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Tower is said to have been completed by Thomas Beauchamp, second son of the last named Thomas, at a cost of £395 5s. 2(7., and by him to have been named " Guy's Tower." In the reign of James I. a sum of about £20,000 was expended by the then owner of the castle, Fulke Greville, Lord Broke, " in making it habitable and restoring it to its former importance." From this time downwards, the castle has undergone many alterations, and so-called " beautifyings," at the hands of its different owners; b...ut, despite all, it -iSaS3a=y« The Castle, from the Temple Field.
retained its ancient grandeur and its most interesting features, and was, as Sir Walter Scott has said, " the fairest monument of ancient and chivalrous splendour which remains uninjured by time." And now as to its long line of illustrious and valiant owners.
Passing over the whimsical list of earls, &c, in Rous's Roll, beginning with " King Guthelyne, about the sixth of Kinge Alexander the greate con- queror," and " Kinge Gwydered, who began to reigne the 4th yere from the WARWICK CASTLE.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Tower is said to have been completed by Thomas Beauchamp, second son of the last named Thomas, at a cost of £395 5s. 2(7., and by him to have been named " Guy's Tower." In the reign of James I. a sum of about £20,000 was expended by the then owner of the castle, Fulke Greville, Lord Broke, " in making it habitable and restoring it to its former importance." From this time downwards, the castle has undergone many alterations, and so-called " beautifyings," at the hands of its different owners; b...ut, despite all, it -iSaS3a=y« The Castle, from the Temple Field.
retained its ancient grandeur and its most interesting features, and was, as Sir Walter Scott has said, " the fairest monument of ancient and chivalrous splendour which remains uninjured by time." And now as to its long line of illustrious and valiant owners.
Passing over the whimsical list of earls, &c, in Rous's Roll, beginning with " King Guthelyne, about the sixth of Kinge Alexander the greate con- queror," and " Kinge Gwydered, who began to reigne the 4th yere from the WARWICK CASTLE.
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