Thrale/Thrall history
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Photos
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 | Anchor brewery plaque Park Street, Southwark | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Gate at 49 Thrale Street, 1987. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Thrale House, Thrale Street. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Town houses in Thrale Street. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Thrale Street, road sign. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | 'According to Queeney' invitation. Invitation to 'According to Queeney' book signing and talk by author Beryl Bainbridge at Silver Moon Women's Bookshop on 26 September 2001. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | According to Queeney Beryl Bainbridge book cover, 2001. See main article. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Radio Times 'According to Beryl' listing. 6 October 2001. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Radio Times 'According to Beryl' article. 6 October 2001. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | The Anchor. 4 June 2024. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Commemorative plaque. At the Anchor on 4 June 2024. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | The Anchor. Date unknown. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | The Anchor, 1948. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Anchor Volunteers uniform jacket. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Anchor Volunteers postcard. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Anchor Volunteers drawing. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Anchor Volunteers uniform shako. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Barclay Perkins Russian Imperial Stout label. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Barclay Perkins Russian Imperial Stout label. | 25 Jul 2024 | |
 | Barclay Perkins Russian Imperial Stout bottle poster. | 25 Jul 2024 |
Documents
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 | Anchor brewery seventeenth century accounts Domestic accounts kept by Edmund Halsey in the 17th century. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Johnson’s Ghost by James Sayers Etching, published 7 April 1788 by Thomas Cornell. | 24 Jul 2024 | |
 | Map of Bankside, 1775. Bowles plan of London. | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | Map of Harrow Corner, Southwark | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | Judgement on William Hindley. Old Bailey 25 February 1747, following theft from Ralph Thrale. Deported. Reference: t17470225-17. | 22 Jul 2024 | |
 | Account of Henry Thrale's mourning tablet at St Leonards Church Reprinted in Gentleman's Magazine in May 1784. | 21 Jul 2024 | |
 | New York Passenger list Ship Saratoga from Havana, Cuba. Arriving in New York on 22 September 1909. | 20 Jul 2024 | |
 | Hardenwick School advertsement Whilst located at Sandridgebury in 1966 | 19 Jul 2024 | |
 | Family Bible Family Bible of Emily Bowhanan and children. | 17 Jul 2024 | |
 | Incomplete USA Returning Resident Status form. Lurine Adassa McLaggan née Duncan is not known to have obtained US residency - so she could live with her daughter Delores who was a US resident. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
 | An entertainment in Vauxhall Gardens by Thomas Rowlandson in 1784 The box in the bottom left of the image depicts a supper box at a concert containing: James Boswell; Hester Lynch Thrale; Dr. Samuel Johnson; and Oliver Goldsmith. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
 | Relocation of the Summer House The Times, 25 Sept 1968 | 19 Jun 2024 | |
 | Streatham Park survey, 1825. | 18 Jun 2024 | |
 | Anchor Brewery, 1781 sale. Deed of sale of Anchor Brewery on 31 May 1781. | 18 Jun 2024 | |
 | Enthralling tales of Thrale family's colourful past Tribute to Richard W Thrale in local paper after his death |
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 | Obituary for Richard William Thrale (1931-200) Published in Herts Advertiser on 8 November 2007. | 6 Jun 2024 | |
 | Thomas Thrale's will (d.1600) Will dated 8 September 1600 | 5 Jun 2024 | |
 | 'Mark' of Thomas Thrale In this period, most people were illiterate, and used an "X" to mark their name on documents. However Thomas used the mark of the broad arrow to sign his agreement to his own will on 8 September 1600. This mark has since been adopted as the logo for this website - Thrale.com. | 5 Jun 2024 | |
 | Sandridge c.1950 map Parish boundary map | 5 Jun 2024 | |
 | Sandridge 1726 map Map of "The Manor of Sandridge in 1726" from the Althorp papers, marked to show location of principal properties and areas. Small hatched area west of Cheapside Farm was part of St. Michael's parish, but gave access to Childwickbury and the lane to Harpenden. | 5 Jun 2024 |
Headstones
Histories
