A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. With descriptive and historical letterpress (1880)
Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893, Fawcett, Benjamin, Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis) · London, Edinburgh, Dublin, William Mackenzie · leaf 83
Irish oak, finely wrought; a stone pilaster supports it, and bearsthe date of 1498, the time no doubt of its erection. On a bordering of stone workthat runs across the wall are the arms of several ancient families on stone shields.At the lower end of the hall is a carved wooden screen, and near the… … 26 COBHAM HALL. made for him is that he was a person of weak and almost imbecile mind—a mere toolin the hands of more wily conspirators. Upon his attainder, his possessions weregranted to the crown by Act of Parliament, and James the First gave the estateof Cobham Hall to Ludovick Stuart, Duke op…
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