The bulletin

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Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880-1984
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Vol. 73 No. 3778 (9 Jul 1952)
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The Bulletin  

*The Bulletin/’ Vol. 73—No. 3778  

\Vednesday, July 9, 1952  

fcf Price 9d.  

Registered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as Newspaper.  

Seppelts  

IN MILITARY MAJESTY ALNWICK CASTLE GUARDED THE TURBULENT BORDER  

TT'OR over eight hundred years Alnwick Castle, the great Border stronghold  

of the Percy family, has stood on its ridge of rock high above the River  

Ain in Northumberland. It is one of the most imposing examples of medieval  

fortification in Britain, and during the days of Border warfare it withstood  

many sieges. Before its walls in 1073 the Scottish king Malcolm II was killed  

during an attack, and there, also, in 1174 was captured William the Lion.  

The foundations of the original castle were laid by Gilbert Tyson,  

standard bearer at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but the earliest parts of  

the present castle were completed by Eustace Fitz-John in the twelfth century.  

In 1309 Alnwick was bought by Henry de Percy (from whom the present owner,  

the Duke of Northumberland, is descended). Henry, the first Lord, restored  

and renovated his great possession, and his son strengthened its defences by  

building the octagon towers on the keep. These additional fortifications were  

tirgcntly needed in the disastrous reign of Edward II (1307-1327), for after the  

Battle of Bannockburn the raiding Scots took revenge by laying waste the  

whole countryside of Northumberland.  

The garrisoned castle of Alnwick served as an important rendezvous for  

punitive expeditions against the Scots, and was needfully very strongly fortified,  

with its curtain walls, towers, moat, drawbridge and portcullis. The ancient  

Postern Tower, dating from 1309, now serves as museum of Roman and  

Ancient British antiquities, while the interior of the Castle itself is treasury  

of great works of art, furniture and decorations. Paintings include those by  

Titian, Raphael and Tintoretto, while among the many objects of historical  

interest are Oliver Cromwell’s nightcap and the hair-net of the unfortunate  

Mary, Queen of Scots.  

The third Percy of Alnwick was the first Earl of Northumberland who  

appears in Shakespeare’s “Richard II,” and with his son Hotspur in “Henry  

IV.” The powerful Percy family, in helping Bolingbroke to overthrow  

Richard 11, were rewarded with the greater part of South Scotland.  

ROYAL PURPLE PARA  

PRODUCT OF THE  

HOUSE OF SEPPELT  

B. SEPPELT SONS LTD.  

ADELAIDE SYDNEY MELBOURNE BRISBANE FREMANTLE AND BROKEN HILL ALSO AT 88 CANNON STREET LONDON E.C.4  

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