Rosegill

Rosegill is a Virginia historical marker in Middlesex County, dedicated 1930.

Middlesex County · dedicated 1930 · Rte. 227, 0.7 miles south of Urbanna

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A short distance east is Rosegill. The house was built about 1650 by the first Ralph Wormeley; it became the summer home of the colonial governors, Sir Henry Chicheley and Lord Howard of Effingham. In 1776, the owner, the fifth Ralph Wormeley, was put under restraint as a Tory. In 1781, Rosegill was plundered by British privateersmen.

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