Invitation to King George's Coronation! | Hopwood DePree

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WELCOME to Hopwood Hall Estate (AKA "Downton Shabby") in Middleton, England.
This channel follows the unexpected adventures of American Hopwood DePree who, whilst living in Los Angeles, traced his family tree online, and discovered his abandoned 60-room ancestral home "Hopwood Hall Estate" that dates back to 1426! Hopwood was informed that if he didn't do something very soon to save the Hall, it would be lost forever. So he packed his bags and left LA to take on the madcap challenge of his life with a passionate team of supporters and community volunteers, in England.
We share the ups & downs, failures & triumphs of this group effort DIY rescue emergency: learning new skills, discovering house & garden secrets and seeking the inspirations that will be needed to get this Estate back onto her feet once again!
Thank you to all our Patreons, Friends and Supporters who have decided to come along on the ride with us as we transform this irreplaceable British treasure back to her original grandeur! It may take us some time, but we embrace it, as the fun is in the process!! We hope you agree and that you will gain as much from watching the journey as we are experiencing it - and do feel free to contact us via the comments section below.
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Chapter Times:
00:00 - Intro
00:42 - Visiting the Resource Centre
01:19 - John Bright
02:18 - A Royal Invite
04:25 - Colonel E.R.G. Hopwood
04:51 - Hopwood Family Scrapbook
06:16 - Recreating Old Photos!
06:37 - The Consequences of WW1
07:00 - Long Gallery Watercolor Painting
07:54 - Coat of Arms
08:28 - The Collection History
09:00 - Pottery Remnants
10:01 - A Single Brick
11:31 - The Story of the Clog Shoes
13:35 - Thanks!

[@badassat69]

Fascinating! The old photos mostly. They made me completely forget all my worries. But it is a shame that this beautiful place was left to disintegrate over the years. Thank you, Hopwood, for giving it a second chance.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Great to hear! 😀 Thanks for watching

[@gloriasmestad3803]

Good to see you are continuing to build relationships with the people and resources in the community. The good will you create can only assist in accomplishing the enormous task ahead.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Gloria!

[@conemadam]

I adore Your Hopwood Hall videos ! I wish I could be a volunteer there, but the commute from New York would be a bit long. Please keep these coming!!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Michele! We really appreciate your encouragement! Haha yes NY is a long way away but hopefully when we are up & running in the future you can come and visit us!! 😀

[@sallycote219]

I love that you gave a shout out to Mrs. Osman! Her daughter followed in her mother's footsteps and was our youngest son's Latin teacher in about 2011. Great teachers in the Osman family!

[@LC-bb6jd]

I have enjoyed each episode and always look forward to more. Your enthusiasm for discovering your family history is contagious and each episode is an adventure. Thank you for sharing your discoveries. I have confidence that more people will be subscribing as they discover this channel.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks L C! Fantastic to know you're watching and it's inspiring to hear your thoughts!! 😀

[@lindapetro5594]

Your video just popped up in my TV You Tube feed. What a treat! I literally teared up looking at those precious old clogs! To see YOU standing there, looking at ancient clogs worn by one of your distant ancestors was simply overwhelming! God bless your journey restoring this historical ancestral home. 🥳👍👏🙏❤️

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you Linda! So glad you found us! 😀❤

[@katrinaarthurs8090]

So glad I found this chanel. You guys are doing a fantastic job. Thanks from Australia

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much Katrina! We are glad to have you along with us!! 😀

[@cheryld7832]

Its been so fun to watch and follow your progress. I recently found your channel and have been binging. Thank you for sharing.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Cheryl! Great to know you are watching!!

[@noeleneroodt783]

Me too I am enjoying tge videos soo much ❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks@@noeleneroodt783 that's really fantastic to hear!

[@rebeccacaron8982]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing the beautiful Coronation Invitation sent to your ancestors….that was so awesome to see! ❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

😀

[@florindalucero3236]

DUDE, TIME TEAM!!!! If Hopwoods have been there for a thousand years, there's got to be some legit archaeology, Iron age, Roman, Saxon!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks yes we're working with an archaeology group and eventually really looking forward to being able to do a full archaeological study!

