At 06:33 PM 12/20/01 -0500, TWilli346@aol.com scribbled: >I just stumbled across this bit of history and wondered if the Lord >Muncaster mentioned has any connection to the Penningtons. yes, he was a pennington. the current lord muncaster is actually descendant from an in-law that by parliamentary decree or somesuch was allowed to take the title and holdings when josslyn pennington, lord muncaster died without any pennington descendants just after the turn of the 20th century. the castle website is here: http://www.muncastercastle.co.uk more info on the grounds here: http://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/muncast1.htm julia.