More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, Alfred Henry, comp · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 290
the timeof Henry VII. it is unnecessary to say anything, since one iswriting of the house rather than of the family. In that reignWilliam Compton, son and heir of Edmund, was, at his fathersdeath, left a minor of eleven years of age. Being a ward of theCrown, he was appointed to attend on Henry,… … 259 26o Compton Kfl^npates Castle Ashby in Northamptonshire. In the beginning of theKings reign Sir William had been appointed keeper of FulbrokePark, with permission to pull down some buildings there and use the materials forhis own house atCompton Wyn-yates, round which,in isiq, he obtainedthe…
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