. In the old paths: memories of literary pilgrimages . e date 15 36. One of the delights connectedwith rambles in England is that in the most out-of-the-way places you stumble across manor-houses that, inthemselves or on account of the families with whichthey are associated, have become famous in Englandshistory. So it is with this old manor-house. The Pennsbecame extinct in the elder branch by the death ofRoger Penn in 1735, when the estate passed by themarriage of his sister and heir to Sir Nathaniel Curzon,Baronet. Later still, a Curzon married the daughterof Admiral Howe, and to this circu
. In the old paths: memories of literary pilgrimages . e date 15 36. One of the delights connectedwith rambles in England is that in the most out-of-the-way places you stumble across manor-houses that, inthemselves or on account of the families with whichthey are associated, have become famous in Englandshistory. So it is with this old manor-house. The Pennsbecame extinct in the elder branch by the death ofRoger Penn in 1735, when the estate passed by themarriage of his sister and heir to Sir Nathaniel Curzon,Baronet. Later still, a Curzon married the daughterof Admiral Howe, and to this circumstance the presentfamily owes its triple name, representing the Penns,Curzons, and Howes. With the Penns we are more IN ENGLANDS PENNSYLVANIA 41 immediately interested. The Howes not only linkPenn House with the Admiral, but also with GeneralHowe, who was with Wolfe at Quebec, and who isstill better known in connection with the War ofIndependence. From Penn Bottom the path ascends to the weather-beaten village of Penn itself, on the top of the THE TOP OF THE HILL :The Village Inn, Penn. Penn Church is a plain old structure of rubble andflint, originally early English in style and dating from1213. The chancel, added in 1736, contains the onlystained-glass window, filled in during the followingyear. This parish church, however, is interesting inother memorials of the dead, mural monuments by 42 IN ENGLANDS PENNSYLVANIA Chantrey, old hatchments, and ancient brasses. Thepilgrim who has no access to family archives can heremuse over the historic names of Penn, Howe, andCurzon. It should be stated that William Pennsfather. Admiral Penn, belonged to a branch of thePenn family which removed to Wiltshire. They hadhived off from the old stock. Admiral Penn himselfwas buried at St. Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. But theold district had a magnetic attraction for his family,and thus it happens that some of the grandchildrenof William Penn are buried here, while his son, ThomasPenn of Stok
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