Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLOTTE CATHERINE ANNE EGERTON, COUNTESS OF BRIDGEWATER. Ashridge, formerly written Aescrugge, signifying a hill set withash trees, was, in olden time, according to Leland, a royal the year 1285, Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, son and heir of Richard,Earl of Corn wall, and King of the Romans, founded a College at Ash-ridge, for a Rector and twenty Brethren, called Bonhomrnes, of whomthirteen were to be priests. The original occupants, whom the Earlbrought over fro
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . THE SEAT OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLOTTE CATHERINE ANNE EGERTON, COUNTESS OF BRIDGEWATER. Ashridge, formerly written Aescrugge, signifying a hill set withash trees, was, in olden time, according to Leland, a royal the year 1285, Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, son and heir of Richard,Earl of Corn wall, and King of the Romans, founded a College at Ash-ridge, for a Rector and twenty Brethren, called Bonhomrnes, of whomthirteen were to be priests. The original occupants, whom the Earlbrought over from the south of France, belonged to a sect in that coun-try who called themselves Boni Homines, and were nearly allied to theAlbigenses. Earl Edmund liberally endowed the College, of which theRector and Brethren held possession till the twenty-sixth year of HenryVIII., when they were visited by the Commissioners of his Majesty, and,soon after, the society was dissolved. At the period of the dissolution,the gross amount of rental, according to Speed, was 447/. 18s. Afterthis, Ashridge
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