Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-01-14
NEWsTEAD AND ITS LORD


,or r,in-you can date anything IN
England. lust after. Just before, or dur
;rn ra;n-I set out on nv pilgrimage
to Nevstcad and Hucknall. from the oln
town of Eottingham, once royal scat
and stronghold In its castle, the "'d
one King John-and Richard tour 0s
~, hold court---(It was the last scene
of the intrigue between Roger de Moru.
NOR and Queen Isabella, the prototype OF
the late sovereign of Spain. Here hicn-
ard the Third heard OF the landing at
Milford Haven From here. he marched
20 Bosyorth Field to have that momen-
t,ns combat with Richmond ana 'iH
doubles, we all know 50 weil-that ro-
Ionpcd and prodgious fight up ana down
tho ,t,oo from l.. to R.-cut. '.rust; ;
lunge. and parry, clash and clang. ma
"a A.. roval game" at last, with bis At
to the footligh $. and all the galleries ~
Here. in 1642. Charles the First plan-
tod his standard, and here, that very
night, high Cromweil'an WIND ol0W 1t
down and four years later Charles was
troucht here prisoner 1t seems scarce
" to have been healthy abode isr roy
atty H.,
by two friends. young gentleman anu
Friends. indeed, for they belonged
to = family of English Quakrrs' OF tue
straitcst sect. They were pleasant ana
cultivated persons, but they hardly shar-
ed my enthusiasm for the ancient kHhg''
taudal lords, stern men of war, bold out,
laws, and unhappy pots, that 'n'Ns an
that region The enchanted ground OF MS
toric romance and poetry QuaKerism'
E the real George Fox aud john Wool
man type, sets better, / think on young
women than oa young men. In the ls'i
maiden with me that day. 1t was graceful
ou,et and seren,ty-in the youth. graVi-
tv, stiffness, and unnatural repression
In both the drsb seemed t" have s'ach
in" giving te thought and teeiinS GER
tain cool. neutral TINT
/, Our way--tl.e old Mansfield rona-iay
through an open tract OF Sherwood fof-
.st Robin Hoods ground, and past
Fountain Dale. the aboIs OF tue Jo'!y
= Er;or Tpch. nine miles. to Newst'ad Alb
bev This was founded as far back as
iI-6 by Ileury the Second. and was a
friary of Black Canons, There are IN It's
plantations some gnarly. superanaated
1.w-trees. more than seven hundred years
old. SO old that they have forgotten 1t Is
time to die and look more like pctri;ac-
tions than living trees. In front OF the
PARK gate. stands gigantic OAK, one O. O.
the old forest trees. l. gives one thrt
to think that in its young days. k"bn
Hoods merry men have stretched them
selves under its light shade, drinking ano
singing sons, making game 'ot mobiles anc
sber:ffs or roaring ov.r .candais OF The
Church and the diverting story of "lh'
Kinc and the Miller Of Mansfield D.
rejection. don't think they could hav'
z known the tree at all. bu; Richard M
Third may have cut riding whip tron
it.
At its dissolution as au Abbey, New
stead was granted to Sir John Byron
whose Creat-grandson was created pee
hv Charles the First, with the title o
Baron Byron. of Rochdale. The byron
were Rovalisfs, and tour out OF sever
brothers fell at Mars,on Moor. New
stead, after suffering good deaf from
s,;oe fell iuto the hands of the l'uritaus
but Charles the Second gave It back 4
the Byrons. The hey Y-s'. GeorS' Ger
don Byron. took possession Of II IN l'9o
and was compelled. by his debts to sci
itin 1915. The purchaser was toIooe
W,ldman, an old >chool-tcl.ow. aud
warm friend of the poet--tortuna'ely/'
gentleman Of sufficient means 10 put i
into the repair it SO mrch needed \ Iarg
nart of the Abbey, incIudnE the ch"pei
vas left the picturesque, ivy-sariande
ruin i, had become through years au
wars. while all that portion suited f"r a
elegant residence was restored IN ma0
ner almost magical, made comtoEtaoif
and even sumptuoas.
We entered first on long avenue c
sombre frs, on each side Of which til
,rroanas had bleak and barren aspte'
irecollec, perfectly. however. comm
nron wide, open space. thlekly over
yroun with Wild fern. which bad pee
Gsrlv beautiful effect. swaylpS IN tn
Wind like the green waves OF shado"e
80, Then we came upon some pms
q, >,rcns then the lake. and then the ioVei
old Abbey. -, ho,,.
Garden. and plantations BY = eomna9.
ca,ive old hcuseKeerer and py > eohu,
s,endipg gardener. In the dr4".ns1Foas drawing, -
.3,psy.nsrt, v,th lSsauul y