. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ingham gate,leading into the close at Norwich, was built by Sir Thomas ; alsothe tower of Erpingham church. Then there followed Sir JohnFastolfe, who in turn sold the estate, circa 1459, to Sir GeoffreyBoleyn, mercer, and Lord Mayor of London, whose grandson,created by Henry VIII. Viscount Rochfort, was the father ofAnne, and while in residence at Blickling was apprised of thebeheading of his two children. He was succeeded, it appears,by Sir James Boleyn, great-uncle to Elizabeth ; and from himthe property passed to Sir John Clere of Orm
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ingham gate,leading into the close at Norwich, was built by Sir Thomas ; alsothe tower of Erpingham church. Then there followed Sir JohnFastolfe, who in turn sold the estate, circa 1459, to Sir GeoffreyBoleyn, mercer, and Lord Mayor of London, whose grandson,created by Henry VIII. Viscount Rochfort, was the father ofAnne, and while in residence at Blickling was apprised of thebeheading of his two children. He was succeeded, it appears,by Sir James Boleyn, great-uncle to Elizabeth ; and from himthe property passed to Sir John Clere of Ormesby, whose spend-thrift heir was forced to sell it, and met with a purchaser in SirHenry Hobart, grandson of the Attorney-General of Henry VII. This is but a scrappy outline of the early history, but suffi-cient : an article for the general reader being hardly the place forlong genealogical extracts from those voluminous tomes, the oldcounty histories. It brings us down to the beginning of theseventeenth century ; at which time Dagworth Manor Hall was. THE SOUTH FRONT ANO FLOWER GARDEN, BUCKLING. HALL 6 Blicfclino 1ball demolished, to make way for the mansion as one now sees was begun by Sir Henry, 1619, and completed by his son,John, in 1028; the latter, from receiving Charles II. here, gaveoccasion to Stephensons couplet: Blickling two monarchs and two queens has seen ;One King fetchd thence, another brought a Queen. The striking resemblance of the south front to the central
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