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Sir Robert GOSNOLD III (1534-1615)

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      Otley Hall is a stunningly beautiful 16th century moated Hall.     A wealth of notable features includes a cross or screens passage, richly carved beams, superb Linenfold panelling, and 16th-century wall paintings celebrating the marriage in 1559 of Robert Gosnold III and Ursula Naunton.     Otley Hall kitchen     Otley Hall solar room
 
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      Otley Hall gardens     The Linenfold Parlour contains linenfold panelling of such high quality that it is thought by some to be the original panelling from Cardinal Wolsey' s closet at Hampton Court.     Otley Hall    
 
Name: Robert GOSNOLD 1
Sex: Male
Name Prefix: Sir
Name Suffix: III
Father: Robert GOSNOLD (1514-bef1559)
Mother: Mary VESEY (1516?-bef1559)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1534 Swyland, Otley, Suffolk, England
Occupation Justice of the Peace for Suffolk
Death Oct 1615 (age 80-81) Earleshall, Otley, Suffolk, England

Marriage

Spouse Ursula NAUNTON (1535-bef1615)
Children Elizabeth GOSNOLD (1570-1665)
Marriage 1559 (app) (age 24-25) Alderton, Suffolk, England

Additional Information

Marriage There is a wall painting at Otley Hall of their wedding.

Individual Note

Otley Hall is a stunningly beautiful 16th century moated Hall. Still a family home, it is set in 10 acres of gardens in the tranquil Suffolk countryside, only 8 miles north of Ipswich.

 

A Grade 1 listed building, the house is a perfect example of unspoiled late medieval architecture. Particularly impressive are the Great Hall and Linenfold Parlour, both of which look out onto the Rose Garden. According to Farrer (Old Suffolk Houses, Vol. 6), these two rooms are unequalled in Suffolk.

 

A wealth of notable features includes a cross or screens passage, richly carved beams, superb Linenfold panelling, and 16th-century wall paintings celebrating the marriage in 1559 of Robert Gosnold III and Ursula Naunton. Outside, the lofty chimneys, herringbone brickwork and vineleaf pargetting, magnificent today, give a tantalising glimpse of an even more glorious past.

 

It has been said that Bartholomew Gosnold used the Great Hall as a planning and recruitment centre for his famous Jamestown expedition in 1606/7 - the voyage that gave birth to English-speaking America.

 

 

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Sources

1"rootsweb.com". http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:a41415&id=I20344.