Features
Here the Trust provides features that are of interest to the family and possibly to a wider audience also. They are dated but will not normally be archived. They can however be downloaded as PDF documents.
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PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA
Mayfair socialite, aristocratic owner of an estate in the Scottish Highlands, and accomplished deerstalker and angler, Lady Evelyn cut an elegant if eccentric figure on her frequent travels in the Arab world The story is told more fully in the PDF.
Jun 2008
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A THREAT TO THE BREWERY
John Patteson Cobbold JP MP (1831-1875) was our 6th generation brewer, a lawyer, an Alderman and a former Mayor of Ipswich who stood as a Conservative for the Borough of Ipswich in 1874.
Jun 2008
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MARGARET CATCHPOLE & MARY REIBY – IDENTITY CLARIFIED
We reported as a News item in December 2007 that a letter had been received by the Trust establishing the reasons for confusion between these two transportees. Margaret Catchpole was of course Richard Cobbold’s best selling heroine described in our previous feature 'Cobbolds at Caius' The story is told more fully below.
May 2008
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JOHN COBBOLD (1745 - 1835)
The Trust has been sent a copy of an absolutely splendid silhouette of John Cobbold which we reproduce here.
January 2008
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TRUST GREETINGS CARDS
Each year the Trust produces a greetings card without a greeting! It is left blank so that it can be used at other times of the year as well as Christmas.
January 2008
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THE GOLDSMITHS AND THE COMPOSER
The Trust reported in June that it had purchased the catalogue (2004) for an Exhibition of East Anglian Silver 1550-1750. This book revealed that William Cobbold was one of the leading Goldsmiths in Norwich. This was previously a 'News' item Jul 07
This text will be replaced by the flash music player.William Cobbold(1560 – 1639)'With leaves of rose and laurel' - Carys Lane, Anna Crookes, William Purefoy, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Giles Underwood
From 'The Triumphs of ORIANA' Compiled by Thomas Morley.
December 2007
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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY 2007 - WHITEHALL
It is self evident to me that remembering those that have fallen is a prime task for a trust that is dedicated to collecting and conserving family history. Accordingly nine Cobbold family members assembled (with thousands of others) in Whitehall for the annual national Remembrance Ceremony at the Cenotaph.
November 2007
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Cobbolds and Ipswich Town Football Club
The amateur club in Ipswich was founded on 16th October 1878 at a meeting in the Town Hall. It was promoted mainly by old boys of Ipswich School which had been playing football to Association rules since 1874.....
October 2007
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Cobbolds at Caius
Many families have developed powerful links with Caius by sending their sons (and now daughters) here for many generations......
October 2007
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