large orchards behind the house with new Stables and offices w^{ch} makes it look well. Itts in sight of severall houses, but all old buildings—Lady Hopton’s in a Low meadow—there are woods by it and a Little river parts them, called y^e Framy w^{ch} gives Name to Severall Little villages as Cannon froom, Bishops ffroom, Castle froom; this runnes into another Little river Called the Lug and both runnes into the River Wye w^{ch} is on y^e back side of Herriford town. This was 7 miles from us, its a pretty little town of timber buildings, the streetes are well pitched and handsome as to breadth and Length. The river Wye is as broad as the Thames is at Maidenhead bridge, or hardly so broad, its a Rapid River and seemed much disturb’d; there is very good ffish in it; it did not looke Cleare w^n I saw it, but was thick and yellow but y^t is against foul weather. The Mount which is the only thing of y^e Castle that remaines Commands the sight of y^e river and town. The Cathedrall is very neate but small, the Carving of the wood in the Quire was good. In the Library I was shown by y^e Dean of Herriford y^e History of pope Joan with her Picture, it was printed in and with the history of all the popes in Rome successively—it was writt in old English, but I made a shift to read it. There is ye Bishops Palace and y^e Deanes and Doctors houses w^{ch} are the best buildings, but they are not very ffine or Large. 7 mile thence on a flatt is M^r Paul folie’s Seate called Stoake in whose parlour you see Herriford quite plainer—its a very good old house of Timber worke but old ffashion’d, and good Roome for Gardens, but all in an old fform and mode and M^r Folie Intends to make both a new house and gardens. The latter I saw staked out, so it will be to no purpose to say anything of it as its now only y^e good Barns and Stables that are new Covered w^{th} slate, y^e ffine Bowling-green walled in, and a Summer-house in it all new. There is beyond this, ffine woods and a delicate Parke above the house—pailed in; y^t is stored with deare both red and ffallow and affords 12 brace in a season, there are also fine Coppices. From thence to Newhouse againe 7 mile, hither we went 5 or 6 tymes from Newhouse to Broughton. We went by Eshum and y^e Vale of y^e Red horse being a Vale of a great extent, the earth is all Red, its a very Rich Country for Corn and ffruites and woods. Its Called y^e Vale of Eshum or of y^e Red horse from a Red horse Cut out on some of y^e hills about it and y^e Earth all Looking Red, y^e horse Lookes so as y^t of y^e white horse Vale. Here is all very heavy way to Weston 25 mile in Glocester, to a Parsonage of my Cos’n Pheramus ffiennes given him for his life by his and our Grandfather Will^m Lord Viscount Say and Seale—its a neate building all stone, and y^e walls round Court, Gardens and yards, all are of Stone.