#Marchioness of Hexham

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the fact that edith is on the cover is truly such a win for me ????

New Downton Abbey Companion Book: The Costumes of Downton Abbey

An Official Companion to the Downton Abbey Films and TV Series: An exclusive inside look at the intricate and glamorous costuming of the popular PBS series, with complete historical detail and beautiful imagery. An inside look at the intricate costuming of the popular PBS series, including character costume choices and the historic fashion trends characteristic of the aristocracy during the Edwardian era. Appealing to Anglophiles, costume and sewing aficionados, and fans of the hit series, The Costumes of Downton Abbey presents—with comprehensive historical detail and beautiful imagery—the design decisions and wardrobe intricacies that shaped the glamour and elegance of the characters of Downton Abbey. Featuring the fashion of both upstairs and downstairs cast members, this title explores the unique daytime, evening, special occasion, and wedding wardrobes that led to a 2011 Emmy and several Emmy nominations for Outstanding Costumes for a Series. Detailed photographs, fan-favorite stills from the television series, and designer notes and insights make this a delightful and informative guide to the role costumes played in the character portrayal, story development, and art direction of the series.

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I need an Edith and Bertie Downton Abbey spin-off so baddddf ARGH

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Fantasy Guide to Marquesses & Marchionesses

This new series will offer an indepth view of each noble title in the standard European hierarchy of noble titles. Here we will discuss what they are, their lands, their jobs and everything you need to know when writing them. Today, we will focus on Marquesses.

What exactly is a Marquess?

A Marquess is second highest rank one can hold today but once, it was the same as the Earl/Count - the only difference is that their lands were at the borders. Or the 'March' or 'mark'. This of course is an important stretch of land (the marquessate) so it stands that the Marquess is very powerful. A Marquessate is passed along to one's children and granted by the monarch.

Titles, Titles

The Marquess is addressed as The Most Honourable, Lord X. For example, Bertie Pelham of Downton Abbey is the Marquess of Hexham and is referred to as Lord Hexam. A ruling female Marquess is a Marchioness. However, Anne Boleyn held this rank with the title Marquess rather than Marchioness.

The Family of the Marquess

Like the aforementioned Duke, the Marquess may have extra titles but will just go by Marquess as it's the highest of their titles. Their heir will usually adopt the second highest of their titles like Earl/Count or Viscount. Their sons would be styled Lord Firstname and their daughters as Lady Firstname. The wife of a Marquess is a Marchioness, but the husband of a Machioness (in her own right), would not be. He would just retain his birth title. As for same-sex couples, I'm spitballing here, but they may take on a secondary title of the Marquess/Marchioness or just retain their birth titles.

The Role of the Marquess

As mentioned before, Marquessates are on the border so they are in charge of patrolling the border, they are in charge of everybody in their Marquessate from peasant right up to Earl/Count. They are in control of this section, the highest power in law and order, politics and all things in that section with only the Duke and monarch above them . They handle administration at the highest level, raising troops for the crown in times of war, see the collection of taxes and sometimes they might even advise the monarch if they are offered a place of the monarch's council. They would also attend the monarch at their coronation.

Cribs

Marquesses like a lot of nobility would have multiple houses, manors, estates etc. Their homes would be among the grandest in the land and the social hubs for the marquessate - even the country. A Marquess would sometimes live at court when invited but would also have the homes in the capital. This vast portfolio can become a source of income as the Marquess can rent them out or a handy way to shelf relatives who depended on them.

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ok ok ok concept: a murder mystery à la Clue, but the manor it's happening in is either Downton Abbey or one of the smaller houses we see.

Colonel Mustard is Robert in his season 2 uniform. I know he wasn't a colonel, but a lord lieutenant. Doesn't matter. He's in uniform for some reason.

Mademoiselle Rose is Mary, who keeps attracting every man around without meaning to.

Mrs White is either Daisy or Mrs Patmore.

Professor Plum can be Molesley, although he's just a teacher.

Dr Olive is Dr Clarkson.

Mrs Peacock is either Lady Violet, or the Marchioness of Hexham, or Sybil herself, who was blue-coded at some point.

