Distention: The state of being distended, enlarged, swollen from internal pressure. For example, on inhalation there is distention of the lungs due to the increased air pressure within the lungs. The word distention comes from a Latin root tendere, to extend. The word tendon comes from the same root.
He and Lady Mary Crawley entered a tumultuous eight-year relationship ending with Matthew's second proposal in early January 1920. Mary finally accepts, five and a half years after the first. They get married in May 1920 and lived together in Downton Abbey.
Background [edit]. Isabella was born at 24 Milk Street, Cheapside, in London, England. Her father, Benjamin Mayson, died when she was four years old. In 1843, her mother, Elizabeth Jerram, married Henry Dorling, a widower with four children of his own.They lived in Epsom, Surrey, where Henry officiated as Clerk of Epsom Racecourse.hen letters from Beeton to her future spouse were sold at auction in 1999 it was revealed that she signed them with the nickname Fatty. The Beetons were married on 10 July 1856 at St Martin's Parish Church, Epsom.