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Contents
CHAPTER I.
Nottingham in Early TimesThe Danish InvasionWilliam the ConquerorThe Castle and the PeverelsVisits of Henry II. And Richard I.White Friars and Gray FriarsIntrigues of Queen IsabellaParliaments at NottinghamRichard III. at the Castle The Royal Army in the MeadowsJames I. at Thurland HallThe Civil WarRaising the StandardRivalry of the Nottingham and Newark GarrisonsReduction of the CastleThe Restoration Nottingham and the Revolution of 1688The Castle destroyed by FireIts Subsequent Restoration
CHAPTER II.
Villages around NottinghamWollaton and its WorthiesThe Park and HallAdventures of Sir Hugh WilloughbyLenton and its Priory Arnold and BestwoodAn Easter SepulchreRoyal Visitors at BestwoodThe Dukes of St. AlbansCalvertonThe Story of the Stocking-frameWoodborough and the JebbsLambley and the Cromwells
CHAPTER III.
Clifton and its Famous GroveThe Cliftons of CliftonNotable Warriors Wilford and its AssociationsAn Eminent ParsonThe Adventurous Career of Captain DeaneHenry Kirke WhiteHolme Pierrepont and its OwnersThe Poet Oldham
CHAPTER IV.
Attenborough as it isBirthplace of General IretonAlderman Sir John Ireton, Lord Mayor of LondonKingston and the BabingtonsA Remarkable MemorialAn Eminent JudgeAnthony Babington, the ConspiratorModern Kingston and the late Lord BelperBradmore and its OwnersBunny and Ralph, Lord CromwellSir Thomas Parkyns and his Book on WrestlingHis Effigy as a WrestlerNotice of Lord Rancliffe
CHAPTER V.
ColwickThe Colwick FamilyThe Byrons and the MustersMemorials in the ChurchLord Byrons MaryThe Reform RiotsBurton Joyce LowdhamThe Bysets and their ExploitsThe Home of an ArchbishopSingular Land Tenure
CHAPTER VI.
The Vale of BelvoirTithby and WivertonThe Chaworth Family Royal VisitorsA Loyal GarrisonLord Byron and Mary Chaworth The Death of Mrs. MustersOwthorpeA Famous Regicide Langar and Admiral Lord HoweThe Tibetots and Scropes Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, a Roman Halting-placeAn Eminent Judge robbed on the HighwayMonuments in the ChurchA Young Cavalier slain at Willoughby
CHAPTER VII.
All the World and BinghamA Quaint PhraseThe Bingham Family Admiral Sir Thomas RempstoneExtraordinary FindEminent ClericsViscount SherbrookeEast BridgefordA Roman Station The Home of a RegicideReligious House at ShelfordThe Siege of the Manor-houseThe Earls of Chesterfield
CHAPTER VIII.
Aslockton and Archbishop CranmerWhatton ChurchA Cramner MemorialThe Village CrossParish RegistersEarly Days of the PrelateLelands ItineraryCranmers Mound and WalkThe Molyneux Screveton Kirketon Hall and the Whalleys A Mysterious JesuitEdward Whalley and Oliver CromwellThe Guardian of the KingWhalley signs the Death-warrantHe is one of Cromwells PeersFlies to America and diesCar Colston Thoroton, the Nottinghamshire Historian
CHAPTER IX.
Down the Trent ValleyThurgarton PrioryA House of the Augustinians The Cooper FamilyA Shatp SkirmishHoveringham and the GoushillsMemorial to a Remarkable LadyStoke and its Battlefield The Imposture of Lambert Simnel Local Relics and Traditions
CHAPTER X.
Southwell: its Church and PalaceThe Minster foundedVisits of ArchbishopsSudden Death of Archbishop GerardSingular Story of ThurstanGeoffrey PlantagenetStrange Scene at the MinsterKing Johns VisitsNotices of Cardinal WolseyCharles I. at the Saracens HeadByronian Reminiscences
CHAPTER XI.
Newark: the Key of the NorthAn Old Towns StoryThe Castle Built by Bishop AlexanderDeath of King JohnThe Coming of the FriarsThe Friary and the Chantry HouseA Fine Parish Church The Civil War PeriodLoyalty of the Old BoroughModern Events
CHAPTER XII.
Brough, a Roman StationDanethorpe HillsHolme and Lord Bellasis Cromwell and the CromwellsMuskhamNorwellNorth and South CollinghamFledborough and its ownersWoodcotesThe Gretna Green of the MidlandsDr. Arnolds Connection with FledboroughSutton-on-TrentGrassthorpe and the Furnivals Memorials of the Cartwright Family at Marnham
CHAPTER XIII.
