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way the ancient house had its restoration carried 

 out without a brick or a tile appreciably more 

 recent in date than the old fabric being used in 

 the reconstruction. 



After the death of Frederick, Duke of York, 

 in 1827, the manor of Lyndhurst seems to have 

 been retained by the Crown, independently of 

 the Lord Wardenship. But the use of the King's 

 House was granted to the Lord Warden (with 

 the allowance of 70 for upkeep, previously men- 

 tioned). The use of the house was occasionally 

 demised by the Lord Warden to certain noble- 

 men, as, for instance, in the case connected with 

 hunting in New Forest, which I shall refer to 

 later, when H.R.H. the Duke of Gloucester gave 

 permission to the Duke of Richmond as " the 

 only person who had permission to use not only 

 the kennels and stables but the King's House 

 likewise, if his Grace should choose to come (to 

 hunt) which is very improbable." 



Several other large houses existed in the New 

 Forest, which were occupied in most cases by the 

 master keeper of the walk in which it was situ- 

 ated, with the exception of New Park, a de- 

 lightful old house of Jacobean or very early 

 Georgian character, standing in a park, studded 

 with many fine old oaks, and surrounded by a 

 pretty good farm of some 150 acres. This resi- 



