Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-26
A Castle Old.
Rich With the Traditions Which Six
Centuries have Woven with Invisi-
BILE Fingers About it.
Home Of Warwick, The King Max
er, With his Stout Yoeman who Bore
the Symbolic Ragged Staff.
One of the Grandest Relics of the Chiy-
alrous Times ofOld When Bows
and Bills were Trumps.
A Rsmble Through the Princely Rooms Ladened
With Treasures, Gathered from Every
Cline by the Noble Owners.

A RsmbIe Through the Princely Rooms Ladened
With Treasures, Gathered from Every
Cline by the Noble Owners.
Special Correspondence to THE HERALD.
THE HOME OF THE NEvILLE's.
Our ORGANIZATIONS must now be
turned to the grand old stronghold of
the Beauchamps and the Neyille's, the
castle ''The fairest monument of ancient
chivalrous splendor, which yet remains
uninjured by time The finest view of
Warwick castle, is from the
foot of the bridge which crosses
the Avon on the bennington road.
Along the river stretches the grey bat
tlemented front lofty and massive
towers rising behind il, indicates the
position of those parts of the castle
which are not visible and enhance the
dignity of those which are seen. The
castle crowned cliff rises abruptly out of
the Avon, and it is difficult to distin-
guisf cliff from castle. 1t is hardly
necessary to go through all the stages
of changes, since it was Norman por-
tress, built by the first Earl of Warwick
After several changes it was rebuilt by
Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick,
whose son erected Guys tower in 1894.
| During the temporary eclipse of the
house of Neville, it fell into decay,
when Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke re-
stored it at immense cost, making it
not only place of great strength
says Dugdale, ''but of extraordinary
delight with lovely gardens, walks and
thickets, such as this part of England
can hardly parallel; SO that now it is
! the most
PRlNCELY SEAT,
that is within the midland parts of this
/ realm"
Down to the present day, castle and
estates have remained in the family OF
Greville, who succeeded to the earldom
in 1859, and has been retained as q
modern residence, each successive lord
doing something for its adornment
Richard the XII Earl, distinguished
himself at Agincount and Shrewsbury,
and afterwards visited the Holy Land.
He was later on made Regent of France,
and died at Rouen in 1889, and lies in
tered in the Chapel. In 144S the
Earldom fell by marriage to Richard
Neville, the King maker, whose stately
figure fills so large a space on the can
vasS of time. This was he who, when
he attended The Parliment in London,
says Stowe, . brought with him six
hundred men, all
IN RED JACKETS
embroidered with ragged stats both be-
fore and behind. and were lodged in War
wick Lane in whose house six oxen
were often eaten for breakfast, and
every tavern was full of his meat, for
who had any acquaintance at that
house, he should have as much sodden
and roast as he might carry upon
large dagger" After the King-maker'
death on Barnet Field, the title was be-
slowed on George Plantagenet, Duke of
Clarence who was murdered in the tow
er in 1873. His son wore the title till he
was murdered in 1899. For forty eight
years there was no Earl of Warwick
till Edward VIII bestowed it upon John
Dudley, afterwards Duke of Northum-
berland, beheaded in 1862. Queen
Elizabeth restored the title in favor of
Ambrose Dudley, who had the happi-
ness to die on his bed, in 1889. In 1918
James | conferred it on Lord Rick,
where it remained till the death of Ed
ward Rick, Earl of Warwick, without
son or heir in 1859. 1t was then grant
rd to the GreFllle's who are also Earls
Brooke. and still hold it.
Through long narrow and winding
passage we entered within the principle
gateway, where we turned aside to ex-
anime the
OBJECTS OF INTEREST.
in the Porter's Lodge; being the fighting
and feeding gear of the great traditional
hero, Guy of Warwick A very old
woman is usually there to do the honors
but she being sick, her granddaughter
of eleven years old, filled her place. even
to her tone of voice and manner, to the
letter, as a gentleman told me, who had
listened to the oft repeated description
were Guy bell-metal porridge pot, capa
BILE of holding 102 gallons; his flesh
fork, the size Of a pitchfork a hermit
e pounds), shield (32 pounds. a
sword GO pounds, and breast-plate
(52 pounds, all supposed to have be-
longed to the gallant Guy, though of
much later date rib of = dun COW
which he killed ON Dunsmore Hearth
and a variety of other relics and curl
osities.
The old housekeeper is proud of ex-
hibiting the relics of the renowned Guy,
Earl of Warwick, which are entrusted
to her care. She represents him as 8
feet II inches high. Judging form the
size of his sword and breast-plate one
would not be astonished.
On leaving the pathway out through
the solid rock, you are in front of the
old gateway, and two old towers con-
nected by an embattlement. They are
as remarkable for their beauty as their
| strength. The one on the right is Guys
tower, a polygon, having twelve sides,
the walls as many feet in thickness and
100 feet high.
CEsARs TOWER
on the left, octoganal in form is 147 feet
in height. In the basement is dun
geon. The inscriptions on the walls
have probably occupied the weary
hours of many a wretched captive incar-
cerated within. In the wall between
the towers is gateway, reached by
passing over bridge which crosses
moat In these peaceful days it is with
out gates, but the thick hinges remain.
/ Visitors are allowed entrance to the in
side of the castle, when the family are
away.
A sumptuous Butler showed us through
for small fee. The hall is 81 feet
long, 40 wide, S5 high. The floor is of
marble (red and white), and so highly
polished, that it is with difficulty you
can keep your footing, while your eyes
and attention are occupied with the rare
and costly things around. The hall is
adorned with the armorial bearings of
the Earl of Warwick, and the noble
families connected with them by mar
riage. Arranged around the hall are
suits of armor the helmet of
OLIVER CROMWELL,
and the leathern belt worn by Lord