Dear Julie, I live in a medieval castle in the Netherlands and it is actually the outer Bailey because the big castle itself was demolished in 1840. We recently bought the little cottage back, which belonged to the castle, because our dear neighbors are moving. For us the outer Bailey is big enough and we still have towers and a moat and a beautiful big garden with topiary and big trees and a white garden. I am going to decorate the little cottage soon and looking forward to it. Your channel inspires me a lot and you are such a sweet vibrant soul ❤
Oh my goodness! All of you are lucky duckies! So dreamy to visit these historical majestic masterpieces, let alone to live in “1, 2, or 3 …pretty bird pretty bird!”😂 Oh be still my heart! That would be such an Incredible Experience! When I traveled, I wanted to leave the tour group behind to wander and dream of living in that Era. I couldn’t get enough of simply being there. I wanted to really experience more of actually living there and being immersed in the lively hood. It’s a lot of work. Everything worthwhile in life is hard! It’s beautiful! You are so blessed! Thank you for sharing with us…dreamers! ❤xo
@@wanderlust4evr995 I love historic buildings a lot because there is a soul in it. My husband and I used to visit castles everywhere because we love it. But I never wanted to live in it actually because of it was so much work and to big to maintain. But this little medieval 🏰 castle came in our life and we bought it a few years ago and we love it! It is living in a dream but one on which you also have to work hard to maintain and restore it. But I love the fact that it is so old and that it has a beautiful big garden and a wall and gates and a moat, and only here birds and watch my ducks swim, and just enjoy it.
Julie, thank you for sharing your home, your story and your history. I love historical homes and the stories they hold. I started crying with you because it’s so important to keep sharing those stories with those coming after us. Thank you again for your dedication to preserving history.
Apologies, I deleted my first response to your comment because I wanted to edit it but got rushed. Anyway- So lucky indeed! I live in the Netherlands but one of the main reasons I will not stay is because I can’t afford a large (manor) house here and it is a dream of mine to have a big beautiful home with history and land. Property prices are outrageous in the NL. My boyfriends family is “old money” and his aunts and uncles live in fabulously large houses here in the Netherlands- one even has a moat (except he recently moved to another property in the UK), but we are not so blessed to have one of our own. So I am currently researching visas for the UK now because houses are actually cheaper there. I would love to get some advice from someone who lives in and manages a large property, if you would be willing to share.
A moving story. I am glad the school makes the family feel welcome to return from time to time, and that they are so careful to preserve the history of the buildings and grounds.
@@nicolad8822Through many donations and gifts by wealthy donors as well as a large group of local people and people online in an association to raise funds for the upkeep, cleaning and preservation of Hinchingbrook. There are also public funds as well that help with the house and school.
The loss of one big HUGE house and then sadly having to move to another big HUGE house- just not as big! These stories have a literary quality to them- since they are not the reality of most people. That is why we love to listen in and learn and even imagine what it might be like to live these kinds of lives! So grateful you are sharing these stories!
Julie I'm with you, it makes me cry. I suppose it's because as Americans we don't have the history. After listening to this I'm pretty sure the 1st Earl would have known my ex's ancestor as he was Charles II's physician. He was awarded the post because he remained a loyal Catholic. Not so odd if your Scottish. But he lived with his uncles in London as his parents and brother had already moved here and lived in Jamestown.
How interesting. But not so odd, since all of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland were Catholic (after they were Druid I suppose) until Henry VIII. First, the Protestants fled to America to flee their persecution by the Catholics ...and then many Catholics who wouldn't convert to the new state religion had to flee to America to escape the persecution by the Protestants. @@MsSkipperkim
OK I’m laughing at this back handed compliment. Well done. We’ve had enough of her American tears over that building. She should know better coming from here. Go feed the hungry with the excess time to form tears over her husbands lost castle. Enough!
Imagine how awesome it must be to be a history teacher IN a castle built around a medieval church. "Alright students today we're gonna be learning about the Norman invasion of England. Let's walk down the hallway and check out some of their architecture." 😄
As an American, I am so proud of you! You show true respect for this building and the history of it. You have a title, but you don't push it down our throats, as does another American woman and her title. You are a true lady on the scale of Princess Catherine.
My Great-Great-Grandmother (Lady Frances Russell, née Cromwell) was born at Hinchingbrooke House in 1638. She was the youngest child of Oliver Cromwell.
Both Families should come together to help preserve this wonderful piece of history. Losing it in this era is unimaginable. There is greater wealth today than in these past era's and it should be preserved for Historical Value alone.
Just thinking the same. One of my great-great-grandfathers was born in 1875. That's only five generations back and not a full century before my birth. Seems there would be many more greats to get back to the Cromwell era.
That was beautiful seeing the once children revisiting their childhood. The feeling of your mother's bedroom, something hopefully most of us know and remember with a sense of deep comfort.
How special to listen to John and Kate as they reminisce about their childhood at Hinchingbrooke. Julie, the depth of your love for the family history is heartwarming. The time spent with the school gentlemen was also amazing. They have done their best to preserve as much as possible. ❤
I love hearing about the family from the Earl and his sister! At one point when the Earl was smiling I could see his resemblance to Luke!! Thank you for arranging this!!
It's absolutely lovely how you are contributing and help highlight the richness of this family history that is now part of yours. Making it accessible and approachable, what a blessing you are to each other. This is so cool.
What I love is the dedication to preserving history. Instead of just ‘I got lucky and married into Nobility’, you stepped into your position as Viscountess and took on the responsibilities of not only representing your position as a noble, but you have committed your time and efforts to the bones of both your home and your husband’s heritage.
What a pleasure it was to see how close brother and sister were and still are. It was lovely being shown around such a magnificent place. From South Australia 🇦🇺 ♥️
Oh the EXCITEMENT of the discovery of the Cedar tree stump…”RUMP” ! Loved it so much !!!! So happy you have captured ALL of these memories with your Father in law and his sweet Sister !
It’s lovely that there is a comprehensive school there filled with children to appreciate it. I’m sending my prayers out to the universe to help preserve everything for future generations. 💖 You have been lovely to help capture all those memories and stories. I’m here in Canada and my family just had DNA tests that said we are about 23 degrees or so connected to Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, two founding fathers and Jimmy Carter among others - which makes me think so many of us must be connected and more so in more ways than we realize as well as in spirit - that it’s all a common history for everyone to appreciate and celebrate.
@jspohl Hmm … of course Elizabeth I. and Mary Queen of Scots were related, but to throw Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Jimmy Carter plus 2 Founding Fathers into the mix - WOW ! Im afraid y’all got taken in, probably paying quite a bundle for those fake DNA test results … 😂 By the way, I can trace my family on my fathers side back to the very late 18th century, but I’m not related to anyone famous or noble or such … mostly just simple craftsmen, shop owners and one or 2 small factory owners thrown in 😉 I don’t understand why some people are so obsessed with wanting to be related to someone famous or to nobility - can’t you simply enjoy finding out about history, castles (I do enjoy castles and old buildings in general) and life in long bygone times?
