Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . eat feast in his unfinishedpalace, November nth, it being Lenton Fair time. Y* y^ Earlof Rutland and his Lady, Sir Thos. Manors and his Lady, SirGervas Clifton and ^^°Sir Anthony Strelly and ^°- and diversother Gentlemen with their retinue to y*^ number of a hundredand twenty persons, all dined with Sir Francis at Wollaton NewHouse. The historian gives the subjoined account of thingsbought for this dinner. Evidently the small fowl were (fromtheir number) for mixed pies ! Account of Things bought for a Dinner, November ii, 1587. The Provis
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . eat feast in his unfinishedpalace, November nth, it being Lenton Fair time. Y* y^ Earlof Rutland and his Lady, Sir Thos. Manors and his Lady, SirGervas Clifton and ^^°Sir Anthony Strelly and ^°- and diversother Gentlemen with their retinue to y*^ number of a hundredand twenty persons, all dined with Sir Francis at Wollaton NewHouse. The historian gives the subjoined account of thingsbought for this dinner. Evidently the small fowl were (fromtheir number) for mixed pies ! Account of Things bought for a Dinner, November ii, 1587. The ProvisionOF Beef and Mutton, etc., being Killed at Home. Paid for. sh. d. sh. d. Butter 94 6 lbs. of Sugar. 10 0 Eggs 6 10 3 Raisins 0 9 Milk for custards I 0 3 Gorans ? 3 2 Piggs . 2 8 3 Pruins I 0 S Capons 6 2 ^ lb. of Pepper I 0 8 Chickens 2 2 3 of Cynamon I 4 4 Woodcocks . I 4 Ginger 0 4 5 Snipes . 0 ID Mace I 6 4 Plover . 0 ID Cloves I 0 Bread for y* kitchen 0 8 I lb. of Bisquit I 6 Ale to seethe fish in 0 2Total p Paid for Musk Comfits .C^ 144 2 6. DISTANT VIEW OF WOLLATON HALL 29 30 IKaoIlaton Iball And now let us move down from the house, by the steps otthe Saloon door, and wander across the green lawns of the balus-traded terrace, down the old cracked and notched stairs to thoselower flats which the cedars shade ; and where venerable ilex ofJacobean times lean over the drop fence into the Park. Let usmove to our left, past the French Hovel (why so called?), eastwards to Nottingham, past and beyond the long avenueof limes, with its fourfold rows of lofty pillars. How lovely thatview can show, as the town climbs its slopes to the woodedheights of Mapperley, when the soft hazes of summer bathe alikethe red brick and tile of buildings, and the variegated fields,gardens, tree-clumps, till they blend and fuse into very poetry ofhue and shading! Aye, even the high chimneys become glori-fied, and lend a veiled dignity to the outlines ; while the Castle,on its rocky pedest
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