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CONTENTS
CHAPTER XVI.
Queen Eleanor and Harby—Founding a Chantry—Broadholme and its Nunnery—Rampton in Saxon Times—The Babingtons and Eyres—Remains of the Ancient Mansion—The Whole Duty of Man—Heroes of Modern Times—Laneham and the Archbishops of York— A Duel—Sturton—The White Lady—Colonel Thornhaugh—Fenton the Mariner
CHAPTER XVII.
Retford and its Records—Battle on the Banks of the Idle—Royal Grants and Favours—The Parish Church—Tower and Steeple blown down— An Army at Wheatley—Curious Election Story—Mattersey and its Monks—Wiseton and its Distinguished Visitors—Ranskill and its Danish Ancestry—Clayworth and its Clergy
CHAPTER XVIII.
Scrooby—The Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers—An Absorbing Story— Elder Brewster and his Residence—The Archiepiscopal Palace— Blyth—Its Monastery and Church—Bishop Saunderson—An Ancient Tournament-Ground—Hodsock Priory—Finningley and the Frobishers—A Hero of the Armada
CHAPTER XIX.
Worksop and ‘The Dukeries ‘—The Lovetots—Foundation of Worksop Priory—The Furnivals and Talbots—Dissolution of the Monastery— Mary Queen of Scots at the Manor—Sherwood Forest—Clumber House and the Dukes of Newcastle—Thoresby, Seat of Earl Manvers —Welbeck Abbey and the Dukes of Portland—Birkland and Bilhagh —Edwinstowe, Ollerton—Cockglode— Rufford Abbey—Clipstone Palace—Shireoaks, Gateford, Osberton, Serlby Hall
CHAPTER XX.
Mansfield and its Environs—Newstead and the Byrons—Annesley— Felley—Hucknall Torkard—Papplewick—Blidworth
CHAPTER XXI.
The Erewash Valley—Trowell and the Hackers—The Early Possessors of Cossall—Shaw, the Life Guardsman—The Family of Strelley—Stapleford—An Ancient Cross—William Peverel—The Teverys and Palmes—A Gallant Admiral—‘A Petrified Enigma’—Beauvale—A Carthusian Monastery—The Cantilupes—Greasley Castle—The Prior of Beauvale hanged—Nuttall Temple
© A P NICHOLSON | PAGE LAST UPDATED: 2 MAY 2003