On Sondaye Mr Comptrowller came; on Monday S Randle Brewreton, Mr Geordge Massey, Mr Hollande, Mr Lyversaytche, Mr Wilbrōme, Mr Egerton, Mr Henry Stanley the younger, Mr Baron of Walton, Mr Beston, Mr Wm Anderton, Mr Tray fforth, Mr Cotgreve, Mr Leigh of Adlington, Mr Davenporte, Mr Dawen, MrGravener, came. On Teusadaye Sr Ryc. Mollynox, Mr Norres & his son, Mr T. Holcrofte; on Wednesdaye Mr Hollande & Mr Comptrowller dep'ted; on Thursday Mr Trayfforth dep'ted; on Satoreday the householde remoned from Knowsley to the New Pke.a On Sondaye Sr Ryc. Shirborne came from London & brought knowledge for the breaking uppe of ye householde; on Monday MrComptrowller came; on Teusedaye Sr Ric. Shirborne wth the Comptrowller & Receyver dep'ted; on Fryday the householde at the New Pke brake vppe & the stvffeb removed to Lathom. New Park, formerly a seat of the Derby family, was situate in Lathom, and was pulled down in the early part of the last century. In February 1643-4 Sir Thomas Fairfax sent a message by Captain Markland to Lady Derby, then at Lathom, "moveing her Lap to come to New Parke, a house of her Lord's, a quarter of a myle from Lathom, and to come thither in her coache, (no meane favour, believe it) where he and his colonells would meete her for a full discourse and transaction of the business" of a surrender of Lathom, which she indignantly spurned, in a manner worthy of the descendant of Count William of Nassau. - A Briefe Journall of the Siege against Lathom House, p. 16, 1823. Baines (vol. iv. p. 252) says: "In the valley towards Lathom is a fine tract of well-wooded country, called New Park, in the midst of which, it is said, formerly stood a castle, called Horton Castle," which, I am informed, was no other than the house so frequently mentioned in this Diary, as New Park. The Earl of Northumberland in 1512 had three houses in Yorkshire, and divided the year between them. The Earl of Derby had the same number of seats in Lancashire, and lived alternately at each of them. "The stuffe" which was removed to Lathom consisted principally of tables, forms, and benches, as these houses were not supplied with much furniture. |