Ever wanted to be a real-life Lord and Lady of the Manor? Now’s your chance.
Along with a reception hall, drawing room, dining room, external office, and garden studio, the five-bedroom property comes with a highly unique extra: the title of “Lord of the Manor of Mythe and Mythe Hook.”
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Kitchen.Knight Frank
“Locally it is referred to as the infamous King John’s Hunting Lodge, however, there has been a structure on the site since Roman times,” reads the listing from real estate agentsKnight Frank.
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“The first owner on record is believed to be Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror and subsequently, Tewkesbury Abbey was believed to have a free-standing chapel on the site.
“The house is beautifully presented and combines architecture from the medieval and 16th century with modern-day finishes and comforts.”
Should you want to follow in the footsteps of Matilda of Flanders, however, you have an awful lot to live up to.
Living room.Knight Frank
Born in 1031, she was a granddaughter of France’s King Robert II and fluent in Dutch, French, English and Latin.
Bathroom.Knight Frank
The couple married in 1053, when Matilda was 21, and enjoyed an unusually close relationship for the period. Together they had 10 children, including two future kings of England: William II and Henry I. Matilda was also William’s closest political advisor and ruled Normandy for her husband after he left France to conquer England in 1066 — making her just about the most powerful woman in Europe at the time.
Added to that, Matilda was also crowned as the first modern queen of England in 1068 in Westminster — around 900 years beforeQueen Elizabethreceived her own crown in the exact same place.
source: people.com
