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Title: A brief account of the picturesque scenery on the banks of the Wye between Ross and Chepstow
Year: 1839 (1830s)
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Subjects: Wye, River (Wales and England)
Publisher: Gloucester : Jew
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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and five daughters heirs to their brothers.In the reign of Edward III. it became theproperty of Richard Lord Talbot who greatlyrepaired and improved it. Another improve-ment appears to have been made by Gilbert,the eldest brother of John the famous Earl ofShrewsbury who dwelt here in the fifteenthcentury. It is said that Lord Talbot of Goodrichwas slain at Agincourt, in the reign ofHenry V. The Talbots had another castle atPenyard about four miles distant, but Goodrichwas their chief dwelling. The ferry, which isabout half-a-mile from the castle, was once calleda royal ferry, and it is said to have been givenby Henry IV. to the ferryman as a reward forinforming him of the birth of his son HenryV. of Monmouth. The original grant is saidto have been in the possession of Mrs. Clarke ofthe Hill. The ascent to the old castle, from the bed ofthe river, is steep : but the path lies, for the bestpart, through a pleasant wood, and every resting-place ofiers a delightful view. The castle itself
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4J u presents grand and imposing masses of masonryof diflcrent periods of architecture. The keep,which is the most ancient part, is in the Saxonstyle ; ))ut there are evident signs of alterationsand improvements of a nmch later age ; and, inother parts of the building, which seems to havebeen successively enlarged, we trace the Tudorstyle. The history of the place is not well pre-served, but there was a castle here (consistingprobably of the keep and little else) before theNorman Conquest, and the last additions to itshould seem to have been made in the time ofHenry VII. During the great civil war, it wasthe scene of desperate contention. It wasoccupied in the first instance for the parliament,but was afterwards seized and garrisoned forCharles I. by Sir Richard Lingen. It was re-taken by the parliamentarians under ColonelBirch, after some hard fighting, at the beginningof August, 1646. During the siege, it sufferedconsiderably from the mortar-pieces, granadoes,and the great iron culv

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