New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-10

bourg or to one Of the German ports will recall
Mount Edgecumbe. which constitutes a peninsula
Jutting out into Plymouth Sound. commanding on
the north side a magnificent view OF Plymouth
davenport, brakes Island and the wall Of woods
ana hills beyond, while the other side 1t looks
cut over steep cliffs to the sea. all dotted with
SHIPS Perched on these cliffs IS the mansion a
huge castellated affair. dating from the time OF
queen Mary. full Of art treasures and OF souve-
Mrs of royal visits In modern and ancient times
while the chief glory of the place is its gardens
three in number, known the French. EngnsA
and italian gardens The English rejoices IN noble
trees. the italian in fine terraces and the French
IN magnificent fountains
But II is Cotchele House which IS infinitely more
dear TO the earl. and. to my mind. far more inter-
esting. There are few ancient houses in England
that nave been so little touched save by the hand
or time. since their construction hundreds OF years
ago. Part OF the house already in existence
In the reign Of King Edward III. and the records
show that his son. Edward the Black Prince. as
Duke Of Cornwall. had some trouble with HlHiarla
de Cotchele. the heiress and owner Of the castle
trouble which was eventually solved by her mar
rying at the age of eighteen William EdgecuHbe'
Her grandson, Sir Richard Edgecumbe person
age OF great Importance in the reign OF RichaTu
III. built the house It now stands. Sir RlcnaTu
Joined the Tudor cause long before the battle OK
Bosworth. and the Hunchback King decresO
against him the same fate-namely decapitatiOn-
as that which overlook his associate. the Duke OF
Buckingham. Sir Richard fed to his home at
COtchele holly pursued by a band OF King Rich
ards soldiers. under Sir Henry Trenoweth- Edge
cumbe escaped from the mansion into the WOOD
closely pursued and having gained the summit or
a rock which energies from the deep thickets above
the lamar River his cap fell into the water as ne
was climbing down to conceal himself His pur-
suers. seeing his cap floating down the river. mag
ined that he had persisted. and gave up the Pur-
suit. He afterward passed into France, returned
to fight by the side of Henry VII at the battle OF
Bosworth. who loaded him with honors. ana hNed
to build the chapel at Cotchee House. in grateful
memory of his escape.
Sir Richards was the builder OF Mount Edge
cumbe. but the family always made Cotchele House
its principal home. The rooms at Mount Edge
cumbe have remained almost exactly in the same
state in the days of the Tudor sOvereigns. They
still hung with superb old tapestries. located
foot more from the walls. highly suggestive
of the case with which a spy assassin could
hide behind the arras" Tho interior OF the great
hall is particularly impressive with its lofty open
timber roof. its rugged walls its ancient tapestry
and its generally antique character. Upon tns
walls hang many trophies of the chase. especially
horns and antlers OF the now extinct Irish elk
brought from ireland by Sir Richard Edgeeumbe'
who sent thither by Queen Elizabeth as her
envoy TO the rebel Irish leaders. One room. occu-
pied By King Charles l. IS said to have remained
exactly as he left 1t. Another Is called queen
Anne's room. She frequent visitor there. ana
was the first sovereign to bestow peerage on the
EdGecumbe family in the person Of Richard Edge
cumbe, who was chancellor OF her Duchy OF Ian
caster
Lord Mount Edgecumbe. who figures in Lord
Beaconsheld's well known novel. Lothian IN a
particularly attractive light. has been twice mar
ried. His first wife was sister OF Lady Lans-
dOwne and Of the Duchess OF Buccleuch. Two
years ago he married again. his second wife beng
Caroline Countess OF Ravensworth She must not
be COMPOUNDED with Emma. Countess OF Ravens
worth widow OF the second earl OF that ik. VINO
created SO great sensation few years ago by
marrying a coachmRn, man Of the name or
James William Wadsworth. The Earldom OF Ra-
vensworth. by the bye, is now extinct, but the
barony is held to-day BY the last earls cousin,
formerly known as Arthur Thomas LAddeL
MARQUISEi DE FoNTENoY.