Show On Site of Old Priory The manor house at Sulgrave Northampton stands on the site of ot a pre priory of ot the monks of St. St Andrew Andre In ha 1538 the property was granted y by King Henry VIII to Lawrence Washington mayor of Northampton whoso whose great-grandson great is 18 reputed to have been the great grand father of ot Georg George Washington m first president of the United States and the general under whose leadership the American colonists forced Ulon of ot independence from Great Britain On the main doorway are the Washington arms said to ha e been the origin of the American national emblem The royal Tudor an ari s are ar till Mill to be seen on the front gable gaLl |