What was it like in Ashtead? 1500-1800 AD
	Life Beyond Ashtead AD Life in Ashtead Protestant Reformation begins in Germany with Martin Luther in 1517 - 1520 1500 1543 Having broken the bonds with the Pope, Henry VIII seizes Manor & Church 1558 Queen Elizabeth I accedes to the throne of England   1559 Ashtead's first married Rector, the Rev Ralph Kirkham, returns from exile in Europe 1605 Guy Fawkes fails in the Gunpowder Plot 1600 "Breeches" Bible published in 1607; copy in Ashtead 1611 Authorised version of the Bible published         1638 Lawrence draws first map of Ashtead 1649 Execution of King Charles I   1665 Plague 1666 Great Fire of London   1663 & 1667 Samuel Pepys visits Farm Lane 1688 The Glorious Revolution in England   1680 Sir Robert Howard settles in manor and builds a mansion there William III & Mary come from Holland   1707 Act of Union of England & Wales with Scotland 1700 1707 Lady Diana Feilding inherits the Manor. She founds Almshouses in the Street 1725 Peter the Great founds the Russian Empire   1699-1742 Rev Peter Hamelot, Huguenot refugee from persecution in France, is Ashtead's Rector 1769 Captain Cook finds Australia   1783 Britain loses American colonies to the future United States   Leg of Mutton & Berkshire Arms complete 1789 Revolution in France 1800 1789 Mary Howard grows up in "Headmaster's House" while father builds new mansion (now City of London, Freemen's School)
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