National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-07-26
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Warwick
feudal tlmos.
to OF been con
boon given as a'bribe to
of some powerful ally o.
sovereign. The famous Guy. who u.su vi
Guys Clifo in 92O was tho first earl of
Warwick. William the Conqueror kicked
out the DESCENDANTS of Guy and gave the
castle to Honry do Newburg, who was
made earl Of Warwick. Tho castle was
held by II ! Newburgs and the Bosu-
champs, which family they married into,
for five hundred years. The last do
scendant Of the Boauchamps, Edward
Plantasenot. was accused of treason by
Henry VIII, who had boon boheaded in
London Tower in 1i0O. The castle re-
NAMED without an owner for forty-oight
years. II was now given by the king to
John Dudley. Queen Mary had Dudley
behoaded for treason In 1858. The castle
now reverted to tho crown again. Crom-
we'll now had tho castle given to John
Rich, whose grandson married Crom-
wells daughter. The Rich family died
out, and tho castle went to the crown
again. '..E
The present Lord Warwick is not
Warwick at all. Ho is Greville. Fulko
tirQviile, n schoolmate of Sir Philip Sid
ney, found the castle in ruins in 1864. IL
was used rs o common jail. Greville
bought mp claims against the castle, aud
finally got possession of tho castle itself.
The Greyilles held Warwick castle till
1853, when the present earl, George Guy
Grovillo Uord Warwick, camo In possess
sion of it. The present Lord Warwick
| (so-called) has five sons and daughter.
and as they arc not stealing castles any
moro in England, it will probably stay in
his family It'll revolution occurs, and
he or his descendants are boheaded."
| Nine owners of Warwick castle have
already had their heads cut off.
The castle walls arc six feet thick. Tho
servant, who opens tho door for two
shillings. ushers us through u long hall
full Of old iron armor into tho great hall.
That" sho says, pointing down tho
hall, sis tho famous mammoth painting
of Charles / on Horseback by Vsndyke,
aud this (picking up long horn, evil
dently tho tooth Of o mammoth) Is the
horn of tho famous dun COW slain by Guy,
Earl of Warwick. Hero is his punch
BOWL" sho says. humping hugo iron
kettle. 1T holds 1902 gallons. l saw it
filled and emptied three times when the
| pTcSenb earl Chiuo Ol hBt. ouU Vi WV
window there you goo tho river Avon,
thirty feet below, and thero is the old
mill whore they ground wheat for the
castle for 400 years. Look out thore, and
don't slip, for tho floor is waxed you see.'
So on we 20. through great rooms filled
with moro pictures and buhl furniture
"This," says tho old woman, as We enter
the state bedroom, "is tho bed which
Queen Ammo slept on, and which George
III gave to Lord Warwick. There's q
picture of Horny VIII, by Vandyke
landscape by Salvador Rosa, tho dead
Christ by Caracci, and"
And so we went on for two hours. The
kcastle 10 cold and barnlike. There is nc
way of heating it or lighting it. Kero
sene is unknown in this part Of England
though they are using it in London.
had to use tallow candle in the Warwick
Arms hotel, and TO light the castle il
would take ton of such penny dips
When l asked the attendant for two
candles he looked amazed and said
Two don't give candles, master, with
out chargin' hit hon the bill"
They say an American found piece o.
rag in his soup ut tho hotol hero tho other
day, and holding 1t called the walters
attention to 1t.
"Wol, wot is it?" asked the waiter.
"a rag, SRA common rag"
"Vel. vot IL there Is? You kant hexpee
8 velvet ia country hotel"