. Early British botanists and their gardens. Botany; Botanists; Botany; Plants, Cultivated. SIR THOMAS BILSON 7 Buriton, which is believed to have been roughly co-extensive with the manor of West Mapledurham, and likewise belongs to Mr. Legge. The old manor-house of West Mapledurham was pulled down in 1829, and there is no tradition of any other old house in the district. The present Farm House of Weston was built in 1776.^ Sir Thomas Bilson s father, Thomas, Bishop of Winchester 1597—1616, purchased the manor of West Mapledurham in. Mapledurham House. 1605 from the widow and sons of the recus
. Early British botanists and their gardens. Botany; Botanists; Botany; Plants, Cultivated. SIR THOMAS BILSON 7 Buriton, which is believed to have been roughly co-extensive with the manor of West Mapledurham, and likewise belongs to Mr. Legge. The old manor-house of West Mapledurham was pulled down in 1829, and there is no tradition of any other old house in the district. The present Farm House of Weston was built in 1776.^ Sir Thomas Bilson s father, Thomas, Bishop of Winchester 1597—1616, purchased the manor of West Mapledurham in. Mapledurham House. 1605 from the widow and sons of the recusant Henry Shelley. On the death of the Bishop in 1616, the manor descended to the eldest son Thomas ' aged twenty-four and more' and on the latter s death in 1649 to the second son Leonard. The manor-house was a house with a history. During the occupation of the Shelleys it had been a centre where Papists foregathered during the latter part of the sixteenth century. There in 1586 the recusant Edward Jones used daily to ' consociate withal and heard mass every day There were ' priest's holes' which must have been a great joy to the Bilson boys : ' there is a hollow place in the parlour by the livery cupboard where two men may well * Information from Capt. P. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gunther, R. T. (Robert Theodore), 1869-1940; Goodyer, John, 1592-1664. Oxford, Printed by F. Hall for the author at the University Press
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