Padley

This is the Press Association report, by Ben Padley, of tonight's Parliamentary talent contest - all in aid of 'charidee', natch.

The Ministry of None of the Talents 2006

He was arrested by the infanmous Topecliffe at Padley, the home of John Fitzherbert, a member of a family still surviving and still Catholic, the arrest being made through the treacher of a son of the house.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Mr. Fenton on the other side, were riding up through Padley chase; and the talk and the laughter went up too.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

Padley reached the two travellers a month later, and it bore news in it that they little expected.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

And on this side he hath promised Padley, if that he may but keep the rest of the estates, and have his liberty.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

For it seemed that, entirely unexpectedly, there had arrived at Padley the following night no less than three of the FitzHerbert family, Mr. Anthony the seventh son, with two of his sisters, as well as Thomas

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

This high land was as still now as a sheltered valley, a tuft of springy grass stood out on the crag as stiff as a thin plume; and the silence, as at Padley two weeks ago, was marked rather than broken by the tinkle of water from his spring fifty yards away.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

I do not know what else he hath promised, but I will stake my fortune that Padley is part of it.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

Padley (which he subsequently lost again) on the terms here drawn out.

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892

It was as different from the peace he had had at Padley as water is different from wine; yet it was Peace, too, a confident and expectant peace that precedes the battle, rather than the rest which follows it ....

Come Rack! Come Rope! Robert Hugh Benson 1892