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The Life and History of Cassiobury Park | movie | 2021 | Official Trailer
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The history of Cassiobury Park is long, dating back to the 14th century. In this documentary, I will go into detail abou | dG1fcVBaZ1d6UmxLMnc
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Cassiobury Park, a beautiful green area in South Hertfordshire. The history of the park
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is long and rich with the social changes in Britain. It's time for a summary of the life
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and history of Cassiobury Park. The first recorded mention of the area is in the 14th
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century, when St Albans Abbey claimed the rights to the area of Cassio, dating a grant
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from the Anglo-Saxon King Offa in 793 AD. But when King Henry VIII dissolved the churches
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and monasteries in 1539, Henry assumed lordship of the manor. And in 1543, he gave the area to Sir
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Richard Morrison, a politician in his later life. Morrison built the historic Cassiobury House.
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Richard Morrison never saw the completion of the house as he was sent into exile. However,
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his son, Sir Charles Morrison, did see it complete. The completed house boasted 56
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bedrooms, a long gallery, stables, dairy, and a brew house. Charles Morrison's granddaughter
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Elizabeth married Arthur Caple in 1627, and the estate was passed into their family. Caple was
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a royalist during the English Civil War and was tried and executed for treason by Earl of Cromwell.
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Elizabeth made a plea to the Parliament, asking for Cassiobury and other estates to be passed
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back to her and her son Arthur. After the restoration of the monarchy, Arthur Caple
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became Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. He also ordered a redecoration of the house.
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I'm in the Watford Museum looking through this excellent book, Cassiobury, the Ancient Seat of
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the Earl of Essex, by Paul Robertson and Sarah Kensley Bruceley, who helped look after the
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exhibits here. And you can see in the book there are the different styles that would have been used
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in the house at the time. We've got sort of stuff like the neoclassical style. In 1799, the fifth
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Earl of Essex, George Caple, came to Cassiobury and he commissioned architect James Wyatt to
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restyle the house into the popular Gothic Revival style used in buildings such as Tower Bridge and
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St Pancras Station. Where I'm standing right now is the site of where the old gates used to stand
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in 1967. The main house was demolished in 1927 and the various materials were sold off. The
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turret clock is in the British Museum and the ground staircase is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
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