Julie...as a fellow American raised near and in Paris as a young girl, your videos bring back such wonderful memories of old Europe from my childhood. I have only discovered your channel in the last year. This was the most magical tour you have had since I started watching your videos. I found myself getting teared up as well as you learned about your family's history from your husband's relatives. I'm a Tudor descendant as well as well as from England, Scotland, and Ireland, so I soak up as much of Great Britain as I can, especially, British TV and RUclips channels. Your part in telling history is such a delight. I love how you have incorporated some British "lingo" into your exclamations, as well as hearing the English pronunciation of some words. How blessed you are to have the best of both worlds. It would be great to incorporate more genealogy into the areas that you explore...maybe as an extension of your show. I have the names of dozens and dozens of places my ancestors lived, so I'm always listening out for the places you visit. Many blessings to you and your continued success. Your friend from Texas! Suzanne Sims
When you say you were a tudor descendant from Ireland it sounds like your family would have been the ruling class subjugating my people for centuries. Your family would have been the British aristocracy that enforced the potato famine willingly on my ancestors.
Julie , you are a mench . Your love of your family is beautiful . This experience was priceless for them . Knowing how much you love them is such a gift .
Your Dear Father In-Law &. Mother In-Law, are such a Blessing Julie.🥰 They are Humble, Caring, Gracious people, who have such a Wealth of History &. Knowledge. Love seeing them always.😊
This was wonderful to see. Family history is so important to keep alive. I only know of my family who immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine. Anything previous was lost to Holodomir, and the churches records of births were burned by Stalin and his predecessors.. And they continue to do so. So much family histroy destroyed. It makes me sad. I love that there is so much love for your family and recording these memories will be cherished by the generations to come. Julie, you will be looked back upon as the American granny who kept everything alive, and your enthusiasm is contagious. I cried when you cried. You are a true gem to the family.
Don’t assume that all records were burned. A lot more survived or was also held at alternate locations than assumed. You may be able to find much more than you thought possible.
Your father in law seems like a very nice man. I miss my elders I had growing up. One of the things I regret is not finding out more about their parents and grandparents.
What a sweet moment, of watching John & Kate reminisce their lives and family members. Julie, this is the sweetest gift you could ever give them & your family and for future generations. ❤️ The flashbacks to yesteryear photos jumping to current times, is seeing time through a time machine. Julie, a mangle, is also a rolling iron and was used in smoothing out wrinkled in sheets, pillowcases, clothing, dining room table clothes and napkins
In NZ we called them a wringer through which you pushed the wet clothes to wring them out, with a handle to turn the wringers around . It was attached to an old fashioned wringer washing machine, which was a cylinder (on feet), that had a central arm that sloshed the water back and forth. Much more labour intensive because it didn't automatically spin the clothes like nowdays, and the clothes were still pretty wet.
Julie, the family was blessed the day you married into the family. I enjoyed this video and the story touched my heart. Rich in history! Your father-laws sister called you “sweet” and you really are a treasure. Thank you for the hard work & tour. Preserving the past is so important to our future generations. Loved this episode!! 💕Evan
What a fabulous journey with two absolutely lovely people! It's a joy watching them stroll through their family home. I would swear they got younger with every step and every memory. Just beautiful!
This was so wonderful, thank you. 🙏 was born in England but live in America now but I still feel I belong in England. When I visit it is very emotional for me. This was so special to be able to take this tour with you today. I love your show
This was a fabulous story. The history of this house and the stories of your family members who actually lived there was facinating . I am sad for you that the castle was sold, however, it is being maintained and the public does get to see it. Your family does have Mapperton and due to you and your family’s business accumen and dedication to hard work, Mapperton is one of the finest examples of British homes. Julie, the family is blessed to have you. This little American girl has been a major asset!!!! I commented on this before and am again. When I saw the video of you on hands and knees frantically hand picking confetti from the lawn in time for the next event, it showed just what a hard worker you are. I will suggest that you keep a clip of this at hand to show any potential daughter in law!!!! Just saying!!!
I laughed at the "dryer" name for the mangle. We called it a "wringer" up here in Canada, as it wrung the water from the clothes before you hung them up to dry.
Yes. I'm also in Canada. My grandmother used a wringer washer. Two of those "rolling pin" things, one over the other, and the whole affair on a swivel so that she could move it over the large galvanized-metal washtub that was set on the floor and filled with rinse water. You'd turn the crank on the side and the rollers would move against east other. As you fed the clothing in between the rollers, they would press the water out of the clothes. The wash water would end up going back into the wash tub, and the resulting squished clothes would go into the galvanized rinse tub. Once the rinse was over, they'd go through the wringers again before being taken out and hung on the line. Over on this side of the pond, a "mangle" is a large paddle affair almost the size of a small cot, that acted like a steam clothes press. A flat-ish table on which you would set the clothes and tidy them up for pressing, then a handle to bring down the large plate and press it onto the pants or shirt or dress, or what have you. You'd press hard, steam would escape, and you'd have a piece of clothing steam-ironed in one go.
You are an amazing asset in preserving your home, Mafferton. Your attention to detail and enthusiasm is second to none - thank you for all of your hard work Julie
Your presentations are always so beautiful and professionally produced. I would go as far as saying the best on RUclips especially for this genre. The time and effort is greatly appreciated. It's as if it were done by the BBC or PBS in America. I don't know how your in-laws kept it together during the walking tour. The melancholy memories would have me with tears rolling down my cheeks. Talk about the British stiff upper lip. !!!
So sad but also glorious seeing the old 70s footage..time flies so fast and all those experiences lived and now lost..such a saddening thing the passage of time. Something i have terrible trouble with esp of other people such as here.
OMG! The library the way it was in pictures. I would have absolutely lived in there reading and gloriously looking at every book so happily..and the furnishings there..absolutely marvelous!🌟Seeing how the library room is now compared to then shows exactly that the same books are still there in the same places they were then! It’s really so amazing and so happy it was preserved!
Well done to Tom who obviously has spent so much time learning about the history of the school where he teaches. Sure he is a wonderful History teacher. My favourite subject at school.
44:25 The British call it a mangle and I think Americans actually call it a wringer. Ever heard the term ‘put it through a wringer?’ Squeezes the water out before you hang the laundry out to dry. It is the spin function on modern washing machines today, squeezing/wringing all the water out so nothing’s dripping wet and heavy, ready for hanging up to dry or putting in the dryer.
