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bury. The Queen;ind her sun left lieauheu with Soniei>-et to join her forces at Gloucester, and thence to Tewksbury, where ' the aspiring blootl of Lancaster sunk in the ground.' "In 14'J7, I'erkin Warbcck, having landed at Whitsand Bay and besieged Exeter, and being defeated at Taunton, sought sanctuary at Beaulieu, where he was kept strict prisoner by Lord Daubeny and an armed force, till, lured out by promises of the King, he was committed to the Tower, iiud was executed ut Tyburn. " In the year l.)3l), Tiiomas Stevens, Abbot, with nineteen monks, sur- rendered the Abbey possessions into the hands of Henry VIII., he receiving a pension of GG/. I'Ss. 4(7. The deed of surrender, with names attached, and the seal of the Abbey, is still preserved in the Public Record OHice. "In the same year, Henry VIll. granted to Thoiiia.s Wriothesley, Esq., afterwards Earl of Soutiianipton, all that manor of Beaulieu, with all its rights and appurtenances, the great close of the Abbey, the tower, the bells, with its three cliapelries attached. From him it descended to Henry the 2nd earl of Southampton, and the friend of Shakspeare; thence to the 3rd and 4th earls; the latter leaving only daughters, his property was divided between — " 1. Rachel Lady Russell, who inherited Stratton. " 2. Frances, who married the Earl of Gainsljurough, and inherited Tichfield. And " 3. Elizal)eth, who married Ralph Lord Montagu, and inherited Beau- lieu. He was the builder of Montagu House, now the British Museum, and was afterwards created Duke of Montagu. He was succeeded by his son, Jotui Duke of Montagu, who married the daughter of the great Duke of ]^larlburough, who, leaving only two daughters, Beaulieu became the joint property of Isabella, whose husband was created Eai'l Beaulieu, and whose son died in their lifetime, and of Mary, who man-ied George Earl of Cardigan, afterwards created Duke of Montagu. His only daughter marrying Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, Beaulieu pas.sed into the family uf Scott, and is now the property of Lord Henry Scott, M.R fur South Hants. " Of the remains of the Abbey, the most interesting to the archaeolo- gist is the old Gate House, popularly known as the Abbot's Lodging, which was converted many years ago into a modern dwelling-house, and is now being most carefully restored for Lord Henry Scott by A. Blomfield, Esq. " The Abbey clnirch was entirely destroyed, but its foundations were some years since most carefully excavated, and their position marked, by the direction of the Duke of Buccleuch, to whom, and to his son. Lord Henry Scott, the warmest thanks of all antiquarians are due, for the cai-eful preservation of every relic of interest that has been at any time discovered upon any jiart of the monastic property. "The old refectory of the Abbey has been appropriated as the parish church, and contains that well-known unique specimen, in perfect preser- vation, of the monastic reader s pulpit, approached by a beautiful arcade of arches, constructed in the thickness of the wall. " About a mile from the precincts is the Abbot's Well, situated in a picturesque nook in the woods that crown the hills, and covered over by a gi-oincd chamber, which the Lord of the Manor has latelv most