White Cross Manor Explained

White Cross Manor was the manor house in Lydney, Gloucestershire, England, of the Wynter family. It was burnt to the ground in April 1645 on the orders of Sir John Wynter to avoid it being taken over by the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.[1]

White Cross Manor was where Edward Swarthye, a Black man, is recorded as whipping John Guye.[2]

Another manor house, Lydney House, was later built at the other end of its grounds.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lydney Pages 46-84 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean. . British History Online . Victoria County History . 2 May 2021 . 21 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210421212017/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp46-84 . live .
  2. [Miranda Kaufmann|Kaufmann, Miranda]
  3. Web site: Lydney | British History Online . 2019-11-10 . 2019-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725165618/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol5/pp46-84 . live .

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