The wanderings of a pen and pencil . ng Edward III., had licenceto embattle his house at Shirbourne, and to make a great park there. Lelandsays that in more recent times it belonged to the Quatremains ; then to oneFowler; and, by exchange, to the Chamberlains. The castle and estate werepurchased in 1716 by Sir Thomas Parker, afterwards Earl of present owner is Lord Parker, formerly colonel in the English states that the family are descended from the ancient family of theParkers who were seated at Norton Lee, in the county of Derby, in thereign of King Henry VI. Th
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . ng Edward III., had licenceto embattle his house at Shirbourne, and to make a great park there. Lelandsays that in more recent times it belonged to the Quatremains ; then to oneFowler; and, by exchange, to the Chamberlains. The castle and estate werepurchased in 1716 by Sir Thomas Parker, afterwards Earl of present owner is Lord Parker, formerly colonel in the English states that the family are descended from the ancient family of theParkers who were seated at Norton Lee, in the county of Derby, in thereign of King Henry VI. The castle is surrounded by a fine moat; andsome excellent apartments are below the level of the waters, but as dry asother parts of the spacious edifice. The porches can only be approached bydrawbridges, the water flowing up to the walls on every side. The surround-ing scenery is very beautiful. There is an armoury here, a good library,some few specimens of sculpture, and a few capital paintings. Amongst the QUEEN CATHERINE PARK. 249. JBHBS-* Shirbourne Castle. latter is an original picture of Queen Catherine Parr in splendid this is affixed a lock of her hair: — Oh! lucky looks that fawnd on Catherine Parr :A woman rare like her but seldom seen. As Miss Strickland has observed, she was truly an admirable woman,—for her kindness to her step-children, her piety, her affectionate duty asnurse to the bloated monarch, and for her wise political caution. In theArchaeologia is a particular account of the desecration of her tomb atSudley in Gloucestershire, the magnificent chapel of which, once so honoured,is now in base dilapidation. In one of the volumes is an engraving from adrawing of the lead coffin, as it lay disinterred in the year 1782. It wasremoved about a foot from the surface of the ground. The body was soonpartially exposed. It was in good preservation. In the same summerMr. Lucas, who rented the lands of the ruin, after the body had lain hereunbestowed for
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