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y 6 middle of the garden ; and y e next walke 8 stepps discendinge 

 into a levell greene grasse walke, betweene y e affores d hedge, 

 standinge 8 stepps high, and another quick sett hedge w ch goeth 

 round y e Garden, with a square knott in y e middle of y e 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 e 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 th f ower round arbors with seates in y em in each corner, w th two 

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

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

 "J 1 : made of y e same sort of hedginge, and of the same height. 

 The head of everie 'J poyntes to y e 3 paire of staires, 

 discendinge downe in to y e Levell from y e gravell walke. At 

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

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

 Dooreway in y e sayd garden, leading into y e Mulberrie walke. 

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

 walls, 25 Apricock trees, 3 figg trees, fower plumme trees, one 

 peach tree, and one cherrie tree. All w ch sayd house and gardens 

 (except y e 5 Roomes under y e afforesayd Divided gallerie) are 

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

 annum 2O 1 . 



The Greate Garden. One Garden called the Greate Garden, 

 adioyninge North on y e affores d Cloyster lyinge under y e Kinges 

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

 West with a good brick wall, and North with the Capitall 

 house j w ch Garden conteynes by admeasurem* 7 acres, 2 roodes, 

 37 pole, and is worth per annum 14. Memorandum, in the 

 s d Garden there are nine large compleale squares or knotts 

 lyinge upon a Levell in y e middle of y e s d Garden, whereof one 

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

 verrie artiriciallie 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 d knotts are compassed aboute with a Quicksett hedge 

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



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