GARDENS OLD AND NEW. 



as King's Bailiff at Sandwich, as Clerk of the Signet, 

 and as Clerk of the Council of Calais. He became a 

 Knight of the King's Body, and, as Governor of the 

 King's Posts, did a great work of organisation. After- 

 wards, he was secretary to Cardinal Wolsey, and then 

 French Secretary to the King. He was one of the 

 commissioners for treating for peace with France 

 in 1528, and became Treasurer of the Royal House- 

 hold. In 1533 he was Sheriff of Essex and Herts. 

 He was succeeded in the possession of Layer Marney 

 by his third son, Sir George Tuke, who was sheriff 



of the county in 1557. The estate wa^ afterwards 

 sold to Sir Samuel Tryon, knight and baronet, 

 of Blois Hall, and then passed by sale to the 

 families of Ellis and Corsellis. Nicholas Corsellis 

 was an eminent Flemish merchant in London, 

 naturalised as an Englishman in 1664, and a 

 descendant, another Nicholas, was living at Layer 

 Marney in 1742. Since then the house has 

 been more than once bought and sold, but could 

 not be in better hands than those of its present 

 possessor. 



THE TOMB OF THE F/RST LORD MARNEY. 



