Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-03

aul,e prlloful thrill OF original discovery
Tho eau bic upon object OF place IN all
Europe whore the gr1at American glDls
trlitnr has not already cnms. took hasty
glance photographed every body and every
thug with snap camera or upon bic
majestic memory Clipped on a piece of
the object or shrine Tor his collection
made hall doxan notes with % stylo
graphic pen for future fcflrrnce; cut hIa
name aul tue date Of hi.l sIt upon any
available woodwork about the spot, %
Otherwise LEFT hi. mark. aud then With
"binW aud "xlpw projected himself meteor
icaily through spaoc TO the next pleasing
or hdrous object of interest
have found one spot In Great Britain
where there IL 10 least no local record Of
the species The fAot l. 10 noteworthy one
aud the place Itself possesses extraordinary
interest II IL called Ashby 81. ledger
To b. very definite regarding q locality -
distinctive Tor " 10 far qulto unknown
beauties and interest. II IL but a tluy wi
lagu four miles north from Daycntry, ak
teen from Northampton, In the middiu
tlon Of the county of Northampton, hun
drcd Of fawsley, petty seasonal division
union and county court district Of Daven
try. rural deincry u Daventry, archdca
c0ury u Northampton aud diocese OF Peter
borough
The taxgn,hcrcrs Of the crown have
thus mlnutely located tho village and par
ish, aud 20 make 10 perfectly accessible T.
those who do Ireland. Scotland and
England In ons week or less II should b,
added that Ashhy st. iedgcrs Il but a.
teen MINUTES walk westward from wilton
station. on the main line Of the London
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tho noted school town Of Rugby. and that
the most famous conspiracy In English
history, popularity known M Guy fawkcR
Gunpowder Plot" was eoncocted withlg
tho sunny, slumbrous precincts Of IT, noN
crumbling and Ivy covered wallis
To tho casual student Of history III
chief Incidents Of the plot may properly b,
recalled. Stripped of their usual blgotei
Vsthlage. II was a plan originated BY Sit
Robert Cntesby, lori Of this very manor
and other nhlcontsnts, Including Thoma,
Percy. Christopher and John Wright,
Thomas and Robert Winter. one Hates.
aud their drawer tool. Guido Tor Guyl
Faux Tor Fawkes), representing the cno
mics of james !. then recently elevated I
the throne under the union OF tho English
aud Scottish crowns, aud shortly there
after proclaimed king Of Great Britain &C
rumoye an obnoxious government In tn
concrete, king, lords and commons. a. .
single explosion Of ginpowder. instead Of
bya grsai and protractei waste Of gun
powder through prolonged and cruel civi.
war. through which an entire nation IL
often MI but destroyed.
This was probably the oonsplrators' con
sldernte and pleasant view Of the matter.
They rented fius cellar Immediately un.
der parliament. house aud succeeded 10
ooneeallng within II thirty barrels aud foui
hog,heads N gunpowdor, covered with
llllets aud agguta Of wood. great iron bars,
stones" etc, besides young and ambition.
Mr.. fawkc-. wrapped In cloak and
booted and spurrcd," and provided with
"a dirk lAntaorn aud = finder boxa with
which 10 act on tho touchwo0d," which,
communicating with the thirty barrels aud
four hogshrads Of gunpowior, az the in.
fialt n the kings converting parliament,
Nov. 5, lOl5, was expected 10 give immo.
diatr relief to tue political situation.
However. by means " an anonymou,
letter 10 Lord Monteagle, whom some one
Of the oonspimtous desired To save, the
plot WA discovered. young Mr. Fawkes,
whom tho pictures represent rs having foi
somc time neglected his hair and beard,
was dragged ont Of bis mysterious sur,
roundngi. spread upon q convenient rack,
inducing confession, and shortly atoi
hung; while Percy, Catesby, Winter and tho
two Wrighs were chased from this place
through Warwickshiro to Holbcach, Ia
StHllurlshirc, where they were Nil slain,
Fighting TO the death, except Winter Hc
WIS captured alive, 10 die on the gillowsi
Rud y sufficient number of others, directly
or snppo,ltitlou.ly connected with TIL.
mnd effort 10 proclaim the young Princes,
Eliubrih queen In place OF james. to ap
pense tho most fastidlous and exaetlnu
fy!igiopolltIcal feeling Of tho time, aud
cause succeeding generations to
llcmomhcr remember
9h1 fuh of November.
unnpouder, Treason and Plot
were put TO death In the Old Palace yard
AZ Westminster and M ST. Paul..
The manor OF So l.yigcp, the formci
homo r, the arch cousplrator, Sir Robert
Catcsuy, Is one OF the most ancient Il
britain. Il Possesses an rvcuttul history
mn indebted Tor is romantic narrative /,
my host Major II. r scnhousc, ita pres
ent proprietor aud lord of the manor
Aside from lts peculiar interest. Ia view o
s. Ltdger,' Individual historic Associn
htNNaf Ut - lNAHh tANlNMN anu lhHNlhNhlNi
n Illustrative Of the extraordinary n
corded, not traditional, age of innumcra
bic English estates, their frequent sirnnp
yicissitudrs, aud the almost purely historl
volumes which might be written upon M
most any single piece OF entailed manoria
property IN Hngland.
The manor was granted by William n
Conquoror 20 Hugh de Grcntmnsnil owe
81 Nrprs nuu Al tho tinp UDoWr.daI
Book" the nrst tax book OF England, wa
prepared O0s1-G), this Hugh de Grentinn,
nu held fonr "hdes" n land In Ashby
There werr eight acres u meadow, aud u
whole was then valued NJ sixty shilling.
THIS Hugh accompanied tho conqueror OF
his expedition to England and was n
warlcd Tor hia services with upward o
100 manors IN different counties. twenty O
which lay DO Northamptopshirs. lie wa
associated With Oio. bishop OF Bnyoaus
and Whliam fit.Osb1rn IN executing a.
high oiucu 40 iustclary Of England tw
years after tho conquest, aud died IN lOpi
siN uuyh after 10 had assumed religion
habit
He was mccseded by his son Roher,
itom whom Tho estate descended 10 ne
To lvo de Gfentmanil. his eldest sarviy
ing brother and heir This iyo jolned IN
contedtr1ey IN support Of Robert, duke @
Normluli 10 the reign NJ Henry |, but th
enterprise falling, and bslng heavily the
Tor his delinquency, he applied for protet
ton 70 Robert, earl OF Mcllcnt, one Of Ia
L'ng.s chief counselofs, AZ whose sugga,
llon ue undertook pilgrimage TO Ierusl
ena For thIs purpose the earl loaned hil