3479 x 2583 px | 29,5 x 21,9 cm | 11,6 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2011
Altre informazioni:
This is an illustration from ‘Picturesque views of Scots of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland’ om House was a large country house at Lathom in Lancashire. The castle known as Lathom House, built in the Middle Ages, had eighteen towers, and was surrounded by a moat eight yards wide, its drawbridge defended by a gateway tower. Lathom House was twice besieged during the English Civil War. During the Siege of Lathom House by Sir Thomas Fairfax in 1644, the house was defended by Charlotte, Countess of Derby and 300 men who kept possession until the Royalists under Prince Rupert of the Rhine arrived in Lancashire to attack Bolton. After the siege the countess and her retinue fled to the Isle of Man. In 1645 the house was besieged by General Egerton with 4000 soldiers, and it was surrendered after a protracted siege after which the fortifications were demolished. James Stanley, husband of Charlotte was beheaded in Bolton in 1651 for his part in the Bolton Massacre. The Stanley manors were confiscated by Parliament. After the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Lathom House was returned to the Stanleys and remained with them until 1730 when it passed by the marriage of Henrietta Stanley to John Ashburnham, 3rd Baron Ashburnham who sold it. It was subsequently bought by Sir Thomas Bootle who restored the ancient mansion. The north front of the mansion measured 156 feet, and its surrounding parkland was between three and four miles in circumference. It passed through his niece to Richard Wilbraham and their son, Lord Skelmersdale. The main block was demolished in 1925.
