Curses to Claimants: a history of Tichborne family

A talk by Will Motley. This talk will tell the history of one of the oldest English families, the Tichbornes of Hampshire, who have lived at Tichborne near Winchester since before the Norman Conquest and still live there now. Their story includes a twelfth century curse that came true in the 18th century; Catholic martyrs; a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I; members of the family fighting on both sides of the Civil War and one who signed the death warrant for Charles I; an unfortunate Tichborne who was accused by Titus Oates and sent to the Tower of London; a long running trial in the 19th century concerning a butcher from Wapping who claimed to be the missing heir to the Tichborne title and fortune – and nearly got away with it.