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on 18th December, 1807, obtained his Majesty's authority, in compliance with the will of Charles, Viscount Irvine, to take the surname of Ingram before the family name of Seymour, and also to write the said surname of Ingram before all titles of honour; and also to bear the arms of Ingram, viz.; Ermine, on a fess, Gules, three scallop shells, Or, quarterly, with those of Seymour Conway.

A List of the Pictures at Temple Newsam.

St. John preaching in the Wilderness-Guido.
Moses Striking the Rock-Sebastian Bourdon.
Children in the Fiery Furnace-Spranger.
Christ Discoursing with the Rabbi-Rembrandt.
A View of Rome, copied from Canaletti.

Portrait of Henry Rich, Earl of Holland, full
length-Vandyck.

Two Boys' Heads-Reubens

Horses-Van Bloom.

Companion to ditto-Ditto.

The Holy Family, a large picture-Rubens.

Two small pictures-Bourgognone.

Elizabeth, the Virgin, and Boys-Nicolo Poussin.
Dead Christ and Virgin-Annibal Caracci.
Sea-piece, and Companion-Vanderveldt.
Landscape, with Figures-Mola.

Jupiter and Europa, a large picture Luca
Giordano.

Cephalus and Procris-Schalken.

Charity-Polemberg.

Christ Praying in the Garden, an indifferent picture-Molasso.

Christ, the Virgin, and St. John.

St. Simeon bearing Christ-Elizabeta Sarani.

Two small Pictures, supposed by Bourgognone.
Prince Maurice, a full length, in a black suit-
Mireveldt.

Prometheus, very fine-Vandyck.
Bourgognone, by himself.

St. Margaret and the Dragon-Guido.
Sea-fight, Van Tromp Victorious-William Van-
dervelt the younger.

A Battle-Bourgognone.

Companion to ditto-Ditto.

Fruit and Vegetables-Michael Angelo di Campidoglio.

Companion to ditto-both very doubtful.

The Beast Market at Rome.

St. John Baptizing Christ.

Descent from the Cross-Albert Durer, very fine in

deed, but possessing all the stiffness of the master. Sea-piece and its Companion-Bourgognone.

Fowls, a large picture-Hondekoeter.

A Landscape.

A Waterfall and its Companion-Bourgognone.

Two small pictures-Ditto.

Shepherd's Boy-Sir Joshua Reynolds.

A Boar Hunt, large-John Fytt.

Two small pictures-Bourgognone.

Fruit and Vegetables-Michael Angelo di Campidoglio.

Companion-Ditto.

A View, with Buildings, &c.-Watteau.
Companion to ditto-Ditto.

Dancing Boys, well drawn, and beautifully Fragment, with Rocks, &c.

painted-Rothenamer.

Diana and Nymphs.

Companion to ditto.

View of Roman Baths, copy from Canaletti.
Portrait of Sir Arthur Ingram the elder, Founder
of this Seat, full length, in a black suit.
Diana and Nymphs-Polemberg.
A small picture, by Paul Veronese.

A Philosopher Contemplating, companion to ditto.
A large Battle-piece-Bourgognone.
A Landscape-Asselin.

Rembrandt, very broad, but doubtful if painted
by himself.

Sheep and Cattle-Rosa di Tivoli.

A large Battle-piece-Bourgognone.

The Half-length.

A Storm, large-Bourgognone.

A Dutch Market-Van Huysen.

A Head-Cornelius Jansen.

Assumption of the Virgin.-Sebastian Concha.
Cattle-Rosa di Tivoli.

Land Storm and Banditti-Bourgognone.
Landscape, doubtful if by Claude.
Christ and St. John-Vandyck.

Head of Smith, one of the Reformers-Holbein.

The above are all in the Gallery; in another apartment is a fine Portrait of the present Marchioness of Hertford, by Sir Jos, Reynolds.

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Stapleton Park, Yorkshire;

THE SEAT OF

THE HONOURABLE EDWARD PETRE.

THIS Mansion was built by Edward Lascelles, Esq., afterwards Earl of Harewood. The centre of the principal Front is ornamented with four Ionic columns supporting a pediment. The whole building is of stone, and is now entered by a handsome Doric portico, lately added. The House has also undergone great alterations, under the directions of Mr. Cleave, as well as the Grounds, under the superintendence of Mr. Payne. There are a suite of elegant apartments on the entrance floor, which open into each other. The Library faces the east, and is 36 feet long by 22 feet wide. Over the chimney-piece is a Portrait of the great Lord Petre, by Romney; and there is also one of Lady Petre, by Gainsborough; the father and mother of the present proprietor.

A small Ante-room opens into the Dining-room, which is 40 feet long by 27 feet wide; the rooms on the west side are of the same proportions. The Drawing-rooms are most superbly furnished with French silk hangings. The Chapel is also particularly neat: over the Altar is placed an admirable painting of The Crucifixion, master unknown.

