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Gentleman's Magazine 1907 part 1 p.171
About half a mile from the Castle, high on the fellside, is perched a curious old tower known as "Chapels." This building has a room at the bottom and an upper story, which can only be reached by a ladder from outside. It is said that King Henry VI., when he fled from his enemies in 1461, was refused asylum at Irton Hall, and was found by a shepherd wandering on the fell at the spot where Chapels now stands. The shepherd brought him in

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safety to Muncaster, whose master, Sir John Pennington, took him in and concealed him. "Henry VI.'s room" is still at the Castle, and there is also a portrait of him painted on a wooden panel, in which he is represented as holding the glass goblet known as the "Luck of Muncaster" in his hand.
The Luck of Muncaster is still in existence. It is a curiously-shaped vessel of greenish glass, studded with gold and white spots. It has no stem, being more of a bowl than anything else, and is about six inches in diameter by two and a half in height. It has been used at baptisms
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