RAMUMNGS OF AN ANTlgUARV. 



•ha. aUera.ions and adaptations have from time ,o time bin 



I J- ^"^^ bailey has in m nd a hall nf 



" the affirmatne, because the massing of ,l,e chimnevsTnd 



cir-ier rtesr ^;re:: iir: -^ - 1 

 -.c,,m,e.ed..bedate.i.e„o„;:'::r„brir: 



«l ceT ' «'"">«-bea,e„ quadrangular building was 



educed to ,ts present form and thorougl^ly restored That 



i ".17^.Vr 1 T'''"-' ^*- '^^^ -- certain f 

 n .6or Richard Harper, of lUickleover, gentleman" con 



::;rero:rtr/^ ^ '--'--— -- 

 ac::«^:j^;r-ir-;:rr^ifr^:- 



-nnects . e inscription over the porch „ith the ex'ecu ^n T; 



ouT ,6 « !, °: ^"'""'' «°*' "*'■ "'• - "<= --ctly points 

 out, ,M under the old style. He also suggests that the'etter 



or Cu on bT"'T"" ""' "' ""= "'"" "' C""'-' Cromwell. 

 l,t J " "" '° '"'°""' " '<> Cromwell, "for abou 



M .me he received the „t,e of Lord Protector of the Comm ' 



" h ihe bTd ; ^"'"^'-^"-^ ^-^ ventures the assumption 

 that the bndder of th,s house wished ,o make it tell a tale 

 of the limes, ■ But we hesitate. 



In some future number of the Jo..r„al we hope to deal with 

 .he h,s ory of Mickleover and its owners more in detail, but no 

 better descnptton of the quaint old hall itself could be desired 

 than that so carefully written and pleasingly illustrated by Mr 

 Badey ,n the pages of T/,e AnApmri: 



