Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
URB-003Description
Rosegill
Located on the Rappahannock River at Urbanna. The house was built about 1650 by the Fifth Ralph Wormely. It became teh Summer Home of the Colonial Governors, Sir Henry Chicheley and Lord Howard of Effingham. In 1776, the owner, The Fifth Ralph Wormely, was put under Restraint as a Tory. In 1781, Rosegill was plundered by British Privateersmen
Printed in color
Unaddressed