A HISTORIC RUIN
Raglan Castle, which has been PIG‘.-. sented to the British nation by,.,th9_; Tiuke of Beaufort, hereditary keepergql’... the castle, is one of the most I>iCtlll‘eS7.l que ruins iii the country. During.the treublous days of the Civil War it shel-. "teted King Charles 1., and .'_a£tel,.tl}§.. king's departure withstood the Bol'l‘;bl_l,.<l'-.:; head siege for nearly four yea1q5...,.11:, was by order of Parliament that the stately castle was reduced to ruins. After his siirrenider to the Ironisdcs the Earl of Somerset petitioned Parliament to allow him “to die out ofi.‘ restraint,” as he was ?I{.'{o(l and infinm; and unable to move Witfiout .assist,: gmicc. ‘ That’. to‘LlChin2‘..".‘[)pQal lies in the achives of the Housn of Lords Qnv dbrsedé: “Nothing done. Dcadj’
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Taihape Daily Times, 28 August 1919, Page 6
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121A HISTORIC RUIN Taihape Daily Times, 28 August 1919, Page 6
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