The House stands in a large and beautiful Park, watered by a stream that joins the river Went, in the midst of the most fertile part of the county, bounded by an expanded range of distant hills: it is situated in the parish of Darrington, and in Osgoldcross wapentake, three miles south of Knottingley, at the distance of four miles from Ferrybridge, and four from Pontefract.

Edward Lascelles, Esq., the founder of this Seat, was elected Member of Parliament for Northallerton in 1761, 1768, and 1790, and having succeeded to the large estates of Lord Harewood at his death in 1795, was elevated to the Peerage by patent June 18th, 1796, by the title of Baron Harewood of Harewood, in Yorkshire, and was elevated to the rank of Earl in 1812. His Lordship died April 3rd, 1820, and was succeeded in his titles by Henry, Viscount Lascelles, born at Stapleton Park, December 25th, 1767.

This Estate was afterwards the residence of Ellis Leckonby Hodgson, Esq., and is now the property of the Honourable Edward Petre, the son of Robert Edward, ninth Lord Petre, of Writtle, in the county of Essex.

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Weston Hall, Yorkshire;

THE SEAT OF

WILLIAM VAVASOUR, ESQ..

DR. WHITAKER in his splendid work, entitled, Loidis and Elmete, and published in 1816, speaking of the Vavasours of Weston, says, "They have reason to rejoice in one of the most favoured situations of this favoured valley,"-meaning Wharfedale. Weston Hall is about a mile and a half from the market-town of Otley. It is situated on a gentle acclivity. To the west, and to the north and north-east, it is sheltered by rising grounds, covered with venerable trees of large dimensions; and to the east and south is an expanse of most fertile meadow or pasture lands, through which the river Wharfe winds its course. Gray describes" Weston as a venerable stone fabric, the meadows in front gently descending to the water, and behind a great and shady wood."-Mason's edit. p. 478, 4to.

The small parish of Weston is nearly surrounded by the more extensive one of Otley, and by some it might be supposed to have been a portion of the Saxon parish of Otley, if the church of Weston were not particularly mentioned in Domesday. The first Lords of Weston upon record are the Stophams; of whom it is not known how or when they became possessed of it; but it was transferred by the marriage of the heiress of Sir William de Stopham, to John, a younger brother of Sir Malger le Vavasour, Knt. of Haselwood, near Tadcaster, about the year 1314, i. e. in the reign of Edward II.; through the male line of which ancient name it has descended, without interruption, to the present day.

The present House of Weston Hall has been erected at several different periods; but from the style, both without and within, it is obvious that several parts of it were built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Much of the antique appearance has been preserved externally; but many of the rooms have been modernized, and adapted to the habits and fashion of the present age.

In the Garden is a large and highly finished Casino or Banqueting-house, ornamented with several shields, bearing the Arms of Vavasour, Stopham, Saville, and others. In the windows were also, some years ago, the armorial bearings of many principal families in the wapentake of Claro, in stained glass; but several of these having been destroyed by accident, Mr. Vavasour lately removed what remained of them, and therewith embellished the windows of his Hall. This Casino was erected by Sir Malger le Vavasour, Knt., who married Johan, the daughter of John Savile, of Stanley, Esq. Mr. Vavasour has, in his Dining-room, portraits of Sir Malger and his Lady, with the date 1588 upon them, and in excellent preservation. In the same room is also a valuable original of Oliver Cromwell.

The parish Church of Weston is within a very short distance of the House: until the last few years, it was much neglected; but, lest it should become irretrievably dilapidated, Mr. Vavasour, with the consent of all the parishioners, undertook the repairs of the body of the church, together with his own part, the chancel, he being the rector and patron: and he has executed the undertaking with equal judgment and economy; for, at a very trifling cost, he has made it a very neat place of worship, exactly suitable to the congregation, taking special care to preserve every monument of antiquity contained therein. Among which is a curious sarcophagus in memory of William, the father of Sir Malger le Vavasour, who built the Casino in the reign of Elizabeth: and there is in the family chapel of the Vavasours, at the head of the north aisle, a singular dos l'āne tomb. It is of one stone, highly ridged, and tapering from head to foot. Longitudinally on the ridge lies a sword, and above it a heater shield, charged with a bend dexter, the arms of Stopham. Mr. Vavasour assigns it to Sir William de Stopham, the last of the name. But Dr. Whitaker suspects it to be a generation or two older than the æra of Edward II.

In the East Window are three shields of stained glass. The centre one bears the arms of Queen Elizabeth, and on the sides are those of Percy, Earl of Northumberland; and of Clifford, (the first) Earl of Cumberland, with their multiplied quarterings: both which powerful families had large possessions in the neighbourhood, though neither of them were ever paramount Lords of Weston. South Window are the arms of Vavasour and of Savile.

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