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Page 127 (numbered 126):-
In the 29th year of the reign of Henry the VIII. Lancelot
Lowther of Sewborwens * was married to Jane,
daughter of Hugh Fleming of Rydale. The marriage
articles were, that each of the parties should pay for their
own wedding cloathes; that the meat, drink, and licence
should be at the expence of the said Hugh; and that he, the
said Hugh, should give to the new-married couple bedding and
inseyghe †, as shall stand with his Worship to
give; and that the portion should be 66l. 13s. 4d.‡,
to be paid at the parish church of Lowther. These articles
bear date 30th May, the 29th of Henry VIII.
This family suffered much by Oliver Cromwell's party, every
thing valuable being taken from Rydale-Hall, and the
building almost torn to pieces in searching for hidden
treasure; the estate also confiscated, as they were Roman
Catholics till the reign of James the II. At that time Sir
Daniel Fleming became a Protestant, and was elected member
of parliament for Cockermouth; where, as he himself says,
was a strong contest, yet his expences only amounted to
twenty pounds. Elections are surely very different now, for
I question but a contest there in the year 1769 cost each of
the contending parties at least L.50,000.
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road building by scholars
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There was a charter obtained of Edward the I. for a park
here, but there are now no deer in it, they having been
destroyed during the time the estate was confiscated, and
since not stocked. From hence a causeway was begun to be
made towards Ambleside by a Mr Bell, who was curate and
schoolmaster in Ambleside: He brought his scholars every
Thursday and Saturday afternoons to gather stones, and he
himself paved it; but this was dug up when the turnpike road
was made. We will now leave Rydale, and proceed on a
delightful road through copses of wood and smooth verdant
meadows to Ambleside, where we shall find an ample field,
both for the painter and antiquarian.
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* Sewborwens, the manor house of Newton Regni, an
estate now of the Lowthers.
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† Inseyghe or insight, household
furniture.
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‡ 100 merks is 66l. 13s. 4d.
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END OF BOOK FOURTH.
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-- Ambleside to Keswick
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-- "Rydale Hall" -- Rydal Hall
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