I'm almost crying, myself ... I see you, Julie, getting to spend time with your father-in-law and your aunt, to whom this place was HOME. for THREE HUNDRED YEARS and MORE. These are the VERY LAST CONNECTIONS of the Montagus to the house that was their HOME since the 1660s. There is NOTHING which can possibly equate to such a connection to British history! I am SO VERY HAPPY that you were able to share this connection with them, and to document the VERY long tradition that connects them to the long, long line of the history of Britain. (Possibly it hits harder for me, as I've lived since the 1970s with Pepys's Diary, with its frequent mentions of trips to Hinchingbrooke and interactions with "my Lord".)
Oh Julie! This was a such a moving and extremely interesting video! The Earl and his sister were wonderful, what a lovely reminisce to hear. I am British and I have to say even I had a few tears! The history teacher was awesome, I wish I had had one like him, how lucky those students are! Thank you, I think this is the best video I have seen this year! 😀
I have watched a lot of documentaries, but this one has to be the best. The backstory, current history, details all wrapped up in excitement and emotion. Jolly good, well done!
Julie what a wonderful history video…your father-in-law and his sister gave such a good description of life in the house as children…truly a very interesting video they brought their young life in the house to life..fantastic….love all your videos🙏❤️👍
I stubbled upon your channel, I follow the royals and your channel pop up in my feed. I want you to know just how much I love and appreciate what you are doing. I can’t wait to go back and watch every episode. I have watched all day and I cant put into words how much I love what you are doing. Thank you and please keep doing what you do. It’s so refreshing and inspiring to watch.
Dear Julie, You have created such a wonderful documentary series! I really loved this episode. You have some wonderful history to pass on to your children! ❤
That was such an emotional video, I teared up as well. My mother is English and I have had the opportunity to visit her childhood home and how change can be memorable, but also sad. I met my English grandparents when I was 21 years old as my mother married my father an American soldier in 1951. Thank you for that wonderful history lesson.
No matter the home, grand or modest, the stories, the memories we share of our childhood experiences in the places where we grew up are the history of each of us. I am a lifelong Anglophile (maiden name Browning) so I understand the viewpoint from loving history, old homes, and English period architecture. Thank You for sharing this tour with us all. 🙏🙂
This has been such a thrill to walk with you all and hear the stories of the castle and how life was then. What a stunning old home, with many, many wonderful memories that will go on forever. I hope everyone who comes to visit will take away their memories, and share with the world forever and forever. ❤
I loved this video, sister and brother, their memories, the architecture that was preserved, a school with real historical history. Thank you so much for sharing real footsteps of time. ❤
thank you for the story, it's amazing that hundreds of people now get to view it and more people good to share the history and you still live in a lovely house
I have followed you for some time, but I do not keep up to date with all of the videos. You and I, Julie, are similar, I grew up in the UK and moved to the US when I was 8. (While you are primarily American, then British, I am vice versa.) I am now 29, I also live in Illinois. My father is American, mother is British. My maternal grandmother (Scottish) inherited a small estate in Scotland, a castellated house also, much smaller. But we take pride in it. The loss of a historic house sometimes happens due to someone being born of the wrong sex, but the price is a story in itself. It feels nice to always return to something that has been in the family for generations. In 1921 we lost the big house, nothing compared to Hinchingbrooke, but it had been in the family for 380ish years. Similar to Mapperton, we had a smaller house that in the twentieth century seemed to handle our needs, rather than the big house.
Thankyou for sharing your family and wonderful history..that you are proud, rightfully..a simply beautiful slice of history you are able to participate with and add to, and in a hundred or 2 , you yourself will be mentioned and associated with the history of a long standing family..how amazing.
We think of the English as so proper, but these two reliving their youth and family, is so special to watch. What wonderful memories they have. Really well done & enjoyable documentary.
This film is a poignant time capsule for future generations. I particularly loved how the story of the house’s evolution continues to the contributions and discoveries of the school renovation. Kate’s comment that it is good that now thousands of children live in the walls rather than just 6 rattling around the vastness of the dwelling is so generous and a credit to the family.
That was so cool Julie. Live Canada, but I love England, her buildings, her countryside, her history and her stories. It was delightful to have John and Kate talk about their childhood home as you guys visited. An inspired idea.
I’m just a random American but seeing this made me emotional for some reason. Such a beautiful place full of memories for these two. The sister is such a rebel & explorer still at her age. They’re adorable. You’re lucky to have experienced this. I can even tell that you have picked up on some of their accents & it’s so cute. Loved watching this, thank you all for sharing this experience with us! ♥️
Dear Vicountess Montagu, many properties and periods come and go, many things change hands for various reasons, some sad, some for the best. Sometimes we do not see these benefits for several years. You are testament to elegance and acceptance and sympathetic to your in laws in such a lovely way. I suppose for some it's about the money and prestige, but really it's all about Noblesse Obligé. Thank you for the lovely testament to your British family. Well done! Loving Ex-pats.. ❤❤❤
Hi Julie, great presentation. One thing you did not mention was the incredibly high taxes imposed following ww2, starting in 1945 the tax rate on the estate following a death of the owner was 75% and income taxes starting in 1949 were at the rate of 99.25% above a very low level, around L 500 for everyone, the rate of income tax dropped to 97.25% a little later and even in 1975 any earned income above L 20,000 was taxed at this rate.
Yes, it was really the final nail in the coffin of life in Great Country Houses (following industrialisation in WWI and WWII drawing away large numbers of workers who previously worked in service, who did not return, creating a great scarcity in domestic service workers). It was a great shame, but also, I don't know how it could have been avoided, given Britain's need to rebuild after WWII.
Such a brilliant film. So interesting, charming and inciteful. As with Julie's other work, it not only creates an invaluable record of history that could so easily be lost, but also creates meaning and builds purpose for continuation of the Montagu family's role. Luke and Julie are such a strong generation of the family. Modern, down to earth, but carrying forward the privileges and obligations of the family with such grace and hard work. I can't help but say: Luke married well! To maintain and even build the continuity of an aristocratic family is surely so hard to navigate in these modern times. Luke and Julie brilliantly implement a smart vision with wisdom, humour, a light touch, tenacity and relentless hard work. History will remember them kindly. I'm sure others will be heavily influenced by their approach.
Am I the only one thinking that Mapperton feels more homy and is just as beautiful, if not more than hinchinbrook ? I understand the family souvenirs are something but I don't think they lost in exchange. I would love to live at Mapperton and it is not a bad place to end up !
Listening to those two, the memories flooding back, the looks on their faces as they toured the place ... so wonderful and heartwarming. This, I think, may be one of your most beautiful videos. A real piece of heart, this is.
Thank you, Viscountess, for taking us with you on your fascinating journey through time at Hinchingbrooke House. And to hear the Earl and his sister reminiscing about their childhood was so moving.
Julie, I am fighting tears watching this. How much it must hurt to see how the updates have changed so much of your ancestral home… I too love history and find myself becoming very attached to old homes. It is also wonderful to have your father-in-law and his sister with you to bring back the memories they have while growing up there….