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 | Anchor Brewery, Bankside, London. The history of Anchor brewery from 1616 until 1986, including the 52 years between 1729 & 1781 in which it was owned by Ralph and Henry Thrale. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | According to Beryl On 6 October 2001, BBC Television broadcast 'According to Beryl'. Their hour-long account of the family arrangement enjoyed by Samuel Johnson and the Thrale family of Streatham seen through the eyes of Beryl Bainbridge, author of the book on the same subject, According to Queeney. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | According to Queeney According to Queeney is a ‘faction’ account of Hester Maria Thrale by Beryl Bainbridge, published in 2001. This is my contemporary account of discovering the book and the book itself. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Hester Piozzi' account of her London residences Written on 25 June 1804. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Arthur Murphy (1727-1805) Henry Thrale's oldest and dearest friend. It was Arthur Murphy who introduced Dr. Samuel Johnson to the Thrales in January 1765. He was a barrister, journalist, actor, biographer, translator and playwright. One of the most popular comic dramatists of the second half of the eighteenth century, from which he made his fortune. He occasionally used the pseudonym, 'Charles Ranger'. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Dr. Samuel Johnson's close friendship with the Thrale family. Samuel Johnson’s close friendship with Henry and Hester Thrale began in 1765, declined in 1781 after Henry’s death and mostly ended 1784 just before Hester married Gabriel Piozzi. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Historic Sandridge. The story of a Hertfordshire parish. Published in 1952 by E Giles & R. W. Thrale. This book is important because it is the first substantial chronicle of Thrale history. No longer in print, but the entire book is reproduced here with the kind consent of the author, the late Richard William Thrale. | 21 Jul 2024 | |
 | Thrale Parliamentarians Thrales, their spouses, and others with close family connections were elected as Members of Parliament. This is not a definitive list. Please contact us if you know of others. |
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| Henry Thrale's parliamentary career His political view, electoral addresses and results. | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| Hester Lynch Thrale tributes, obituaries and criticisms | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| Henry & Hester's friends and acquaintences Friends and guests of Henry Thrale and Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury (in alphabetical surname order) | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| Fanny Burney's relationship with the Thrales Frances (Fanny) Burney (1752-1840) was an English novelist and diarist. She was the second daughter of Dr. Charles Burney, a music historian, and his wife, Esther. She is best known for her novels, including: Burney first met the Thrales at a dinner party at her father’s house on 26 November 1778, aged 26. She became a close friend of the Thrales and her diary provides insight into their lives at Streatham Park. | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| Hester Thrale's Hebrew studies In the late 1780s Hester Lynch Thrale developed an interest in Hebrew, motivated by her Christian religious belief, the intellectual challenge of learning and to “divert Ennui & pass the Summer Months away”. Her teacher was Reverend John Roberts of Bath. | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| Broad Arrow Princess Elizabeth thanked the Thrale family securing her escape from Queen Mary between 1556 and 1558, by hiding her up a tree on their farm at Nomansland - which was just 6 miles from Hatfield House. When Elizabeth became Queen she repaid the Thrale family by giving them family arms and a Broad Arrow. | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| Parting of Hester Thrale and Samuel Johnson. Hester Lynch Thrale and Dr. Samuel Johnson largely ended their close friendship just before Hester married Gabriel Mario Piozzi on 23 July 1784. | 14 Jul 2024 | |
| Streatham Park library and the Streatham Worthies | 14 Jul 2024 | |
| Hester Lynch Thrale's 80th birthday ball Hester celebrated her eightieth birthday party in the finest of style at the Kingston - or Lower Assembly - Rooms - in Kingston Parade, Bath on 27 January 1820. Seven to eight hundred invited guests helped her to celebrate her birthday at very great expense. There was a reception, then a concert, a supper and a ball. | 12 Jul 2024 | |
| Thrale v. Hester Maria Thrale, 28 April 1789. A dispute about recipient of income from Henry Thrale's estate at Crowmarsh Battle between Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury and her daughter Hester Maria (Queeney) Thrale. Thrale v. Hester Maria Thrale (1789), 1 Ves. Jun. 215. Court of Chancery. | 12 Jul 2024 | |
| The Thrales tour of France, 14 September to 14 November 1775. Henry Thrale, MP, was invited to Paris by his friend Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, who was serving as the British ambassador to France. From September to November 1775, a group embarked on a tour of France, visiting Paris, Versailles, and various monasteries and convents. The traveling party consisted of:
The trip included:
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| Testimonials after the death of Henry Thrale M.P. | 8 Jul 2024 |
Their works
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 | Verses "The Two Signs" by Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Thrale wrote in Thraliana and published in Public Advertiser 7 July 1779. | 26 Jul 2024 | |
 | Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Hester Lynch Piozzi 1786 Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury's first book. A collection of personal recollections about Samuel Johnson, offering a unique and intimate portrait of the esteemed lexicographer and writer and the literary culture of the 18th century. | 21 Jul 2024 | |
