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23 - A FINE AND PROVENANCED JAMES / CHARLES I SIX LEG OAK REFECTORY TABLE, HASELOUR HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE, ...

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£8,000 - £12,000

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A FINE AND PROVENANCED JAMES / CHARLES I SIX LEG OAK REFECTORY TABLE, HASELOUR HALL, STAFFORDSHIRE, EARLS OF DERBY, CIRCA 1620-1640. The rectangular top of two matched deep boards, above a frieze with stop-fluting to one long and both short sides, raised on six inverted baluster and cup-turned legs, each headed by original S-scroll and leaf-carved spandrels and joined by high plain stretchers, 299cm wide 89cm high 80cm deep Provenance - Haselour Hall, Harlaston Nr Tamworth, Staffordshire. Purchased in the 1980s. Haselour Hall, originally in the possession of the Arderne family, passing to the Stanley family in 1413, upon the marriage of Sir Thomas Stanley (b. 1392) to the sole Arderne heiress, Matilda (b. 1396). The hall remained in the possession of the Stanley family until 1508, when John Stanley died without leaving a male heir. The manor of Haselour continued to be passed through the female line, to the families of Staunton, Smith and Huddleston, until in 1557 Lucy Huddleston married John Brooke. The hall remained in the Brooke Family until it was sold to Samuel Dilke in 1672, so ending the lineal descent from the Ardernes and Stanleys which had lasted for over 350 years. Haselour Hall is noted as the possible resting place of Henry, Earl of Richmond, upon his march from Lichfield to the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, where his victory over Richard III led to his accession to the throne as Henry VII. It is thought the present hall, although possibly retaining parts dating back to the Arderne ownership, may have been built by the Stanleys. Principally it dates from the 16th century. The half-timber building retains many Tudor features - including the layout without corridors, transomed windows, vast ancient fireplaces and refined oak panelling. The panelling of the old dining hall is especially fine. The chimneypiece in this room - which depicts the Battle of Hastings - is a splendid example of 16th Century oak carving.

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Of excellent original rich dark colour and surface patination.

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+ Calendar 2025-03-19 11:00:00 2025-03-19 23:59:59 Europe/London The Beedham Collection Part II The Beedham family has been collecting early oak furniture and related works of art for over 70 years, however, the origins of this collection goes even further back. Historically, the Beedham family ran pubs in the South Yorkshire area for over 250 years and in former times it was custom and practice that an incoming pub landlord would take over the whole of the items in the establishment from the previous landlord. It was in this way the Beedham Collection really started. Herbert Beedham, my father, was the first of the family to leave the public house trade and he started up his own Antique business, and brought to the business a wealth of furniture and objects which had been passed down by the family over many years. Herbert had a great passion for early items and would regularly visit the antique and ‘junk’ shops of Sheffield, coming back, much to my mother’s dismay, with yet more antiques and collectables. It was during this time he struck up a friendship with the curator of the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield who introduced Herbert to the, at that time, unknown L S Lowry, from whom he subsequently tried desperately and sadly unsuccessfully to buy a painting. Herbert’s greatest passion was to collect Tudor and Elizabethan Manor House furniture and objects. A Daily Telegraph reporter once visited his shop and wrote an article in the paper emphasising the love that he showed for his items, running his hands over the polished surfaces. Beedham Antiques was established in 1974 and moved to Holme Hall in Bakewell Derbyshire a large Grade I listed 15th/16th Manor House (pictured) where many of the privately owned pieces pieces for sale in this collection were displayed in their authentic surroundings. Paul Beedham, Herbert's son, took over the business in 2012 and has proudly celebrated its 50th year anniversary and is carrying on its tradition of supplying the finest Tudor, Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture to important Manor Houses and collectors. Since our family were great private collectors, many of the pieces on display in the saleroom have not been seen on the market for a number of decades. Beedham Family Bishop & Miller Auctioneers

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19th Mar 25 at 11am GMT