Mulgrave Castle
near Whitby, Yorkshire - Marquis of Normandy
"The situation of Mulgrave Castle is extremely fine, commanding a magnificent view of
the German Ocean, on which one looks through precipitous banks in the grounds,
as if on a picture set in a frame.
In the times of old it was a fortress of a Saxon Duke, Wada, whom tradition has
handed down as a giant. In Norman times, the castle and barony were granted to
Nigel Fossard, from whose family it was next conveyed by marriage of the heiress with
Sir Robert de Turnham, in the reign of the Lionheart. His daughter in turn brought
it, through marriage, to Peter de Malo Lacu or de Mauley.
In later times, about 1625, the property went into the hands of Edmund, Lord Sheffield
of Butterwick, who, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, had greatly distinguished
himself by many gallant actions, more particularly in assisting towards the defeat of the
Spanish Armada. He was created Earl of Mulgrave, but the family later became extinct.
The title was, however, revived in the person of Constantine Phipps."
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Bonded onto a rigid card support, with a conservation grade wash-lined mount.
With a conservation grade wash-lined mount, framed in a dark walnut and gold frame.