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Print, engraving, View of Greystoke Castle, Greystoke,
Cumberland, by Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne,
published by them, London, 1786.
Plate 1 ?from the Antiquities of Great Britain, published
1786-1807.
Blazon of the first quarter in the quartered part of coat of
arms is the Howard Family's 'gules on a bend between six
cross crosslets fitchee argent on an escutcheon thereon a
demi-lion rampart pierced through the mouth with an arrow
within a double tressure flory counterflory'.
Pasted in the Lowther scrapbook, vol.4; at the start, before
p.361; with descriptive text:-
GREYSTOKE CASTLE. / This Castle, under which, the lands
within that part of Cumberland called the Barony of
Greystoke were held by military tenure, takes its name from
Cray or Craig, a Rock, and Stoke, a Place. / Ranulph de
Meschines, the great northern Grantee from William the
Conqueror, gave this Barony to Lyulph, a Saxon Lord, who had
been of great note in the time of Edward the Confessor, and
in whose male line it continued for many years, during which
time they were summoned to Parliament as Barons of
Greystoke. / In the reign of Henry VII. Elizabeth, the
Grand-daughter of the last Lord of Greystoke, was married to
Thomas Lord Dacre of Gillesland, in whose family it
continued till the reign of Queen Elizabeth; when this
Castle and Barony were, upon a division, assigned to Ann,
sister and co-heir of George, the last Lord Dacre, who was
married to Philip, eldest son of Thomas Howard, Duke of
Norfolk, to whose male heir it now belongs. / The ancient
part of this Castle was built by William Lord Greystoke, who
was surnamed the Good: he died in the 32d of Edward III. and
was buried with great solemnity in the chancel of the parish
church of this place. / The old castle is said to have been
originally quadrangular, uniting four Towers and a Gate-way.
The greatest part of it was burnt in the civil wars, during
the reign of Charles I. however, there yet remains two of
the old Towers, one of which is entire, of three Stories in
height, and contains six Bed-chambers, and a large Vault or
Dungeon below, formerly a Prison, now made use of as a
Wine-cellar. / The ancient Tower, which is the principal
object in the Print, is obliquely situated with respect to
the other parts of the Castle, the chief part of which was
rebuilt and modernized in the beginning of this century. /
The Drawing was taken in the year 1777.
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Hearne and Byrne 1786 (plate
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printed bottom left, right, centre
Drawn by T. Hearne / Engrav'd by Willm. Byrne / To his
Grace Chas. Howard Duke of Norfolk, hereditary Earl Marshal
of England This VIEW of GREYSTOKE CASTLE Is inscribed by his
Grace's most obedient Servants Thomas Hearne and William
Byrne. London. Published as the Act directs, 1 Jan 1778, by
W. Byrne, Wells Street, Oxford Str. & T. Hearne, at Mr. Mr.
Garvock's, corner of St. Martin's Street, Leicester
Square.
coat of arms
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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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