The Manor-house at HawtonMemorials of the Molyneux Family The Easter SepulchreJudge Molyneux at ThorpeOld Hall at Cotham The Markham FamilySibthorpe and its College Staunton and its StoryAttack on Staunton HallElston and the Darwins
CHAPTER XIV.
Tuxford and its NeighboursCurious Sculpture in the ChurchThe Rebel StoneThe Markhams of MarkhamMemorials in the ChurchA Famous VillageMrs. Markhams History of England Bevercotes and its Early OwnersHaughton and the Holles FamilyA Once Famous MansionThe Chapel RuinsMarkham Clinton and its Mausoleum
CHAPTER XV.
Averham Robert de Lexington and the Jews Sir William Dugdale and the Family of SuttonLord Lexington and Charles I.Kelham HallA Destructive FireUpton and HockertonThorotons Connection with HockertonWinkburn Park and HallAn Ancient ChurchThe Countess of Rutland at Winkburn A Peninsular HeroBilsthorpeA Controversy with a KingModern Memorials in Bilsthorpe ChurchThe Ancient Owners of Eakring Visitation of the PlagueHeroism of the Rector
CHAPTER XVI.
Queen Eleanor and HarbyFounding a ChantryBroadholme and its NunneryRampton in Saxon TimesThe Babingtons and EyresRemains of the Ancient MansionThe Whole Duty of ManHeroes of Modern TimesLaneham and the Archbishops of York A DuelSturtonThe White LadyColonel ThornhaughFenton the Mariner
CHAPTER XVII.
Retford and its RecordsBattle on the Banks of the IdleRoyal Grants and FavoursThe Parish ChurchTower and Steeple blown down An Army at WheatleyCurious Election StoryMattersey and its MonksWiseton and its Distinguished VisitorsRanskill and its Danish AncestryClayworth and its Clergy
CHAPTER XVIII.
ScroobyThe Homes of the Pilgrim FathersAn Absorbing Story Elder Brewster and his ResidenceThe Archiepiscopal Palace BlythIts Monastery and ChurchBishop SaundersonAn Ancient Tournament-GroundHodsock PrioryFinningley and the FrobishersA Hero of the Armada
CHAPTER XIX.
Worksop and The Dukeries The LovetotsFoundation of Worksop PrioryThe Furnivals and TalbotsDissolution of the Monastery Mary Queen of Scots at the ManorSherwood ForestClumber House and the Dukes of NewcastleThoresby, Seat of Earl Manvers Welbeck Abbey and the Dukes of PortlandBirkland and Bilhagh Edwinstowe, OllertonCockglode Rufford AbbeyClipstone PalaceShireoaks, Gateford, Osberton, Serlby Hall
CHAPTER XX.
Mansfield and its EnvironsNewstead and the ByronsAnnesley FelleyHucknall TorkardPapplewickBlidworth
CHAPTER XXI.
The Erewash ValleyTrowell and the HackersThe Early Possessors of CossallShaw, the Life GuardsmanThe Family of StrelleyStaplefordAn Ancient CrossWilliam PeverelThe Teverys and PalmesA Gallant AdmiralA Petrified EnigmaBeauvaleA Carthusian MonasteryThe CantilupesGreasley CastleThe Prior of Beauvale hangedNuttall Temple
CHAPTER XXII.
Natural Features dependent on SoilsCoal-Measures: their Extent under the CountyThe Magnesian Limestone and Creswell Bone-Caverns The New Red Sandstone, and the Forest Lands of NottsHemlock StoneThe Keuper Marls and GypsumThe LiasAncient Course of the Trent to Lincoln and the WashMuseums
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Treasures in the Stately Homes of NottinghamshireList of Country Seats Ecclesiastical Buildings Southwell Minster Its Chapter-HouseNewark Parish ChurchThe Church at BlythWorksop Priory ChurchParochial Churches
CHAPTER XXIV.
LEGEND, TRADITION, AND ANECDOTE.
Robin Hood and his BandBallads of the PeriodThe GothamitesThe King and the Miller of MansfieldAncient Instruments of Torture The Plough BullocksRiding the StangThe Fair Maid of Clifton St. Catherines Well at NewarkNan Scotts Chamber at HolmeDick Turpin and his Accomplice-The Poets of the Newark Sieges-Hercules Clay and his Dream
CHAPTER XXV.
Provincial Words: their Origin and Use-Examples from Great Writers Superstitions and Proverbial SayingsEccentric Epitaphs
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Nottinghamshire FloraCounty FlorasDr. Deerings Catalogus Stirpium’Mr. Ordoynos Flora Nottinghamiensis’Dr. Howitts Nottinghamshire Flora’The Nottingham Catchfly Its History and PeculiaritiesThe Meadow CrocusFauna of the CountyList of Notts Birds