NORTHUMBERLAND. • [KELLYS Is the Fine Altar-Tomb of Sir Ralph Grey of Werke, Knighted and on Either Side on Tablets Are Two Curious Latill Fn
90 CBILLINGBAM. NORTHUMBERLAND. • [KELLYS is the fine altar-tomb of Sir Ralph Grey of Werke, knighted and on either side on tablets are two curious Latill fn. at Leicester in 1425 by King Henry VI. ob. 1497, and of his scriptions., one of which relates to the finding of the toad; wife Elizabeth (Fitzhugh), with recumbent effigies of both in the meaning of the other is yet undiscovered, and the alabaster; the sides of the tomb are panelled and enriched authorship of both has been the snbject of many indecisive with figures and shields of arms, and the whole has been conjectures: connected with this castle ill a singular legend coloured and gilt: the font, originally belonging to Ancroft of a ,. radiant boy: U the park of 1,500 acres is well stocked church, bears on the bowl the date 1670: there are 170 with deer and also contains a herdof wild cattle, 'Said to be sittings. The register dates from the year 1692. The of the original British stock and the only breed of the kind living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £293, with residence, in tbe kingdom; they are wbite with a black muzzle, and in the gift of the Bishop of Newcastle, and held since 1891 the interior of the ear and a portion of the outside from the by the Rev. .Abraham Gooderham M.A. of Caius College, tip is red; the horns are white with black tips, and have Cambridge. Chillingham Castle, the seat of the Earl of an upward bend: in the park, at the back of the castle, is Tankerville P.C., D.L., J.P.
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