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154 architectural antiquities.
wine. The estate of Warwick, with no less than 114 lordships, were now made
over to the avaricious King Henry VII. who caused the lawful heir to be beheaded
on Tower-hill. King Edward VI. in the first year of his reign, granted the title of
Earl of Warwick, with the Castle, &c. to John Dudley, who was afterwards beheaded
by order of Queen Mary. The Castle is described as being in a very ruinous
condition in the 2d year of King James I. when it was granted to Sir Fulke Grevile,
who expended "upwards of £20,000. in repairing and adorning the same for a
family seat." Dugdale observes that he made it " not only a place of great
strength, but extraordinary delight, and the most princely seat within the midland
parts of England." He was created Baron Brooke, and, according to his monu-
mental inscription, was " Servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James,
and friend to Sir Philip Sidney." He was murdered by his own servant at Brooke-
house, in Holborn, London, and was succeeded by Robert, Lord Brooke, at the age
of 21, who was a staunch and powerful champion in behalf of the parliament and
people, against the tyrannous conduct of Charles I. Warwick Castle was now made
a garrison for the proprietor and his partizans. It was besieged on August 7, 1642,
by the Earl of Northampton, who continued his operations against it till the 23d of
the same month. At this time it was defended by Sir Edward Peito, with a very
small force, having only two pieces of small cannon, and some muskets within the
walls. Soon afterwards (October 22) was fought the noted battle of Edge Hill, the
subject of an interesting poem by Jago. Lord Brooke was afterwards killed by a
musket-shot, at Lichfield. His son Robert, in more peaceable times, fitted up " the
state apartment at Warwick Castle at a considerable expense," and made other
improvements here. By the late Earl of Warwick, some other additions and
alterations were effected; and by the present nobleman, still greater changes have
been made.
Crosby J)all
LONDON.
Among the multifarious objects which solicit the examination of the antiquary, none
possess stronger claims to attention than the baronial residences of our ancestors.
If they yield, as they certainly do, to the cathedral churches, in elegance of archi-
wine. The estate of Warwick, with no less than 114 lordships, were now made
over to the avaricious King Henry VII. who caused the lawful heir to be beheaded
on Tower-hill. King Edward VI. in the first year of his reign, granted the title of
Earl of Warwick, with the Castle, &c. to John Dudley, who was afterwards beheaded
by order of Queen Mary. The Castle is described as being in a very ruinous
condition in the 2d year of King James I. when it was granted to Sir Fulke Grevile,
who expended "upwards of £20,000. in repairing and adorning the same for a
family seat." Dugdale observes that he made it " not only a place of great
strength, but extraordinary delight, and the most princely seat within the midland
parts of England." He was created Baron Brooke, and, according to his monu-
mental inscription, was " Servant to Queen Elizabeth, counsellor to King James,
and friend to Sir Philip Sidney." He was murdered by his own servant at Brooke-
house, in Holborn, London, and was succeeded by Robert, Lord Brooke, at the age
of 21, who was a staunch and powerful champion in behalf of the parliament and
people, against the tyrannous conduct of Charles I. Warwick Castle was now made
a garrison for the proprietor and his partizans. It was besieged on August 7, 1642,
by the Earl of Northampton, who continued his operations against it till the 23d of
the same month. At this time it was defended by Sir Edward Peito, with a very
small force, having only two pieces of small cannon, and some muskets within the
walls. Soon afterwards (October 22) was fought the noted battle of Edge Hill, the
subject of an interesting poem by Jago. Lord Brooke was afterwards killed by a
musket-shot, at Lichfield. His son Robert, in more peaceable times, fitted up " the
state apartment at Warwick Castle at a considerable expense," and made other
improvements here. By the late Earl of Warwick, some other additions and
alterations were effected; and by the present nobleman, still greater changes have
been made.
Crosby J)all
LONDON.
Among the multifarious objects which solicit the examination of the antiquary, none
possess stronger claims to attention than the baronial residences of our ancestors.
If they yield, as they certainly do, to the cathedral churches, in elegance of archi-