The catch? the murder to investigate is the death of Mr Pamuk, who actually just got a heart attack. Everyone is trying to hide proof anyway because the place where he got the heart attack is very conspicuous.

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Royal and Noble Addresses

Just a little bit of writing advice for writing a fictional kingdom or empire. Regarding how a royal or noble is meant to be addressed.

Any senior most religious figure (pope, high sage, high priest etc.) are 'Your Holiness' or 'Your Eminence'. So, the current pope is: ''His Holiness, Pope Francis.'' as is the Dalai Lama.

An Emperor or Empress is always ''Your Majesty''. So, they'd be addressed as ''His/Her Majesty, The Emperor/Empress''.

A King or Queen is normally also ''Your Majesty''. But, you can also get away with ''Your Highness'' or ''Your Grace'' if you're going medieval. Sire and Madam afterwards. So, in real life, King Charles of the UK is 'His Majesty, The King.' names aren't usually needed.

Princes and Princesses are always ''Your Royal Highness'' or simply ''Your Highness''. Sire and Madam also apply. In real life, Prince William is 'His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales'.

A Duke or Duchess is ''Your Grace'' never ''Your Lord/Ladyship'' or 'My Lord/Lady''. Sir and madam can also be used. 'My Lord Duke' or 'My Lady Duchess' can also be used verbally.

A Marquess or Marchioness is ''Your Lordship/Ladyship''. Sir and madam also apply here. Also ''Lord/Lady x' can be used. So, in Downton Abbey, Bertie and Edith are the Marquess and Marchioness of Hexham, and can be called 'Lord and Lady Hexham'.

An Earl or Countess is ''Your Lord/Ladyship''. Sir and madam can also be used. As can 'Lord/Lady x'. Also in Downton Abbey, Robert and Cora are The Earl and Countess of Grantham, and can be called 'Lord and Lady Grantham'.

A Viscount or Viscountess are 'My Lord/Lady'. Sir and madam also apply. As can 'Lord/Lady x'. Anthony and Kate in Bridgerton are the Viscount and Viscountess Bridgerton, so can be called 'Lord and Lady Bridgerton'.

A Baron or Baroness are 'My Lord/Lady'. Sir and madam follow after the title, and 'Lord'Lady x' apply as well. Dickie and Isobel in Downton Abbey are Baron and Baroness Merton, so are called 'Lord and Lady Merton'.

A Lord or Lady is simply 'My Lord/Lady firstname'. Again, sir and madam follow. But, anyone simply titled as a lord or lady is addressed by their first name only. So, in Downton Abbey, Mary is not 'Lady Crawley' or 'Lady Talbot', she is 'Lady Mary'.

Knights are always 'Sir'. A Dame (if used as a female knight title) can be 'Madam'.

Regular people are the usual 'Mister', 'Mrs', 'Master', or 'Miss'

If you wanna add someone into your court who is the chief magic user in the realm, you can go for Archmage or something similar, and have their address be 'Your Eminence' or something like that.

If your monarch is a bit messed up in the head, and declares themself a God on Earth, so a God-King or God-Emperor, you can opt for 'Your Radiance' or 'Your Worship' or something to hammer the point home.

It's also worthwhile to note ; many people with one of these titles, often have a few lower on the hierarchy. If your Prince is also a Duke, his senior most title as Prince takes precedence. As does his Princess' as Duchess.

Hope this helps! Happy writing!

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Downton Abbey movie headers - The Marquess & Marchioness of Hexham

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The Marchioness of Hexham comes back to Downton.

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Robert and Cora Crawley, Earl and Countess of Grantham and Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham || Downton Abbey: A New Era (April/May 2022)

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Downton Abbey: 2022 Halloween Special

This is a response to the Anon that sent in the question of if I’m doing a Downton Abbey Halloween special this year. Sorry, the ask feature on my blog is all kinds of messed up, I don’t know what’s going on with it. 

As for your answer ... 

THE STORY 

Set in 1936, Lady Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham, has arrived in Hollywood to negotiate the film rights to her novel that she wrote based on her granny’s time in the South of France and her romance there with the Marquis De Montmirail in the 1860′s. With the huge success of the novel, there has begun a bidding war between several movie studios trying to lure Edith into selling them the movie rights by giving her the big Hollywood welcome and show.

