 In later years, Thomas De Quincey became a long-term guest.William Wordsworth's financial position had been strained since his father's death in 1783, but it improved somewhat in 1802 when the debts owed to his father by the 1st Earl of Lonsdale were finally paid with interest on the latter's death.As a result, William was able to marry Mary Hutchinson, a childhood friend, later that year.