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Print, uncoloured engraving, The North East View of
Kirkoswald Castle, in the County of Cumberland, drawn and
engraved by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1739, reprinted by
Hudson Scott and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1877.
With descriptive text of 1837.
No.10 in The Castles, Abbeys, and Priories of the County of
Cumberland, 1877.
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Buck 1739/1837 (edn 1877)
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THE NORTH-EAST VIEW OF KIRKOSWALD-CASTLE, IN THE COUNTY
OF CUMBERLAND.
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printed lower left
To Sr : PHILIP Musgrave Bart. This Prospect is gratefully
Inscribed by his very humble Servts : Saml. & Nathl.
Buck.
dedication
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printed lower right
THIS castle was founded soon after ye Conquest, by
Radulph Engaine Lord of Kirkoswald, & afterwds. came by
Marriage to Sr. Hugh Morvill, who was one of ye Four Knights
that kill'd Thomas Becket, & whose Sword, wherewith he
kill'd Him, is said to have been kept here for some time.
Next it came, by ye like means, tp ye Moltons, & then in ye
Reign of K. Edw. III. to ye Dacres, in wch. Family it
continu'd for eight Generations, till Ld. Thomas Dacre. who
in ye Reign of K. Hen. VIII. moted it about, & after Him for
three Generations more, till ye Reign of Q. Eliz. when by
Marriage of ye Heiress, it came to ye Family of ye Leonards
Els. of Sussex, in wch. it continu'd till ye Reigh of Q.
Anne, when ye last El. of that Name dying without Issue
Male, it was expos'd to Sale & purchas'd by Sr. Christoph.
Musgrave Bart. & Father of Philip ye present Proprietor.
Saml. & Nathl. Buck delin : et sculp : Publish'd according
to Act of Parliament March 26. 1739.
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