A brief history of the Jane Sadleir, wife of Edward Baeshe, who are jointly remembered in an impressive alabaster monument in the Baeshe Cha

In 1571 and again in 1578, Queen Elizabeth I visited Stansteadbury on one of her "progresses" around her kingdom. While potentially beneficial to a monarch needing to be in the fresh air away from London, such visits were perhaps less so to the nobility she visited. Despite the honour bestowed on her hosts by her presence, the costs of maintaining the Queen and her household during their visit was not insubstantial! Nonetheless, it is wonderful to imagine Good Queen Bess visi