Monument record 6809 - Easton Maudit Landscape Park

{4}Enclosed by Sir Chris Yelverton in Charles 1's reign, from then on hath been considerably depopulated. Now 30 houses. Earl of Sussex hath an antient mansion house - the chief resident of the family, since the purchase of this estate by Sir Chris Yelverton in reign of Queen Elizabeth. Adjoining house is a walled park and beyond a large inclosure surrounded by a stone wall in which a wood - Hall wood, now Horn wood. Present Lord is Talbot, created 1717 Earl of Sussec by George 1 (Yelverton family name) father died 1703 as Viscount Longueville.,{5}Illustration 1721 of east front (no garden shown).,{2}Park.,{3}Earl of Sussex.

<2> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<3> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN1852.

<4> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.163 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<5> 1971, Northamptonshire Past and Present (4/6), 360 (Journal). SNN42342.

<6> 1879, The Archaeological Journal (6), p.92 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN54773.

<7> 1921, ASSOCIATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES REPORTS, 95-102 (Uncertain). SNN56380.

<8> Isham G., 1969, Easton Maudit, (unchecked) (Report). SNN56381.

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