The latter estate, on the contrary, was granted by
King Henry VIII. to Sir John Horsey, and Edward Earl of Hertford, from
whom it was purchased by Sir John Thynne, ancestor of its present
proprietor, the Marquess of Bath. In 1576, Sir John commenced the
splendid mansion at Longleat, which some writers assert was designed
by John of Padua. The works were regularly prosecuted during the next
twelve years, and completed by the two succeeding owners of the
property. See Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, vol. ii.
- J. B.]
Longford House was built by the Lord Georges, after the fashion of one
of the King of Swedland's palaces. The figure of it is triangular,
and the roomes of state are in the round towers in the angles. These
round roomes are adorned with black marble Corinthian pillars, with
gilded capitalls and bases. 'Twas sold to the Lord Colraine about
1646. [It now belongs to the Earl of Radnor. Plans, views, and
accounts of this mansion, as well as of Longleat and Charlton Houses,
are published in the "Architectural Antiquities", vol. ii.-J. B.]
Charlton House was built by the Earl of Suffolk, Lord High Treasurer,
about the beginning of King James the First, when architecture was at
a low ebbe.
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At Broad Chalke is one of the tunablest ring of bells in Wiltshire,
which hang advantageously; the river running near the churchyard,
which meliorates the sound. Here were but four bells till anno 1616
was added a fifth; and in anno 1659 Sir George Penruddock and I made
ourselves church-wardens, or else the fair church had fallen, from
the niggardlinesse of the churchwardens of mean condition, and then we
added the sixth bell.
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