[@HeyMJ.]

Thanks for sharing your fantastic finds w/us. The idea to return the shoes to their original spot (in lamp-lit box w/transparent lid) is brilliant! This if officially one of my favorite episodes!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks MJ! Great to hear!!

[@Django44]

EXACTLY what should happen; respecting the past.

[@Django44]

@@HopwoodXIV During my travels in Italy I see this in many locations, from the dusty little corner cafe’s foundation that reaches down to a Roman wall, and the uncovered wall that displays the centuries-old brickwork pattern that signified a bread maker. All such markers - as with the clogs - must in homage to their creators be preserved.

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@Django44 how amazing. Yes we would love to do it too!

[@napili00]

Much of the original furnishings and art from the Hall probably still exist, and may find their way home once again! I'm raising my glass of mimosa in a toast to you Hopwood! Richard

[@HopwoodXIV]

Cheers Richard! Yes hopefully many will make their way home!

[@catherinekilgour2563]

MCMXI would be 1911, so you have a date of 22nd of June 1911. J is quite a modern letter in the Latin alphabet so it isn't unusual to see I where we would now use J. The V is actually a U it's just changed shape over time. A very detailed and beautiful invitation.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Catherine!

[@RealSalica]

What a discovery , I saw the invitation on Instagram ,I love how UK archives everything they can , it is priceless memories .

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks yes we feel so lucky the saved it!

[@ABC_DEF]

Since the US was founded in 1776 there have actually been only ten British monarchs, not thirteen: George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Elizabeth II and Charles III. Edward VIII abdicated before he was crowned, so this is actually only the eighth coronation since the US was founded (George III's coronation was in 1761).

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much- not sure how we got that confused!

[@carlinbay]

Just recently found your KZbin channel. I am binging it and love it so much. What an amazing experience of history that you are sharing. On my search of family history I discovered that Robert Cushman of Kent was one of the main agents for securing funds for the passage of the Separatist that traveled across on the Mayflower in 1620. Then on to discover my many ancestors that were also on the “boat”. I hope to one day cross the pond and visit many places that my ancestors walked. Visiting Hopwood Hall would also be on my list. Thanks again for sharing your journey.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Suanne! Great to hear from you!

[@OzzieJayne]

Love those shoes, and your plans to return them for everyone to see is marvelous. If you throw those family photos through an online colouriser program they will really come to life, with hidden details highlighted that otherwise fade into the sepia.

[@cherylwood5202]

Spectacular! Thank you for sharing your excitement and enthusiasm for your family's history. How very sad that WWI caused such a drastic loss for the Hopwood family and the community. However, I know that much of Great Britain suffered the same devastating losses. So sad even today.❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Cheryl- yes it really is incredibly tragic and very much still felt today.

[@CharlotteFairchild]

@@HopwoodXIV Both of my grandfathers survived WWI in Europe. Some of my great-uncles were badly wounded or had shell shock. I think it was world wide in hurting the world.

[@dawnportka5138]

Hopwood I binged watched all of the videos yesterday thank you for sharing love seeing your determination ❤❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Dawn!! 🥰

[@wendy-moore]

You have a fun, informative channel. Thank you for everything you are sharing.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Wendy!!

[@lucym6299]

Wow, love the invitation and the little shoes. Amazing x

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Lucy!

[@LindaMarci]

What a discovery - I saw the invite in an earlier video but to see all of these other photos and the shoes, is an amazing find. Attending the coronation must have been a memorable experience for your ancestors. Maybe the new King Charles will pop in for a visit. He loves communities working to save heritage❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks so much!

[@lizwalters4418]

What an amazing opportunity you have! The restoration, the history, the artifacts and documents so carefully preserved. I’m so envious 😊 I have been researching my ancestors for decades. There is one 2x g-grandmother who’s story, true story, has eluded everyone in the family. She eloped with my grandfather in CT after leaving her titled family in England. She eloped with my grandfather the coachman! She took on a fictitious name and all we know is that her family had some connection with the Union Castle steamship company. Enjoy and cherish all that you’ve learned and accomplished ❤

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Liz! That is fascinating!!

