Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . t. ^Ittjtjleton lark, ©tfotljshtre $ THE SEAT OFTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE CHILD VILLIERS, EARL OF JERSEY. The situation of Middleton Park is near Bicester, and the presentMansion occupies a spot near the site of an old Baronial castle, origi-nally the property of a family surnamed Camville, and built in the reigriof King Stephen, on the foundation of a Saxon military work. Richardde Camville, owner of Midlington Castle, was one of the witnesses tothe articles of the league between Richard Cceur de Lion a
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . t. ^Ittjtjleton lark, ©tfotljshtre $ THE SEAT OFTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE CHILD VILLIERS, EARL OF JERSEY. The situation of Middleton Park is near Bicester, and the presentMansion occupies a spot near the site of an old Baronial castle, origi-nally the property of a family surnamed Camville, and built in the reigriof King Stephen, on the foundation of a Saxon military work. Richardde Camville, owner of Midlington Castle, was one of the witnesses tothe articles of the league between Richard Cceur de Lion and Tancred,King of Sicily. His daughter and heiress, Idonea, married William,son of William Longspe, Earl of Salisbury, who thereby became pos-sessed of her estate in Middleton, Burcester, &c. This union tookplace in the sixth year of the reign of Henry HI, In the forty-firstyear of the same king, a marriage took place between Henry Lacy,afterwards Earl of Lincoln, and Margaret, eldest daughter and heiressof William Longspe, Lord of the Manors of Burcester and issue o
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