Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire;

THE SEAT OF

HENRY PHIPPS,

EARL OF MULGRAVE, K.G.C.B.

ABOUT three miles from the town of Whitby, in the east division of Langborough wapentake, and within the district of Cleveland, stands the magnificent and recently erected seat of the Earl of Mulgrave, the whole of which has been completed under the direction of William Atkinson, Esq. The style of architecture adopted, is that of an ancient castle with numerous towers, square and polygonal, some of which, in addition to the battlements, are machicolated.

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This ancient Barony, in the reign of Richard I., belonged to Sir Robert de Turnham, whose daughter, Isabel, was given in marriage by King John to Peter de Mauley, a native of Poictou, one of his esquires, whom he had previously employed to destroy Prince Arthur, son of Geoffrey, Duke of Bretagne, his elder brother, in order to pave the way for his succession to the crown. de Mauley built a Castle, the situation of which is at no great distance from the present Noble Mansion, and from its grace and beauty of appearance, standing upon a high hill, he named it Moultgrace, afterwards corrupted to Moultgrave, which Castle became the head of his Barony.

Peter de Mauley, his grandson, in 1253, the 38th year of the reign of Henry III., obtained a charter of free-warren in his demesne lands in this county, and also for a weekly market at Lythe, as well as for a fair to be held on the eve of St. Oswald, and continuing for eight successive days. In 1257, the 42nd of Henry III., he obtained the grant of a market and fair, at Egton, in this neighbourhood. The members of this potent Baronial family were summoned to parliament, from the 23rd of Edward I. to the 2nd of Henry V.

Sir Peter de Mauley, the seventh in succession of that name, was created a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Henry IV., and married Maud, the daughter of Ralph Nevile, Earl of Westmoreland: he died in 1415, when Constance, the wife of Sir John Bigod, Knt. of Setteringham, in Yorkshire, and Elizabeth, the wife of George Salvin, Esq., his sisters, became the co-heiresses of his property, between whom his vast inheritance was divided. Sir John Bigod succeeded to Mulgrave Castle.

Edmund, Lord Sheffield of Butterwick, who, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, had greatly distinguished himself by many gallant services, particularly in the defeat of the Spanish Arınada, was created a Knight of the Garter, and, 7th February, 1625, was advanced to the dignity of Earl of Mulgrave, in which family the title continued till failure of male issue, in 1735. John Sheffield, third Earl of Mulgrave, one of the most eminent noblemen of his day, was created Marquess of Normanby in 1698, and Duke of Buckinghamshire in 1703; his third Duchess was Catherine, daughter of King James II., who had before married James, Earl of Anglesey, from whom the family of Phipps is maternally descended. Sir Constantine Phipps, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, died in 1723, leaving one son, William, who married Catherine, only daughter and heiress of James, Earl of Anglesey, and Catherine, daughter of James II.; their son, Constantine Phipps, was created Lord Mulgrave in 1767, and his grandson, Henry, the third and present Lord, was created Earl of Mulgrave, August 15, 1812.

The late Lord Mulgrave entered very young into the naval service, under the auspices of his uncle, the Hon. Augustus Phipps; soon after he was of age he came into parliament for Lincoln, and early in life was an able parliamentary speaker. În his own profession he was justly admired, and may be classed with

our most eminent naval commanders.

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Thirkleby, Yorkshire,

THE SEAT OF

SIR THOMAS FRANKLAND, BART. F.R & L.S.

THIRKLEBY, three miles from Thirsk and seven from Easingwold, is a handsome Mansion, erected from the designs of James Wyatt, with a fine white stone. It is pleasantly situated near the foot of the Hambleton Hills; the verdant surface of the Park is graced with trees of venerable appearance, and clumps of wellgrown plantations. The horizon to the west, extends from thirty to forty miles. Hood Hill, on the north-east, was the scene of an engagement between a chosen band of about three hundred men, sent by King Henry II., and the banditti who at that time infested the mountains of Sutton under Whitestone Cliff, and spread their ravages into all the neighbouring villages and hamlets. The Parish Church forms a pleasing object from the pleasure grounds. It was rebuilt by Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart. in 1722, but contains several ancient monuments to various branches of the family. Soon after the restoration of Charles II. we find William Frankland, Esq., of Thirkleby, in the county of York, created to the dignity and degree of a Baronet, by letters patent bearing date December 24, 1660. His eldest son and heir, Sir Thomas Frankland, married the youngest daughter of Sir John Russell, by Frances, daughter of Oliver Cromwell, the Protector. The following character of the second Baronet is from Mackay's Memoirs, (1713.)

