22-645: Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham (20 February 1608 – 9 March 1649), of Hadham Hall and Cassiobury House , Watford, both in Hertfordshire , was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Capell . He supported the Royalist cause in the Civil War and was executed on the orders of parliament in 1649. Capell
44-410: A private residence, is a Grade II* listed building . One of its notable features is "The Angel", a former pub once inhabited by the folk rock group Fairport Convention and after which their album Angel Delight was titled. Violinist Dave Swarbrick , guitarists Richard Thompson , Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg , and drummer Dave Mattacks were resident in the building, along with their wives and
66-467: A reputed annual income of £7,000. By his wife, he had four daughters and five sons, including: Attribution: Little Hadham#Hadham Hall Little Hadham is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire , Hertfordshire , England. At the census of 2001 it had a population of 1,081, increasing to 1,153 at the 2011 Census. It is bypassed by the A120 road , which connects it to
88-539: A short life of the author, under the title Excellent Contemplations , in 1683. On 28 November 1627, Capell married Elizabeth Morrison, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Charles Morrison of Cassiobury, Hertfordshire, and Mary Hicks, who brought the Cassiobury estate, including Cassiobury House , into his family, making him one of the richest men in England. His lands were scattered across ten counties and brought him
110-462: A silver box. In 1661, after the Restoration , Arthur Capell's son, also called Arthur Capell , became the first Earl of Essex . The new Earl commissioned a lavish reconstruction of his father's Tudor mansion, Cassiobury House , around 1677–1680, and he moved the family seat to Cassiobury. Meanwhile, the silver box containing the late Arthur Capell's heart, had remained in the safekeeping of
132-722: The Bishop of Winchester , and the Bishop presented it to the new king, Charles II of England . In 1703, a heart in a silver box was found at Hadham Hall, suggesting that the King sent the heart to Capell's son. It was later taken to Cassiobury, but since the dissolution and sale of the Cassiobury estate, the whereabouts of Capell's heart are now unknown. A memorial stone to Lord Capell is in St Cecilia's Church in Little Hadham. After
154-766: The Cassiobury Estate in Watford , and the Capell family became closely associated with Cassiobury. Capell supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War , and was condemned to death by the Parliamentarians, beheaded in May 1649. One of Capell's last requests was for his heart to be buried with the body of King Charles I of England , and after his execution, Capell's heart was preserved in
176-588: The 1570s, when Sir Henry Capell built a new house at Little Hadham, replacing the old hall. In 1578, Sir Henry Capell welcomed Queen Elizabeth I of England as a guest at Hadham Hall; an account of the time records her visit to "Mayster Kapel's, where was excellente good cheere and entertaynement." Arthur Capell (1608–1649) was a noted member of Parliament who was raised to the Peerage as Baron Capell of Hadham in 1641. In 1627, Arthur Capell married Elizabeth Morrison, daughter of Sir Charles Morrison , and heir to
198-659: The 8th Earl of Essex (1884–1966), sold the Hall and the accompanying land to a London merchant, William Minet , who set about restoring the hall. In 1948, Hadham Hall was sold to the Hertfordshire County Council , who converted the building into a school. The school closed in 1990, and merged with the Margaret Dane school to form Birchwood High School in Bishop’s Stortford . Hadham Hall, now
220-558: The Angel, severely damaging the property and destroying Swarbrick's bedroom. The lorry driver was killed in the accident, but nobody else was hurt. In 2014 The Angel was purchased by William Christopher Jones and Emily Waller Nunes, the later an American coincidentally from Fairport, New York. Cassiobury Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
242-484: The King sent the heart to Capell's son. It was later taken to Cassiobury , but since the dissolution and sale of the Cassiobury estate, the whereabouts of Capell's heart are now unknown. A memorial stone to Lord Capell was erected at St Cecelia's Church in Little Hadham , Hertfordshire. Capell wrote Daily Observations or Meditations: Divine, Morall , published with some of his letters in 1654, and reprinted, with
