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than any before mentioned, whereof fome are private, others 

 publick', and may both be confidered either in the whole or parts. 

 Of private buildings, the moft eminent in this County, are the 

 Seats of the Right Honorable the Earl of Anglefey, Lord Privy 

 Seal, at Blechington, the Earl of Clarendon at Cornbury, the Earl 

 of Lichfield at Ditchley, the Earl of Rochefier at Adderbury, the 

 Countefs of Down atWroxton, the Lord Vifcount Say and Seal at 

 BrOughton, the Lord Vifcount Falkland at Great Tew, the Lady 

 Abergavenny at Sherbourn, the Lord Norreys (His Majefties Lord 

 Lieutenant of Oxford-Jhire) at 7?ico/, the Lord Carrington at ZW~ 

 B>e/, and of the Honorable James Herbert Efq; at Tythrop in Oxford- 

 Jhire, though of Kingsey Parifh in the County of Buckingham. 



129. Whereunto might be added fever al ilruflures of the mi- 

 nor Nobility, that fhew a great deal either of paft or prefent Ma- 

 gnificence, fuchas that of the Right Worflbipful Sir Anthony Cope 

 late of Hanwell, of Sir John Cope at Bruern Abbey, Sir Tho. Spencer 

 at Tarnton, Sir Tho. Chamberleyn at Northhrook.-, Sir Francis Wen- 

 man at Thame-? ark. and Cafwel, Sir 77>o. f oZ> at Addtrbury, Sir ytftf- 

 /tej> Craven at Caverjham, Six William Glyn at Amerfden, Sir /?o- 

 bertjenkjnfon at Walcot, Sir William Walter at Sarefden, Sir Thomas 

 Penyfton at Cornwel, Sir Compton Read at Shipton under Which- 

 wood, Sir John D'Oyly at Chijlehampton, Sir Edward Norreys at 

 Wefton on thegreew, Sir George Croke at Watersloh-> Sir i^i/i/* H<*r- 

 wr/ at Stanton Harcourt. And of the worftiipful 7/w. Stonor at 

 Watlington Parkand Stonor, Efq; Robert Dormer at Roufiam, Efq; 

 Richard Fermor at Tufmore and Sommerton, Efq; /o/w S/o/ze at 

 Brightwel, Efq; /oitfz C7er. at i4#o Rowant, Efq; 77>o. #0077/ at 

 Cm/, Efq; Arthur Jones at Chafleton, Efq; Zfoy// Brookjat North- Aflcn, 

 Efq; and the feats of the Families of Knolles at Rot her field Grays, 

 and B/oh/z/ at Maple^Durham, Efqs; To which add the Parfonage 

 Houfe of the Re&ory of Chinncr, little inferior to fome of the 

 aforementioned, either in greatnefs, commodioufnefs, or elegancy of 

 Building. 



130. And yet amongft all thefe eminent private Structure s, 

 could I find nothing extraordinary in the w/>o/e .* But in the parts, 

 the Kitchin of the Right Worfliipful Sir /V>/7//> Harcourt Knight, 

 of Stanton Harcourt, is fo ftrangely unufual, that by way of #/W- 

 <//e one may truly call it, either a Kitchin within a Chimney, or a 

 Kitchin without one ; for below it is nothing but a large [quare, 



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