The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-03

6V9 marks, or about g''33, for which he
mortgaecd to him all his possessions in
England, b. way OF security, for fifteen
years, on condition That II should DO re-
stored TO his son lvo, whom the earl en-.
gagged on oath should be married to his
own niece, the daughter of the Earl OF
Warwick. The king ratified his agree.
ment. but Two, the father, dying on.lris
pilgrimage, the son was deprived Of both
his wife and his inheritance.
Another Hugh dc Grcntmaisnil, sue.
cessor OF the young lvo, appears to
have subsequently recovered Ills patri.
mony, which descended to his daughter,
%Petronilln, who, marrying Robert
Blanchmaines, earl OF Leicester, the
grandson OF Robert, carl OF Mcllcnt, his
possessions were all transferred into
that family.
In the reign OF Henry IT,, Asliby con
tanned four "hidcs" Of the fec OF tho
earl OF Leicester, and subsequently be-
came parcel OF the duchy OF Lancaster.
From the reign OF King John to tho
latter part oil tho reign Of Edward H.,
this lorlslhp was in the hand of the
iAInily Do Crawford, when Emma,
daughter OF Robert dc Crawford, car.
riGd II in marriage to John de Catosby,
OF Ladbroke, in Warwickshirc.
THE THREE rAvoRrrrs.
Sir William Catesby, 4 grandson Of
John, was II Of tho throc iavoritcs
who ruled England under Richard H.,
tho others being Sir Richard Radcliffe
and Niscount Lowell, giving rise to the
memorable distich:
The rat. the cat md lowell our dog,
Enlc MI Enslqud tinlc: tho hog
tho "hog' bcins IN atlusiion 70 King
Richard having adopted 4 boar Us II
OF tho hcraldic supporters upon his
regal cscutcllcon. For this poctical
libel Collingbournc, its author, was cx-
peditiously changed, headed and quar-
tered on Tower Hill, London.
Sir William Catesby received grants
OF various forfeited inanors and lucra-
tive wardsliips; and attending King
Richard In his last GYIglitiQn. against
the Earl OF Richmond he wis taken
prisoner in Bosworth Field, lighting
valiantly for bis master, and three DAYS
aftor was behcaded at Leicester. His
lands were escheated to tho crown and
granted to Sir James Dlount, but were
restored by act OF parliament to his son
George in l406. George Catcsby, Esq,
was succeeded by his son William, Il
minor. who, dying without issue, the
estates descended to his younger broth
or, Richard. who was member from
Warwickshire in the famous parliament
which proved so destructive to the
English monasterieaa.T s@ 10.
Sir William Catcsby, grandson and
successor to Richard, was cited with
others before the infamous court OF star
chamber in'l5Sl, charged with harbor-
ing Jesuits and being present at a Sc
cret celebration OF the mass. oi which
oAcnses they wore convicted. Sir Rob
crt Catesby, his son and successor, who
originated the gunpowdcr plot OH these
grounds, lived, until pursued and shot
to death at IIolbeach, Staifordshire, in
1908, in this picturesque old manor
house.
Crosby's estates having been conns-
Gated by the crown, the lordship and
advowson OF the manor were granted,
in 1911, to Sir William Irving in fec.
They We're subsequently sold BY Irving
to Brian ranson and Ann, his wife,
with whose descendants they continued
until l703, when they were purchased
by Joseph Ashby, Esq, and from him
they descended to the late Lady Son.
house, who, dying in 1850, lett the
property to her only surviving child,
Captain William Scnhouse, Il bachelor
aud q confirmed woman hater. On his
decease, in 1854, Major Humphrey
P~ockington Scnhouse was called from
his estates in Cumberland to act as
executor, and found to his surprise
that the splendid old property had
been devised to him. This is a long
search or "abstract OF title" as the
real estate lawyers would call it. But
what 4 grand historic sweep it hns!
What a host OF men in arnor and
"ladyes faire" it marshals from the dim
and knightty days! What sacred pill
grimagcs, bloody wars, desperate and
victorious dynasties. kingly pageants
and horrid plots it5summons for solemn
review, and how glorious a historic
romance could be wrought within
Ashby St. L.edgers' grim and ghostly
old walls!
4 DAINTY VILLAGE.
Approaching the place along the high
way from the southwest, you suddenly
come upon the duintiosta and most flower
spangled village in England. It isa
tiny collection of dependencies upon
the manor; but there .can nowhere else
be found such ilowcr-embowered homes.
Just at the nortliernr edge OF this, the
whole forningsteT strifllya background
to the side broidery OF one OF the finest
wide, high ov%erarchings OF ancient ash
trees l have aver seen, first appears a
huge wall, high, thick, ivy hung and
messy. Surmounting this is n wonder
fully picturesque old gatehousc with
two stories OF chambers and an at
tick-thc yeritable meeting room
OF tho conspirators5oycr, a%ctrpacious
archwayiSWlieh sfoTmelIthc ancient sole
entrance 20 the domain, in the good old
days there also being cff;gics OF saints
in the archway sides and convenient
inches in which mendicant travellers
could sit and appeal to pasaers for aims.
Behind this are other venerable out
buildings, hall Il thousand years old
and in perfect maze. To the right and
higher, shows q square, grim Norman
tower and the messy roof OF the parish
church, whose Giving" is within the
gift OF thelord .oi tho manor:s Behind
and above all are the many massive
gables OF this most s%plendidly fantastic
manor house within the England mid
land shires.
The church itself Is a study in ancient
English. ecclesiastic architecture, is ex-
traordinarily rich in monuments and
b~rasses, and possesses many evidences
Of Lnuinn hnnn lnrral.. rasL a.l