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ANTIQUE #SA678130

Michael Dahl, 1659 - 1743 portrait Of Anne Byerley Of Middridge Grange And Goldsborough Hall Circa 1645-

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Michael Dahl, 1659 - 1743
 
Portrait of Anne Byerley of Middridge Grange and Goldsborough Hall Circa 1645-
 
Signed/Inscribed:
 
''MRS BYERLEY MOTHER TO COL BYERLEY''
 
oil on canvas
 
127 x 102 cm. (50 x 40 in.)
 
Anne was the younger daughter of Sir Richard Hutton of Goldsborough Hall & Margaret Wentworth . She married Col. Anthony Byerley of Middridge Grange, (d.1667) a Royalist who commanded a regiment which was garrisoned in the house with him and his family. This body of men built up a fine reputation for their indomitable spirit, earning the label of Byerley’s Bulldogs. They served under the Marquess of Newcastle during hostilities, and are known to have fought in the Siege of York and the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644. Following the Restoration in 1660, Col. Byerley was awarded the Order of the Royal Oak for his feisty efforts. It is said that a great underground tunnel exists in the grounds of the estate, which could well date to this troubled time – indeed, King Charles I himself was supposed to have taken refuge for a time at the Grange during the war.
 
Anthony and Anne''s Byerley’s fourth son, Robert, was born in 1660. At the age of 14 he found himself in charge of the Middridge Grange estate after the death of his father and his three older brothers. Then, in 1685, he became an MP; and a year later found himself embroiled in the Battle of Buda as part of the Holy League’s campaign against the Turks. It was during this time that he gained possession of his famous Arabian horse, which came to be known as the ‘Byerley Turk’. He took it home with him and it lived with the family at Middridge Grange, before following Robert to his new home at Goldsborough, near Knaresborough, in the mid 1690s. During its stay at Middridge, the horse served as Robert Byerley’s charger during his military forays – including the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. But what was so special about the Byerley Turk was that it was the earliest of the three founding stallions of t...
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