So lovely -- amazing memories. And Julie, Americans call(ed) it a mangle also! When I was a little girl, we had a washing machine and used a mangle to squeeze water out of the clothing. My mother would not allow me to use the mangle until I was a little older. We used the mangle to move the clothing from the soapy water into the rinse water tub, then again from the rinse water into the laundry basket to take it out to the clothesline. --Nancy in Lake Cty, Illinois
We called them wringers. My grandparents had one in their garage along with a million other old vintage items. My siblings and I have wonderful memories of rummaging through that old building. They were the fun grandparents!
I can completely understand your emotions regarding the history, and stories, of this beautiful dwelling. I got a bit emotional, as well. I kept hoping to hear more stories, from the brother and sister. I could sit, or go from one room/area/place to another, listening to the remembrances of their time there. It also helps to have photographs of what each room/area/place looked like at that time.
I might have missed it but did they no longer live in their father’s side of the home at all? They stayed on the nunnery side even when their mother was in London? Just curious. I know they weren’t alone and things were different back then but it just seems so odd to not go back to their father’s side of the home when mother was away. Also, this is so incredible to see. I’m glad they get to visit the old family home still.
Having read Pepys diary he was always talking about Hinchingbrooke he being related to the Earl of Sandwich. So interesting to finally see it. Took me about 2 1/2 years to read the entire diary.
Fascinating family history. I really enjoyed watching your video. It's you Julie who's brought new life and lots of love bck to Mapperton & Family. Great job! 🥰
Julie I am so glad you are starting to dress the part. You look absolutely beautiful today! Keep it up. It really does suit you. Your channel is inspiring and interesting.
This was such a great episode and exspirence to view that you for sharing and thank you to father in law and sister for the memories and love that was so alive in that home. Amazing job 👏
That was lovely, I'm sure your memory will be just as sharp for future generations. It's nice that it has become a school housing young minds and youthful spirits just like when your father in law and aunt were young living there. It's sad that wars are so destructive to everyone's lives. I remember my Dad telling me about all his jobs he had as a child during the war in London, he use to tell the American soldiers he had no change when he was selling newspapers and would sometimes score a pound sterling much to their annoyance.
Oh! I love your car, Julie! What a beautiful color it is!!! Thank you for sharing the history of such a beautiful castle and your family's stories. I enjoy it so much.
This was just spectacular. It made me very emotional to watch. What a huge loss to the family and history. I can't imagine the feelings all three of you had when going through the castle. Just to think of the people and the things that happened in the house is unimaginable. What history! It is wonderful the house is still standing. How thankful the family must be! Thank you so much for bringing us through that emotional journey with you.
It’s not surprising they had to sell. Homes requisitioned during the war were often returned to the families in a dilapidated state. If the title-holder died during the war, the family would have to pay estate tax, which combined with renovation costs, and the operating expenses, were just too much to afford.
Hi Julie, I love this video, Luke's dad and aunt, are such lovely people. Sometimes it's hard to get a visual on how thing used to be as they are being explained, so thank you for the photos. Can't the students hold raffles and fund raisers to help fund the roof. There has to be something that can be done, maybe the historical society can also fund raise. Thank you for sharing the family history with us. Love from N.Y.
I am struck by how Julie laments the loss of the house, while I feel for the aristocratic family lowering themselves to sit outside their home holding their hands out like beggars instead of enjoying their weekend. I’m not an aristocrat, far from it, my great grandparent were share croppers and dirt farmers, and I would feel so humiliated to be reduced to “begging” so I could stay in my home. I can certainly understand the decision to go to a smaller house to maintain/ regain a way of life. British mangle = American wringer
The aristocratic had the gift of being shown the only difference between themselves and beggars, was money. Go back and switch the aristocrat and beggar at birth, it would turn out the same way. Except for minor differences in appearance, they start on identical. One gets good food, an education, very little physical labor and grows up being told that their name, makes them better than most other people. The other gets to eat the scraps of the better people, no education, hard physical labor starting not long after they learn to walk, and a lifetime of being told and treated like they are nothing and and never will be anything. The best live they can hope for is the superior people might throw them their table scraps, and allow them to do the hard physical labor and jobs far to disgusting for for the elevated aristocracy. As I said before, switch them at birth, the result would be the same. Just 2 human animals, one is fed and treated well, the other starved and beaten, and the beaten animal will spend it's life being told it can only blame itself for not being as good as the animal that was treated well. All that avoidable misery, thank to a pointless name given to the animal, and the amount of money the animal's parent has at the moment. Humans are just mammals with a slightly bigger brain thanks random genetic changes. Try to look objectivity at the human race, and the amount of destruction far outweighs the achievements. The view people have of themselves and the rest of the world, is wildly skewed depending on the amount of money and possession's a person has at any moment. There are a few people that are not so self absorbed and short sighted, but not nearly enough to make a positive difference.
I guess ı watched the third time Hinchingbrooke episodes and ı am never even bored of it , it’s just incredibly amazing and Julie you are wonderful it’s very nice you to cherish and treasure your husbunds family history. There couldn’t be a better Viscountess Hinchinbrooke
I'm so sorry for the loss of history and tradition although the change which caused these financial problems were deeply needed. I wish all the heirs good luck and hopefully more support than they got in the past in order to keep this history of England alive!
Dear Julie, I live in a medieval castle in the Netherlands and it is actually the outer Bailey because the big castle itself was demolished in 1840. We recently bought the little cottage back, which belonged to the castle, because our dear neighbors are moving. For us the outer Bailey is big enough and we still have towers and a moat and a beautiful big garden with topiary and big trees and a white garden. I am going to decorate the little cottage soon and looking forward to it. Your channel inspires me a lot and you are such a sweet vibrant soul ❤
Oh my goodness! All of you are lucky duckies! So dreamy to visit these historical majestic masterpieces, let alone to live in “1, 2, or 3 …pretty bird pretty bird!”😂 Oh be still my heart! That would be such an Incredible Experience! When I traveled, I wanted to leave the tour group behind to wander and dream of living in that Era. I couldn’t get enough of simply being there. I wanted to really experience more of actually living there and being immersed in the lively hood. It’s a lot of work. Everything worthwhile in life is hard! It’s beautiful! You are so blessed! Thank you for sharing with us…dreamers! ❤xo
❤️I love history
@@wanderlust4evr995 I love historic buildings a lot because there is a soul in it. My husband and I used to visit castles everywhere because we love it. But I never wanted to live in it actually because of it was so much work and to big to maintain. But this little medieval 🏰 castle came in our life and we bought it a few years ago and we love it! It is living in a dream but one on which you also have to work hard to maintain and restore it. But I love the fact that it is so old and that it has a beautiful big garden and a wall and gates and a moat, and only here birds and watch my ducks swim, and just enjoy it.
Julie, thank you for sharing your home, your story and your history. I love historical homes and the stories they hold. I started crying with you because it’s so important to keep sharing those stories with those coming after us. Thank you again for your dedication to preserving history.