[@ciscampbell2758]

Great stuff. The shoes are amazing. Love your idea of putting them back under glass.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Cis!

[@sidneylawson7767]

Such a wonderful journey of discovery. Every success to you. It feels as if you have turned a corner in your endeavors.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Sidney!! 😀

[@CallMeCJorDandy]

2:42 it's like a whole soap-opera TV series going on in this place. Wow for real i bet the local TV made a series about it in UK 🎥

[@vh2337]

Amazing. You should ask Time Team to come over there! No telling what they would be able to tell you.

[@jerrymcma]

Wow i feel like i know the Hopwoods after watching this video. I bet they were the best neighbors ever lol. Love the horse race wager ha. Fascinating history of the family connecting King George and Abe Lincoln!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Jerry!

[@greghirst3338]

Thoroughly enjoyed hearing your journey!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Greg!

[@scottie_karklin]

another awesome video! Can't wait for the coronation! So exciting!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Scottie!

[@kimberly_erin]

Today we learn that hopwoods sense of humor is hereditary.

[@HopwoodXIV]

🤣

[@chelsealeonardbaum23]

Thank You!!

[@adejohnston6831]

I like the plug socket in the fire place 😃

[@HopwoodXIV]

🤣

[@ej12349]

Hope that you will be able to reclaim these artifacts for Hopwood Hall once you get the library restored.

[@HopwoodXIV]

😀

[@GaliSinatra]

Great video! Hopwood, have you thought of having metal detectorists detect in the gardens for ancient coins and such? There are many with youtube channels who are really good, like Si-Finds, the Scottish Detectorist, etc. There's probably tons of interesting stuff to find.

[@nevefamily3524]

What a gorgeous book case! I like Lincoln!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Cheers Neve Family!

[@jeanburgin160]

So nice to learn this history about Abraham Lincoln and John Bright. Love learning this ... thank you for sharing.

[@HopwoodXIV]

cheers Jean! 😀

[@alicegilder-camarena3766]

Great idea to do with the shoes!!!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thank you Alice! 😊 👞

[@elijahstone2432]

You should just put your own shoes there

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hahahaha perhaps I will 🤣🤣🤣

[@renaebettenhausen3611]

@@HopwoodXIV Do it!

[@AvaT42]

I agree!!

[@rostallar4243]

When are we going to get some more updates on the restorations, so excited to find this channel. I binged watched all episodes, amazing work being done, from Down Under 🇦🇺🍺🍺🍺. Love hearing the history as well.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Ros - great to have you along! We'll be moving into Phase III this summer and will be having a lot more restoration videos/ updates soon! Hello to Australia - can't wait to visit there again!

[@OmaBike]

Cool what you did with those photos.

[@guardianofthemoon]

It could very well be a representation of the Hall the one brick, because if you hadn't come along to save it eventually it would have been gone, and by saving the one brick you had an idea of what the color of it was. Just a thought.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Love that thought. Thank you

[@marcuswardle3180]

Oh god! Here we go again with the white gloves! As an archivist I have been taught to not wear gloves when handling documents. You can do more damage when wearing them than you can without. When wearing gloves you lose the ability to feel the paper, the weight of the paper and you lose the sense of how the paper will behave when turning it. That is if you have been able to gain hold of a page to turn! All you need to do, to handle old documents, is to have cleanly washed and dried hands (no lotion).

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Marcus! Yes I've heard that before but in order to make the video we followed the rules. Please know we were very careful and everything was left in the same condition

[@rosalynliddle1353]

Hopwood...please take me to see these archives...

