Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . g the hours, has on the face of it a tale to unfold. The faceof this clock has two hands, and is more modern ; but the case isthe original one. Some twelve or fourteen years ago, The Sta-tion-master, Castle Bromwich, received a letter, thus addressed,from an unknown individual in Lincolnshire, stating that he pos-sessed an old clock, upon the case of which was carved castleBROMWICH and edward devereux, also his coat of arms ; andasking, Was there still anyone of that name living in the place,as he was willing to part with it ? Of course,
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . g the hours, has on the face of it a tale to unfold. The faceof this clock has two hands, and is more modern ; but the case isthe original one. Some twelve or fourteen years ago, The Sta-tion-master, Castle Bromwich, received a letter, thus addressed,from an unknown individual in Lincolnshire, stating that he pos-sessed an old clock, upon the case of which was carved castleBROMWICH and edward devereux, also his coat of arms ; andasking, Was there still anyone of that name living in the place,as he was willing to part with it ? Of course, we lost no timein acquiring the clock. In all probability it and Castle Bromwichparted company when the Devereux family did ; and so, after twohundred odd years, it has returned to its first home. Certainlythis is a very telling instance of how small the world is. Another thing to be noticed in the Hall, which seems typicalof a house of this date, is that in the upper panes of the latticedwindows are the coats of arms, in lovely coloured glass, of the. THE WEST FRONT, CASTLE BROMWICH, SHOWING THE CROSS 73 74 dastle Bromwicb various families who have owned the house : Devereux, Ferrers,Corbet, etc. ; with the date on one of them, I think, 1523 ; andin one pane are the Royal arms. The date of most of these isuncertain, as is also the reason of their insertion ; but the mostcurious glass of any is to be found in the Study, which, to mymind, is the cosiest and sunniest room in the house, it opensout of the Hall, and, like it, is lined with dark oak panelling ; andthe two large windows looking south and west are tilled withthis interesting old glass. Most of the saints of the English Cal-endar are here introduced, and the descriptions of them are soquaint that I transcribe them all at length, at the risk of boringthe reader. ^ . On January firft day for our Souls GoodIn Circumcision fhew his bodys bloudon fixtii by Wise Men gifts to liim were givenon five iSr twentietli Paul waf Cal
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