Patrick Comerford
I am back in Tamworth this evening, at the invitation of Tamworth and District Civic Society, to speak about the Wyatt family, an influential architectural dynasty originally from Weeford, between Lichfield and Tamworth.
I caught the train from Milton Keynes earlier this afternoon, and with a few short hours on my hands, I spent a little time in the library on some local history research, stopped briefly at Saint Editha’s Church, once the burial place of the Comberford family, walked around the town, and walked along Lichfield Street as far as the Moat House, once the home of the Comberford family in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The church was closed this afternoon so I did not get in to see the Comberford Chapel and the Comberford family monuments. But from there I walked back along the banks of the River Tame and the River Anker into the grounds of Tamworth Castle, where I admired some sculptures I had not seen before.
I have already spoke on the Wyatt family to Lichfield Civic Society, at a public lecture in Wade Street Church, Lichfield (24 April 2018) and I spoke to both Tamworth and District Civic Society, in Saint Editha’s Church, and to Lichfield Civic Society, once again in Wade Street Church about the history of the Comberford family in 2019.
That year marked the 400th anniversary of a royal visit to Tamworth, when King James I, stayed at Tamworth Castle and Prince Charles, the future Charles I, was a guest of the Comberford family in the Moat House.
I have known Tamworth and Lichfield since my teens, and they are an hour’s journey by train from Lichfield.
It is a pleasure to be invited back here for this evening’s lecture. But more about that later this evening.
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