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IND 11 Nov 94 Obituary: Gioconda de Vito (1090)
Gioconda de Vito, violinist: born Martina Franca, Italy 22 June
1907; married 1949 David BICKNELL (died 1988); died Rome 24
October 1994.
De Vito had first come to Britain in 1947 to make gramophone
records and it was at the HMV studios that she met the recording
manager David BICKNELL, whom she married in 1949, after which
time she settled in this country in Loudwater, a village in
Hertfordshire. She subsequently made many concert appearances
throughout the UK, while still continuing to play in Europe.
DTL 10 Nov 94 Obituary of Gioconda de Vito (490)
She married, in 1949, David BICKNELL, one of the executives of
HMV. They lived near Rickmansworth until his death in 1988, after
which she returned to Italy.
GDN 09 Nov 94
Britain's favourite Italian: Obituary of Gioconda de Vito (677)
De Vito was in London in 1939 to buy a violin. When she came to
Britain again in 1947, to record for HMV, she was a mature artist
and caused a sensation among the congnoscenti at Abbey Road
Studios, including her future husband David BICKNELL. Her British
concert debut was at the Royal Albert Hall in 1948, playing the
Brahms Concerto. The following year she married BICKNELL and
settled in this country, becoming a favourite with the British
public. She was at the Edinburgh Festivals of 1948, 1951 and 1953
and toured Europe. In 1958 she served on the jury of the
Tchaikovsky Competition, giving recitals in Moscow and Leningrad;
she returned to Edinburgh in 1960, the year she visited
Australia. She never felt able to leave Europe for long enough
to tour America; after little more than a decade of international
acclaim, she retired in 1961 - still at her peak.
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TMS 07 Nov 94 Gioconda De Vito; Obituary (550)
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When she returned to London later that year to perform the Mozart
G major Concerto, The Times was again enthusiastic, writing of
her 'liquid tone, subtlety and flexibility of phrasing, acute
perception and complete technical control'. In 1949 she married
David BICKNELL, then head of the HMV division of EMI Records, so
naturally she began recording for that company.
Those recordings, have become collectors' pieces. She settled in
this country, eventually taking British citizenship.
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DTL 14 Nov 92 At Home: An old flame revived - Interest in how
pre- electric houses were illuminated has produced some bright
ideas for use in today's homes. (598)
By this time, Mosley and her husband, Mark BICKNELL, a banker
turned publisher who has recently relaunched Everyman books, had
decided to move back to England. The candle, however, is made in
Bombay; this will help keep costs down and undercut competitors.
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First name not known
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Beroë Bicknell, a barrister, was one of the first females to be admitted
to the bar. When she moved out of a large house in Caterham, after her
brother Franklin died in 1964, she offered Claud her copy of Five Familes.
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No issue from either marriage
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Some sources give birth as 1822
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John Biconyll, M.P. for Shaftesbury in 1455, had his name written
"Bykenell" in Return to Parliament
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Surnames at that period being seldom used, it often happpened that when a
father had several sons they were distinguished by some territorial
property which they owned. So Robert de Pavilly dropped his family title
on acquiring the manor of Bykenhulle through his wife, and thenceforth
called himself Robert de Bykenhulle. This is the origin of the name
Bicknell.
Probably all Bicknells are descendant from Robert de Bykenhulle.
(Five Pedigrees, Sydney A. Bicknell, 1897
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Amongst the possessions of the Count of Mortain, natural brother of
William the conqueror, was the Manor of Bykenhulle beneath a hill of the
same name (from "Beacon Hill") 820 feet high, 6 miles South East of
Taunton, Somerset. He leased it in 1086 to William de l'Estre, another of
the invading Norman knights, with whose descendants it remained until
about 1240, when Johanne de L'Estre brought it as her dower to Robert de
Pavilly on her marrying him.
Surnames at that period being seldom used, it often happpened that when a
father had several sons they were distinguished by some territorial
property which they owned. So Robert dropped his family title on
acquiring the manor through his wife, and thenceforth called himself
Robert de Bykenhulle. This is the origin of the name Bicknell.
As time elapsed, Pavilly became anglicized to Paveley, and Bykenhulle to
Bicknell. At the establishment of the Order of the Garter in 1334,
Edward III nominated Sir Walter Paveley one of the twenty-five founder
knights.
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From Amalbert, Baron de Pavilly (c. 600) descended the powerful family of
Pavilly (anglicisé Paveley), owning vast possessions in twelve English
counties; of which house was Sir Reginald Pavilly K.G., one of twenty
five founder-knights of the Garter, A.D. 1344, temp Edward III. (Five
Pedigrees, Sidney A. Bicknell 1897
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Founded a monastery in Pavilly, Normandy, A.D. 664. From him descended
the powerful family of Pavilly (anglicisé Paveley), owning vast
possessions in twelve English counties; of which house was Sir Reginald
Pavilly K.G., one of twenty five founder-knights of the Garter, A.D.
1344, temp Edward III.
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John Thomas Bicknell, Phillip's grandfather, was one of 11 children
living in the Bow area of London. From one of his brother's was born
Terry Bicknell (a camera man for the BBC) who married the actress Rita
Tushingham (now divorced).
[NI8111]
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Marcus Bicknell met David Bicknell in 1996 with his nephew Phillip
Bicknell after a contact made on the InterNet.
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Met with Eileen at Slough Jets ice hockey 7.12.96. Check relationship
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Marcus Bicknell met Phillip Bicknell at his office in 1995 after a
contact on the InterNet. Spells his name with two Ls. Met again at
Slough Jets ice hockey match and Poste Haste hospitality event 7.12.96.