This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ... Ryedale, we have Helmsley, with its castle, which was the property of the Duke of Buckingham. It was Helmgle Cattle. By Permission, from Photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee. ruined during the Civil Wars, but Buckingham repaired a portion of it for his own residence. It was at the siege of this fortalice that ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 Excerpt: ... Ryedale, we have Helmsley, with its castle, which was the property of the Duke of Buckingham. It was Helmgle Cattle. By Permission, from Photograph by Messrs. Valentine, Dundee. ruined during the Civil Wars, but Buckingham repaired a portion of it for his own residence. It was at the siege of this fortalice that Fairfax was severely wounded, so much so, that his life was despaired of. Villiers, fresh from the dissipations of the Continent, came to Nunappleton during the Commonwealth, and so ingratiated himself with the old lord, that he was allowed to marry his only daughter Mary, the pupil of Andrew Marvell, the wedding taking place at Bolton Percy Church. The Castle of Helmsley, originally the property of the Rutland family, and later on of the Buckinghams, which had been given to Fairfax as a reward for his military services, was returned to his daughter as a wedding present. Buckingham figured as "Zimri" in Absalom and Achitophel, by Dryden. He was a mere trifler in literature. The estate was sold to Sir Charles Duncombe, Secretary to the Treasury. Pope has written two lines on this fact: --"Helmsley, once proud Buckingham's delight, Slid to a scrivener and a city knight." Nunnington, in Ryedale, is also interesting from a literary point of view, as Annie Keary, the novelist, lived at the vicarage here. She was the authoress of Mia and Charlie, A York and Lancaster Rose, Castle Daly, etc. There is a Memoir of Annie Keary, written by her sister Emily. The father of the Kearys was the incumbent at Nunnington. Mia and Charlie is laid at this village. The story of Doris Barugh by Mrs. Macquoid, deals with a ghost story belonging to Nunnington Hall, once the seat of the Grahams, of Norton Conyers. We now come down the Derwent to Malton, a...
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