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9 unusual facts about Brington


Brington

Brington, Northamptonshire, the civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England

Brington, Cambridgeshire, a village the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England

Little Brington, a village in the civil parish of Brington, Northamptonshire

Great Brington, a village in the civil parish of Brington, Northamptonshire

Constantine Jessop

He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and his son, Constantine, who became rector of Brington, Northamptonshire and a prebendary of Durham Cathedral.

Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer

Lord Spencer died at the family seat at Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, in December 1857, aged 59, and was succeeded in the earldom by his only son from his first marriage, John, who became a prominent Liberal politician.

Great Brington

The parish church of Great Brington is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and St John.

Henry Chichele

On 7 May 1404, Pope Boniface IX provided him to a prebend at Lincoln, notwithstanding he already held prebends at Salisbury, Lichfield, St Martins-le-Grand and Abergwyly, and the living of Brington.

William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton

Spencer was the son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton, and his wife, Margaret Willoughby, and was baptised on 4 January 1591 at Brington, Northamptonshire.



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