrique, 1st King of Portugal

Statue of King Alfonso Henrique (1109-1185) at Castelo de Såo Jorge in Lisbon, Portugal. Direct ancestor of Queen Eleanor of Castile. Photo by Bruce Morrison taken May 10, 2006.

 

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