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wvd©illirendill.;©rayle-at-anndhect*uare-jseenis-rs,Soontrsto5X-b©in-Id,xeiesndAMOUS13THGENFOR SALELondon, Oct. 21.—Burford Priory, Oxfordshire which dates back to the thirteenth century, is for sale. Some years ago Colonel de Sales La Terriere brought the estate and restored the priory, which was at that ime almost a ruin.The original building of the Priory included a church. It passed through several bands until it was acquired by Sir Lawrence Tanfleld, created Chief Baron of the Exchequer by James I., who visited him. Charles II dined at the Priory in 1681, and William III., was also a visitor. After the death of Speaker Lenthall of the long parliament, who bought it from Lord Falkland, the property passed to his son, Sir John, who was known as The Grand Braggadocio and Lyr of theage he lived in.’*The most important interior features of the Priory include Speaker Lenth-all’s chimney piece in the drawingroom, the ceiling of this room which dates from the time of Henry VIII., the staircase, the Gothic arcading of the hall, the great fireplace, and the ceiling of the inner hall. Close to the house is a typical piece of Jacobean garden architecture—one of two garden houses in the west wall. In the one now gone with discovered the body of ‘‘John Pri, gent., murdered and found hidden In the Priory-garden.” He was steward
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Charlotte News
Charlotte, North Carolina, US
Sun, Oct 22, 1911
Page 20
Full Page
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