The Leonards had forged a friendship before the war began with King Philip, who lived in the area.
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Jared C. Monti - Received the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Afghanistan attempting to rescue a wounded American soldier while under fire from enemy insurgents.
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The eastern end of Taunton was separated from that town and incorporated as Raynham (named after the English village of Raynham in the county of Norfolk, England) on April 2, 1731.
Raynham Hall | East Raynham | Brown Lady of Raynham Hall | Raynham | Fred Raynham | F. P. Raynham |
Townshend was twice married—first to Elizabeth (d. 1711), daughter of Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton, and secondly to Dorothy Walpole (1686–1726), sister of Sir Robert Walpole and is said to haunt Raynham as Brown Lady of Raynham Hall.
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The old Norfolk family of Townshend, to which he belonged, is descended from Sir Roger Townshend (d. 1493) of Raynham, who acted as legal advisor to the Paston family, and was made a justice of the common pleas in 1484.
In 1923 Raynham married Margery "Dodie" McPherson in Woking.
F. P. Raynham's flight of 133 min, made on the Tuesday, then stood as the longest flight but at about 14:30 Maneyrol launched into brisk winds and first exceeded Raynham's time then bettered the current world record of 186 minutes.
Until 1904, there were many more paintings at Raynham, including several fine family portraits by Kneller and Reynolds.