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turned into a compleate fashion and shape, with 3 ascents, 

 boorded and planted with Tuhpps, Lilhes, Piannies, and divers 

 other sorts of flowers. Also y^ 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'*' fower round arbors with seates in y*"" in each corner, w'^ two 

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

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

 T : made of y^ same sort of hedginge, and of the same height. 

 The head of everie T poyntes to y^ 3 paire of staires, dis- 

 cendinge downe in to y^ Levell from y^ gravell walke. At the 

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

 each corner in y« hedge 7 faire Cherrie trees. Also A Dooreway 

 in y« sayd garden, leading into y^ Mulberrie walke. W'^^ 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*^ sayd house and gardens 

 (except y^ 5 Roomes under y^ afforesaj^d Divided gallerie) are 

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

 annum 20'. 



The Create Garden. — One Garden called the Greate Garden, 

 adioyninge North on ye affores'^ Cloyster lyinge under y Kinges 

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

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

 house ; W=^ Garden conteynes by admeasurem' 7 acres, 2 roodes, 

 37 pole, and is worth per annum ;£i4. Memorandum, in the 

 s^ Garden there are nine large compleate squares or knotts 

 lyinge upon a Levell in y« middle of y^ s'' Garden, whereof one 

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

 verrie artificiallie and exquisitely made ; one other plott is planted 

 with choice flowers ; the other 7 knotts are all grasse knotts, 

 handsomely tiurfed in the intervalls or little walkes. All the 

 affores'' 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 

 at some of the corners ; w^'' knotts, Quicksett hedge, and y^ 

 Flower Rootes we value to be worth £5. 



The Marble Fountaine. — In the middlemost knott of the 

 aifores'i nine knotts as alsoe in the middle of y^ Garden standeth 

 a large handsome Fountaine of white Marble standinge upon 3 

 stone stepps, (&c.). 



In the middle of two of the affores^ greene knotts, . . , 

 standeth two figures of wainscott well carved. . . . 



In the South side of w*^'' sayd Garden, and in the middle of 



