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Print, engraving, Cockermouth Castle, drawn by Thomas
Hearne, engraved by William Byrne and M A Rooker, published
by T Hearne and W Byrne, London, 1786.
Plate 12 ?from the Antiquities of Great Britain, published
1786-1807.
Pasted in the Lowther scrapbook, vol.3; between pp.66-67;
with descriptive text:-
COCKERMOUTH CASTLE / Is seated on an artificial mount at the
confluence of the rivers Cocker and Derwent: the walls are
of considerable extent, and bear evident marks of its being
formerly a place well calculated for defence. / Concerning
the founder of this Castle authors differ; some attribute
its origin to Waldeof, first Lord of Allerdale, and son of
Gospatrick Earl of Northumberland, in the time of William
the Conqueror. By others we are told it was built by William
de Meschines, who enjoyed the Honour of Cockermouth by gift
of his brother Ranulph Earl of Chester, to whom the
Conqueror had given the whole county of Cumberland. / The
baronial Honour of Cockermouth, with that of Egremont,
descended by marriages to the De Lucies, and to the Percies
of Northumberland; and afterwards to Charles Seymour Duke of
Somerset, and finally to the present Earl of Egremont. /
During the civil war in the reign of Charles I. this Castle
was garrisoned for the King; but being besieged and taken,
was burnt, since which the inside has remained in ruins. /
The exterior walls of this Castle are nearly square, and are
decorated by several towers and bastions of the same figure,
and one of a circular form that stands at the west end, and
overlooked the conflux of the rivers. The interior part of
the Castle is divided by the remaining walls into three
distinct areas; the least of which affords an ample garden,
for the use of the person who inhabits an apartment in the
outer area, and takes care of the Castle. / The Print
represents the north-east aspect, and entrance to the
Castle. Over the gate are seen five shields, four of them,
according to Cambden, bear the arms of the Moultons,
Humfranvilles, Lucies, and Percies, and the other is said to
belong to the Nevils. In this Tower, over the gate-way, are
some habitable rooms, which are furnished for the
convenience of the auditor who holds his courts in this
Castle. / The View was taken in 1777. / No.XII.
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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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