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Ros - yes it would be great to arrange it for the Archive Club 😀

[@rosalynliddle1353]

@@HopwoodXIV Oh,I would be in heaven!!! Wow!! Please arrange it Hopwood..xx

[@Warriorbox]

Hello! Researching for a project of my own, I discovered your channel and just wanted to congratulate you on your mission to restore Hopwood Hall. I would like to ask, if you know, any historical information about the mound of earth to the west of the Hall and near Hatters farm. This looks like the remains of a Motte and Bailey castle. I cant see any other outlines of a castle on the ground around the mound (google maps) but since the hall dates back to the 1400s it is not unlikely that a castle might have been built there in the years following the arrival of William the Conquerer and the family moved to the hall in the centuries after the need for castles diminished. Any ideas about a castle in that spot? I have search a little into the Domesday information and can find very little recorded in the area. Thank you. If not a castle, what is the mound?

[@Warriorbox]

@@ItsMe-yv9jd Thanks for the reply. I think the circular area could be an underground reservoir but it seems like a lot of unnecessary work to make such a mound to disguise a reservoir. However, I will search further as you suggest.

[@biancaalbertson4133]

Have you been able to identify the people in the picture and will you get copies of all the information they have? It would be nice for future descendants.

[@phillipway5789]

Hopwood, you should have a shoe maker make you a replica of the shoes :-)

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Phillip! I love that idea!

[@Django44]

@@HopwoodXIV And wear them during your Grand Opening day...

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@Django44 😀

[@sondrabrown442]

❤❤❤

[@OnTheFlipSide]

The shoes are amazing. How private is the location, much land is around the Hall?

[@3ForestAnimals]

hi, from Boise, Idaho usa

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hello Boise!!

[@emilysakuma]

Those shoes looked so small!

[@HopwoodXIV]

Haha yes I believe people had smaller feet back then. They may also have shrunken over the centuries

[@cscms28]

Trying to figure out the 13 monarchs since 1776? I count only 10. GIII, GIV, WIV, Victoria, EVII, GV, EVIII, GVI, QEII, and now KC3?

[@ABC_DEF]

That is correct. GIII's coronation was before 1776 and EVIII didn't have a coronation, so we can reduce the number still further to eight coronations.

[@Engelhafen]

Lincoln also had a confederate piece of paper money - I can’t recall if it was a 5,10, or $20 bill

[@arlenegumban6282]

Just come across at your videos and ❤ it. I can't wait to see to the final restoration.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Arlene! Great to know you're watching!! 😀

[@faithwerksdesigns6197]

I've been bindge watching your videos and I'm still wondering how the house was left to rot. There wasn't a next of kin after the 2 men died? Did they lose the house? Sell it? I also noticed there are a TON of Tutor roses, I'm wondering if further back in your line if they were strong supporters of the King or if that was a design of the time or why they have so many.

[@chriss312]

You should get a invite to King Charles 3 coronation next month Great Video

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Chriss!

[@howardboyer9092]

Put a pair of berkinstock sandels in that floor space before the harth

[@HopwoodXIV]

🤣

[@spider46531]

Those papers should not be handled with gloves. Its been discovered that they cause damage to paper. As long as your hands are clean you can pick the paper certificates. Even Library of congress no longer uses gloves for paper. I am jealous of those archives.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Susan - yes I loved looking through them and feel so lucky to have been able to do so. I have heard that about the gloves before but of course we wanted to follow the rules in order to make the video. The good news is we were very careful so everything remained in the same condition.

[@kooran2027]

Will the coat of arms, water color and other items be returned to Hopwood Hall post renovations?

[@HopwoodXIV]

We would love that it or at least create copies

[@garyvanauken7619]

Has King Charles III visited Hopwood hall yet or have you met Him personally?

[@kevinjewell233]

The size of the brick will tell you the century and which part of the Hall it is from by building eras...

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Kevin - good point!

[@zoesolanki961]

Im really sorry if you've already answered this somewhere, but what is your long term vision for the hall? Please send me a link to another video if youve already answered this question

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Zoe, we plan to delve into the vision for the hall in a future video. We're working on this now. I'm excited to share the plans and ideas!

