Guilford died, it seems rather unexpectedly, at his country house, Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury, on 5 September 1685, aged only 47.
 Although he had apparently been suffering from stress and overwork, the precise reasons for his early death are unclear.
His rather cryptic last words were:  "It will not do".
Guilford died, it seems rather unexpectedly, at his country house, Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury, on 5 September 1685, aged only 47.  Although he had apparently been suffering from stress and overwork, the precise reasons for his early death are unclear. His rather cryptic last words were:  "It will not do".
Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford