The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-07
7 A fsyre lady and fire,

A fayre lady and ire.
 sshe set her on a gode palfray
 To grene wode anon rode, ske''
 Robin Hood, on hearing her story. nastened to Nottingham and beheaded the sheriff. Soon after the King. with few chosen knightse proceeded to nottingham. where he proclaimed to alf present that
 "He that wold smyte of the .knighte's And brynge 1t to me.
 Sir Ryehard at the Lee"
 The poet then narrates how the King disguised-hiniseif, as q tfiars and with greenwood and there met Robin and his merry men. After the two had tested each others skill in archery and wrestling, the outlaw suddenly recog- nized his royal guest. and thereupon we are told. t
 .Robyn. behelde our comfy kyngs
 Wystley in the face. s.e
 So dyde Syr Robin ats;the Lee
 And kneled down in the place. (,
 The story then. concludes by showing how the entire party returned to Not tingham. how a grand feast was held in honor of the gentle Knight and Robin tOOQ, ana now I0e fAlnH rebIOLeu to Sir Richard his lands. and a "gode man he bad hym be" In another bal lard. Queen Katherine Is made to ex- claim; Come hither to me, Sir Richard Lee. a
 Thou. art q Knight full good. For I do knowsby thy pedigree
 Thou spring'st from tGewer blood" 4. (The family of Cover. was one of the f.rl 4.- Yorkshire Some. antiauaries believe its founder to have been Sir Alan Cow CT. Lord Stittenham. said to have been Sheriff of the County in the time of William l.. about 10S0.) s8 ! Edward III who ascended the throne in 1927. Cor possibly his son, the Black I Prince,) gave. a pension of forty 1 pounds per annum.f to Sir John Atte Lee. who had U been invested with knighthood, to assist in maintaining hls dignity. sr This was the father of Sir Walter at Lee. of. the lordehips of Lee. | in. the Parish of Wibonbury. sCounty=of | Chester. Lord of the Manor of Muls- | ham. Essex, in 1884. .'who left issue Sir | John at Lee. of Lee Hall. Knight. ito whom succeeded John Lee (the nrst to drop the prefix atl, and to him Thomas. | father of John Lee.s of Lee Hall, Esq | Major General Charles Lee, of the Con- | tfnental Army. son of General John Lee, oL CneAhlre. Gn8lanos descsnoeu TxEoIh l this branch. The Fordhook estate, which belonged to the Atlee family for many generations, lies in the Parish of | Alton. asshort distance out of London. Although portions of the dwelling have been moderntzed within the last century. the original drawing groom, \ which was waInscoted in oak .fa tho year i500.. by William. Atlee. remains 1 unaltered. Another William sAtlee. who | died in 1893; without issue. by hih witl, devised the property to his wife, (1Eiza+ beth. Bonfoys Ealing House. in the Par ish of Ealing, near Fordhook. belonged 1 to the family of Boaifoy in f69I1 after the decease of his mother. Susan Atles. l who held a life interest in the build | ings and orchard. by virtue of a pro- vision of the. will of her late husband, | John Atlee. gentleman. In. Lyson,s
 "Environs of London" published in
 1793. 1t is stated that Ford Hook .is the
 property of the Mss Crowshers. It
 has been newly fitted up. and is. at
 present, occupied by Lord Hugh Sey-
 mour.' According to Thorne.s Hand
 book to the Environs of London, 2 Hen l ry Fielding. the novelist. resided at
 Fordhook House till his departure for
 Lisbon. June 2s. LISA" z 1 In the same book it IS stated that
 ''Fordhook. 0Captain c. Tyrrel. R. NJ, | once the residence of Fielding. the nov 1 elist, is a good mansion at the west ex- ! tremity of Acton: from the west side 1 of it9a series of country lanes and field I paths leads to Twyford, Abby.'' Lady
 Byron. wife of the illustrious poet, also lived at Fordhoolx. and in the old draw
 ing room, her daughter. Ada Augusta,
 was married, July 8. 1885, to Lord King. | Earl of Lovelace. When pr. Walter Y.
 Atlee visited the place in 1851. Colonel | Tyrrel, (mentioned by Thorne), held
 possession. s4.-E i@.h
 In Viewers "Antient Funeral Monu-
 mentsr 1t Is stated that aone william
 Atte Lee. Esquire, lies buried in St
 Mary's Church in the Abby yard, in the
 Diocese of Norwich, in the. County of
 Surolk. one of the most antient churches In England" The Atlees of
 Fordhook House are buried in Acton
 Church. near the chancel and next lN
 the Walpole family.