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Print, engraving, Naworth Castle, Brampton, Cumberland, by DL, 1774.
Pasted in the Lowther scrapbook, vol.4; between pp.490-491; with descriptive text:-
NAWORTH CASTLE, CUMBERLAND. / PLATE II. / TRADITION says this castle was built by the Dacres, but by which of them is not ascertained. One of these, Robert de Dacre, from a quotation in Madox's History of the Exchequer, seems to have been sheriff of Cumberland, and another, Ranulph de Dacre, 14th. of Ed. 1st, constable of the tower. / THE first mention of this castle is in the reign of Richard 2d. when in the 18th of that reign, it appears from Madox's Baronia, that William de Dacre, son and heir of Hugh de Dacre, who was brother and heir of Ranulph de Dacre, held it, with the manor of Irchington, to which it belonged; also the manors of Burgh, near Sandes, Laysingby, and Farlham, and other lands, by the service of one entire barony, and of doing homage and fealty to the king, and of yielding to him for cornage at his exchequer at Carlile yearly, at the feast of the assumption of St. Mary, 51s. 8d. By what feofment, whether old or new, says Madox, does not appear; neither in what king's reign Ranulph de Dacre, ancestor of William here named, was feoff'd; but it is plain, some ancestor under whom Ranulph claimed, was enfeft to hold by barony. / IT continued in the family of the Dacres, till the year 1569, when on the 17th of May, according to Stowe, 'George Lord Dacre of Greystoke, sonne and heire of Thomas Lord Dacre, being a child in yeere's, and then ward to Thomas Lord Howard, Duke of Norfolk, was by a great mischaunce slayne at Thetford, in the house of Sir Richard Falmenstone, knight, by meane of a vauting horse of wood, standing within the same house; upon which horse, as he meant to have vauted, and the pinnes at the feet being not made sure, the horse fell upon him, and bruised the brains out of his head.' / IN the January following, Leonard de Dacre, Esq; of Horsley, in the county of York, second son to Lord William Dacre of Gilsland, being dissatisfied with a legal decision, by which his nieces were adjudged to succeed to the estate of their brother the Lord Dacre, whose tragical death was just here related; he entered into a rebellion, with design to carry off the Queen of Scots; but being disappointed by her removal to Coventry, and having the command of 3000 men, which he been entrusted to raise for the queen's service, he seized several castles, among which were those of Greystock and Naworth; but being attacked and defeated by Lord Hunsdon, at the head of the garrison of Berwick, he fled to Flanders, where he died. / THIS castle next came into the possession of Lord William Howard, the third son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, in right of his wife Elizabeth, sister of George, the last Lord Dacre, beforementioned. In 1607, when Cambden visited it, it was under repair; and Bishop Gibson says, it was again repaired, and made fit for the reception of a family, by the Right Hon. Charles Howard, great grandson to the Lord William Howard beforementioned. / I shall here transcribe another description of this castle and furniture, sent me by a gentleman who viewed it anno 1732, which though it repeats many things mentioned in the former account, yet it has also diverse circumstances worthy observation, not there taken notice of. / 'THIS is an ancient stone building; the front long, with a square tower at each angle; then you enter a court. In the noble hall, the pictures of Anglo-Saxon kings, and painted on wooden square panels, make the ceiling, and part of the wainscot at the further end of the room: they were brought from Kirk-Oswald castle when that was demolished. The chapel has a ceiling, and part of its wainscot of the same kind, being paintings of patriarchs, Jewish kings, &c. Here is also painted a genealogy of the family from Fulcho, with their arms. It has a floor of plaster of Paris, as have some other of the rooms. Some of the apartments are very large and spacious; the ceiling of one consists of small square panels of wood, black and white interchangeably; the white has two different carvings, the black is unwrought. The very little Popish chapel is above stairs; the inside work curiously carved and gilt; here are some small figures of the passion, &c. Joining to this chapel is the library, which has a good wooden roof; the books are old; there are not above one or two of the manuscripts here now. Vide Cat. Librorum M. S. Angl. & Hib. Tom 2d, p.14, &c. The Earl of Carlisle never lives here, but at Castle-Howard in Yorkshire. In the garden wall are stones with Roman inscriptions, collected probably from the Picts Wall; a general account of these stones is given in Horsley's Britannia Romana.' / CAMBDEN, who also mentions these stones, gives the following copy of some of their inscriptions. One is, / IVL. AVG. DVO. . M SILV. . VM / On another / .I. O. M .... II .AEL . DAC .. C.P ... EST VRELIVS. FA. L. S. TRIB. PET. VO. COS. / On a third, / LEG. II. AVG. / On a fourth, / COH. J. AEL. DAC. CORD. . ALEC . PER ... / THESE stones were, by the late Earl of Carlisle, given to Sir Thomas Robinson, who married his sister, and were by him removed to his museum in Rooksby. / This view, which represents the entrance to the castle, was drawn anno 1772.
inscription:- printed bottom left and right
20 Decr. 1774 / DL
wxh, sheet:- 15.5x12cm
wxh, print:- 148x101mm
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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.

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