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who succeeded his father in 1572, and died in 1601. 



His wife was Elizabeth D'Arcy, and their arms 



occur on the sun-dial, still 



existing on the low wall 



between the formal garden 



and the wilderness. The 



formal garden is evidently 



made to conform to the 



shape of the enlarged house. 

 The banqueting houses 



bear an earl's coronet and the 



arms of Henry, second Earl 



of Peterborough, 1642-1699. 



The iron gates were put up about 1699 by Mary, 



Baroness Mordaunt, who succeeded to the estate on 



her father's death in 1697. She married first Henry, 

 seventh Duke of Norfolk, and second 

 Sir John Germain, who is thought 

 by some to have been a half brother 

 of King William III, and who is 

 alluded to by Horace Walpole as 

 bringing "the garden from Holland; 

 pyramidal yews, treillages, and square 



cradle walks with windows clipped in them." 



