The wanderings of a pen and pencil . R R 307 CHAPTER ^5tSS arly in the afternoon we tooktrain to Derby, where we hastily-refreshed with an intelligentfriend, and then reviewed thelocality. What Stukely men-tions to have existed of Der-ventimn, or Little Chester, hasfor most part disappeared. Wesaw the remains of the monasticinstitution at the foot of thegreat bridge over the Derwent,and by permission of the pro-prietor, H. Mozley, Esq., whocourteously acted as cicerone,we saw the interior of the Pretenders House, at the bottom of Full is the residence mentioned in a popular
The wanderings of a pen and pencil . R R 307 CHAPTER ^5tSS arly in the afternoon we tooktrain to Derby, where we hastily-refreshed with an intelligentfriend, and then reviewed thelocality. What Stukely men-tions to have existed of Der-ventimn, or Little Chester, hasfor most part disappeared. Wesaw the remains of the monasticinstitution at the foot of thegreat bridge over the Derwent,and by permission of the pro-prietor, H. Mozley, Esq., whocourteously acted as cicerone,we saw the interior of the Pretenders House, at the bottom of Full is the residence mentioned in a popular history, Avhich says, — Theyoung Pretender took up his quarters at a house in the town belonging to theMarquis of Exeter. His artillery, consisting of thirteen pieces, was stationedupon Nuns Green; his troops were dispersed through the town, and amountedto nearly the number of the inhabitants. Charles entered on foot, with hisguards in the dark of the evening (4th December). According to a nativeof Derby, he was tall, straight, slender, and handsome; dr
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