The wanderings of a pen and pencil . he Tudor D D 202 WANDERINGS OF A VES AND PENCIL. toy-shop. There are bold marble figures of the second Sir Thomas Spencer,the last of the family, and of Lady Spencer and their son William; also thekneeling and recumbent figures of four of their daughters, who by the deathof that son became co-heiresses of the estate. When the property was pur-chased by the Dash woods, who hold the present patronage of the place, theone-fourth share of Jane Spencer (who had married Robert Spencer, earl ofTeviot, and brother of that earl of Sunderland killed at Newbury 1643,)
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . he Tudor D D 202 WANDERINGS OF A VES AND PENCIL. toy-shop. There are bold marble figures of the second Sir Thomas Spencer,the last of the family, and of Lady Spencer and their son William; also thekneeling and recumbent figures of four of their daughters, who by the deathof that son became co-heiresses of the estate. When the property was pur-chased by the Dash woods, who hold the present patronage of the place, theone-fourth share of Jane Spencer (who had married Robert Spencer, earl ofTeviot, and brother of that earl of Sunderland killed at Newbury 1643,) wasnot sold with the rest of the property. The ceiling of this chapel is of boldpanelling, divided in the ascent, by closer beams or mouldings, into smallerspaces. These are blazoned with painted stars; and at the intersection ofthe greater beams of the panelling there are floral pendants, which terminatein an acorn-like finial stud. Leaving the church, we inquired of our sturdy damsel if any thing curiousbelonged to the old Manor?. Yarnton Manor House. She answered us in the negative; but there was a something in the aspectof the retired mansion which contradicted her hasty declaration. The fold yard — for such it appeared to be — of this farming residence was YARNTON HOUSE. 203 strewed with fragments of the old days; and some out buildings therewere decidedly in connection with a foundation of several centuries. MadamLisle, the proprietress, was absent. Her handsome daughter kindly badeus welcome to the inspection of the interior; and she ingenuously, and withsuch frankness as we find most rare in a wicked world of outward observ-ances, guided us cheerfully through wainscotted parlours and contractedpassages of the strange dwelling, and led us into the curious bed-chambersand vacant rooms aloft, and lent to us every facility we could have desired inscrutiny of her venerable English home. One of the apartments is a richlyornamented chamber, adorned with a chimney-place an
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