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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...inscription: --The Right Honblf Lady Jane Bovle Died Jan 28'fi 1780 Aged 82 Years. In the Register seventeen days afterwards, we find: --The Right Honb, e Lady Jane Boyle, February i4'h. This lady was the daughter of the 2nd Earl of Burlington, and was brought here to be buried seventyseven years after the death of her father. Her coffin occupies the only available space left in the vault. Thus passed away the last representative of a family truly noble, both in birth and conduct, and Londesborough, so long the home of interesting and distinguished people, sunk for a time into the position of the third rate and neglected seat of a non-resident Duke. I remember as a child seeing the hatchment of the 5th Duke of Devonshire, still at that time hanging in the church. This nobleman was the son of Lady Charlotte, and the grandson and heir of Lord Burlington. There is still an old man living at Londesborough who remembers seeing the Duke come to Londesborough in his coach and four, with out-riders. This would be the 6th Duke, who inflicted an irreparable injury upon the place by pulling down the historic Mansion which had been the home in turn of the Aytons, the Bromfletes, the Cliffords, and the Boyles. The older part of the house was so strongly built that it had to be blown up with gunpowder. The writer desires to state how much he owes in the preparation of this paper to the kind help of the late Earl of Liverpool. He wishes also to acknowledge the courtesy of the Duke of Devonshire, who allowed him to examine the papers at Bolton Abbey. Further, he is much beholden to Mr. Dawson's excellent "History of Skipton." 6 To make the List of the Londesborough Monuments complete in this paper, I append once more a copy of the Brass of Lady Clifford, mother of t...