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"bands, two cloth capps, one red curtain, a purspective glass, a long "bow, two pair of roses. Septimo Aprilis 1643-One grey mare,

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"a sword and sword belt, bonds and bills for 137. a double Testament, "Crumbs of Comfort,' bracelets, one little boy of seven years old "taken prisoner. Decimo Maiæ 1643-One bay gelding, saddle "and bridle. The Amount of Ed. Parker, Esq. of Browsholme, what Proposition-money he hath paid, what Plate, Horses, Arms, and "Household Goods, hath been taken from him, and what Charges he "hath been at in Free Quarter, given in to the Committee of Accounts, "19th Day of May 1647. In Proposition-money to the King and Par "liament £100 0 0

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In the year 1804, Mr. Thomas Lister Parker, grandson of Edward Parker, Esq. (ætatis suæ 24), removed the stables from the front of the house, the steps also and straight walks, &c. &c., and levelled the bowling-green as it now is. The staircase, and some of the back apartments and offices, were altered, and the hall was ornamented with the armour and other curious things found in the house. The windows. containing the stained glass before alluded to, were put in the hall, and others made similar to them by Mr. Wright, of Leeds, and Mr. R. B. Harmden, of Cambridge. The different quarterings of the families allied to Browsholme, were hung on the walls. The ancient embroidered cushion was placed at the west end, over an old oak livery. cupboard, richly carved, and used in former times as the sideboard. This was presented by Col. Hargreaves, of Ormerod House, near Burn

ley, in the county of Lancaster. Two others, but smaller, were in the house. A British battle-axe, found in the field near Preston; the buff leather jacket; the Roman stone found at Ribchestor, belonging to the 20th Legion (or Agricola's); a pair of boots of Charles the First's reign, and two large cannon-balls; and a most curious cross-bow, used as a military weapon, were presented by Thos. Clarke, Esq. of Waddow. The spur found in the apartment called Henry the Sixth's, at Waddington Hall; a Danish pike, armour, and funeral escutcheons belonging to the neighbouring families, presented by Pudsay Dawson, Esq. of Bolton Hall. A very perfect round shield, presented by Richard H. Beaumont, Esq. of Wheatley Hall, near Wakefield. The skull found in the west wing. The long oak table presented by Walter Fawkes, of Farnley, Esq. A very curious and ancient Scotch piggin, dug out of a turbary near Long Preston, in Craven; the swords, helmets, &c. were many of them in the house before the alterations were made. The busts of Mr. and Mrs. Vigor, taken during their stay at St. Petersburgh, in the Empress Catherine's time, when Mr. Vigor was consul there, Three family portraits, the one with a pen in his hand, supposed to be the Mr. Thomas Parker, who rebuilt Nether Brookesholme, Anno Dom. 1604. The old embroidered cushion, with the arms and date 1450.

“I pray God blesse the life

Of master Edmund Parker, his wife,

" And all the children that with him wonnes,

* His five daughters and seven sonnes,’

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In the year 1805, the west wing was pulled down, and rebuilt with the same materials, and on the same space, as to the exterior; but within, a new drawing-room, 36 feet by 24, and 16 high; an antiroom to the back, leading to the dining-room, 22 feet; two bed-rooms