| Portrait of David Thrale 2015 portrait of David Thrale by daughter Elise Thrale. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.) | 17 Jul 2024 | |
| Sophia Thrale's verses "Harriot" Written about her younger sister Henrietta Sophia Thrale. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| Fall of the Great Ash Tree by Hester Lynch Thrale. 1760 verses by Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury about the fall of the Great Ash Tree in Offley Park in 1760. | 15 Jul 2024 | |
| Hester Thrale and Herbert Lawrence's exchange of songs. In 1777-8 Hester Lynch Thrale’s account of:
| 15 Jul 2024 | |
| Ode to Thrale by Samuel Johnson On 6 September 1775 Samuel Johnson wrote an Ode to Thrale whilst on a tour of the Scottish Shetlands with the Thrales. The verses are an expression of Johnson’s deep affection for Hester Thrale. He imagines himself wandering through remote and unfamiliar lands, but his thoughts are always with her. He asks himself what she is doing, and he pictures her as a devoted wife to Mr. Thrale, a loving mother, and a diligent learner. He ends the poem by expressing his hope that she will remember him and that her faith in him will remain steadfast. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses for hester Thrale's 35th birthday, written by Samuel Johnson. Verses written by Dr. Samuel Johnson on the occasion of the thirty-fifth birthday of Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury and recorded in Thraliana December 1777. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
| Verses "Youth" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 11 Jul 2024 | |
| D'un amato & fido Cuore by Hester Lynch Salusbury Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury wrote alternative lyrics to Sacchini’s Song of Torna pure al carobene in 1787. The poem is about the pain of being separated from a loved one. The speaker describes how her heart “languishes” and “palpitates” in the absence of her beloved. She compares the pain to “affanno” (shortness of breath) and “fatica” (fatigue). The only thing that can soothe her pain is the thought of being reunited with her beloved. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
| Offley Park by Hester Lynch Thrale. A 1761 poem by Hester Lynch Thrale née Salusbury from her Thraliana entry dated June 1777, in which she laments being disinherited of Offley Place by her uncle Sir Thomas Salusbury. She describes the beauty and tranquillity of Offley Park, in Hertfordshire. The poem reflects on the natural scenery, the park’s landscape and the pleasures of rural life. | 11 Jul 2024 | |
 | Sophia Thrale's verses on Streatham, With added lines by Hester Lynch Thrale. | 18 Jun 2024 | |
| Sophia Thrale's verses aged 9, "Convolvulus" | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "Dover" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "Sonetto dal Povoleri alla Sigra Thrale" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "The Dean of Derry" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Quotation "Business Women" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "Bathing" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "Robin Redbreast" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 | |
| Verses "On the Loss of a Friend" by Hester Lynch Thrale | 16 Jun 2024 |
Individuals
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| I87 |
 Salusbury, Hester Lynch |
b. 16 Jan 1741 | Bodvel, Caernarvonshire, Wales  | UK Thrale family | 26 Jul 2024 |
| I46 |
Thrale, Ralph |
b. Bef 16 Nov 1766 | Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 26 Jul 2024 |
| I70 |
Thrale, Anna |
UK Thrale family | 26 Jul 2024 | ||
| I69 |
Thrale, Ralph M.P. |
b. 1698 | Offley, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 26 Jul 2024 |
| I746 |
Halsey, Edmund MP |
UK Thrale family | 26 Jul 2024 | ||
| I604 |
Lade, Baronet Sir John |
b. 1 Aug 1759 | UK Thrale family | 25 Jul 2024 | |
| I218 |
Thrale, Lucy Elizabeth |
b. 22 Jun 1769 | Streatham Park, Streatham, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I83 |
Thrale, Henry M.P. |
b. Between 1724 and 1730 | Harrow Corner, Southwark, Surrey, England | UK Thrale family | 25 Jul 2024 |
| I197 |
Thrale, Richard William |
b. 1 Apr 1931-30 Jun 1931 | St Albans, Hertfordshire, England | UK Thrale family | 20 Jul 2024 |
| I2474 |
Thrall, Charles Holmes |
b. 27 Aug 1870 | US Thrall family | 20 Jul 2024 | |
| I92 |
Nesbitt, Arnold M.P. |
UK Thrale family | 19 Jul 2024 | ||
| I699 |
Crutchley, Jeremiah M.P. |
b. 20 Dec 1745 | UK Thrale family | 19 Jul 2024 | |
| I97 |
Keith, Admiral George Elphinstone, GCB, 1st Viscount Keith |
b. 7 Jan 1746 | Elphinstone Tower, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland | UK Thrale family | 19 Jul 2024 |
| I90 |
Scott, Thomas M.P. |
UK Thrale family | 19 Jul 2024 | ||
| I5 |
Thrall, William |
b. 8 Aug 1605 | Sandridge, Hertfordshire, England | US Thrall family | 19 Jul 2024 |
| I473 |
Piozzi, Gabriel Mario |
b. Bef 8 Jun 1740 | UK Thrale family | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| I805 |
King of England Henry VII |
b. 1457 | UK Thrale family | 18 Jul 2024 | |
| I364 |
Thrale, David Henry |
UK Thrale family | 17 Jul 2024 | ||
| I683 |
Cotton, Hester Maria |
b. 1707 | Tremeirchion, Flintshire, Wales | UK Thrale family | 16 Jul 2024 |
| I456 |
Duncan, Lurine Adassa |
b. 13 Jul 1913 | St James, Cornwall, Jamaica | UK Thrale family | 15 Jul 2024 |
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