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Blicking Hall May 16, 2016

Filed under: Ancestors,Blicking Hall Norfolk England,Genealogy — Janet @ 6:10 pm

Blickling Hall     Blicking Hall

More remote family history

 Source:

tobehubbard The house of Blickling seen today was built on the ruins of the old Boleyn property in the reign of James I, by Sir Henry Hobart, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and 1st Baronet, who bought Blickling from Robert Clere in 1616. The architect of Hatfield House, Robert Lyminge, is credited with the design of the current structure. The Lord Chief Justice married Dorothy, the daughter of Sir Robert Bell of Beaupre Hall, Outwell/Upwell, Norfolk, Speaker of the House of Commons 1572–1576. A grand display of heraldic material is present throughout the estate.