[@elizabradley4797]

Hopwood ~ Just line through George & write in Charles & you go to Charles Coronation ~ 🎩👑 Do it ~

[@HopwoodXIV]

🤣

[@cheechmcduck7013]

Hopwood.there were people in America long before it was founded.. and with buildings...many tribes were and still native to America

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks, yes I should have clarified I meant the founding of the United States of America in 1776

[@cheechmcduck7013]

@@HopwoodXIV the hall is lookin good tho.. it's a while since I last watched any of your videos. Kinda forgot about them tbh.....but caught up again now . Great work... I'd of liked to of seen it in it's hay day..I do love an old world building .. I have been following a few urban explores..wow some of the abandoned mansions and chateau's..such a shame for them to fall in such disrepair after standing for hundreds of years.. many still have furniture and fittings still in, there is a chateau in France full of furniture from the 1100's onwards and a library that's such a waste with books dating from the 1600's all just left to rot

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@cheechmcduck7013 wow I'll have to look that up

[@cheechmcduck7013]

@@HopwoodXIV you'll be amazed hopwood I was blown away with many of the buildings but also rather saddened at how bad they were

[@HopwoodXIV]

@@cheechmcduck7013 yes I feel that same way when I see it

[@Engelhafen]

All nobles used to be invited to coronations

[@mikehancock6280]

Have the shoes recreated and wear them while showing the original pair under the floor.👞👞

[@HopwoodXIV]

Great idea Mike haha! 👞

[@barbarapatterson4132]

Why do they not give you copies of your ancestors?

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks Barbara- we are planning to scan them for our digital archives and print many for the Hall and perhaps even display some of the originals when the Hall is in a proper condition to do so

[@lordwolve]

My question is do you actually own it it now?.. its the one thing I haven't seen said outright.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Thanks for your question! Our recent Q&A video answers this question and more - kzbin.info/www/bejne/en-0Y4ajj9hrpLM

[@archiebald4717]

1911

[@janetwatson7966]

Can you get copys of those old documents? That would be cool to hang them on the walls when finished. Im so excited for you to be able to save your family heritage

[@HopwoodXIV]

Yes great suggestion Janet!

[@robertmcclafferty1371]

Has any member of the British royalty met you or toured your family estate ? It would be interesting to see their reaction to the restoration.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Robert - Queen Elizabeth II dedicated Hopwood Hall college in 1992. We would certainly love to invite them again in the future.

[@CharlotteFairchild]

Now all you have to do is marry and have many children to do even more for the family? I think what you are doing is great, Hopwood, or Tod. I admire that you are investing your present and future in your family.

[@HopwoodXIV]

Yes! Thank you!

[@CharlotteFairchild]

@@HopwoodXIV Bob and I did not have children. I have 4 sets of family china and furniture. I hope you are fortunate enough to have children. Tim Ferris Wrote a book about the body, and in the book he optimizes health for men as well as many different exercises to stay fit, including the gym, swimming, and the longest chapter is 3 pages long.

[@lawriefoster5587]

@CharlotteFairchild... Never take it for granted that one wants to have children!! My family made a big mistake when they did!!

[@davidvick749]

WGAF

[@mdunn4555]

Maybe you should have asked for the brick back, seeing that every brick counts to restore the Hall, LOL

[@HopwoodXIV]

😂

[@aidenkenny3169]

Love your posts. Please get a selfie stick, don't like seeing a close up of your pores.

[@HopwoodXIV]

🤣🤣🤣 Thanks Aiden!

[@lawriefoster5587]

Oh My!!!

[@judithschrim145]

WHERE DID YOU GO ??????????????????????????????? NO VIDEOS...............SOOOOOO UNSUBSCRIBING....ITS OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU WANT.....SHEESH

[@HopwoodXIV]

Hi Judith - sorry to hear that. We are working on new videos now and making them as fast as we can! We're also focused on managing the emergency rescue of the Hall so it is very tricky to find time to balance it all. A new video will be coming out soon so we hope you can understand and will stick with us! 🙂

[@lawriefoster5587]

No apologies necessary Hopwood!! One should realize how busily involved you are!!