East View of Tutbury Castle in Stafford

Source: Samuel & Nathaniel Buck, Views of Ruins of Castles & Abbeys in England, Part 2, 1726-1739 (nd), Arts, Languages and Literature, Birmingham Central Library.
Text: Taken from the original source

To the most Noble WILLIAM Duke & Earl of Devonshire, Marquess of Hartington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Lord Lieutenant & Custos Rotulorum of the County of Derby.

This Prospect is Humbly Inscribed by;
May it please Y^r: Grace
Y^r: Graces most Dutiful & most Obedient Serv^ts. Sam^l. & Nath^l. Buck.

TUTBURY or STUKESBURY CASTLE was given by K. Wm. 1^st. to Henry Earl of Ferrarys who built a Priory contiguous to it in w^ch he was buried; but it pass’d by a forfeiture to the Crown from this family, who were then Earls of Derby, to Edmund 2^d son of K. Hen. III^d. And by a Daughter of his Family, to John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster 3. son of K. Edw. III^d who repair’d the Castle and new built ye Gate thereof. From it, there is a very extensive & beautiful Prospect of a fine Country, it’s Situation being on a rocky Hill in w^ch. is an Alabaster Quarry. It is at present in ye Noble Family of Cavendish; the Duke of Devonshire being the present Lord thereof.

1. The Priory. 2. Duns Cross Elm. 3. Uttoxeter. 4. Dubridge 5. Sydbury. 6. Scrapton.

S & N Buck Delin. et. Sculp^t. 1731.