Thrale history
A New Thraliana, A Chronicle of the Thrale family of Hertfordshire. 1973.
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Photos William Thrale 1738-1793 Ralph Thrale 1778-1852
In 1973, according to page 49 of A New Thraliana by Richard William Thrale, this portrait was owned by the Mardall family of Harpenden.Sarah Burchmore 1767-1820 Thraliana - The diary of Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale (later Mrs Piozzi) William THRALE's musical box
Old musical box in mahogany and buhl inlaid case owned by William Thrale. Lot no.186 in the 1897 sale of William Thrale's house, the Maltings, Wheathampstead. Tunes include 'Love Was Once a Little Boy', Wake of Erin', 'Garyone', and 'Croppies Lie Down'. bought for 10/- for young May Thrale, who upon her death in 1970 at the age of 87 willed it to her grand-nephew Richard Thrale of St. Albans.
Documents Maltings Farm, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England - 1898 advertisement for auction
2 March 1898 land auction, following the death of William Thrale.
Headstones Hester Maria COTTON mourning tablet
By Joseph Wilton, epitaph by Dr. Samuel Johnson.John, Richard, John, Charles & Margaret (née Chaplin) THRALE mourning tablet, 1704
1704 mourning tablet for John Thrale, wife Margaret Thrale née Chaplin & sons Richard, John and Charles. Displayed the Thrale arms of a paly of ten or and gules impaling those of the Chaplin family, ermine on a chief indented azure, three griffins, heads erased or. This is the earliest known time that the arms of the family were monumentally displayed, having been adopted by John Thrale from the arms granted to the Threeles of Sussex.
Plot: South transept.Henry Thrale's memorial tablet
Erected on Friday 20 September 1782. The monument is by Joseph Wilton R.A. who also made George III's coronation coach. The Latin inscription is by Dr. Samuel Johnson.Headstone of Richard Thrale
Adjoining to this side of the Tomb
lies the Remains of
Mr. RICHARD THRALE
late of the Pound Farm Sandridge
& Husband of the above MARY THRALE
who Died Aug:.19th.1755 Aged 66 Years
Restored in 1960 by his descendants.
Histories Arthur Murphy
Henry Thrale's oldest and dearest friend. It was Arthur Murphy who introduced Dr. Samuel Johnson to the Thrales in January 1765. Arthur Murphy (1727-1805) was a barrister, journalist, actor, biographer, translator and playwright. One of the most popular comic dramatists of the second half of the eighteenth century, from which he made his fortune. He occasionally used the pseudonym, 'Charles Ranger'.Streatham Park library and the Streatham Worthies