The East View of Tong Castle, in the County of Salop: Buck 1731

Title: The East View of Tong Castle, in the County of Salop Author: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck Date: 1731 Medium: Copperplate engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, light foxing Inches: 14 3/4 x 7 3/4 [Platemark] Centimeters: 37.47 x 19.69 [Platemark] Product ID: 233250 To the most Noble Evelyn Duke, & Earl, of Kingston Marquess of Dorchester, Viscount Newark, & Baron Pierpoint, of Holme Pierpoint in the County of Nottingham. Owner of the Castle. This Prospect is Humbly Inscribd by, May it Please Yr. Grace Yr. Graces most Dutyful & Obedient Servts. Saml. & Nathl. Buck. Tong Tuang or Toang was in the Saxons times in the Family of Morcar Earls of Northumberland: but soon after the Conquest it was given by ye. Conqueror from them with their other Estates. In process of time we find it in ye. Hands of ye. Louches of Ashby: afterwards the Badlesmeres had it: but it passed for want of Male Issue by Marriage to the Veres Earls of Oxford: from them to