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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners Beaumont) who died without issue in 1848 198 . She added her family name of Bretherton and was thereafter Mary Stapleton Bretherton.. The date when she did this is unclear, both 1849 and 1889 have been given but the latter is incorrect because she is very clearly given as Stapleton Bretherton in the sale agreement of 1866 199 . Mary Stapleton Bretherton was very involved with the charitable work of the Roman Catholic church, initially having the money for this from an inheritance from her father, She made over the Mansion house and grounds at Ditton to the Jesuit refugees and built them a church where they now carry on their educational and missionary work, after Religious orders were forced out of Germany, following the passing of the May Laws . 200 The first building for Roman Catholic care in the area was a school erected in 1860 by Mary Stapleton Bretherton of Ditton Hall, formerly called “The Grove” 201 . Mary followed her father’s church building initiative when she financed the construction of St. Michael’s Church, Ditton, which was built by the refugees and was opened in 1878. It was designed by Henry Clutton 202 The cost of the 198 James Parker posting at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/ENG- MERSEYSIDE/2003-02/1044637238 no source given 199 Confusingly, and incorrectly, her obituary notice (see below) stated that she “took the name Stapleton Bretherton by Royal Licence in 1884." 200 Obit notice Pope Aus IX, in recognition of these services conferred on her the title of Marchiness, an unsought distinction which she only accepted out of respect for the head of her church 201 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41355 202 Henry Clutton (1819–1893) was an English architect and designer and a student of Edward Blore and also worked with William Burges. His works also included Battle Abbey, East Sussex, Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Hatherop Castle, Gloucestershire, The 67
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners church, £16,000 (£1,210,000 in 2011 money 203 ) was met by Lady Mary Stapleton-Bretherton. The Jesuits left Ditton in 1895; for a time the church remained in charge of the English Jesuits, but was given up to the secular clergy. The house was later used by the Sisters of Nazareth as a boys' home 204 Mary Stapleton-Bretherton died in December 1883 205 . Among bequests in her will, dated 7 th February 1882, she left £3000 to fund a Roman Catholic priest in Chippenham. Mary’s will set up a group of Trustees to handle her estates. 206 The next owner of Lackham, or at least the next who was responsible for the estate, was Sir George Errington (Bart) [To return to the Index click here ] Fig. 20 Arms of George Errington * Sandy Lodge Bedfordshire, Minley Manor, Hampshire, and Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=12186732 203 UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Lawrence H. Officer (2010) "What Were the UK Earnings and Prices Then?" [see http://measuringworth.com/ukearncpi/] 204 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41355 205 Her Obituary notice (not attributed, but probably The Times) was dated Dec 26 The death is announced of the Hon Mrs 5taleton-Bretherton which took place at Rainhill 22nd inst 206 W&SHC 1047/1 The trustees at this time were Nungent Cricklade, William Nicholson, and , Edward WH Woods 68
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