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and dressing-rooms over these. The ceiling, and other interior decorations of the drawing-room, were designed by Mr. Jeffry Wyatt. The chimney-piece, of statuary marble, is of most exquisite workmanship, and was executed at Rome for the late Sir Peter Leicester, Bart. of Tabley House, Cheshire. The pictures are, 1st, over the door, twe Vessels preparing for Action, by Wm. Vandervelde; the Market Girl and Ass, by James Northcote, Esq. R. A.; Sheep, by Morland; Sea Piece, by Vangoen; Hare and Hawk, Gilpin; Portrait of Mrs. Locke, by Romney; copy of a Landscape, by Ruysdaal; two Views in Venice, by Canaletti: over the door a most excellent copy of the Portrait of Jean de Parisa, by Velasquez, the celebrated Spanish painter; Por trait of Lady Hamilton, by Romney; Saying Grace, by old Teniers; a Scene from the Merry Wives of Windsor, by R. Smirke, Esq. R. A. Sir Hugh Evans examining William before Mrs. Page and Mrs. Quickly. A small Fancy Subject, by R. Thomson, Esq. R. A.; Horses Watering, after Gainsborough; Boy's Head, by Greuze-this picture Mr. Parker bought of Greuze at Paris, Anno Dom. 1801. Holy Family, by Carrachi; fancy Portrait, by J. Clarke; the Bacchante, by Greuze, from the Orleans collection; Landscape, after Claude; a Calm, after Wm. Vandervelde, the original a most beautiful picture from Geldermaster's collection; Dutch Boors, by Adrian Brouwer; a Gale of Wind, by Wm. Callcott, Esq. R. A.; Cattle, by James Ward, R. A.; a beautiful Landscape, by Wilson; Bust of the late J. Townley, Esq.; a copy also of the celebrated bust of Clitye, left to Mr. Parker by Mr. Townley. The anti-room: over the door, a View of Naples, by Vernet; Portrait of Banaster Walton, Esq.; Do. of James Northcote, Esq.; Do. of Mr. Edward Parker, 1689, in the costume of Bowbearer of Bowland Forest; Do. of the old Keeper, Robert Shaw, who died at Whitewell, in the Forest of Bowland, ætat. suæ 88, Anno Dom. 1807

(he had served under three lords of the forest and five bow-bearers); Portrait of Mr. Wm. Parker, Anno Dom. 1699. A Danish Terrier, by James Northcote, Esq. R. A.-The dining-room is 41 feet by 22, and 15 high-over the door, a Portrait of Capt. Whittingham, of Whittingham, in the county of Lancaster, from an old print, by James Northcote, Esq. (this Capt. Whittingham married Janet Parker, of Browsholmę; he was slain at the battle of Newbury, on the King's side); the Duchess of Orleans, after Vandyke; Roger Parker, Dean of Lincoln, Anno Dom. 1614, from an old print, by James Northcote, Esq; Portrait of Sir Philip Stapleton, Knight; Major Edward Parker, of the 19th Light Dragoons, ætat. suæ 27, Anno Dom. 1807, by J. Northcote, Esq.; Lord Chief Justice Parker, of Park Hall, in the county of Stafford, from a picture by Sir Godfrey Kneller; Thomas Lister Parker, Esq. Bow-bearer of the Forest of Bowland, Anno Dom, 1804, ætat. suæ 25, by James Northcote, Esq.; copy of the beautiful picture of Mary Queen of Scots at Holyrood House; Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Knight; Portraits of Wm. Assheton, Esq. of Cuerdale Hall, in the county of Lancaster, and the Rev. T. H. Dixon Hoste, of God, wick Hall, in the county of Norfolk, grouse-shooting in Bowland, 1803, by J. Northcote, Esq.; Henrietta Maria, by Vandyke; a fine halflength of Charles the First, by Vandyke; Mrs. Parker, of Marshfield, wife of John Parker of Browsholme, Esq. daughter of Thomas Lister, Esq. of Gisburne Park, in the county of York, and only sister of Thomas Lord Ribblesdale, ætat. suæ 62, by Wm. Owen, Esq. R. A.; Scene in the Forest of Bowland, by Northcote; the Rev. Inigo Jones, by Northcote; Sir J. Fleming Leicester, Bart. of Tabley House, in the county of Chester, by Northcote; Sir James Gardiner, Bart. of Roche Court, in the county of Hants, by Northcote; Miss Lister, by Sir Joshua Reynolds; Mrs. Parker, wife of Edward Parker of Browsholme, Esq. and second daughter to Sir William Fleming, Bart. of Rydall Hall, in

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