Broughton Castle 
THE HALL-BROUGHTON CASTLE 
hanging at Broughton to this clay. It is interesting 
to note that it was this Lord and his friend Lord 
Brooke, when the fortunes of the “root and branch” 
men were low, meditated a settlement in New 
England, and built a little town called Saybrook, 
in 1635, which is now, I believe, a flourishing place 
in Connecticut. 
Since that troublous time peace has settled on 
the noble house and its noble owners. When we 
approach the castle we see that it stands in a small 
park, and lies in a hollow, surrounded by low 
wooded hills. Entrance to the castle is gained 
through a large gatehouse and over a bridge span¬ 
ning the moat. These were constructed at the 
beginning of the fifteenth century, when, in 1407, 
a royal license was granted to the owner to crenu- 
late the castle. To the same period belong the 
embattled walls to the moat, the embattled rooms 
of the house containing the kitchen, guard room 
in the roof and other chambers and the stables. 
Recent restoration work conducted with loving 
and reverent care by the tenants. Lord and Lady 
Algernon Gordon Lennox, has thrown much light 
upon the construction of the castle. Lady Alger¬ 
non Lennox has kindly sent me some notes of the 
discoveries which have been made, and my friend, 
the' present Lord Saye and Sele, has furnished 
me with some family papers relating to the history 
of the castle. A considerable portion of the De 
Broughton’s fourteenth century work (1301-1307) 
remains. The chapel belongs to this period, sit¬ 
uated at the northeast angle. I'he east window 
is Decorated, with the geometrical tracery which 
was in use in the beginning of the fourteenth cen¬ 
tury. Immediately under this window is the origi¬ 
nal stone altar, supported on three plain corbels, 
and retaining the five small crosses. This chapel 
has several windows or peep places looking into 
it. A witty Bishop of Oxford, when he saw two 
windows looking down into it from side bedrooms, 
remarked, “Now I understand why the Psalmist 
says, ‘Let the saints rejoice in their beds!’ ” Ad¬ 
joining is a groined priest’s room, and leading 
away to the west is a beautiful groined corridor 
branching off to a circular staircase. This leads 
to the “barracks,” a long attic where Saye and 
Sele’s “Blue Coats” used to sleep when they were 
not fighting, and also to the mysterious “Council 
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