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

 Pheasant garden, w* conteynes one Roode ten poles and 

 4 primes, and is excellentlie well planted with wall trees, (viz 1 ) 

 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 e same, abuttinge North 

 on 3^ passage leadinge east from y* Laundrie," (&c). Value of 

 the house, court, and garden, £9. 10s. 



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

 passage or way now used as a Garden, lyinge on y 8 West parte of 

 the afforesayd house called the Laundrie house, and leadeth from 

 the house to y said garden, called y e Laundrie Garden, con- 

 teyninge in length 11 perches and a halfe, and in breadth on y e 

 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 e other side Rose trees, and y e middle dugg up for 

 Inions, lettice, and y e like. And at y e west end of y e same one 

 Doore way goeinge into another garden called by y e 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 e garden 

 are several wall trees planted, (viz 1 ) 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 d garden, 

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

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

 peare trees, w th 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 d Garden on the east and Theobaldes Parke on 

 y e west, w th 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 e s d garden, lyinge 8 stepps high in ascent from 

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

 into a levell greene grasse walke, betweene y e affores d hedge, 

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

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



