Browsholme Hall, Yorkshire, England. Further historical information.

BROWSHOLME HALL

BROWSHOLME HALL, (the seat of Thomas Parker, Esq.) in the township of Bowland Forest, and parish of Great Mitton, liberty of Bowland; 5 miles from Clitheroe, (Lanc.)

On an elevated situation in the Forest of Bowland, is the ancient house of Browsholme, for more than three centuries the residence of a family, who probably derive both their name and arms from the office of Park keeper or Parker. Here is a good old Library, a large collection of coins, and a valuable assemblage of MSS. A most valuable relic preserved here, is the original seal of the common wealth; it is of very massy silver, and is inscribed the "Seal for the approbation of Ministers." In the centre are two branches of Palm, and within them an open book, with these words, "the Word of God."

In 1805 a fine herd of wild deer, the last vestige of feudal superiority in the domains of the Lacies, were destroyed here. The loss, however, of these ancient ornaments of the Forest, has in some degree been compensated by the late improvements of the house and grounds at Browsholme. The dining room is adorned with many of the best paintings of Northcote, and the house contains many paintings by the best Flemish masters. The hall is tarnished with numerous antiquities, such as the Ribchester inscription of the 20th Legion, celts, fibulae, different pieces of armour, and a small spur found in the apartment called King Henry VI. at Waddington Hall. --Whitaker's Whalley.

A particular description of Browsholme Hall appears to have been painted by permission of the munificent owner, and which is noticed in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1815.