. The Doane family:. resting old gable yet re-mains. Of Flax-yards, the housenow turned into a farm-house,still carries with it an imposingformality with its many win-dowed front, its dark-tonedbrick and stone facings. In aquaintly worded journal, whorethe author seems to have visitedvarious points of interest in theneighborhood, ho alludes as fol-lows to Flaxjards and theDones : Near to Tarporley,we see indeed, the ruins of ahouse, yet with no decay ofthe name or the owners thereof, the ancient seat of the Dones,between whom and the Donos of Utkinton I have hoard wns no littleemulation until
. The Doane family:. resting old gable yet re-mains. Of Flax-yards, the housenow turned into a farm-house,still carries with it an imposingformality with its many win-dowed front, its dark-tonedbrick and stone facings. In aquaintly worded journal, whorethe author seems to have visitedvarious points of interest in theneighborhood, ho alludes as fol-lows to Flaxjards and theDones : Near to Tarporley,we see indeed, the ruins of ahouse, yet with no decay ofthe name or the owners thereof, the ancient seat of the Dones,between whom and the Donos of Utkinton I have hoard wns no littleemulation until it pleased God, the heirs male of Utkinton failing wereglad to knit with the Dones of Flaxyards, that so the union by mar-riage might make one greater name, as now in the person of theworthy Knight Sir John Done of Utkinton, a gentleman replete inmany excellencies of nature, wit and ingenuity. The portiait reproduction of Sir John and Lady Done has beenphotographed from an ancient painting now hanging in Marple Hull,. IDCD^MIl XVI THE DONE FAMILY OF CTIESITIRE, ENGLAND. near Stockport. There is a similar portrait of Sir ,Tolm Done atArdernc Hall, the property of the Karl of Iladdinotoii. The pictureis well preserved, though dark in tone, anil the figure appears to havebeen depicted as wearing the Bugle Horn. This Sir ,lohn Done, born 157G and died Apr. 13, 1029, wasknighted by King James I in 1G17. lie married Dorothy, eldestdaughter of Thomas Wilbraham of Woodhey, Esq., and with hisyouthful lu-ide went to reside for some time, according to the desireof his father-in-law, in the house of the celebrated John Bruen ofStapleford, in order to be schooled in the principles and habits ofPuritanism. They imbibed Presbyterian tenets, and on the troublesof the 17th century the family adopted the cause of still speaks of the hospitalities of Utkinton Hall duringthe occupancy of this Sir John Done, the last possessor of theancient line. His lady, Dorothy Done, was pos
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