Mannington and the Walpoles, Earls of OrfordMannington or Mannington Hall in Norfolk County, England became a family residence of the Walpole family about 1736, when the Potts family (earlier owners) were ruined by the South Sea Bubble. The history and genealogy of the Walpole family in England goes back to before the Conquest. Sir Robert Walpole (d.1745) was made a peer as the 1st Earl of Orford. Horace Walpole (1717-1797), the English author, was the 4th Earl of Orford. Other family members were also active in national politics. |
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AMBASSADOR WALPOLE American walnut amongst architect arms of Lumner AUTOTYPE Baron Walpole Baroness Clinton borough of Castle buried Campion Cardinal Fleury carved Castle Rising Clinton and Trefusis Countess of Orford county of Norfolk daughter Amy death Dennell died DINING-ROOM door Dorothy Earl of Orford Edward Walpole eldest Ermingland family portraits famous hunting full-length picture gardens Garter George grandfather GROVE Henry Lumner Horace Walpole Horatio Houghton inscription King's Lynn Lady Library Lord High Steward Lord Orford Lord Walpole lordship's Lucy his wife MANNINGTON HALL mantelpiece married martyr Henry Walpole moat monk Norfolk OLD CHAPEL Palace at Norwich parish church Peter Lombard phaeton PLATE portrait of Sir Potts family Queen Quid muliere Raynham reign relics Ripley Sir Everard Faulkner Sir John Robsart Sir Robert Walpole SITTING-ROOM staircase Steward of Yarmouth Townshend Walpole and Lucy Walpole family Walpole of Wolterton Wickmere Church William wish to say yews
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Page 22 - Think we all these are for himself? no more Than his fine wife, alas! or finer whore. For what has Virro painted, built, and planted ? Only to show how many tastes he wanted. What brought Sir Visto's ill-got wealth to waste ? Some demon whisper'd, 'Visto! have a taste.
Page 32 - The beating heart of the young enthusiast throbbed 30 with a new emotion ; every impulse of indignation and horror stirred within him ; and it seemed that there had come to him a call from heaven to take up the work which had been so cruelly cut short, and to follow that path which Campion had trodden.
Page 21 - ... and commenced a new kind of chase, with " breast-high" alacrity. The novelty of this scene was rich beyond description ; in vain did his lordship exert all his charioteering skill ; in vain did his well-trained grooms energetically endeavour to ride before them ; reins, trammels, and the weight of the carriage, were of no effect, for they went with the celerity of a whirlwind ; and this modern Phaeton, in the midst of his electrical vibrations of fear, bid fair to experience the fate of his namesake.
Page 21 - The novelty of this scene was rich beyond description ; in vain did his lordship exert all his charioteering skill ; in vain did his well-trained grooms energetically endeavour to ride before them ; reins, trammels, and the weight of the carriage, were of no effect, for they went with the celerity of a whirlwind ; and this modern Phaeton, in the midst of his electrical vibrations of fear, bid fair to experience the fate of his namesake. Luckily, however, his lordship had been accustomed to drive...
Page 16 - ... that rose above your head, and which were crowned by a line of pyramidal yews. A bowling-green was all the lawn admitted in those times, a circular lake the extent of magnificence.
Page 16 - ... the road ; but, unfortunately, as he was one day driving to New-Market, their ears were saluted with the cry of a pack of hounds, which, soon after crossing the road in the rear, caught scent of the " four in hand," and commenced a new kind of chase with " breast-high
Page 28 - On Tuesday, July 23, 1717, in the day-time, to the astonishment of those who were present, first, one single oak, with the roots and ground about it, was seen to subside and sink into the earth ; and not long after, at about forty yards...