H4KKM COURT 





5IX MONTHS OF THE YHAR. 



Drew of Bristol, u - Lel.inJ. co iverted tlu- old 



it to a giHxIly dwelling-house. In dm- course tin- place reverted 

 t> the Crown, and was Canted. \vtli the minor of Minchin 

 Barrow and the rectory and advowstm. to Wi.li.un Clarke, I 

 whose son Christopher sold it, late in Eluabeth's reign, to 

 Francis James, 1.1 1 ). 



If the grey did stones of the mansion could speak they 

 would as-e-. ei.ite, as In their a^peit they J, that in those 

 times they were m tly reared. The j-oisJIy house of J >hn 



^ h.id fallen int > excellent hands, and upon the 

 remains of *he old priory rose a noble Tudor and J.ic Ivan 



m.i .-i >n. Later pos , ;'u-r feature<, and th 



venerable \\ alls emb dy an unwritten history of men. The s m 

 of I Jr. Francis Jinie-i sold the place in the time i (lh.nl s I. 

 to Sir Francis 1) klmyton, but Sir Francis s<'U it a^.un to 

 William (iore, Hsq., in \(>V). Alter many ch ni^es it thus 

 came to the hands of those who set st'iu- up >i\ their beaut 1 il 

 pissrss|,>n, and who for yeneiatiois i mtinuril !> dwell therein, 

 leaving many of their monuments in the cluirJi closi- hy. In 

 Collinson's "History of Somersetshire," published in i;>>i, is 

 a view of the house, dedicated to Mr. John and Mr. Hduard 

 '. . . hich depicts it st.indinj; with its many Cabled tio-it, 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN ENTRANCE. 



