✨✨✨ NEW PUBLICATION ✨✨✨
by SUE SIMONICH
The Lost Legacy of St. Andrew's Church and Medieval Lulworth
AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.
See book INTRODUCTION here
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THE WORLD WIDE NEWBURGH PROJECT
From Medieval to Modern
The Newburgh Family of Lulworth Dorset
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THIS WEB SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE ARMIGEROUS NEWBURGH FAMILY
On this site you will find emerging information about several cadet Newburgh lines of Dorset and their descendants who have spread the world over. Follow their migration to New England and other points all over the world.
Latest on FTDNA DNA testing projects available for the Newburgh/Newberry name.
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LULWORTH IN PHOTOGRAPHS ~
photos by author
On this site you will find emerging information about several cadet Newburgh lines of Dorset and their descendants who have spread the world over. Follow their migration to New England and other points all over the world.
Latest on FTDNA DNA testing projects available for the Newburgh/Newberry name.
____________________________________________
LULWORTH IN PHOTOGRAPHS ~
photos by author
DURDLE DOOR - an iconic keyhole arch rooted in the sea west Lulworth Cove is one of the most photographed natural wonders in southwest England, and a timeless representation of the sprawling Lulworth tract. Come visit the land and meet its people.
THE MEDIEVAL NEWBURGH FAMILY
The medieval Newburghs were descended from the Norman BEAUMONT family, who were known to have been cousins of William the Conqueror. The 1st Earl of Warwick, Henry Beaumont/Newburgh, was belted in the later part of the 11th century. He was a friend and confidante of Henry I. The king bestowed Winfrith Hundred on Henry Newburgh circa 1106/7. This included lands just east of the early Crown MANOR OF LULWORTH ST. ANDREW. See timeline. In the thirteenth century, Earl Henry's cadet lines settled the West Country along with their Beaumont kinsmen in Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Wiltshire.
According to historian John Hutchins the medieval Newburgh family possessed over 45,000 acres of the Lulworth tract surrounding the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. They were known to have had a seat somewhere on the Winfrith Hundred, perhaps at West Burton. They also held considerable land in other counties and hundreds. Recent discoveries in the Bindon Abbey Charter place the Newburgh family on the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew as early as 1233 even perhaps as early as 1170 when Bindon Abbey was moved from Lulworth Cove inland to Wool. Charters were revisited by each successive king. During their 400 year occupation of Lulworth, the Newburghs also held land in Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Kent. Berkshire may have also been part of their demesne via a separate cadet line, which is currently under study.
17th CENTURY LULWORTH PARK (currently known as East Lulworth) was established in the 17th century by the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Suffolk.
The Lulworth Castle of today is a 17th century replica of a four-towered French inspired fortress, built by Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Bindon between 1605 and 1609. It is believed Inigo Jones was the architect.
The earliest fortress dubbed as Lulworth Castle by William of Malmesbury was a 12th century siege structure which was captured by Robert FtizRoy earl of Gloucester in 1139 during the Anarchy. It was probably a motte and bailey. The exact location is unknown, but was thought to have been located near Lulworth Cove, or perhaps uphill from the cove just north of Bindon Hill on the Crown manor of Lulworth St. Andrew aka St. Andrew's farm. Studies suggest the castle builder may have been Henry Newburgh, 1st earl of Warwick. The earl died in 1123. His son Roger, the 2nd earl was also known to have been a castle builder. As a Marcher Lord, and Lord Gower, the king granted Henry de Newburgh the Wales peninsula where he is credited with the founding of Oystermouth, Loughor, and Swansea Castles.
St. Andrew's Church
Beginning circa 1149 or before, records from Merton Priory indicate there was a church on the Crown manor. By 1225 it was formally dedicated to St. Andrew. Henry VIII's historian, John Leland, corroborated a castle stood next to the church when he visited the manor in 1535. Further evidence in a 'Visitation' dated 1600 (held at the British Library) mentioned the Newburgh arms were created in the church's stained glass as a monument to the family. Ordnance Survey maps from the early 19th century indicate where these archaeological monuments existed.
St. Andrew's church and the 'manor house' described by Leland, stood together on the former crown manor. Therefore, if the first motte and bailey castle was erected on the Crown manor at Lulworth St. Andrew, it was probably re-built with stone over the centuries. Limited documentation for the earliest castle makes it difficult to determine with any certainty if the Crown manor was the original castle site; but the dating of the church would certainly suggest that the 'manor house' or 'manor place' described by Leland was actually a castle.