Apologies, I deleted my first response to your comment because I wanted to edit it but got rushed. Anyway- So lucky indeed! I live in the Netherlands but one of the main reasons I will not stay is because I can’t afford a large (manor) house here and it is a dream of mine to have a big beautiful home with history and land. Property prices are outrageous in the NL.
My boyfriends family is “old money” and his aunts and uncles live in fabulously large houses here in the Netherlands- one even has a moat (except he recently moved to another property in the UK), but we are not so blessed to have one of our own. So I am currently researching visas for the UK now because houses are actually cheaper there.
I would love to get some advice from someone who lives in and manages a large property, if you would be willing to share.
Julie, you are such a wonderful and compassionate DIL! You represent Americans with grace, humility and interest.
You sure do us proud . 👏
A moving story. I am glad the school makes the family feel welcome to return from time to time, and that they are so careful to preserve the history of the buildings and grounds.
With public money though?
@@nicolad8822They do tours in the summer when the students are out of school.
@@nicolad8822Through many donations and gifts by wealthy donors as well as a large group of local people and people online in an association to raise funds for the upkeep, cleaning and preservation of Hinchingbrook. There are also public funds as well that help with the house and school.
The loss of one big HUGE house and then sadly having to move to another big HUGE house- just not as big! These stories have a literary quality to them- since they are not the reality of most people. That is why we love to listen in and learn and even imagine what it might be like to live these kinds of lives! So grateful you are sharing these stories!
What an especially lovely , humble family your husband's family are. Your father-in-law is really exceptionally lovely and gentle.
Julie I'm with you, it makes me cry. I suppose it's because as Americans we don't have the history. After listening to this I'm pretty sure the 1st Earl would have known my ex's ancestor as he was Charles II's physician. He was awarded the post because he remained a loyal Catholic. Not so odd if your Scottish. But he lived with his uncles in London as his parents and brother had already moved here and lived in Jamestown.
How interesting. But not so odd, since all of England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland were Catholic (after they were Druid I suppose) until Henry VIII. First, the Protestants fled to America to flee their persecution by the Catholics ...and then many Catholics who wouldn't convert to the new state religion had to flee to America to escape the persecution by the Protestants. @@MsSkipperkim
OK I’m laughing at this back handed compliment. Well done. We’ve had enough of her American tears over that building. She should know better coming from here. Go feed the hungry with the excess time to form tears over her husbands lost castle. Enough!
Imagine how awesome it must be to be a history teacher IN a castle built around a medieval church. "Alright students today we're gonna be learning about the Norman invasion of England. Let's walk down the hallway and check out some of their architecture." 😄
True... Very True
How fascinating. Your husband's family must be so delighted that you are so interested in the family lineage. Well done, and thank you!
Julie, this is fantastic that you have these recordings of your FIL for your children and generations to come. Fills my heart with joy.
As an American, I am so proud of you! You show true respect for this building and the history of it. You have a title, but you don't push it down our throats, as does another American woman and her title. You are a true lady on the scale of Princess Catherine.
Yes I’m British and I admire Julie. She is just lovely, a real lady without being snobbish and a real asset to the family.
My Great-Great-Grandmother (Lady Frances Russell, née Cromwell) was born at Hinchingbrooke House in 1638. She was the youngest child of Oliver Cromwell.
Both Families should come together to help preserve this wonderful piece of history. Losing it in this era is unimaginable. There is greater wealth today than in these past era's and it should be preserved for Historical Value alone.
Surely missing some "great's" over there?
Just thinking the same. One of my great-great-grandfathers was born in 1875. That's only five generations back and not a full century before my birth. Seems there would be many more greats to get back to the Cromwell era.
and you are bragging about that? kinda like bragging about hitler being your favorite uncle.
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That was beautiful seeing the once children revisiting their childhood. The feeling of your mother's bedroom, something hopefully most of us know and remember with a sense of deep comfort.
How special to listen to John and Kate as they reminisce about their childhood at Hinchingbrooke. Julie, the depth of your love for the family history is heartwarming. The time spent with the school gentlemen was also amazing. They have done their best to preserve as much as possible. ❤
The Earl's mother was simply beautiful
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I love hearing about the family from the Earl and his sister! At one point when the Earl was smiling I could see his resemblance to Luke!! Thank you for arranging this!!
It's absolutely lovely how you are contributing and help highlight the richness of this family history that is now part of yours. Making it accessible and approachable, what a blessing you are to each other. This is so cool.
Thank you so much!
What a blessing, the school preserving everything for future generations of children to learn the history of the home/school.
What I love is the dedication to preserving history. Instead of just ‘I got lucky and married into Nobility’, you stepped into your position as Viscountess and took on the responsibilities of not only representing your position as a noble, but you have committed your time and efforts to the bones of both your home and your husband’s heritage.
What a pleasure it was to see how close brother and sister were and still are. It was lovely being shown around such a magnificent place. From South Australia 🇦🇺 ♥️
Such an emotional trip and the memories so vivid for the Earl and his sister. Thank you for sharing this visit with us.
Oh the EXCITEMENT of the discovery of the Cedar tree stump…”RUMP” ! Loved it so much !!!! So happy you have captured ALL of these memories with your Father in law and his sweet Sister !
Seeing the sibling banter peek out was so endearing!
It’s lovely that there is a comprehensive school there filled with children to appreciate it. I’m sending my prayers out to the universe to help preserve everything for future generations. 💖 You have been lovely to help capture all those memories and stories. I’m here in Canada and my family just had DNA tests that said we are about 23 degrees or so connected to Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, two founding fathers and Jimmy Carter among others - which makes me think so many of us must be connected and more so in more ways than we realize as well as in spirit - that it’s all a common history for everyone to appreciate and celebrate.
I love this!! This is beautiful!
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Hmm … of course Elizabeth I. and Mary Queen of Scots were related, but to throw Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Jimmy Carter plus 2 Founding Fathers into the mix - WOW !
Im afraid y’all got taken in, probably paying quite a bundle for those fake DNA test results … 😂
By the way, I can trace my family on my fathers side back to the very late 18th century, but I’m not related to anyone famous or noble or such … mostly just simple craftsmen, shop owners and one or 2 small factory owners thrown in 😉
I don’t understand why some people are so obsessed with wanting to be related to someone famous or to nobility - can’t you simply enjoy finding out about history, castles (I do enjoy castles and old buildings in general) and life in long bygone times?
