Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, A[lfred] H[enry], [from old catalog] ed · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 210
It was probably on one of these occasions that King Jamesmade the often quoted remark that the house was too large fora King, though it might do for a Lord Treasurer! The sizeof the house soon proved a source of considerable embarrassmentto its owners, none of whom, after the death of the first… … THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AS BUILT BY THE EARL OF SUFFOLK FROM AN OLD PRINT of the eastern wing of the present quadrangle was pulled downby Elizabeth, Countess of Portsmouth, shortly after it came intoher possession. At one time, indeed, Lady Portsmouth con-templated the destruction of the whole house,…
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