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ye middle of the garden ; and y« next walke 8 stepps discendinge 

 into a levell greene grasse walke, betweene y- affores'^ hedge, 

 standinge 8 stepps high, and another quick sett hedge w^'> goeth 

 round y'^ Garden, with a square knott in y^ middle of y*' Garden 

 turned into a compleate fashion and shape, with 3 ascents, 

 boorded and planted with Tulipps, Lillies, Piannies, and divers 

 other sorts of flowers. Also y^ knott is compassed aboute with a 

 Quadrangle or square squadron Quicksett hedge of white thorne 

 and privett of nine foote in height, cutt into a compleate fashion, 

 w^'i fower round arbors with seates in ye"Mn each corner, w"' two 

 Doorewayes betweene each arbor, in all the fower sides, and 

 betweene y*^ two Doore wayes in each side runs out a Roman 

 ^ : made of y^ same sort of hedginge, and of the same height. 

 The head of everie X poyntes to y*^ 3 paire of staires, 

 discendinge downe in to y*^ Levell from y^ gravell walke. At 

 the angle corners of the outside low squadron hedge, is planted 

 at each corner in y^ hedge 7 faire Cherrie trees. Also A 

 Dooreway in y*^ sayd garden, leading into ye Mulberrie walke. 

 W''"' sayd garden is walled round, and there is growinge to the 

 walls, 25 Apricock trees, 3 rigg trees, fower pluinme trees, one 

 peach tree, and one cherrie tree. All w*^'' sayd house and gardens 

 (except y^ 5 Roomes under y*^ afforesayd Divided galleriej are 

 in y'' occupacion of Mr. John Southworth, and is worth per 

 annum 20'. 



I'he Greate Garden. — One Garden called the Greate Garden, 

 adioyninge North on y'^ afTores'^ Cloyster lyinge under y*^ Kinoes 

 Presence Chamber, and others, incompassed East, South, and 

 West with a good brick wall, and North with the Capital! 

 house 3 w''' Garden conteynes by admeasurem' 7 acres, 2 roodes, 

 37 pole, and is worth per annum /^\^. Memorandum, in the 

 s*^' Garden there are nine large compleate squares or knotts 

 lyinge upon a Levell in y*^ middle of y« s^ Garden, whereof one 

 is sett forth with box borders in y^' likenesse of y'^ Kinges armes, 

 verrie artificiallie and exquisitely made ; one other plott is planted 

 with choice flowers ; the other 7 knotts are all grasse knotts, 

 handsomely turfed in the intervalls or little walkes. All the 

 affores'^ knotts are compassed aboute with a Quicksett liedi^e 

 of White thorne, and privett, cutt into a handsome fashion 3 and 

 at everie angle or corner standes a faire cherrie tree of a greate 

 groth, with a Ciprus in the middle of most of the knotts, and 



