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Helen Hatton (1860-1904)

Edith P. Hayllar (1860-1948)

Artist who lived at Castle Priory, Wallingford from the age of 15: daughter of James Hayllar.
http://www.lemaze-studio.com/product_pages/artists_h/hayllar_jessica.htm
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1312

James Hayllar (1828-1920) 

Genre painter who lived at Castle Priory, Wallingford 1875-1899, and included Wallingford in many of his paintings, such as "Picture Gallery At The Hall", "Musical Honours" and "First Born At The Cottage" which is thought to feature two of his children. His  children Edith,  Jessica, Mary and and Kate were also artists. His wife, Edith Phoebe Cavell (1827-1899) was aunt to Edith Cavell (1865-1915), a nurse who was shot by firing squad by German forces during the first world war.
http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/biog/Hayl_J.htm
http://www.lemaze-studio.com/product_pages/artists_h/hayllar_james.htm
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/thecentreofattraction.asp
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=1312

James Hayllar

Jessica Hayllar  (1858-1940)

Artist who lived at Castle Priory, Wallingford: daughter of James Hayllar. Many of her works show Wallingford.
http://www.artclub.fsworld.co.uk/Wallyarts/Jessicah.htm
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2553

Kate Hayllar (fl. 1883-1900)

Artist, lived at Castle Priory, Wallingford: daughter of James Hayllar.
http://www.artclub.fsworld.co.uk/Wallyarts/kateh.htm

John Kirby Hedges (1811-1901)

The Hedges family bought Wallingford Castle from the Crown in 1817, and in 1837 John Allnat Hedges built a gothic-style house on the site. John Kirby Hedges, a JP, wrote a very detailed two-volume history of Wallingford. The Hedges Solicitors firm, based in Wallingford, had a Hedges family member as a senior partner from 1789 until 1982.

John Kirby Hedges

Henry II (1132-1189)

Henry, Duke of Anjou was the son of Empress Matilda, and fought to keep Wallingford Castle in the hands of her supporters, before agreeing a deal with King Stephen that would allow him to suceed to the throne of Stephen's death. In gratitude to Wallingford for supporting his cause, he gave the town its charter in 1155.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_ii_king.shtml
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page62.asp
http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/hpr68.htm

Henry II

Henry III (1216-1272)

Henry III, who came to the throne at the age of 10 after the death of his father, King John gave Wallingford Castle to his brother, Richard of Cornwall. Henry III issued a charter in 1218, which changed the day of Wallingford's market.
http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/hpr131.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/henry_iii_king.shtml

Henry III

Henry IV (1367 –1413)

King of England and France and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence the other name by which he was known, "Henry (of) Bolingbroke". His father, John of Gaunt, was the third and oldest surviving son of Edward III. He also had four half-siblings by Katherine Swynford, including John Beaufort, his father's longtime mistress and eventual third wife. During 1399, Henry Bolingbroke began a military campaign while Richard II was in Ireland, seized power and imprisoned him on his return, and became king. He took control of Wallingford Castle during this time, passing it to Thomas Chaucer. Amongst Henry’s sons was the future Henry V.

Henry IV

Henry of Almain (1235–1271)

Henry of Almain, so called because of his father's German connections, was the son of Richard of Cornwall, King of the Romans. As a nephew of both Henry III and Simon de Montfort he wavered between the two at the beginning of the Barons' War, but finally took the royalist side and was among the prisoners taken by Montfort at Lewes (1264), being held at Wallingford Castle and later released. Henry later imprisoned Robert de Ferrers at Wallingford Castle on what were widely regarded to be false charges.

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire (1587–1669)

Thomas was the second son of Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet. He was born in Saffron Walden, Essex. He became Member of Parliament for Wiltshire in 1614. In 1621 he was appointed castellan of Wallingford. He was created Baron Howard of Charlton, Wiltshire and in 1625 he became Earl of Berkshire.

Hubert de Burgh (c1165-1243)

Hubert de Burgh was Earl of Kent, Justiciar of England and Ireland, and held much influence while John and Henry III were kings. He was King John's chamberlain when John became king in 1199, and was given many castles, including Wallingford in 1202. When John captured his nephew Arthur of Brittany, niece Eleanor and their allies in 1202, de Burgh was made their jailor. According to William Shakespeare’s play "King John" the king ordered de Burgh to blind Arthur, but de Burgh refused, but this story is not widely believed. Henry III made de Burgh Earl of Kent, but he was later imprisoned.
http://www.dover-kent.co.uk/people/de_burgh.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_de_Burgh

William Hucks (-1740)

Represented Wallingford in Parliament on several occasions , despite his election being challenged on grounds of bribery in 1715, and was brewer to King George I. He was also a lessee of the castle, and had a farmhouse on the site of the former priory. He lived at Calleva House on the High Street. In 1739 he was robbed by Dick Turpin.
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp02302&rNo=1&role=sit

Hugh I de Audley (c.1250-c1336)

He was imprisoned in Wallingford Castle in 1322 with Maurice de Berkeley by Edward II for opposing the Despensers, but escaped in 1323. He was the father of Hugh de Audley, who married Margaret de Clare, widow of Piers Gaveston, and it is believed this meant he avoided the fate of other rebels.