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whose occupation of the place 

 may have given rise to the 

 stories of Guy. But the 

 hero is not represented only 

 by his well and cave, for at 

 Warwick Castle they have a 

 wondrous equipment which, it 

 is said, he wore body and 

 horse armour and a two-handled 

 sword, with a fork, and a pro- 

 digious p>rridge-pot, no doubt 

 used for cooking the rations of 

 soldiers at a later day, as well 

 as " Fair Phyllis's slippers," 

 being really iron slipper-stirrups 

 of the time of Henry VI. 



There does not appear to 

 have been any residence of 

 importance at the place in the 

 Middle Ages, but Henry V., 

 who visited it from Warwick, 

 determined to establish a 

 chantry for two priests on the 

 sp it. He died, but Richard 

 BeauJi.mip, Earl of Warwick 

 the same who founded the 

 exqu site chantry chapel in 

 Warwick Church carried out 

 his wish, and Rons, tile 

 Warwickshire antiquary, was 

 once the chantry priest there. 

 At the Dissolution the place 

 was granted to Sir Andrew 

 Flammock, and afterwards 

 through many hands passed in 

 1751 to Mr. Samuel Greatheed, 

 \v ho twice represented 



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Coventry in Parliament. 

 Guy's Cliff was at that time 

 an inconsiderable country 

 house, approached by the great 

 fir avenue, which is no longer 

 used as a drive, the lodge 

 entrance being nearer Warwick. 

 The new possessor built the 

 front facing the courtyard 

 which has partly been excavated 

 out of the rock and did much 

 else to improve the place, but 

 the character of the house is 

 due to his son, Mr. Bertie 

 Greatheed, who almost entirely 

 rebuilt it from his own plans in 

 1822. Mr. Greatheed also much 

 improved the grounds and 

 gardens, formed paths, and 

 introduced many adornments, 

 and his work has been carried 

 on by liis successors. Through 

 the marriage of his grand- 

 daughter, Guy's Cliff passed 

 to the Hon. Charles Bertie 

 Percy, and to the hands of its 

 present possessor. A point of 

 interest associated with the 

 Greatheed family may be noted 

 here. Roger Kemble with his 

 theatrical company was accus- 

 tomed to perform at Warwick, 

 and Lady Mary Greatheed, 

 attracted by his daughter, 

 the future Mrs. Siddons, wa.i 

 wishful to make a home for 

 her at Guy's Cliff. Her father, 



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