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time, but others remain, and are still stocked with fish, 

 as at Losely and Hunstanston. At Helmingham the 

 house and garden are each surrounded by a moat, and 

 exist in nearly their original condition. 



Cardinal Wolsey's palace and grounds at Hampton Woisey's 

 Court were among the latest to be made secure by Hampton 

 moats as well as walls. It was in these gardens that 

 the cardinal was accustomed to walk at the close of 

 day as he recited even-song. His fondness for this 

 recreation and the beauty of the gardens (which were 

 located near the Pond Garden, and no longer exist) 

 are described by his disciple Cavendish : 



" My galleries were fayer both large and long 

 To walk in them when that it lyked me best. 



" My gardens sweet enclosed with walles strong 

 Embanked with benches to sytt and take my rest. 

 The knots so enknotted, it cannot be expresst 

 With arbors and alyes so pleasant and so dulce 

 To pestilent ayers with flavors to repulse." 



There was no abrupt transition from the style of Thetransi- 



tion Ta,dua.l. 



the Middle Ages to that of the Renaissance in Eng- 

 lish gardens. Many Gothic features were long retained, 

 of which remnants are still in evidence, the carved 

 stonework, the conduits, the walks, and arbours. Trel- 

 liswork, as used to surround the beds, remained in 

 fashion with but slight variations throughout the 

 reigns of the Tudors. 



