The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
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Little Brighton Full Of Scenes Interesting
Many Good Old Virginia Names in AZ his " III
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1tirrlng ana dan gor0Ua times WHEN SluN XII
men were at d premium The mort
corner OF the church at Great Dringt ron
Is rallied of to itseif and ID called the VI
Spencer Chapel, and there the knisiitss
and earls, tho ladies and tesses So9
that family OF many general Ions afe
buried efflgie over their totnbs, and Or
Terrifying beside the efiixies, n lrnets and Isl
,gauntlets and weapons that we're worn III
by the spencers IN battle or In totirfin1sisss.
ment. a s y lS 81
Place Of Honor. l3SssSF
Because OF tie relationship II alread ysss
mentioned, the tomb Of lawrence NJ sfiss!s A
5ington and his wife was q ven a place n;
OF honor lii the chancel imnedi ately SnextSfIil
the chapel. Upon the slab are recorded "
tho dates Lawrence Washing ton died "
In 1916 and the fact that 14awrencea
the Some and Here OF Robert asli. N
ington, Of solgrave, In the counts B 0fa%%
Northampt tom Carved upon Il ana Sa lp n
upon tho slab over the grave #of Hopert ss
washington. brother Of \ "a vrcnsee' n arc. O.
the Washington arms, the escti El
Showing three stars and two bar \. y osS#
stripes device from which II Is claimed NJ N
our Federal flag originated. The church s ~
was built BY the spencers part SinSs e. sS
twelfth and partly In the sixteent IN g n-S'
fury, ana Is an impressive go THO ST .Ss
ture. standing on the highest elevat Ion "a s N
the neigh borho 30 that lts tower. isS
seen for miles In every direction. Tie
ncient roof OF lead remains, having been
repaired from time to time. Recessesl 5irA
the va IL for the holy water basins aroSSss
Is 4 reminder that the church d has bees
used 81 Catholic as we'll as Pr otestantsBS
IN the church 8 III the y parish chest, ees'S
long iron box, which In former times va
carried about the parish tor the con- q, :sS
vsnience Of the used Y ass A
safe place for the deposit OF their .valuas
bic papers. Il IL the only one y have
noticed in England. 55SSS. |Sts ltS;
8S The sIAwrencAW ashing tOn a VIII lose rests:ssE
ting place this church Is was the father
Of John, who was nighted: the grAnd-
father OF Lawrence, y who was educated
Ut, g. b believe, Brasenos 90 College, Ri Ok
ford, ana tho t-grandf father ct Au-lss
Rustine. who was tho "a Their OF General
Warrington In this way the cam ' o.
descent has flowed from Brington. ~ - the
county OF rthampton Eng LAND, 20 ~ 4
Mount Vernon. In the county OF Fairfax MI
Virginia B Names. aSl
travelling north from w arwick e wards l.:
either, 4 81 Fairfax who was the friend \
and often the adviser Of Washing tor, I;Ss
spent q few hours at Wolverha mpton. In
the coun ty OF Sta ford. (which 80 4 sep
farated from N ort hampt onshire Eonly By
WARWICK in order that I Nigh stand upon
the soil where lived ~ the sancesto asofgg
George Mason, OF Y Gunston Hal. Isssss Thesa
ancestors OF Mason 4 fough hit for King
Cha rles, as did the Washingtons.aan and In
a very old volume, reserved In the sW Oh
northampton library, Isl this extract from
tho manuscript Journal % the Be Commit!
tee Of stafford ,,,..$ which n has I'M charge
the royal interests in that localit dur
ing the great Civil War gust IN
1874 It Is orde red that Carbofou sh&andSf I;
Elmhurst. ethay, 81 the cit tile OH
field Tutbnrie. VI steeton Bur ton Extra
and Burton upon Trent, hall sS be 81 as,
signed TO Capt. Mason forS the ayrnentsg
OF 4 his foote oflcers a and sol diers,
was reliably IN formed M that ~ here III Isl
Gunst on Il farm In sta ffordsh Ire. II but not
now owned by the Masons. " IN the count Mi
are many persons e the Jason names and
also IN Warwickshi re.8 u At STRAIT ford Il the
house ~ HIGH n Is 4 now the n ONE 81 the
snovottst. Marie Coralli. I 81 " hose lat tstS
work has appeared vi thin n the last II ey r.
days, 4 was for q long\ time the residence
OF Masons, u who are thong hit N to have
originally moved 81 from Staffordshire.s
staftordshire was intensel loyal;
In It's tsymp HES, Il and gt6 reading
the local chronicles OF the Il SSwaIS
which eliminated I'M the sdefeat and death
of Charles, followed by the departure t0g
America OF SO many Of his Bad herentg,s III
T was struck by The number OF names Il
that haYe since become honored and fasa
nous in the history Of Virginia.