# Breamore House > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Breamore_House > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Breamore_House.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breamore_House > Source revision: 1310979249 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Country house in Breamore, Hampshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} thumb|300px|Breamore House, view from the south '''Breamore House''' is an [Elizabethan](/source/Elizabethan) [manor house](/source/manor_house) noted for its fine collection of paintings and furniture and situated NW of [Breamore](/source/Breamore) village, north of [Fordingbridge](/source/Fordingbridge), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), [England](/source/England). Though it remains in private hands, it is open to visitors from April to October.{{cite web |url=http://www.breamorehouse.com/ |title=Home |website=breamorehouse.com}} thumb|left|250px|Breamore house stables and tower N of main house Breamore House was completed in 1583 by the Dodington family, and was built on the site of [Breamore Priory](/source/Breamore_Priory). The building underwent minor changes in the 18th century and underwent considerable [restoration](/source/Building_restoration) after a major fire in 1856. Purchased in the 18th century by Sir Edward Hulse, Baronet, M.D., physician to [Queen Anne](/source/Anne%2C_Queen_of_Great_Britain) and Kings [George I](/source/George_I_of_Great_Britain) and [George II](/source/George_II_of_Great_Britain),Sir Edward Hulse was the son of Edward Hulse, MD, physician to the Court of the William, [Prince of Orange](/source/Prince_of_Orange) in 1677, and Treasurer of the [Royal College of Physicians](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians), London. the house is still inhabited by the Hulse family (see [Hulse baronets](/source/Hulse_baronets)).[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=56891 Breamore House, Hampshire, British History Online][https://books.google.com/books?id=W-IHAAAAQAAJ&dq=edward+hulse+breamore&pg=PA175 History, gazetteer, and directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, William White, 1878] After marriage with Dame Elizabeth, daughter of Sir [Richard Levett](/source/Richard_Levett), [Lord Mayor of London](/source/Lord_Mayor_of_London) and owner of [Kew Palace](/source/Kew_Palace), the Hulse family acquired many heirlooms of the Sussex [Levett](/source/Levett)s, an ancient [Norman](/source/Normans) family, which are on display in the house.[https://books.google.com/books?id=mvIDAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22richard+levett%22+mayor&pg=PA301 The Baronetage of England, John Debrett, 1840] Levett's other daughter, Frances, married Thomas Lewis Esq. of [St. Pierre, Monmouthshire](/source/St._Pierre%2C_Monmouthshire), Wales; his daughter Mary married Abraham Blackborne,Following Blackborne's death, his widow Mary Levett, also mother to barrister Levett Blackborne who became heir of Sir Richard Levett, remarried Robert Thoroton of Screveton Hall, [Flintham](/source/Flintham), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire) in 1722, who was descended from Thomas Thoroton, brother and heir of the famous antiquary [Robert Thoroton](/source/Robert_Thoroton). Mary Blackborne Thoroton nee Levett had several children by Blackborne, including a daughter Elizabeth, who married Charles Chaplin of Tathwell Hall.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZNEKAAAAYAAJ&dq=chaplin+tathwell&pg=PA224] The Thoroton Hildyard family continues to reside at [Flintham](/source/Flintham) today.[http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/Jacks1881/flintham.htm] a London merchant who lived at Clapham,[https://books.google.com/books?id=svwGAAAAYAAJ&q=%22abraham+blackbourn%22 Burial of Abraham Blackbourn, Gent., of Clapham, 1721, Richmond, Surrey, The Publications of the Surrey Parish Register Society, London, 1905] whose son, also named Abraham, vicar of [Dagenham](/source/Dagenham), married Frances Fanshawe,The Fanshawe manor at Dagenham, Valence House, is the only surviving of the five manor houses of Dagenham, and is today a museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/4-valence/valence-menu.html |title=Valence House Museum. Barking and Dagenham |accessdate=2008-11-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704114249/http://www.lbbd.gov.uk/4-valence/valence-menu.html |archivedate=2008-07-04 }} daughter of Thomas Fanshawe of Parsloes Manor.[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHiYRb8sq68C&dq=british+history+online+richard+levett+kew&pg=PA635 The House of Commons, 1690-1715, David Hayton, 2002][https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45389 Levet tombs, Saint Anne's Church, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, British History Online][https://books.google.com/books?id=B-gKAAAAYAAJ&dq=fanshawe+parsloes&pg=PA154 Abraham Blackbourne, Visitation of England, Joseph Jackson Howard, England College of Arms, 1906] Sir Edward Hulse's only daughter, Elizabeth, married John Calvert of Albury Hall, [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire) in 1757.One of Elizabeth Hulse's brothers was Sir Edward Hulse, Bart., who married Hannah Vanderplanck; the other was Richard Hulse, who served as [High Sheriff of Kent](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Kent) in 1768. John Calvert was [member of Parliament](/source/member_of_Parliament) for Wendover in 1754 and later for Hertford. The wedding was performed by Abraham Blackborne, vicar of Dagenham, Essex.[https://books.google.com/books?id=sKUKAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22abraham+blackborne%22&pg=PA72 The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, London, 1886] The brothers Thomas, Edward and Richard, sons of Sir Edward Hulse and his wife Elizabeth, all attended the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge).{{acad|id=HLS753T|name=Hulse, Thomas}} A fourth son, Levett, died as an infant. ==Film Locations== Breamore House was used as one of the locations for the 2005 film ''[Pride & Prejudice](/source/Pride_%26_Prejudice_(2005_film))''. Breamore was also a filming location for [HBO](/source/HBO)'s 2009 special on [Winston Churchill](/source/Winston_Churchill) entitled ''[Into the Storm](/source/Into_the_Storm_(2009_film))'', where the house stood in for [Chequers](/source/Chequers), the home of the [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom).[http://www.south-central-media.co.uk/chrono_list.htm The South-Central Region on Screen] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Breamore House}} *[http://www.breamorehouse.com/ Breamore House] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080907063507/http://www.spanglefish.com/Breamore An alternative site created by the Butler] *[https://books.google.com/books?id=Cq8KAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22sir+richard+levett%22&pg=PA641 Hulse of Hampshire, John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire] *[http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsWilmington/MIsWilmington.htm Monumental inscriptions, Wilmington church graveyard, Kent Archaeological Society, kentarchaeology.co.uk] {{coord|50.9705|-1.7839|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title}} {{Authority control}} Category:Country houses in Hampshire Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Hampshire Category:Grade II* listed houses Category:Open-air museums in England Category:Historic house museums in Hampshire Category:New Forest District Category:New Forest folklore Category:1583 establishments in England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Breamore House](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breamore_House) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breamore_House?action=history)). 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