Title
Belvoir Castle
Subject
Belvoir Castle
Description
Ethel Challands recalls grandfather's visit to Belvoir Castle after discovering the bones of the Earl of Rutland during the 1920s.
Creator
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Source
EMOHA
Publisher
EMOHA
Date
1985
Contributor
Photograph courtesy of University of Leicester Special Collections. To use seek permission from http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p15407coll6/id/12219/rec/5
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Format
.mp3
Type
Oral History
Duration
50sec
Transcription
My grandfather years ago used to go about with this one’s father and he used to do a lot of excavating, and he was determined to find the first Earl of Rutland. Of course this was not the first castle, there was another one in ? Park, and they dug a bit and they found it. They found this big stone coffin, Robert De Todeni? …and grandfather he opened it and there was the leaden casket with the bones and the Duke was so excited he took grandfather up to the castle for beer and cheese. Oh, he was thrilled with it! I think then they were buried in the mausoleum see, these bones, and I understand the coffin, the stone coffin is in the castle.
Interviewer
S. Aucott
Interviewee
Ethel Challands
Location
Bottesford, Leicestershire
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