Accompanying Edith is her brother-in-law and close friend, Tom Branson. Supportive but downcast, the owner of the thriving “Branson & Talbot Motors” has come to Hollywood with two goals. The first being that one of the stipulations to Edith’s negations is that her beloved niece Sybbie - a rising star in English Cinema - is to be given a chance to star in the film and portray her Great-Grandmother of whom left her the house that inspired Edith’s novel. Tom is to represent the interests of his break-out young teenage starlet of a daughter. However, Tom is also there to reconnect with his estranged wife Lucy who, nearly eight months ago, left in the night with a suitcase and has since resurfaced in Los Angeles, living with George and Thomas - working as their secretary and assistant.  

Meanwhile, across town, George Crawley, Thomas Barrow, and Lucy Branson, are engaged by several Mexican-American farmers whose neighbors and family members have been ritualistically murdered by a seemingly supernatural being of local folk lore. Knowing his stellar reputation as a master detective - and notorious for being labeled a vigilante - the leaders of the small farming community have come to George and Thomas’s private detective office to beseech the famed George “The Comet” Crawley to investigate the murders of their loved ones and stop this ‘demon’ before it kills again.   

 What isn’t the studios telling Edith? Why has Lucy come to Los Angeles? What vile beast stalks and haunts the citrus fields outside Hollywood? And how does it all tie in? 

You’ll have to find out for yourself dear readers in ... 

THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA: A DOWNTON ABBEY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL.

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I like Downton Abbey, I’ve seen all the episodes with the exception of the first movie and, this might be an unpopular opinion…

BUT

I hate Lady Mary. Like I really, strongly, earnestly hate her. Every time I think I can learn to like her, or start to sympathize with her, she does something so horribly cruel and uncalled for towards Edith. Every. Single. Time. And it’s all when Edith is feeling good about herself or seems to have some chance at finding a husband.

The scene when Mary got told off and called a jealous bitch by Edith had me cheering. Mary deserved to hear every single word. Her apology attempt was utter bullshit anyway. It was all an attempt on her part to save face.

At the point where Edith and Bertie are discussing getting married, he is the new Marquess of Hexham. Which means, Edith would become Marchioness of Hexham. This would put her above Mary in status, which I think infuriated Mary. I don’t think she could stand the idea of having to curtsy to Edith. Instead of being happy for her younger sister, she intentionally sabotages her.

Now I do understand there are times were Edith isn’t nice to Mary. Moments were Edith strikes out first with the insults. But frankly, I see this as her giving Mary a taste of her own medicine. It has likely been few and far between where Edith gets the courage to say something snarky first. Mary has destroyed two possible marriages for Edith (and nearly a 3rd), she insulted Edith’s fashion choices, she gets an edgy new haircut to show off and draw attention to herself when Edith is mourning, and she constantly has nothing but insults to say about her sister towards others.

Honestly, whoever is a huge fan of Mary has ignored the constant, toxic attacks she has thrown at Edith for no reason other than she is the younger sister and easiest to pick on. While I can understand this behavior coming from a child who might not know better, it’s fucking childish and pathetic behavior coming from an adult and someone who wants to run the estate.

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For the askbox meme: Downton Abbey + Sarah Maddox? Please and thank you!

She'd never been to the big house before.

Her father hadn't held with such things, even when her mother would gush about having Lady Cora in the shop to try on a new hat, and compliment her work. "They don't care about you, Mabel, and they never will. Not until they pay you what those hours are worth." It would probably kill him, now, if he knew where she was interviewing. Sarah Maddox, come cap in hand to the Crawleys. She could hear him say it, even now. Small blessing, then, that he didn't remember much, these days. And that was why she was here, wasn't it?

There was a fortune on these shelves - she was just admiring the gilding when someone spoke. "I can help you find something, if you like. My father always liked it to be more of a lending library."

The woman who was speaking was blonde, and well dressed - certainly not a maid but also certainly not Lady Mary. And the way she said 'lending library' made Sarah believe she ment a joke by it, a covert jab that she wasn't supposed to be here. "I've come about the secretarial position, ma'am. I believe I'm supposed to speak to Lady Mary." She looked around the room, and knowing how it might have looked, added, "I was told to wait here."

