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Hepworth Dixon, as the author of " Her Majesty's Tower, " to learn on good authority that he was confined in the Round Tower near the drawbridge, two warders being constantly in the room with him, and one at the door ; " two sentinels also were posted on the stairs, and one upon the drawbridge, with their bayonets fixed ; and from this time the gates were ordered to be shut an hour sooner than usual. " It is strange that so much of extra pre- caution should have been taken because a culprit abo...ut to be tried for his life happened to have worn an earl's coronet. We are told by the chronicler of small things relating to this titled prisoner of State, how much beer, how much porter, how much water Lord Ferrers was allowed daily during his incar- ceration. No doubt the writer "interviewed" VOL. I. H 98 TALES OF OUR GREAT FAMILIES. or at least tried to interview the noble Earl in his dungeon. Mrs. C-, his lady -housekeeper, and her four young children were allowed to see him from time to time, and to correspond with him daily from a lodging which they had taken in the neighbourhood of the Minories.
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