Some ten years before the revolt of our American colonies there was situate inone of our midland counties on the borders of an extensive forest an ancienthall t... » 

Some ten years before the revolt of our American colonies there was situate inone of our midland counties on the borders of an extensive forest an ancienthall that belonged to the Herberts but which though ever well preserved had notuntil that period been visited by any member of the family since the exile ofthe Stuarts. «