"My sister," the blonde replied, almost bored. "She left your CV on her writing desk. You've been a teacher before - and a writer."

"Yes, ma'am," Sarah said, trying to determine whether it was a condemnation or a congratulation. There had been three Crawley sisters - one of them had died. Was this Sybil or Edith? She couldn't remember. All of thier faces ran together.

"Rather an impressive list of publications. Why take this job at all? With your credentials you could do much better than what she's paying."

Sarah paused. What to say that would not get her immediately caught? She could hear her father's voice now, speaking as he would at one of his union meetings. Don't give them anything they can use against you. "I like a writer's freedom, but steady pay isn't bad, either." Not a lie - but not the whole truth either. Steady pay, yes, but also being close to Dad, and to Fred and the girls - and far away from Nigel.

The blonde nodded, appreciating a practical approach, but she said no more, for another woman had arrived, all ramrod straightness and dark hair. "I think I can be trusted to do my own interviewing, Edith," she said cuttingly, before turning back to Sarah. "Miss Maddox, I assume. You have the honor of addressing my sister, the Marchioness of Hexham. I hope she hasn't been giving you too hard a time." She made a gesture to the pair of couches in front of the fireplace, a small writing tablet in one hand.

"She's been the very model of decorum," Edith said, saving Sarah from having to give an answer that would make an enemy of one sister or the other. "Best of luck, Miss Maddox. And if she doesn't give you a job," she said, her hand on the library door. "Come and see me."

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Marchioness Edith Pelham & Herbert Pelham, 7th Marquess of Hexham.

I am currently rewatching “Downton Abbey” and Edith is one of the characters who got a WONDERFUL development and finale.

My mom says I resembles her in terms of personality.

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BASICS

FULL NAME : sybil cora crawley

NICKNAMES : sybbie

HEIGHT : 5′5

AGE : 20s-40s (verse dependent)

ZODIAC : aries

SPOKEN LANGUAGES : english, french

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

HAIR COLOR : dark brown

EYE COLOUR : blue verging on brown

SKINTONE: pale

BODY TYPE : thin,  graceful

VOICE : a unique mix of both light/high and gravelly/low tones that meet in a song-like cadence

DOMINANT HAND : right

POSTURE : straight and proper

SCARS : none

TATTOOS : none

BIRTHMARKS : a small tan spot on her right oblique

FEATURES : expressive eyes,  dark ringlets down her back,  ski slope nose,  rosy cheeks

CHILDHOOD

PLACE OF BIRTH : yorkshire,  england

SIBLINGS : lady mary talbot,  lady edith pelham,  marchioness of hexham,  and an unnamed unborn brother (deceased)

PARENTS : lord robert crawley,  7th earl of grantham and lady cora levinson,  countess of grantham

ADULT LIFE

OCCUPATION : socialite,  nurse in the voluntary aid detachment (VAD)

CURRENT RESIDENCE : downton abbey,  downton,  yorkshire,  england

CLOSE FRIENDS : her family,  anna smith-bates,  tom branson,  thomas barrow

RELATIONSHIP STATUS : single or married (verse dependent)

FINANCIAL STATUS : extremely affluent

CRIMINAL RECORD : none

VICES : alcohol

SEX AND ROMANCE

SEXUAL ORIENTATION : heterosexual

PREFERRED SEXUAL ROLE : sub

LIBIDO : average

TURN-ONS : listening,  playing with her hair,  tracing her skin with fingertips

TURN-OFFS : bigotry,  misogyny,  belittling behavior

LOVE LANGUAGE : quality time and acts of service

RELATIONSHIP TENDENCIES : soft whispers,  hand holding,  intense but passionate love

MISCELLANEOUS

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG : dawn by dario marianelli

HOBBIES TO PASS TIME : reading,  writing letters,  walking in the garden,  attending political rallies

NEUROLOGICAL : idk what this means lmao

MENTAL ILLNESSES : none

PHOBIAS : none

SELF-CONFIDENCE LEVEL : High

tagged by: @bloodpures <3

tagging: steal it from me i dare you (triple dog,  can’t turn that one down)

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Laura Carmichel as Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham in Downton Abbey (2019)