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Print, engraving, Egremont Castle, drawn by Thomas
Hearne, engraved by William Byrne and Samuel Middiman,
published by T Hearne and W Byrne, London, 1786.
Plate 7 ?from the Antiquities of Great Britain, published
1786-1807.
Pasted in the Lowther scrapbook, vol.3; between pp.34-35;
with descriptive text:-
EGREMONT CASTLE / Is situated upon the top of an hill or
mount near the river Egan (now corruptly called End), from
which it is supposed to have derived its name, i.e.
Ege-er-mont. / Ranulph de Meschines, the first Earl of
Chester of that name, to whom the Conqueror had given the
whole county of Cumberland, granted the great barony of
Coupland, which contained all the land betwixt the rivers
Dudene and Darwent, to William de Meschines his brother; who
thereupon seated himself at Egremont, where he built the
Castle, and made it the head of his barony; from whence all
the lands within the district of Coupland were held of the
Castle in Egremont. / He married Cecily de Romely, lady of
the honour or manor of Skipton in Yorkshire, and had issue
Alice de Romely, who in respect of the great estate she
inherited from her mother, retained her name. / She married
William Fitz-Duncan, Earl of Murray in Scotland, and had
three daughters, co-heiresses, of which Amabel the second
married Reginald de Lucy, and had for her portion the Castle
and Barony of Egremont. / From the De Lucys' by an heiress,
they descended to the Percys Earls of Northumberland, who
held them till the last century, when that great House
expired in an heir-female married to Charles Seymour, Duke
of Somerset; who settled Egremont upon his grandson, Sir
Charles Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, in the county of
Somerset, Baronet. In the year 1749, Algernon Seymour, Duke
of Somerset, son of Charles, was created Earl of Egremont,
with limitation of that honour to his nephew the said Sir
Charles Wyndham, Baronet, and dying the year following, Sir
Charles accordingly succeeded thereto, and was father of
George the present Earl. / This castle, though not of great
extent, appears from the present remains to have been a
place of considerable strength. The Print shows the approach
from the south, which was the principal entrance by a
draw-bridge over a deep moat, which surrounded the Castle:
the access is by a gateway surmounted by a strong tower. The
walls enclosed a considerable area, forming a square, but
are now so much decayed, that no conjecture can be made in
what manner they were guarded. On the side next the town a
postern is now standing. To the west from the area, there is
an ascent to three narrow gates, standing in a line, which
had a communication with some out-works; these are
apparently of more modern architecture than the tower and
gate-way before mentioned; they were defended by a
portcullis to each gate, and communicated with a circular
tower which fell down a few years since. This tower was
erected on a remarkable mole or mount, seventy-eight feet
perpendicular above the ditch. / The circular arch over the
entrance, and the manner of building the lower part of the
wall, seem to indicate, that this castle was raised on a
foundation of more remote origin than the Norman invasion. /
This view was taken in 1777. / No. VII.
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Hearne and Byrne 1786 (plate
7)
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printed bottom, left, right, centre
Drawn by T. Hearne / Engravd by W. Byrne & S. Middiman /
To the Right Honble. the earl of Egremont / This View of
EGREMONT CASTLE is Inscribed, By his Lordship's most
Obedient Servants, William Byrne and Thomas Hearne
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from:-
Scrapbook, 4 volumes, History of Westmorland and Cumberland
Illustrated, of descriptive texts, maps, and prints of views
and coats of arms, for Westmorland and Cumberland, assembled
by a member of the Lowther Family, late 18th early 19th
century.
The volumes are quarter bound, with marbled paper on the
covers; each has a bookplate inside the front cover. The
pages cut from various sources are nicely mounted, two sided
pieces set neatly in a window in the scrapbook page.
The main content is the whole of the two volumes of The
History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and
Cumberland, by Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, published
London, 1777. Nicolson and Burn volume 1 is in scrapbook
volumes 1 and 2, volume 2 in scrapbook volumes 3 and 4. Maps
and prints are interspersed to make an illustrated version
of the history.
Some of the sources of maps and prints have been
recognised:-
Maps - coast of Cumberland etc by Andrew Dury, 1764;
Westmorland and Cumberland by Richard Blome, 1673; sheets
from Britannia Depicta, Emanuel Bowen, 1720; Cumberland by
John Speed, Henry Overton edn 1695; Cumberland by John Cary
1787.
Prints from the Set of prints, 20 engravings, Views of the
Lakes etc in Cumberland and Westmorland, drawn by Joseph
Farington, published by William Byrne, London, 1789. Note
that plate numbers vary from edition to edition of this set.
Prints from the Antiquities of Great Britain, drawings by
Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne, published by
Hearne and Byrne, London, 1786-1807.
Prints from Britannia Illustrata, drawings by Leonard Knyff,
engraved by John Kip, published London, 1707-1740.
Print from A Tour in England and Scotland, by Thomas Newte,
published by G G J and J Robinson, Paternoster Row, London,
1788..
Some of the coat of arms are cut from A Display of Heraldrie
by John Guillim late Pursuivant at Armes, published London,
about 1610-11 to 1755.
Coats of arms probably from The Baronetage of England, by
Edward Kimber and Richard Johnson, published London? 1771.
Pages from The Antiquarian Repertory, by Francis Grose,
Thomas Astle, et al, published London, 1775-1809.
Text from the Baronetage of England by Collins?
Scraps cut from an unidentified gazetteer.
At the end is the title page and pp.7-51 from A General View
of the Agriculture of the County of Cumberland, by John
Bailey and George Culley, published by C Macrae, London,
1794.
Individual maps and prints are documented separately; with a
note of their position in the scrapbooks.
inscription:-
: embossed: label on spine: (tatty remains): HI[ ] / [
]/WEST[ ]M[ ] / [ ] / CUM[ ]M[ ] / ILLUS[ ]T[E ]
inscription:-
: printed & embossed: bookplate: gold on grey; crest, 6
annulets from the coat of arms, flowers, thistles: LOWTHER
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