In his attempts to keep up with fashionable nomenclature of the French Renaissance, Leland's depictions of historic sites are now called into question. His descriptions, in reality, were often inappropriate for the structure, especially to modern historians. For example he called Southwell Palace, home of the bishop a 'manor place' just as he did for Lulworth's so-called manor place/castle. Because Lulworth's castle structure was destroyed sometime after Leland's Itinerary was published, it is difficult to know for certain what the footprint of the structure was like. There are no extant architectural plans for any of the medieval structures that existed at Lulworth. Some twentieth century aerial photos suggest that it may have been a four-towered square or rectangular structure similar to Nunney Castle. Unfortunately a seventeenth century farmhouse was built atop the original foundation. The photos suggest a larger original structure. In fact several early aerial photographs appear to indicate the farmhouse had an "L" shaped wing as late as 1940 with a walled yard making up the other two sides. The entire site is now part of the Ministry of Defense artillery range.
New evidence suggests East Lulworth's medieval hub was the Manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. The Newburgh's were seated there in 1425 after the death of Edmund Mortimer whose ancestors had alienated the property to the Newburgh family as tenants-in-chief. The Payn family had lived there for two generations prior. Nothing remains of the medieval seats occupied by the Newburghs in and around Lulworth. However, inland from the coast at Sturminster Newton, evidence of a castle structure still remains and was thought to have been part of the Newburgh's demesne as shown in a 1485 compotus.
A generation after the death of John Newburgh Esq. in 1484, the Newburgh blood line died out at Lulworth. Sir John Marney married Roger Newburgh's daughter Christian. They had two daughters who became co-heiresses inheriting the Newburgh legacy. The legacy was passed on to the Howard family by marriage.
Lulworth Park (where the current castle stands) was developed 1.25 miles east of the Crown manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. James I granted Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Bindon, license to impark an additional thousand acres of Lulworth around the Newburgh’s 13th century medieval deer park. Robert Cecil encouraged Howard to build a fashionable 'hunting lodge' on the newly developed site between 1605 and 1609. It was the second or third castle to be built on Greater Lulworth over the centuries.
By 1611, the remaining Newburgh descendants passed into oblivion, and the estate was inherited by Thomas Howard's cousin, the 1st Earl of Suffolk whose descendant sold the property to the Weld family in 1641. Before the Welds took possession, the Crown manor was reduced to a farm about 1630, and St. Andrew’s church was moved to Lulworth Park. The castle was then demolished. Seventeenth century farm buildings were built over the original foundations.
The village of East Lulworth built in Lulworth Park between the 17th and 18th centuries originally stood just south of the relocated St. Andrew's church at Lulworth Park. By 1790 the Welds moved the village of East Lulworth to its present location east of the estate. In 1844 county boundaries were re-adjusted putting some of old Dorset into Devon County. By 1888 the boundaries for old East Lulworth (aka Lulworth St. Andrew) were shifted, geographically putting the extinct site in West Lulworth's jurisdiction. By 1916 the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew/St. Andrew's farm, became the Ministry of Defence's Tank Range.
Modern archaeology has concluded that the Howard's Lulworth Park's archaeology is distinctly 17th and 18th century in origin. The Weld Estate at East Lulworth was the subject of a study by the Dorset Castles Research Group (DCRG) for several years, with assistance from English Heritage. The goal was to locate archaeological remains of medieval buildings associated with the Newburgh family. The only evidence found was an insignificant potsherd of Dorset white ware. However, there exists one curious foundation, described by author/historian Joan Berkeley, located near the extant castle beneath the lawn, which was probably the Newburghs House of Husbandry.
Cadet lines of the original Newburgh family who began at Lulworth are numerous and have spread across the world. After John Newburgh Esq.'s death in 1485 his elder son John (son of his first wife Edith Atte More) was removed from his father's customary primogeniture. His brother Thomas was provided for, but removed to Somerset. Descendants from the Esquire's second marriage to Alice Carent Westbury took the helm of Lulworth. Within a generation the blood line died out, and the estate descended to the Howard family.
For more information see my upcoming publication- The Lost Legacy of St. Andrew's Church and Medieval Lulworth, The Development of East/West Lulworth.
NAME PERMUATIONS
Permutations of the Newburgh name have evolved. Dozens of spellings will confuse the historical researcher until the places and people bind them together. It is a familiarization process. Some common spellings are Novo Burgo, Neuburgh, Newborough, Newborowe and others. It is believed the surname Newborough/Newberry/Newbury is a derivation of the medieval family name adopted after the family who migrated to Somerset.
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA
The drop down lists on the menu show some of the places where immigrants from England migrated beginning in the 17th century; some Newberry lines became the colonial forefathers of contemporary families of America. Another of the of the Newbury descendants (John Newbury) sailed to India as a merchant taking a letter to their king from Queen Elizabeth. He was the pioneer trader who opened trade with the Ottoman Empire circa 1583. Thomas Newberry and Richard Newbury were prominent Puritan immigrants in New England in Malden and Dorchester, MA.
DNA PROJECT
If you wish to share DNA results for the Newburgh/Newberry family, please check Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) results for the Newburgh families. The site menu offers more information and contacts.
