Talk:Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford

Which Moor Park
The article (under the subheading "Later Life") linked to Moor Park, Farnham. This house, however, was not called Moor Park until 1686, when it was renamed (having been called Compton Hall previously) after Moor Park, near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. This house had been built a decade earlier. It in turn was named after The More, i.e., the Manor of the More, the 16th-century palace within whose park the new house was located. The More had been demolished in 1661.

The Complete Peerage states that both Lucy and her husband died at "Moor Park, Herts." The Wikipedia article on The More claims that the house was "abandoned after 1566," but it appears that either the 3rd Earl of Bedford and his Countess must have lived there during the first quarter of the 17th century, or that there was yet another house at the Manor of More called "Moor Park" during that time.

I have changed the link from the house at Farnham to The More. Laura1822 (talk) 13:24, 5 March 2017 (UTC)


 * It turns out that the latter supposition was the correct one. According to the Historic England online database's entry for The More:


 * A last attempt at remedial work is recorded between 1547 and 1552, and although a detailed survey of the buildings in 1568 reflects their former magnificence, it is clearly a record of decay. The house was leased to the Earl of Bedford in 1576, but by 1598 it was recorded in ruins. The third Earl built a new house, the forerunner of the present More Park mansion, on the hill to the south west around 1617, within the area of deer park which formerly accompanied The More.


 * I will therefore change the link to Moor Park (house). Laura1822 (talk) 14:40, 5 March 2017 (UTC)