THE BARD’S PROPHECY

2017

By July, the newlyweds had settled at Gight, where John Byron ran through most of the £23,000 Catherine had brought to their marriage. Soon after, he sold her property, the Castle of Gight, for £18,690 to pay off his debts. In March 1786, they went through a second marriage ceremony, and John Byron became John Byron Gordon to fulfill the need to sell the estate in Gight. By the end of 1786, Catherine had lost her fortune and her land to John Byron’s creditors, but she never blamed him for her loss.