Famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1900)
Malan, Alfred Henry, editor · New York, G. P. Putnam's son; London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 398
o well kept hisvow (though finding his match in Wallace) as to be recom-pensed with the lordship of Alnwick; at which time the Castleis believed to have covered its present area. The oldest existing portions of Alnwick were built by Eus-tace Fitzjohn, husband of Beatrix, heiress of Yvo de Vesci;… … PRUDHOE TOWER, CHAPEL, ETC. trust for his natural son, to Beke, Bishop of Durham, by whomit was sold to Sir Henry Percy. In his brief five years occupation, the new owner managedto reconstruct the stronghold almost throughout; and as youapproach the Castle from Narrowgate you are at once…
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