http://m.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/01/lady-mary-bankes-defended-ca...
Lady Mary Bankes defended her castle for three years with her daughters and maids, throwing hot coal and buckets of boiling water on the attackers
http://m.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/01/lady-mary-bankes-defended-ca...
Lady Mary Bankes defended her castle for three years with her daughters and maids, throwing hot coal and buckets of boiling water on the attackers
..but she's not the only Lady to defend the castle in her husband's absence. My 23rd great grandmother: Maud (Matilda) de Saint-Valéry