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The Environs of London
… James I. who is said frequently to have dined there, when hunting in the forest. It afterwards came, by marriage, to …
A History of the County of Essex
… Pearse. 76 There was a tradition that it was once a hunting-seat of the earl of Essex. 77 The house was pulled …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Oaks, at one time an inn, but converted into a hunting-seat by Gen. Burgoyne, is an old beech-tree …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Thomas Napier of Hensington, who may have let it as a hunting box: Philip, duke of Wharton, was tenant in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… leaving 300 foot soldiers. 81 On 2 June 1644 the king was hunting at Woodstock when he heard that Sir William Waller … a 4 mile course in Woodstock Park; the meetings included a stag hunt, coursing, foot races, and smock races for women. …