Holmby House, a fine Tudor mansion, 6½ miles NW. of Northampton, was built by Sir Christopher Hatton in the reign of Elizabeth. It was sold to James I., and was for four months in 1647 the prison of Charles I. (q.v.). It was dismantled in 1652.
Holmby House
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 748
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