The John Bargrave Collection
Boughton House
Northamptonshire, England, Europe
No image has been attached.View Larger MapDescription of institution: The original house was a monastic building but Sir Edward Montagu, Lord Chief Justice to King Henry VIII, purchased it in 1528 just prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries and began to convert it into a mansion. Most of the present building is the work of Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (d.1709) who inherited the house in 1683. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boughton_House