Examples of Gothic Architecture; Selected from Various Antient Edifices in England; Consisting of Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Parts at Large ... - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...to this Earl William, who detained Henry for some time in Raglan Castle, from whence he was released by his uncle, Jasper Tudor, and conveyed into Brittany, in 1471Having resigned the earldom of Pembroke, at the desire of Edward IV., who wished to confer it on his own son, the Prince of Wales, he was created Earl of Huntingdon, in 1479. He married Mary, the daughter of Richard Widville, earl of Rivers, and sister to Elizabeth, the consort of King Edward IV.; and at his death, in 1491, left an only daughter, named Elizabeth, who married Sir Charles Somerset, a natural son of Henry Beaufort, duke of Somerset. Sir Charles Somerset was a man of great abilities, with the advantage of a fine personal appearance; and being nearly related to Henry VII., he was much employed and honoured during the reign of that Prince, through whose interest he married the heiress of the Earl of Huntingdon, and became, in her right, Baron Herbert of Raglan, Chepstow, and Gower, A.d. 1506. He continued in great honour during the remainder of his life under Henry VIII., who created him Earl of Worcester, and died in 1526. Henry Somerset, fifth Earl of Worcester, lived here in a magnificent style during the reign of Charles I. A contemporary account of his housekeeping at Raglan Castle has been pre-" served, in which the following particulars occur. The castle gates were shut This duke was taken prisoner at the battle of Hexham, in which the forces of Henry VI. were defeated, A.d. 1463, and was immediately afterwards beheaded, together with several other lords and gentlemen. every day at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, when dinner was served with all the formalities of the old baronial style. Two tables were set in the diningroom, at the first of which the...

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