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#1732791910175264-449: The King's escape to the Isle of Wight . Capell was one of the chief Royalist leaders in the second Civil War , but met with no success, and on 27 August 1648, together with Earl of Norwich , he surrendered to Lord Fairfax at Colchester , on the promise of quarter for life. This assurance was afterwards interpreted as not binding the civil authorities, and his fate for some time hung in
286-733: The balance. He succeeded in escaping from the Tower of London , wading the moat once he had got over the walls, only to be betrayed by a Thames waterman, who had been engaged to row him from a hiding place at the Temple to one in Lambeth . He was again captured and was condemned to death by parliament, on 8 March 1649, and beheaded together with the Duke of Hamilton and the Earl of Holland . The beheadings were carried out by Richard Brandon in his capacity as
308-539: The band's road crew . Members of the band supported the local community by playing at charity concerts to raise money for the church organ or the Police Orphans Fund. Nick Drake also visited the premises when making his first albums (Dave Pegg and Dave Mattacks of Fairport Convention played bass and drums respectively on these). The band's residence there ended in February 1971 when a lorry crashed into
330-410: The common hangman of London. One of Lord Capell's last requests was for his heart to be buried with the body of King Charles I, and after his execution, Capell's heart was preserved in a silver box. The silver box was kept in the custody of the Bishop of Winchester , and was later presented, by the Bishop, to King Charles II. In 1703, a heart in a silver box was found at Hadham Hall, suggesting that
352-525: The move to Watford, Hadham Hall fell into disrepair and was partly demolished, although it was retained by the Capell family, and the estate continued to be farmed by tenant farmers . The Capells used the hall to entertain important guests, such as King William III of England , who visited in April 1698. The hall was refurbished, around 1720, in the Queen Anne style . In 1900, Algernon George de Vere Capel,
374-488: The nearby town of Bishop's Stortford . The civil parish includes the hamlets of Bury Green, Church End, Cradle End, Green Street and Hadham Ford. Little Hadham, together with the neighbouring village of Much Hadham , are collectively known as The Hadhams . The rural village is situated on the banks of the River Ash and is characterised by half-timbered houses . The medieval parish church, dedicated to Saint Cecilia ,
396-414: The opposition of the arbitrary government of King Charles I of England . On 5 December 1640, he delivered the "Petition from the county of Hertfordshire", outlining grievances against the King, and continued to criticise the King and the King's advisers right through to the summer of 1641. In June 1641, in an effort to raise additional revenue, the price of baronies was reduced from £400 to £350, and Capell
418-584: Was later made one of the Councillors of Prince Charles Stewart (who later became King Charles II of England), as well as a commissioner at the Treaty of Uxbridge in 1645. He attended the Queen, Henrietta Maria of France (the wife of King Charles I), in her flight to France in 1646, but disapproved of her son Prince Charles's journey thither, and afterwards retired to Jersey ; later, he subsequently aided in
440-471: Was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Capell of Hadham , in the County of Hertford, on 6 August 1641. However, Capell was openly allying himself with the King's cause by early 1642, on which side his sympathies were now engaged. On the outbreak of the English Civil War , he was appointed lieutenant-general of Shropshire , Cheshire , and North Wales , where he rendered useful military services, and
462-574: Was reconstructed in the late 14th or 15th century. The Bishop of London is the patron of the church. Hadham Hall, an ancient manor house situated 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south-east of the village on the Stortford Road, was the family seat of the Capell (or Capel) family, also Rayne Hall in Rayne , Essex. It was bought by Sir William Capel , who served twice as Lord Mayor of London , in 1503-4 and 1510. The family seat remained at Rayne, until
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#1732791910175484-612: Was the only son of Sir Henry Capell, of Rayne Hall, Essex , and his wife Theodosia Montagu, daughter of Sir Edward Montagu of Boughton House , Northamptonshire. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge . In April 1640, he was elected Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire in the Short Parliament , and was re-elected MP for Hertfordshire for the Long Parliament in November 1640. At first, he supported
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