[49] Collins’s “Peerage.” [50] This conjecture is strengthened by a reference of Evelyn’s, who notes that in going from Reading to Marlborough in June 1654 he saw “my Lord Craven’s house at Causam now in ruines, his goodly woods felling by the rebels.” [51] “Vit. Brit.,” i. 43, 44. [52] The curious volume of original drawings by Wynne, which is preserved at the Bodleian Library, and from which the illustrations 109, 110, and 112 are reproduced, also contains drawings for work at Combe Abbey; it would appear, therefore, that Wynne was the architect employed both there and at Hamstead Marshall. [53] Wheatley and Cunningham’s “London, Past and Present.” [54] “Vit. Brit,” i. 44. [55] “Journey through England” (1722), by J. Mackay, quoted in “London, Past and Present.” [56] Bridges’ “History of Northamptonshire,” vol. i. p. 328. [57] The curious can compare the appearance of the old house with what Gibbs put in its place by referring to the plates in Bridges’ “History of Northamptonshire”; whether the newer design was an improvement, either in appearance or convenience, is open to question. [58] But see Appendix I., p. 395. [59] See “The Great House, Leyton,” by Edwin Gunn, published by the Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, 1903. [60] Collins’s “Peerage,” 1741 ed., i. 334. [61] An excellent annotated catalogue of the pictures has been prepared by Mr. C. H. Scott and privately printed. The Boughton estates passed to the Dukes of Buccleuch (Montagu-Douglas-Scott) by marriage with an heiress of the Montagus. [62] It was begun in 1687 and finished in 1706. [63] Bridges’ “History of Northamptonshire,” i. 289, repeated by Baker in his history of the same county, ii. 144. [64] Baker, _ut supra_. [65] Mr. R. Blomfield’s “History of Renaissance Architecture in England,” p. 224. [66] “Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne,” edited from the papers at Kimbolton, by the Duke of Manchester, London, 1864, p. 56. [67] “Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne,” 1864, p. 227. [68] Letter to George Montagu, 7th July 1770; also to H. S. Conway, 12th July 1770. [69] “Vitruvius Britannicus,” ii., pl. 81, 82. [70] The first series, in three volumes, is here referred to. [71] “Vitruvius Britannicus,” iii, pl. 27–34. [72] Collins’s “Peerage.” [73] Walpole, “Anecdotes.” [74] “Treatise on Architecture.” [75] Ferguson’s “History of Architecture,” Book IV., 1873 ed., p. 328. [76] “Memoirs of a Royal Chaplain,” by Albert Hartsborne, pp. 318–320. [77] See an article on Holkham by M. Jourdain, “Interiors of English Mansions,” in the _Art Journal_ of July 1911, and Lenygon’s “Decoration in England” and “Furniture in England” (1660–1790), 2 vols. (Batsford). [78] Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, M.A., F.S.A., in his “Robert Adam.” [79] A Latinised version of the Greek word for “Brothers.” [80] “London Past and Present.”