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Identifier: otherfamoushomes00mala (find matches)
Title: Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Malan, A(lfred) H(enry), (from old catalog) ed
Subjects: Historic buildings Country homes Dwellings
Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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imself, on the siteof an ancient ferme-house, an agreeable villa to which hemight withdraw as often as he could spare a day or two frompublic or private business. It is recorded that the edifice,which was built of brick, large, convenient, and thoroughly fin-ished, stood in the midst of a pleasant park, marked out and im-paled at his expence, well-wooded and furnished with severalcurious fishponds, and for grandeur there was near the house aheronry, with various contrivances to lure the birds thither, andto keep them fixed to their habitation when they were there. ^ Osterley was thus united with the manor of Heston, inwhich parish it is still included. The corn raised on this land hasbeen renowned since the days of the Tudors and Stuarts, whowere hence supplied with the fiour from which Kings Bread was made. Queen Elizabeth had the most part of her provisionfrom this place, for manchet for Her Highness own diet, as isreported.^ Norden ; and Biographia Britaniiica. ^ Camden and Norden.
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125 126 ©stcrlei? park So Sir Thomas, who though on pleasure bent had still afrugal mind, set up a corn-mill, and, moreover, established apaper- and an oil-mill on the adjacent stream ; as the last twowere new manufactures, he probably desired to keep them underhis own eye. The worthy merchant was not, however, destined to remainundisturbed in his place of retirement. He had hardly purchasedthe manor, and must have been in the thick of his alterations andimprovements, when his gracious mistress, Queen Elizabeth,showed her confidence in him in a most unwelcome manner.Her little cousin. Lady Mary Grey, youngest sister of Lady JaneGrey, had secretly married the gigantic sergeant-porter of theWater-Gate at Westminster Palace. Thomas Keyes was de-scribed by Cecil as the biggest gentleman in this court, whileLady Mary was so small as to be almost a dwarf Neverthelessthe unfortunate little lady stood, by Edward VI.s will, in rever-sion to the Crown, and her imprudence drew upon her the in-e

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