Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . llaton, kneeling by his bedside, in full armour, engaged inprayer ; and about her (Cassandras) own father, and her youngbrothers, who with herself doubtless imbibed knowledge at Mid-dleton and Wollaton, watching the experiments of Ray and hispatron on the sap of trees, and learning natural history in pleas-antest ways. They were a wonderful race, these Willoughbys of Wolla-ton ; and he who would write their history has large stores todraw from, as that Muniment-room is a bewilderment to be-holders. But as this article is limited in length
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . llaton, kneeling by his bedside, in full armour, engaged inprayer ; and about her (Cassandras) own father, and her youngbrothers, who with herself doubtless imbibed knowledge at Mid-dleton and Wollaton, watching the experiments of Ray and hispatron on the sap of trees, and learning natural history in pleas-antest ways. They were a wonderful race, these Willoughbys of Wolla-ton ; and he who would write their history has large stores todraw from, as that Muniment-room is a bewilderment to be-holders. But as this article is limited in length, and professes to bemainly on the house and its builder, we will pass with a touchsuch family worthies as the Lord Chief justice of the SecondEdwards time, and that earlier Sir Richard who lies beside hiswife in sculptured splendour in the old chapel at Willughby-on-the-Wolds ; also Hugh the priest, unlawful progenitor of theWillughbys of Risely (in Derbyshire), a spot now ignorant of theirname ; also Sir Hugh, who married Marion de Freville, heiress. 12 Mollaton 1ball of Middleton, and brought Warwickshire lands into the family ;and whose noble will still lies in York Minster. And Henry,Knight Banneret of Stoke, in 1487 ; who was also a Knight of theSepulchre, and accompanied his kinsman, the Marquis of Dorset,into Spain, intending to invade France ; and was the Sir HenryWillughby at the Field of the Cloth of Gold. There exists yet the parchment, sealed,— Sir Jo. Willughby,his patent, when he was created Kt. Hospitaller at Jerusalem,IS2I, which sets forth that he had visited the Holy Shrine, Bethle-hem, Olivet, Calvary, etc. ; and he was probably the Sir who fought at Flodden field. His next brother, Sir Edward, was father to that secondHenry who became heir to his grandfather, and marrying theLady Anne Grey, daughter to the Marquis of Dorset and sister tothe Duke of Suffolk (whose child was the ill-fated Lady JaneGrey), was, through her, father of Francis, the
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