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 60
hat in a valuation of Sir Henry Willughbysgoods at Middleton and Wollaton were set down many copesand vestments for y Chapel, and many extraordinary arms iny« Armory, and the plate was then valued at ^447 los., whichwas a large amount in his time. But little save a few illuminatedvolumes represent… … 27 28 Mollaton 1baU eye, reminds one of the tale how it was shot out by a Frenchbullet, and hung by a filament on the sailors cheek ! Sir Nesbittore the eyeball away, tossed it overboard, and crying, D—nthe fellow who fired that shot! went on hghting. This is butone of many stories of his…
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