GOALS of THIS SITE
The goal of this site is to post documented information about the Newburgh/Newberry families from all over the world, sliding right into the contemporary time frames of English and U.S. history. As a visitor, we ask that you respect the copyrights © of authors and contributors; meaning if you use any content herein, please cite the author and source @ World Wide Newburgh Project in your personal work. Plagiarism is NOT the highest form of praise.
As administrator of this site, I have actively studied this family for nearly two decades. It is a fascinating diverse group. Have a look around, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy a ride through history.
~The Admin.
THE MEDIEVAL NEWBURGH FAMILY
The medieval Newburghs were descended from the Norman BEAUMONT family, who were known to have been cousins of William the Conqueror. The 1st Earl of Warwick, Henry Beaumont/Newburgh, was belted in the later part of the 11th century. He was a friend and confidante of Henry I. The king bestowed Winfrith Hundred on Henry Newburgh circa 1106/7. This included lands just east of the early Crown MANOR OF LULWORTH ST. ANDREW. See timeline. In the thirteenth century, Earl Henry's cadet lines settled the West Country along with their Beaumont kinsmen in Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Wiltshire.
According to historian John Hutchins the medieval Newburgh family possessed over 45,000 acres of the Lulworth tract surrounding the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. They were known to have had a seat somewhere on the Winfrith Hundred, perhaps at West Burton. They also held considerable land in other counties and hundreds. Recent discoveries in the Bindon Abbey Charter place the Newburgh family on the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew as early as 1233 even perhaps as early as 1170 when Bindon Abbey was moved from Lulworth Cove inland to Wool. Charters were revisited by each successive king. During their 400 year occupation of Lulworth, the Newburghs also held land in Somerset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Kent. Berkshire may have also been part of their demesne via a separate cadet line, which is currently under study.
17th CENTURY LULWORTH PARK (currently known as East Lulworth) was established in the 17th century by the Howards, Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Suffolk.
The Lulworth Castle of today is a 17th century replica of a four-towered French inspired fortress, built by Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Bindon between 1605 and 1609. It is believed Inigo Jones was the architect.
The earliest fortress dubbed as Lulworth Castle by William of Malmesbury was a 12th century siege structure which was captured by Robert FtizRoy earl of Gloucester in 1139 during the Anarchy. It was probably a motte and bailey. The exact location is unknown, but was thought to have been located near Lulworth Cove, or perhaps uphill from the cove just north of Bindon Hill on the Crown manor of Lulworth St. Andrew aka St. Andrew's farm. Studies suggest the castle builder may have been Henry Newburgh, 1st earl of Warwick. The earl died in 1123. His son Roger, the 2nd earl was also known to have been a castle builder. As a Marcher Lord, and Lord Gower, the king granted Henry de Newburgh the Wales peninsula where he is credited with the founding of Oystermouth, Loughor, and Swansea Castles.
St. Andrew's Church
Beginning circa 1149 or before, records from Merton Priory indicate there was a church on the Crown manor. By 1225 it was formally dedicated to St. Andrew. Henry VIII's historian, John Leland, corroborated a castle stood next to the church when he visited the manor in 1535. Further evidence in a 'Visitation' dated 1600 (held at the British Library) mentioned the Newburgh arms were created in the church's stained glass as a monument to the family. Ordnance Survey maps from the early 19th century indicate where these archaeological monuments existed.
St. Andrew's church and the 'manor house' described by Leland, stood together on the former crown manor. Therefore, if the first motte and bailey castle was erected on the Crown manor at Lulworth St. Andrew, it was probably re-built with stone over the centuries. Limited documentation for the earliest castle makes it difficult to determine with any certainty if the Crown manor was the original castle site; but the dating of the church would certainly suggest that the 'manor house' or 'manor place' described by Leland was actually a castle.
In his attempts to keep up with fashionable nomenclature of the French Renaissance, Leland's depictions of historic sites are now called into question. His descriptions, in reality, were often inappropriate for the structure, especially to modern historians. For example he called Southwell Palace, home of the bishop a 'manor place' just as he did for Lulworth's so-called manor place/castle. Because Lulworth's castle structure was destroyed sometime after Leland's Itinerary was published, it is difficult to know for certain what the footprint of the structure was like. There are no extant architectural plans for any of the medieval structures that existed at Lulworth. Some twentieth century aerial photos suggest that it may have been a four-towered square or rectangular structure similar to Nunney Castle. Unfortunately a seventeenth century farmhouse was built atop the original foundation. The photos suggest a larger original structure. In fact several early aerial photographs appear to indicate the farmhouse had an "L" shaped wing as late as 1940 with a walled yard making up the other two sides. The entire site is now part of the Ministry of Defense artillery range.