Julie...as a fellow American raised near and in Paris as a young girl, your videos bring back such wonderful memories of old Europe from my childhood. I have only discovered your channel in the last year. This was the most magical tour you have had since I started watching your videos. I found myself getting teared up as well as you learned about your family's history from your husband's relatives. I'm a Tudor descendant as well as well as from England, Scotland, and Ireland, so I soak up as much of Great Britain as I can, especially, British TV and RUclips channels. Your part in telling history is such a delight. I love how you have incorporated some British "lingo" into your exclamations, as well as hearing the English pronunciation of some words. How blessed you are to have the best of both worlds. It would be great to incorporate more genealogy into the areas that you explore...maybe as an extension of your show. I have the names of dozens and dozens of places my ancestors lived, so I'm always listening out for the places you visit. Many blessings to you and your continued success. Your friend from Texas! Suzanne Sims
When you say you were a tudor descendant from Ireland it sounds like your family would have been the ruling class subjugating my people for centuries. Your family would have been the British aristocracy that enforced the potato famine willingly on my ancestors.
Julie , you are a mench . Your love of your family is beautiful . This experience was priceless for them . Knowing how much you love them is such a gift .
Your Dear Father In-Law &. Mother
In-Law, are such a Blessing Julie.🥰
They are Humble, Caring, Gracious people, who have such a Wealth of History &. Knowledge.
Love seeing them always.😊
Julie, your authenticity is absolutely heart-warming
This was wonderful to see. Family history is so important to keep alive. I only know of my family who immigrated to Canada from the Ukraine. Anything previous was lost to Holodomir, and the churches records of births were burned by Stalin and his predecessors.. And they continue to do so. So much family histroy destroyed. It makes me sad.
I love that there is so much love for your family and recording these memories will be cherished by the generations to come. Julie, you will be looked back upon as the American granny who kept everything alive, and your enthusiasm is contagious. I cried when you cried. You are a true gem to the family.
Don’t assume that all records were burned. A lot more survived or was also held at alternate locations than assumed. You may be able to find much more than you thought possible.
Your father in law seems like a very nice man. I miss my elders I had growing up. One of the things I regret is not finding out more about their parents and grandparents.
What a sweet moment, of watching John & Kate reminisce their lives and family members. Julie, this is the sweetest gift you could ever give them & your family and for future generations. ❤️ The flashbacks to yesteryear photos jumping to current times, is seeing time through a time machine.
Julie, a mangle, is also a rolling iron and was used in smoothing out wrinkled in sheets, pillowcases, clothing, dining room table clothes and napkins
In NZ we called them a wringer through which you pushed the wet clothes to wring them out, with a handle to turn the wringers around . It was attached to an old fashioned wringer washing machine, which was a cylinder (on feet), that had a central arm that sloshed the water back and forth. Much more labour intensive because it didn't automatically spin the clothes like nowdays, and the clothes were still pretty wet.
Julie, the family was blessed the day you married into the family. I enjoyed this video and the story touched my heart. Rich in history! Your father-laws sister called you “sweet” and you really are a treasure. Thank you for the hard work & tour. Preserving the past is so important to our future generations. Loved this episode!! 💕Evan
What a fabulous journey with two absolutely lovely people! It's a joy watching them stroll through their family home. I would swear they got younger with every step and every memory. Just beautiful!
This was so wonderful, thank you. 🙏 was born in England but live in America now but I still feel I belong in England. When I visit it is very emotional for me. This was so special to be able to take this tour with you today. I love your show
This was a fabulous story. The history of this house and the stories of your family members who actually lived there was facinating . I am sad for you that the castle was sold, however, it is being maintained and the public does get to see it. Your family does have Mapperton and due to you and your family’s business accumen and dedication to hard work, Mapperton is one of the finest examples of British homes. Julie, the family is blessed to have you. This little American girl has been a major asset!!!! I commented on this before and am again. When I saw the video of you on hands and knees frantically hand picking confetti from the lawn in time for the next event, it showed just what a hard worker you are. I will suggest that you keep a clip of this at hand to show any potential daughter in law!!!! Just saying!!!
Thank you Jan!!! xx Julie
The sister was a wondefully fun lady, i can imagine she is a great great character.
I laughed at the "dryer" name for the mangle. We called it a "wringer" up here in Canada, as it wrung the water from the clothes before you hung them up to dry.
Yes. I'm also in Canada. My grandmother used a wringer washer. Two of those "rolling pin" things, one over the other, and the whole affair on a swivel so that she could move it over the large galvanized-metal washtub that was set on the floor and filled with rinse water. You'd turn the crank on the side and the rollers would move against east other. As you fed the clothing in between the rollers, they would press the water out of the clothes. The wash water would end up going back into the wash tub, and the resulting squished clothes would go into the galvanized rinse tub. Once the rinse was over, they'd go through the wringers again before being taken out and hung on the line. Over on this side of the pond, a "mangle" is a large paddle affair almost the size of a small cot, that acted like a steam clothes press. A flat-ish table on which you would set the clothes and tidy them up for pressing, then a handle to bring down the large plate and press it onto the pants or shirt or dress, or what have you. You'd press hard, steam would escape, and you'd have a piece of clothing steam-ironed in one go.
Yes, in America we called it a wringer, also.
We call it a wringer in Australia as well.😊
You are an amazing asset in preserving your home, Mafferton. Your attention to detail and enthusiasm is second to none - thank you for all of your hard work Julie
Your presentations are always so beautiful and professionally produced. I would go as far as saying the best on RUclips especially for this genre. The time and effort is greatly appreciated. It's as if it were done by the BBC or PBS in America. I don't know how your in-laws kept it together during the walking tour. The melancholy memories would have me with tears rolling down my cheeks. Talk about the British stiff upper lip. !!!
So sad but also glorious seeing the old 70s footage..time flies so fast and all those experiences lived and now lost..such a saddening thing the passage of time. Something i have terrible trouble with esp of other people such as here.
OMG! The library the way it was in pictures. I would have absolutely lived in there reading and gloriously looking at every book so happily..and the furnishings there..absolutely marvelous!🌟Seeing how the library room is now compared to then shows exactly that the same books are still there in the same places they were then! It’s really so amazing and so happy it was preserved!
Well done to Tom who obviously has spent so much time learning about the history of the school where he teaches. Sure he is a wonderful History teacher. My favourite subject at school.
This was fascinating! I prefer this type of storytelling. It did not seem rushed. Thank you so much!
44:25 The British call it a mangle and I think Americans actually call it a wringer. Ever heard the term ‘put it through a wringer?’ Squeezes the water out before you hang the laundry out to dry. It is the spin function on modern washing machines today, squeezing/wringing all the water out so nothing’s dripping wet and heavy, ready for hanging up to dry or putting in the dryer.
I'm almost crying, myself ... I see you, Julie, getting to spend time with your father-in-law and your aunt, to whom this place was HOME. for THREE HUNDRED YEARS and MORE. These are the VERY LAST CONNECTIONS of the Montagus to the house that was their HOME since the 1660s. There is NOTHING which can possibly equate to such a connection to British history! I am SO VERY HAPPY that you were able to share this connection with them, and to document the VERY long tradition that connects them to the long, long line of the history of Britain.
(Possibly it hits harder for me, as I've lived since the 1970s with Pepys's Diary, with its frequent mentions of trips to Hinchingbrooke and interactions with "my Lord".)
