. Transactions . n Suffolk, on the 24th of September, 1326, and the Kingwas made a prisoner, and subsequently deposed, Despenser beinghanged. The King became a State prisoner, and was entrusted to thecustody of Sir John de Maltravers. In 1327 he was murdered inBerkeley Castle, and Isabel, his wife, either ordered or connived atthe assassination. The unfaithful wife, the undutiful son, thevindictive prelate, the cowardly minister, says Stubbs, wereunworthy instruments of a nations justice. Thomas Gray, authorof the famous Ekgy Written in a Conntry Churchyard, a poem whosemelancholy grace is sai
. Transactions . n Suffolk, on the 24th of September, 1326, and the Kingwas made a prisoner, and subsequently deposed, Despenser beinghanged. The King became a State prisoner, and was entrusted to thecustody of Sir John de Maltravers. In 1327 he was murdered inBerkeley Castle, and Isabel, his wife, either ordered or connived atthe assassination. The unfaithful wife, the undutiful son, thevindictive prelate, the cowardly minister, says Stubbs, wereunworthy instruments of a nations justice. Thomas Gray, authorof the famous Ekgy Written in a Conntry Churchyard, a poem whosemelancholy grace is said to be the perfection of art, wrote anode called The Bard, in which Isabel is described as the she-wolfof France. She was certainly cruel and vindictive, whatever herown private wrongs may have been, and, as often happens even inhumbler spheres. Nemesis soon overtook her and Mortimer. Thelatter was hanged at Tyburn on the 29th of November, 1330, andIsabel was made a State prisoner, spending most of the remainder. 291 of her life at Castle Rising. She was not a prisoner, however, inthe strict sense of the word, and as a matter of fact she died atHertford Castle twenty-seven years later. Two trees have beenplanted within the precincts of the castle by the Prince and Princessof Wales. The remains of an old Saxon Church have been unearthed closeto the castle, so that the village is of pre-Norman date. It is aboutthree miles from the Wash, but was formerly a seaport town ofsome importance, the sea having receded. Incredible as it maynow seem, this village once returned two members to Parliament,and elected a mayor down to the passing of the Reform Act of 1835- The Church of St. Lawrence of Castle Rising, where service isregularly held, is an interesting example of Norman work, andpossesses a splendid west front. Close to the entrance of thecastle is a fine old thorn, measuring 13 in. quarter girth, and in theimmediate neighbourhood are some noteworthy acacias and walnuttrees. Marsh
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