New evidence suggests East Lulworth's medieval hub was the Manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. The Newburgh's were seated there in 1425 after the death of Edmund Mortimer whose ancestors had alienated the property to the Newburgh family as tenants-in-chief. The Payn family had lived there for two generations prior. Nothing remains of the medieval seats occupied by the Newburghs in and around Lulworth. However, inland from the coast at Sturminster Newton, evidence of a castle structure still remains and was thought to have been part of the Newburgh's demesne as shown in a 1485 compotus.
A generation after the death of John Newburgh Esq. in 1484, the Newburgh blood line died out at Lulworth. Sir John Marney married Roger Newburgh's daughter Christian. They had two daughters who became co-heiresses inheriting the Newburgh legacy. The legacy was passed on to the Howard family by marriage.
Lulworth Park (where the current castle stands) was developed 1.25 miles east of the Crown manor of Lulworth St. Andrew. James I granted Thomas Howard, 3rd Viscount Bindon, license to impark an additional thousand acres of Lulworth around the Newburgh’s 13th century medieval deer park. Robert Cecil encouraged Howard to build a fashionable 'hunting lodge' on the newly developed site between 1605 and 1609. It was the second or third castle to be built on Greater Lulworth over the centuries.
By 1611, the remaining Newburgh descendants passed into oblivion, and the estate was inherited by Thomas Howard's cousin, the 1st Earl of Suffolk whose descendant sold the property to the Weld family in 1641. Before the Welds took possession, the Crown manor was reduced to a farm about 1630, and St. Andrew’s church was moved to Lulworth Park. The castle was then demolished. Seventeenth century farm buildings were built over the original foundations.
The village of East Lulworth built in Lulworth Park between the 17th and 18th centuries originally stood just south of the relocated St. Andrew's church at Lulworth Park. By 1790 the Welds moved the village of East Lulworth to its present location east of the estate. In 1844 county boundaries were re-adjusted putting some of old Dorset into Devon County. By 1888 the boundaries for old East Lulworth (aka Lulworth St. Andrew) were shifted, geographically putting the extinct site in West Lulworth's jurisdiction. By 1916 the manor of Lulworth St. Andrew/St. Andrew's farm, became the Ministry of Defence's Tank Range.
Modern archaeology has concluded that the Howard's Lulworth Park's archaeology is distinctly 17th and 18th century in origin. The Weld Estate at East Lulworth was the subject of a study by the Dorset Castles Research Group (DCRG) for several years, with assistance from English Heritage. The goal was to locate archaeological remains of medieval buildings associated with the Newburgh family. The only evidence found was an insignificant potsherd of Dorset white ware. However, there exists one curious foundation, described by author/historian Joan Berkeley, located near the extant castle beneath the lawn, which was probably the Newburghs House of Husbandry.
Cadet lines of the original Newburgh family who began at Lulworth are numerous and have spread across the world. After John Newburgh Esq.'s death in 1485 his elder son John (son of his first wife Edith Atte More) was removed from his father's customary primogeniture. His brother Thomas was provided for, but removed to Somerset. Descendants from the Esquire's second marriage to Alice Carent Westbury took the helm of Lulworth. Within a generation the blood line died out, and the estate descended to the Howard family.
For more information see my upcoming publication- The Lost Legacy of St. Andrew's Church and Medieval Lulworth, The Development of East/West Lulworth.
NAME PERMUATIONS
Permutations of the Newburgh name have evolved. Dozens of spellings will confuse the historical researcher until the places and people bind them together. It is a familiarization process. Some common spellings are Novo Burgo, Neuburgh, Newborough, Newborowe and others. It is believed the surname Newborough/Newberry/Newbury is a derivation of the medieval family name adopted after the family who migrated to Somerset.
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA
The drop down lists on the menu show some of the places where immigrants from England migrated beginning in the 17th century; some Newberry lines became the colonial forefathers of contemporary families of America. Another of the of the Newbury descendants (John Newbury) sailed to India as a merchant taking a letter to their king from Queen Elizabeth. He was the pioneer trader who opened trade with the Ottoman Empire circa 1583. Thomas Newberry and Richard Newbury were prominent Puritan immigrants in New England in Malden and Dorchester, MA.
DNA PROJECT
If you wish to share DNA results for the Newburgh/Newberry family, please check Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) results for the Newburgh families. The site menu offers more information and contacts.
GOALS of THIS SITE
The goal of this site is to post documented information about the Newburgh/Newberry families from all over the world, sliding right into the contemporary time frames of English and U.S. history. As a visitor, we ask that you respect the copyrights © of authors and contributors; meaning if you use any content herein, please cite the author and source @ World Wide Newburgh Project in your personal work. Plagiarism is NOT the highest form of praise.
As administrator of this site, I have actively studied this family for nearly two decades. It is a fascinating diverse group. Have a look around, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy a ride through history.
~The Admin.