Oh Julie! This was a such a moving and extremely interesting video! The Earl and his sister were wonderful, what a lovely reminisce to hear. I am British and I have to say even I had a few tears! The history teacher was awesome, I wish I had had one like him, how lucky those students are! Thank you, I think this is the best video I have seen this year! 😀
I have watched a lot of documentaries, but this one has to be the best. The backstory, current history, details all wrapped up in excitement and emotion. Jolly good, well done!
This is so moving! They are so excited remembering their childhoods. Absolutely stunning!
How wonderful to see John and Kate reminiscing! (I can see so much of John in Luke!) Thank you for sharing your history with us.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I feel like I have already seen this Vlog where your inlaws visit Hinchinbrook 😊
@@annagallo7504 I think so too. I remember the scene in the library.
@@debbiemilan2867 this was first shown on her American Viscountess channel.
When the photo of the family when the children were a bit older, Johns blond hair makes a mini Luke.
Lovely to hear the stories. Such a precious moment with John and Kate. Thank you for sharing ❤
I would not have had the heart to leave all the family portraits behind. It's familiy!
Julie what a wonderful history video…your father-in-law and his sister gave such a good description of life in the house as children…truly a very interesting video they brought their young life in the house to life..fantastic….love all your videos🙏❤️👍
I stubbled upon your channel, I follow the royals and your channel pop up in my feed. I want you to know just how much I love and appreciate what you are doing. I can’t wait to go back and watch every episode. I have watched all day and I cant put into words how much I love what you are doing. Thank you and please keep doing what you do. It’s so refreshing and inspiring to watch.
Wow, thank you!
I like your aunt’s gracious appreciation that the family home is still thriving with life!
Dear Julie, You have created such a wonderful documentary series! I really loved this episode. You have some wonderful history to pass on to your children! ❤
That was such an emotional video, I teared up as well. My mother is English and I have had the opportunity to visit her childhood home and how change can be memorable, but also sad. I met my English grandparents when I was 21 years old as my mother married my father an American soldier in 1951. Thank you for that wonderful history lesson.
It's so heartwarming to see and you and your father in law relationship, I can tell you both get on well and the love he has ❤ cute
No matter the home, grand or modest, the stories, the memories we share of our childhood experiences in the places where we grew up are the history of each of us. I am a lifelong Anglophile (maiden name Browning) so I understand the viewpoint from loving history, old homes, and English period architecture. Thank You for sharing this tour with us all. 🙏🙂
This has been such a thrill to walk with you all and hear the stories of the castle and how life was then. What a stunning old home, with many, many wonderful memories that will go on forever. I hope everyone who comes to visit will take away their memories, and share with the world forever and forever. ❤
I loved this video, sister and brother, their memories, the architecture that was preserved, a school with real historical history. Thank you so much for sharing real footsteps of time. ❤
thank you for the story, it's amazing that hundreds of people now get to view it and more people good to share the history and you still live in a lovely house
I have followed you for some time, but I do not keep up to date with all of the videos. You and I, Julie, are similar, I grew up in the UK and moved to the US when I was 8. (While you are primarily American, then British, I am vice versa.) I am now 29, I also live in Illinois. My father is American, mother is British. My maternal grandmother (Scottish) inherited a small estate in Scotland, a castellated house also, much smaller. But we take pride in it. The loss of a historic house sometimes happens due to someone being born of the wrong sex, but the price is a story in itself. It feels nice to always return to something that has been in the family for generations. In 1921 we lost the big house, nothing compared to Hinchingbrooke, but it had been in the family for 380ish years. Similar to Mapperton, we had a smaller house that in the twentieth century seemed to handle our needs, rather than the big house.
Thankyou for sharing your family and wonderful history..that you are proud, rightfully..a simply beautiful slice of history you are able to participate with and add to, and in a hundred or 2 , you yourself will be mentioned and associated with the history of a long standing family..how amazing.
This is a beautiful tour of a beautiful family home. I love the banter between John and Kate❤
Thanks so much! 😊
wonderfully done! I so love you finding such value in the history of the family and of the homes they occupied!
Julie, your empathy shines through. I really loved your conversation with Lord Sandwich.
We think of the English as so proper, but these two reliving their youth and family, is so special to watch. What wonderful memories they have. Really well done & enjoyable documentary.
You made me cry…bittersweet..lovely, just lovely…thank you so much for sharing your collective memories❤️🙏
I love the display of emotion here ❤
This film is a poignant time capsule for future generations. I particularly loved how the story of the house’s evolution continues to the contributions and discoveries of the school renovation. Kate’s comment that it is good that now thousands of children live in the walls rather than just 6 rattling around the vastness of the dwelling is so generous and a credit to the family.
This was an OUTSTANDING tour!!!
Thank you SO very much for your time and knowledge of the past. God bless you all.
That was so cool Julie. Live Canada, but I love England, her buildings, her countryside, her history and her stories. It was delightful to have John and Kate talk about their childhood home as you guys visited. An inspired idea.
I’m just a random American but seeing this made me emotional for some reason. Such a beautiful place full of memories for these two. The sister is such a rebel & explorer still at her age. They’re adorable. You’re lucky to have experienced this.
I can even tell that you have picked up on some of their accents & it’s so cute. Loved watching this, thank you all for sharing this experience with us! ♥️
Dear Vicountess Montagu, many properties and periods come and go, many things change hands for various reasons, some sad, some for the best. Sometimes we do not see these benefits for several years. You are testament to elegance and acceptance and sympathetic to your in laws in such a lovely way. I suppose for some it's about the money and prestige, but really it's all about Noblesse Obligé.
Thank you for the lovely testament to your British family. Well done!
Loving Ex-pats..
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Hi Julie, great presentation. One thing you did not mention was the incredibly high taxes imposed following ww2, starting in 1945 the tax rate on the estate following a death of the owner was 75% and income taxes starting in 1949 were at the rate of 99.25% above a very low level, around L 500 for everyone, the rate of income tax dropped to 97.25% a little later and even in 1975 any earned income above L 20,000 was taxed at this rate.
Yes, it was really the final nail in the coffin of life in Great Country Houses (following industrialisation in WWI and WWII drawing away large numbers of workers who previously worked in service, who did not return, creating a great scarcity in domestic service workers). It was a great shame, but also, I don't know how it could have been avoided, given Britain's need to rebuild after WWII.
I truly enjoyed seeing your inlaws John and Kate share their memories of growing up at Hitchingbrook.
Glad you enjoyed it
Such a brilliant film. So interesting, charming and inciteful. As with Julie's other work, it not only creates an invaluable record of history that could so easily be lost, but also creates meaning and builds purpose for continuation of the Montagu family's role. Luke and Julie are such a strong generation of the family. Modern, down to earth, but carrying forward the privileges and obligations of the family with such grace and hard work. I can't help but say: Luke married well!
