There are two Jacobean chairs, and a richly inlaid one of cypress wood, the seat opening to form a chest; it is thought to be the throne of a Venetian Doge of the 14th century.
Lord George John Manners (London, 22 June 1820 – 8 September 1874, Cheveley) was a British nobleman and Conservative Party politician who represented Cambridgeshire for over two decades, from 1847 to 1857 and from 1863 to 1874, when he died.
An unnamed daughter, who married Enisandus Musardus de Ploveno who was the Lord of Cheveley in Chambridgeshire and subsequently first Constable of Richmond Castle and lord of some twenty manors in the Land of Count Alan in North Yorkshire.
His racing career over, Zafonic was sent to his owner's Banstead Manor Stud near the village of Cheveley in East Cambridgeshire.
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