in England. his house is built with bricke and Coyn’d w^{th} stone w^{th} a flatt Roofe Leaded, w^{th} railes and Barristers, and a large Cupilow in y^e middle—you may see a Greate way round y^e Country. Y^e ffront Entrance is 3 gates of Iron Barres and spikes, painted blew with gold tops, and brick work between y^e gates and pillars with stone tops Carv’d Like flower potts; y^e pillars all Coyn’d with Stone. Y^e Middle gate is made large in a Compass like a halfe Moone. There are four more spaces in the wall open with Iron barres and spikes, 2 of w^{ch} are in each side into y^e Gardens, and answers two Like them on the other side of the Gardens. The two other are Less and are at y^e End of a terrass walk just along y^e Entrance w^{ch} you ascend by Steps from the Middle gate; they are all adorned with brick pillars Coyn’d w^{th} stone and Stone heads—these are all painted blew and gold tipps. From the Terrass you have a Court y^t Leads into y^e middle of y^e house into a large hall; over y^e doore at y^e Entrance is a fine Carving of stone w^{th} Leaves and flowers with fine stone pillars, and y^e Armes Cutt finely, there is a fine dyal and Clock above all. The hall you Enter is of a very good size and height. 2 dineing roomes and drawing roomes, one for the Summer with a marble floore, 6 or 7 Chambers off a good size and lofty, so y^e most of y^e beds were two foote too low w^{ch} was pitty they being good beds, one was Crimson ffigured velvet, 2 damaske beds, the rest moehaire and Cambet. Y^e roomes were mostly wanscoated and painted. Y^e best roome was painted just like marble—few roomes were hung. The ffurniture was very neately kept and so was the whole house, the roofe of y^e Staires was finely painted, there was Severall pictures but not Set up the house being in mourning for his Lady, and her mother the Lady Yorke, w^{ch} dyed in a month or two of Each other. She left S^r Edward 10 Children, he has a great state and will have the 2000 P ^{an} fall to him that is Lady Mary Ffenwichs anuity. he was a merchants son at Bristol. The house is served with water by pipes into a Cistern into y^e Garden, Cellars and all offices. This was the ffinest house I saw in Yorkshire. We returned to Knarsborough 9 mile and from thence we went to York againe 12 mile, this was y^e worst Rideing in Yorkshire, then we passed thro’ York town by another gate towards Hull, and y^t Streete was Larger and better buildings than what I saw before in Yorke, and here we pass over the muddy River, Called the muddy Ffosse. We passed over the river Derwent that runns through the middle of Derbyshire to Born Bridge 9 mile, Whitten 6 miles a Little neate Thatch’d town of a mile long where we Lay, and passed by Burlington Lord Cliffords house that stood in a bottom amongst trees and Look’d well, and they Say is well painted and good ffurniture, but I saw not y^e Inside, only pass’d by it. There we had a very Large Salmon that Cost and y^e sauce but 18^d, it was very