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 402 MedicBval Military Architecture. in the shires of Chester, Derby, Notts, and Lincoln. In Yorkshire and Lancashire he then held but little. The mesne lord, De Todeni, was one of the family who had Belvoir ; Dugdale says, the son of Robert de Todeni, who built it. He does not again appear in con- nexion with this part of England. Roger is thought to have granted the fee to Roger de Buisli, from whom, or from Albert Greslei, it came to the De Lacys of Pontefract, lords of Blackburnshire, of whom Robert de Lacy is said to have held it under De BuisH. This De Lacy, whose history belongs to Pontefract, is the reputed founder of Chtheroe keep in the reign of Henry I., and certainly thfe building is not of later date. From that time Clitheroe shared with Pontefract the honour of being the seat of the De Lacy power, and so remained until their estates merged in the earldom and duchy of Lancaster, and this again in the Crown. The founder probably also endowed the chapel of St. Michael within the castle, probably in the lower ward, and which is men- tioned in the reign of Henry I. A claim, however, to represent this chapel is set up for the parish church, though this building could never have been within the castle. Clitheroe, like other strong places in Lancashire, was held for the king in the Parliamentary struggles, and in 1649 ^^e castle was ordered to be dismantled. Charles H. granted the castle and honour to General Monk, whose son, Christopher Duke of Albemarle, left it to his wife. Lady Elizabeth Cavendish, who again left it to her second husband, Ralph Duke of Montague, from whom it has descended to the present owner. THE CASTLE AND BARONY OF CLUN, HE church, village, and castle of Clun are situated near the JL centre of a spacious amphitheatre of lofty but fertile hills, the summits and upper slopes of which are covered with young and luxuriant plantations, while in the lower parts are occasionally single trees, chiefly oak, elm, and beech, of vast size and great age, the reliques of an ancient demesne, and still standing out and to be distinguished amidst the denizens of the hedgerows, which, though often of large size, all belong to the period of enclosures and cul- tivation. Across this rich and smiling land, amidst hamlets, churches, manor-places, farmhouses, and cottages, with frequent orchards and gardens, green pastures and root crops, and waving corn-fields, the river Clun pursues its sinuous course, giving life and SHROPSHIRE.