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Excerpt from Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester and North Wales, Vol. 15 The leading gentlemen, who were in the habit of meeting for social purposes, were naturally led to talk over' their future line of action. Some of them were descendants of those who had sacrificed their blood and treasure during the Civil Wars in defence of the Stuarts. They had to consider whether the old royal family had forfeited all claims to their afi'ection and allegiance, or whether the king, of a foreign race, who had just succeeded to the throne, had their sympathy as a Protestant, and their respect as the guardian of the established order of things, and the representative of constitutional government. They were accustomed to meet in turn, as members of a club, at each others' houses, and there is a tradition that they first met at Lyme Hall, but there are strong grounds for believing that they met finally to decide the question at Ashley Hall. This was the residence of Mr. Assheton, the governor of Chester Castle, who is said to have given the casting vote in favour of the reigning king. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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