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adioyneth unto an orchard or garden called by y"= name of the 

 Pheasant garden, v^^ conteynes one Roode ten poles and 

 4 primes, and is excellentlie well planted with wall trees, (viz') 

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

 fower Peach trees, 5 Apricock trees, one Peare tree, six Damas 

 and Damson Plumme trees, one Currant tree, 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, con- 

 teyninge in length 11 perches and a halfe, and 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 y<= 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, com- 

 passed aboute with a high brick wall, consistinge 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, 11 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 Theobaldes Parke on 

 y= west, w'^ a pleasant gravelie walke lyinge betweene the wall 

 and a handsome 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 stepps high in ascent from 

 ye middle of the garden ; and y^ next walke 8 stepps discendinge 

 into a levell greene grasse walke, betweene y^ affores'^ hedge, 

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

 round y^ Garden, with a square knott in y^ middle of y^ Garden 