"Sir Thomas Frankland, Postmaster General, is chief of a very good family in Yorkshire, with a very good estate. His being my Lord Fauconberg's nephew, and marrying a grand-daughter of Oliver Cromwell, first recommended him to King William, who at the Revolution made him Commissioner of the Excise, and in some years after Governor of the Post Office. By abundance of application, he understands that office better than any man in England; and notwithstanding we had no intercourse with France last war, he improved that revenue to ten thousand pounds a year more than it was in the most flourishing years. He was the first that directed a correspondence with Spain and Portugal, and all our foreign plantations, to the great advantage of our traffic, and is turned for greater matters, when the government shall think fit to employ him. The Queen, by reason of his great capacity and honesty, hath continued him in the office of Paymaster General. He is a gentleman of a very sweet, easy, affable disposition; of good sense, extremely zealous for the constitution of his country, yet does not seem over forward; keeps an exact unity amongst the officers under him, and encourages them in their duty, through a peculiar familiarity, by which he obliges them, and keeps up the dignity of being master. He is a handsome man, middle stature, towards forty years old."

Sir Thomas Frankland died October 29, 1726, leaving by his Lady seven sons and three daughters; the eldest, Sir Thomas Frankland, succeeded to the title and estates, and was returned Member of Parliament for Thirsk in five successive Parliaments. He was succeeded by his nephew, Sir Charles Henry Frankland, son of Henry Frankland, Esq., of Mattersea. During the time he was Consul General for Portugal, he was buried four hours under the ruins in the great earthquake at Lisbon, November 1, 1755, but fortunately escaped death, and returned to his own country. He died at Bath, without issue, January 11, 1768, and was succeeded in his title and estate by his brother Sir Thomas Frankland, a Captain in the Royal Navy, who was ultimately appointed Admiral of the White. He married in May, 1743, Sarah, grand-daughter of Chief Justice Rhett, of South Carolina, in North America, by whom he had five sons and eight daughters. Henry, the eldest son, died an infant, and his second son, at the death of his father at Bath in 1784, succeeded to the estate and title.

Temple Newsam, Yorkshire;

THE SEAT OF

THE MARCHIONESS OF HERTFORD.

UPON the site of this noble and spacious Mansion, stood formerly a Preceptory, belonging to the Knights Templars, whence it derives its name of Temple Newsam. After the suppression of that order, the estate was granted by Edward III. to Sir John Darcie, in whose descendants it remained until the time of Thomas, Lord Darcey, who, after having experienced many signal marks of his sovereign's grace and estimation, was at length beheaded on Tower Hill, 30th of Henry VIII., on suspicion of having traitorously delivered up the Castle of Pomfret to the Yorkshiremen, who were then in arms, and in open insurrection, by the name of "The Pilgrimage of Grace," and this his seat and estate was given by King Henry VIII. to Matthew, Earl of Lennox, whose son, Henry, Lord Darnley, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and father of James I., was born here. King James I. granted it to the Duke of Lennox, of whom it was purchased by Sir Anthony Ingram, who erected the present magnificent structure. Its situation, upon the north bank of the Aire is bold and commanding, surrounded by a beautiful and extremely fertile country, watered by one of the most considerable rivers in Yorkshire, at the distance of four miles from Leeds, and about fourteen from York. The house covers a great extent of ground, its plan is that of an half H, and the architecture is a fine specimen of the period in which it was built. The most remarkable enrichment is the parapet of the roof of open stone work, containing these sentences, 66 ALL GLORY AND PRAISE BE GIVEN TO GOD THE FATHER, THE SON, AND HOLY GHOST ON HIGH, PEACE UPON EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARDS MEN, HONOUR AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO OUR GRACIOUS KING, LOVING AFFECTIONS AMONGST HIS SUBJECTS, HEALTH AND PLENTY WITHIN THIS HOUSE.'

The apartments are numerous and spacious: the Library, twenty-four feet square, is divided by Corinthian columns, a very handsome room; there is a very neat chapel altar-piece in the passage: but the finest apartment is the Gallery of Pictures, one hundred and nine feet in length, by about twenty in breadth, containing a numerous collection by the most celebrated Masters, of which we are enabled to give a correct list. Sir Henry Ingram, of Temple Newsam, was by King Charles II. created Baron Ingram of Irvine and Viscount Irvine, May 3, 1561. His successor, Arthur, the third Viscount, married Isabel, the daughter of John Rich Michel, Esq., of Hills, in the county of Sussex, by whom he left seven sons, Edward fourth Viscount, Richard, Arthur, Henry, Charles, and George, who successively enjoyed the title of Viscount Irvine, which devolved upon the nephew of the last mentioned, Charles, the tenth Viscount Irvine, whose eldest daughter, Isabella Ann Ingram Shepherd, is now Marchioness of Hertford. The last Viscount Irvine died at Temple Newsam, 19th June, 1778, when his large estates descended to his daughter. The late Marquis of Hertford,