02.25.06
Posted in Site News at 3.23 pm by daniel
I’ve had this for sometime now, and on the last incarnation of DanielDykes.com it was certainly one of the most view articles so certainly worth getting back up again!
The Dykes Family
This family appears to have been at an early period located near the Great Roman Wall, or Dyke, which crossed the country from the mouth of the Tyne to the Solway Firth; and from this circumstance they were named Del Dykes, and their abode was called Dykesfield. They are said to have been seated here before the Norman Conquest. A branch of the family at an early period removed into Sussex, and another was settled in Kent.
The earliest portion of the line is lost in the mists of antiquity. A charter without date, but supposed to be of the time of Henry III or Edward II, notifies the fact that Robert Del Dykes conveyed some land which he possessed at Burgh, to one William del Monkys.
The first name on the unbroken genealogical roll is that of William del Dykes, who lived about the time of Edward I.
This family name descended through the six succeeding generations. William del Dykes, the sixth of the name, represented the county in Parliament, in the reign of Henry IV. He received the manor and lands at Wardhall (still in the family) from one Robert Whitehede. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William de Leigh, of Isel, who claimed her descent from Emma, sister to William the Conqueror, and Harlowen de Conteville, or de Burgo, who could trace his pedigree in the direct male line to Charles, Duke of Ingleheim, fifth son of Charlemagne.
He was succeeded by his son, William Dykes, of Wardhall, who married Christiana, daughter of Sir Richard Salkeld, of Corby.
Thomas Dykes, of Wardhall, his son, lived in the reign of Henry VII, and married Isabel, only child and heiress of John Pennington, Esq., of Muncaster Castle, son and heir of Sir John Pennington.
His son, Leonard Dykes, succeeded, and had by his wife, a daughter of John Layton, Esq., of Dalemayne, [presumably Dalemain] a son, Thomas, who succeeded him, and was escheator of Westmorland, in the time of Queen Elizabeth. His wife was Jane, daughter of Lancelot Lancaster, Esq., of Sockbridge, who was descended from Ivo de Tailbois, first baron of Kendal, and uncle of Geoffrey Plantagenet, father of Henry II.
Leonard Dykes married Elizabeth Ann, heiress of Thomas Radcliffe, Esq., of Mayland and Bishopton, in Durham, for which he was arraigned for treason, she being at the time a minor and a ward in Chancery. He received a pardon, under the great seal, which is still preserved among the family papers. He was sheriff of Cumberland, and held the office of treasurer to the king’s forces for the county. He married a second time Margaret, daughter and co-heir of John Frecheville, of Staveley.
His son, Thomas, by the first wife, succeeded. He was a devoted Royalist. He married Joyce Frecheville, daughter and co-heir of John Frecheville. This lady was descended in a direct line from the Conqueror. His second wife was Jane, daughter of Ralph de la Vale, Esq.
Leonard Dykes succeeded his father, in the reign of Charles II, and married Grace, daughter of John Salkeld, of Threapland, who also traced her descent from the Conqueror. He was twice sheriff of the county, and rebuilt his mansion with an ornamental stone front, designed by Inigo Jones, architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.[This is wrong - St. Paul’s was designed by Sir Christopher Wren].
Frecheville Dykes, his son and heir, married, in 1697, Jane, sister of Gilfrid Lawson, and was succeeded in the estates by his son, Leonard Dykes, who married, in 1728, Susannah, only surviving child of the Rev. Thomas Capstack, vicar of Newburn.
Their eldest son, Frecheville Dykes, of Wardhall, companion in arms of General Wolfe, married, in 1763, Mary, daughter of John Brougham, Esq., of Cockermouth, and also heiress of her brother, Peter Brougham, of Dovenby, who assumed the name and arms of Lamplugh. There was only one surviving child of this marriage, Mary, consequently her uncle, the younger brother of her father, inherited the estates. His wife, Jane, was the daughter and heiress of John Ballantine, Esq., of Crookdake Hall, and he took the name and arms of Ballantine, in addition to his own, by sign manual.
Their eldest son and successor, Joseph Dykes Ballantine, Esq., married his cousin, Mary, only surviving child of Frecheville Dykes, as before mentioned, and assumed again the name of Dykes by sign manual. The Trustees of L.F.B. Dykes, Esq., of Dovenby Hall, are now the representatives.
Source: Steve Bulman’s Images of Cumbria - Famous Sons and Daughters most likely sourced from Bulmer’s History & Directory Of Cumberland, 1901.
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01.20.06
Posted in Site News at 10.49 pm by daniel
Over the course of the past fortnight we’ve actually snuck it into the site, but without any annoucement (ironically I’ll be blogging about that after this post) Rogue Connect has launched a folksonomy tagging tool for use by our members.
It’s been less than a fortnight of testing it by tagging fashion blog entries and, more recently, member profiles. But already there are some trends developing on the site. I hadn’t really given them much thought until reading a social analysis of tagging today.
The thing that stuck me the most was that some of the ideas and concepts that Rashmi (the author) touched upon after analysis of services such as Flickr and del.icio.us are already appearing at Rogue Connect.
For instance (and only quoting from the introduction in both of these instances);
A behaviorist would say that the I get reinforcement the moment after I tag. The social experience is pleasurable. It gets me hooked, it keeps me coming back.
Getting hooked (along with the simple benefits of having the tagging tool) is one of the reasons we introduced it into Rogue Connect. And it’s paid off, after two weeks our logs have showed that the average time on the site has raised considerably in the areas that feature tagging. For instance, members are no longer just reading style entries, they’re now tagging them as well. What was initially a brief perusal of (and sometimes a comment on) a fashion entry has become a quest to tag it. It could be sexy for instance.
Alternatively, on tagging the article, I might learn that I am the only one interested in that item, the one person who cared to tag that resource. Perhaps I am simply the first one. Perhaps I will become a trendsetter - my act of tagging will enable others to follow behind, discovering my footsteps. I can always imagine…
Okay, this one I’m going to use out of context but I’ve already noted trends appearing on the site. Not in the sense that we’re influencing the next season of fashion to the extent that Sienna Miller and Kate Moss are, but in the way that the tagging tool is being used. At first members were tagging style entries and profiles with single words (the sexy example for instance), but I tried to extend that by using condensed ‘terms’. For instance, I would tag the often blogged “I’m in my PJ’s” or “I’m only wearing a towel” with ‘nakedunderneath‘. Within a few days others had picked up on this tag and begun using it themselves. Hardly trendsetting, but at least trend-encouraging.
I’ll have more on tagging on Rogue Connect’s tagging tool and its implications in the near future, after all, it’s included in the site but we haven’t even announced it to our members.
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Posted in Site News at 8.02 pm by daniel
Natasha Stott Despoja isn’t the smartest of lasses, afterall, Canada is a republic she tells us. I think she ought to at least inform the Canadians of that fact.
So in an opinion piece in the Adelaide Advertiser Natasha has spoken fondly about the latest republican campaign. Of course it proposes little, backs nothing, and only tries to convince us that we need to dump Australia’s working constitution by suggesting Australia’s future really depends on it. Woe is me, shall we turn into pumpkins if we don’t dump our constitution Natasha?
Anyway, as fun as it is to poke fun at her, one points of interest caught my eye;
We need to engage young people, not just because of votes and percentages but as a matter of identity, to ensure they feel engaged in the future of their country.
That’s right, the republic non-issue is all to engage the young people. We young people need it. It’ll be good for us. Yes, I’m a sarcastic sod.
If young people need a republican to engage them then our country is already pretty lost. Not only because people really don’t care about it (bar those who fancy themselves as a president), but because it simply isn’t going to happen.
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