. Vanishing England . was visited by the King, for overthe gateway are the arms of France andEngland, under a crown, supported bythe greyhound and griffin, and sidedby the rose and the crown, probably in Jo r ^ fEJj p^memory of Henry VIIIs visit W&\The Comptons ever basked in the smilesof royalty. Henry Compton, created ibaron, was the favourite of QueenElizabeth, and his son William sue- Chimney at Compton Wynyutcs ceeded in marrying the daughter of SirJohn Spencer, richest of City merchants. All the worldknows of his ingenious craft in carrying off the lady ina bakers basket, of his w
. Vanishing England . was visited by the King, for overthe gateway are the arms of France andEngland, under a crown, supported bythe greyhound and griffin, and sidedby the rose and the crown, probably in Jo r ^ fEJj p^memory of Henry VIIIs visit W&\The Comptons ever basked in the smilesof royalty. Henry Compton, created ibaron, was the favourite of QueenElizabeth, and his son William sue- Chimney at Compton Wynyutcs ceeded in marrying the daughter of SirJohn Spencer, richest of City merchants. All the worldknows of his ingenious craft in carrying off the lady ina bakers basket, of his wifes disinheritance by the iratefather, and of the subsequent reconciliation through the 1 The present Marquis of Northampton in his book contends that thehouse was mainly built in the reign of Hem) VII by Edmund Compton,Sir Williams lather, and Ilia) Sir William only enlarged and added to thehouse. We have not space to record the arguments in favour of or againstthis view. 2 The Progresses of James I, by
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