The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-17
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Ashdown Park has been in the pos.
session OF the Cravens since the dayE
OF Charles II. II seems that Sir VIII
liant Craven. father OF that second
Lord Craven who WIS Lord Palatine
of the Province OF Carolina. was driv-
en- 10 night fom London BY tho plague.
Reaching the western end OF the Berk-
Shire Downs; he was SO delighted by
the clean, dry, bracing air, and by
the loneliness OF the place. that he i'm
nediately set TO work 10 build u coun-
try house Tor himself OH the top OF
the ridge. and planted a wood about
IL. But being afraid OF not giving
the air free enough play nbou; the
house lie cut four great avenues
through the woods. extending from the
four sides OF the house. cross fash.
author of Tom Browns School Days
knew the place well, and II figures
frequently In his writings.
A. FOR Gombe Abbey. the original
as;cry established in Warwickshire,
being founded In the reign of King
Stephcn AZ the time OF the Rcforma-
tion II was granted to John. Earl OF
hands OF the first Lord Harrington. be-
came the property. by purchase OF the
widow OF another Sir William Craven
to the one mentioned above. who Was
Lord Mayor of London in 1911. and
rather OF the first Lord Craven. From
that time forth II has been In the pos
session OF the Cravens. Princess Eliza
beth, daughter Of James l.. and sister
OF Charles J., spent much CT her girl
hood, and received her education, at
Combc Abbey, living there under the
care OF the Crnvens. 1t was only when
1t became known that IL was part of
the Gunpowder Plot conspiracy to alb.
duct her. and 10 conduct her to Lon
don, and there to declare her Queen
that she was removed TO Coventry for
safety. Princess Elizabeth SUBSEQUENT.
" mr. IyaI
tine OF the Rhine and King OF Bohe-
mia, and became mother of Prince Ru-
pert. the Cavalier leader of the forcee
OF his uncle. Charles J.. against oliver
Cromwell: his brother, Prince Maurice
who has been made the hero of many
buccaneering romance. being drown
ed at sea In shipwreck. Queen Eliza
bcth OF Bohemia was the grandmother
OF king George l. OF England, through
her youngest daughter, Sophia, wife
or the Elector of Hanover and is tho
ancestress therefore of King George V.
TO whom lie is Indebted for his CON
nection with the house OF Stuart.
After the restoration of her nephew,
charles II. % the throne OF England.
to Great Britain and made her home
at Combe Abbey. the home of hel
youth. as the guest OF her old friend.
the first Lord Craven. She died there
she married Lord Craven after the
death of the King of Bohemia, yet
Samuel Pepys, who frequently refers
to her in his diary, makes no mention
fondness for gossip. he would undoubt-
edly have done, had there been any
foundation for the story.
1t was the widow of the sixth Lord
Craven. Lady Augusta Berkeley.
daughter of the fourth Earl Berkeley.
who married. as her second husband.
the sovereign Margrave of Brandon
burg Anspach and Bayreuth and OF
whose cruelty such extraordinary
stories are eXtant to this day In Ger
many; among others. one recorded in
print by her contemporaries. which de-
scribes her as amusing herself by
shooting Tiers off the slipping roof of
"a church opposite the windows of her
palace at Bayreuth. and watching them
roll off, on to the street, some sew
enty feet below. She figures, it NAV
he recalled, in an extremely evil light.
In Eugene Sues sensational novel. Les
MYSTERIES de Paris" and she survived
until 1928.
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Company