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Kentchurch is a small village in Herefordshire, England. It is located some south-west of Hereford and north-east of Abergavenny, beside the River Monnow and adjoining the boundary between England and Wales. The village name probably derives from an original dedication of the church to a 5th-century nun, Cein, or her sister Ceingar, who were daughters of Brychan, king of Brycheiniog. According to one version of the legend, Kentchurch was the home of the folk figure Jack o' Kent. ==Kentchurch Court== Kentchurch Court is a historic house and Grade I listed building, dating back largely to the 14th century. It was enlarged in the late 17th or early 18th century, and was partly remodelled in the Gothic revival style by John Nash after 1795. Further reconstruction took place in the 1820s. The estate contains a large deer park, dating from the time when the land was owned by the Knights Templar.〔( Kentchurch Court: House and History )〕〔(Anthony Emery, ''Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales'', Cambridge University Press, 2000, p.554 )〕 It is the family home of the Scudamore family.〔(Kentchurch Court )〕 Family members included Sir John Scudamore, who acted as constable and steward of a number of royal castles in south Wales at the start of the 15th century. He secretly married Alys, one of the daughters of Owain Glyndŵr, in 1410, and it has been suggested that the couple may have harboured Glyndŵr himself at Kentchurch after his disappearance around 1412, until his death.〔(BBC: Wales history: The revolt of Owain Glyndŵr )〕 In 2004, Kentchurch Court was used as the location of a Channel 4 TV show, ''Regency House Party''.〔( Sylvia Roger, ''A dramatic rescue'', Daily Telegraph, 18 February 2004 )〕 It was the subject of another Channel 4 documentary as part of the ''Country House Rescue'' series in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kentchurch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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