To maintain and even build the continuity of an aristocratic family is surely so hard to navigate in these modern times. Luke and Julie brilliantly implement a smart vision with wisdom, humour, a light touch, tenacity and relentless hard work. History will remember them kindly. I'm sure others will be heavily influenced by their approach.
Am I the only one thinking that Mapperton feels more homy and is just as beautiful, if not more than hinchinbrook ? I understand the family souvenirs are something but I don't think they lost in exchange. I would love to live at Mapperton and it is not a bad place to end up !
Listening to those two, the memories flooding back, the looks on their faces as they toured the place ... so wonderful and heartwarming. This, I think, may be one of your most beautiful videos. A real piece of heart, this is.
Thank you, Viscountess, for taking us with you on your fascinating journey through time at Hinchingbrooke House. And to hear the Earl and his sister reminiscing about their childhood was so moving.
Julie, I am fighting tears watching this. How much it must hurt to see how the updates have changed so much of your ancestral home… I too love history and find myself becoming very attached to old homes. It is also wonderful to have your father-in-law and his sister with you to bring back the memories they have while growing up there….
How amazing! I bet his family history is amazing to hear
I would have loved to know what their Mother had painted in that amazingly bright beautiful room. And what has happened to her paintings?
So lovely -- amazing memories. And Julie, Americans call(ed) it a mangle also! When I was a little girl, we had a washing machine and used a mangle to squeeze water out of the clothing. My mother would not allow me to use the mangle until I was a little older. We used the mangle to move the clothing from the soapy water into the rinse water tub, then again from the rinse water into the laundry basket to take it out to the clothesline. --Nancy in Lake Cty, Illinois
We called them wringers. My grandparents had one in their garage along with a million other old vintage items. My siblings and I have wonderful memories of rummaging through that old building. They were the fun grandparents!
I can completely understand your emotions regarding the history, and stories, of this beautiful dwelling. I got a bit emotional, as well. I kept hoping to hear more stories, from the brother and sister. I could sit, or go from one room/area/place to another, listening to the remembrances of their time there. It also helps to have photographs of what each room/area/place looked like at that time.
I might have missed it but did they no longer live in their father’s side of the home at all? They stayed on the nunnery side even when their mother was in London? Just curious. I know they weren’t alone and things were different back then but it just seems so odd to not go back to their father’s side of the home when mother was away. Also, this is so incredible to see. I’m glad they get to visit the old family home still.
Having read Pepys diary he was always talking about Hinchingbrooke he being related to the Earl of Sandwich. So interesting to finally see it. Took me about 2 1/2 years to read the entire diary.
Fascinating family history. I really enjoyed watching your video. It's you Julie who's brought new life and lots of love bck to Mapperton & Family. Great job! 🥰
Julie I am so glad you are starting to dress the part. You look absolutely beautiful today! Keep it up. It really does suit you. Your channel is inspiring and interesting.
This was such a great episode and exspirence to view that you for sharing and thank you to father in law and sister for the memories and love that was so alive in that home. Amazing job 👏
That was lovely, I'm sure your memory will be just as sharp for future generations. It's nice that it has become a school housing young minds and youthful spirits just like when your father in law and aunt were young living there. It's sad that wars are so destructive to everyone's lives. I remember my Dad telling me about all his jobs he had as a child during the war in London, he use to tell the American soldiers he had no change when he was selling newspapers and would sometimes score a pound sterling much to their annoyance.
Oh! I love your car, Julie! What a beautiful color it is!!! Thank you for sharing the history of such a beautiful castle and your family's stories. I enjoy it so much.
A very proud vicountess and rightfully so..have wonderful, such a privelidge.
This was just spectacular. It made me very emotional to watch. What a huge loss to the family and history. I can't imagine the feelings all three of you had when going through the castle. Just to think of the people and the things that happened in the house is unimaginable. What history!
It is wonderful the house is still standing. How thankful the family must be!
Thank you so much for bringing us through that emotional journey with you.
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful family story! 🥰
It makes me sad to hear that any of these fabulous homes were demolished. Such a loss!
It’s not surprising they had to sell. Homes requisitioned during the war were often returned to the families in a dilapidated state. If the title-holder died during the war, the family would have to pay estate tax, which combined with renovation costs, and the operating expenses, were just too much to afford.
Hi Julie, I love this video, Luke's dad and aunt, are such lovely people. Sometimes it's hard to get a visual on how thing used to be as they are being explained, so thank you for the photos. Can't the students hold raffles and fund raisers to help fund the roof. There has to be something that can be done, maybe the historical society can also fund raise. Thank you for sharing the family history with us. Love from N.Y.
Thank you so much!
So emotional to revisit this much loved original family seat
I am struck by how Julie laments the loss of the house, while I feel for the aristocratic family lowering themselves to sit outside their home holding their hands out like beggars instead of enjoying their weekend. I’m not an aristocrat, far from it, my great grandparent were share croppers and dirt farmers, and I would feel so humiliated to be reduced to “begging” so I could stay in my home. I can certainly understand the decision to go to a smaller house to maintain/ regain a way of life.
British mangle = American wringer
The aristocratic had the gift of being shown the only difference between themselves and beggars, was money. Go back and switch the aristocrat and beggar at birth, it would turn out the same way. Except for minor differences in appearance, they start on identical. One gets good food, an education, very little physical labor and grows up being told that their name, makes them better than most other people. The other gets to eat the scraps of the better people, no education, hard physical labor starting not long after they learn to walk, and a lifetime of being told and treated like they are nothing and and never will be anything. The best live they can hope for is the superior people might throw them their table scraps, and allow them to do the hard physical labor and jobs far to disgusting for for the elevated aristocracy. As I said before, switch them at birth, the result would be the same. Just 2 human animals, one is fed and treated well, the other starved and beaten, and the beaten animal will spend it's life being told it can only blame itself for not being as good as the animal that was treated well. All that avoidable misery, thank to a pointless name given to the animal, and the amount of money the animal's parent has at the moment. Humans are just mammals with a slightly bigger brain thanks random genetic changes. Try to look objectivity at the human race, and the amount of destruction far outweighs the achievements. The view people have of themselves and the rest of the world, is wildly skewed depending on the amount of money and possession's a person has at any moment. There are a few people that are not so self absorbed and short sighted, but not nearly enough to make a positive difference.
I think that this family is lucky to have you to be appreciative, grateful, respect of the family you married into.Good on you! Bless
I guess ı watched the third time Hinchingbrooke episodes and ı am never even bored of it , it’s just incredibly amazing and Julie you are wonderful it’s very nice you to cherish and treasure your husbunds family history.
There couldn’t be a better Viscountess Hinchinbrooke
Glad you enjoy it!
I'm so sorry for the loss of history and tradition although the change which caused these financial problems were deeply needed. I wish all the heirs good luck and hopefully more support than they got in the past in order to keep this history of England alive!