The 1598 Map by Israel Amyce
Edward de Vere, the Seventeenth Earl of Oxford, led an extravagant life-style and got heavily into debt. His father-in-law, Lord Burleigh, arranged for several of the family’s estates to be sold to balance the books.
The Manors at Earls Colne were bought by Roger Harlackenden, who had been the Earl’s steward (estate manager).
Roger Harlackenden’s
memorial in
St Andrew’s Church, Earl’s Colne
memorial in
St Andrew’s Church, Earl’s Colne
Photograph by J.Watt
© Earls Colne Heritage Museum
© Earls Colne Heritage Museum
In 1598, Harlackenden commissioned a survey and large scale map of the Earldom and Priory Manors. The work was carried out by Israel Amyce, Esq., himself a former employee of the De Vere family
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