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Pheasant garden, w*^'' conteynes one Roode ten poles and 4 

 primes, and is excellentlie well plantcvl with wall trees, (viz'') 7 

 Figg trees, 4 Cherrie trees, and one Roase marie tree, 2 Vines, 

 fower Peach trees, 5 Apricock trees, one I'eare tree, six Damas 

 and Damson Plumme trees, one Currant tr^e, and one Bay tree, 

 planted in y*^ middle with Gooseberrie trees, and other younge 

 fruite trees, and a bricke wall aboute y^ same, abuttinge North on 

 y« passage leadinge east from y*^ Laundrie," (&c.) Value of 

 the house, court, and garden, £g. los. 



The Laundrie house, — rooms, barn, stables, &c. Alsoe one 

 passage or way now used as a Garden, lyinge on y® West parte of the 

 afforesayd house called the Laundrie house, and leadeth from the 

 house to y*" said garden, called y*^ Laundrie Garden, conteyninge in 

 length 1 1 perches and a halfe. aTid in breadth on y- East parte two 

 perches and a halfe of land, and on the West parte one pearch ; 

 and there is planted on y*' North side of the walls, fower Vine 

 trees, one Almond tree, 3 Plumme trees, 5 Barberrie trees, and 

 on ye other side Rose trees, and y*^ middle dugg up for Inions, 

 lettice, and y'' like. And at y*' west end of y*^ same one Doore 

 way goeinge into another garden called by y*' name of the 

 Laundrie garden, conteyninge 3 roodes and fower pole, 

 compassed aboute with a high brick wall, consistiuge of one 

 streight gravelled walke, betweene the Bricke wall and the hedge 

 or Rainge of Gooseberrie trees and Rose trees, with two stepps 

 discendinge into y^ middle of y*^ garden ; and round y*' garden 

 are several wall trees planted, (viz*^) 5 aprecock trees, 1 1 peach 

 trees, 28 vines, 55 cherrie trees, bearinge choyce and rare cherries ; 

 also 12 bay trees, with divers other trees; as also a summer or 

 shaddow house standinge in y'' middle of the affores** garden, 

 seated round, and built turratt fashion, and covered with slatt, 

 with a nurcerie in y*' middle of y*^ garden, and some apple and 

 peare trees, w"' divers other small stockes and younge plantes, 

 moted round. 



The Privie Garden. — One other Garden called the Privie 

 Garden, alias Kitchen Garden, conteyninge 17 pole, lyinge 

 betweene y** affors*^ Garden on the east and Th^obaldes Parke on 

 y"^ west, w"* a pleasant gravelie walke lyinge betweene the wall 

 and a hansome quicksett hedge cutt into formes, planted in the 

 middle of the hedges with 28 cherrie trees, goeinge East, West, and 

 North of y*" s'" garden, lyinge 8 ste;;ps high in ascent from 



