Now! Then! 2024! - Yorkshire On This Day

Excerpt

On the north or northeast side of this Minster seated Sir Arthur Ingram’s house and brave garden, whereof not a third part furnished with flowers, but disposed into little beds whereon placed statues, the beds all grass. Very fair, high, spacious walls round about this garden, and large fair trees, but nothing well furnished with fruit. Here I observed a sloping border a full yard high placed to the trees, which hath brought forth roots out of the lower part of the body of the tree. This border is kept green, but the gardener conceives it no advantage to the trees, which are now cut, and dubbed, but the gardener dislikes that course. To keep in order and to weed and maintain this garden, another spacious orchard, wherein are many walks, and to keep a fair stately walk upon the city walls, which do bound and compass this orchard, to tend and dispose of his fish, to keep which he hath diverse fishponds in this ground, and to breed, and bring up young pheasants, there is only allowed him £10 per annum [ca. £1,730 in September 2022], and Sir Arthur to be at no more charge.

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Abbreviations:

• ER: East Riding
• GM: Greater Manchester
• NR: North Riding
• NY: North Yorkshire
• SY: South Yorkshire
• WR: West Riding
• WY: West Yorkshire

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I only know about banking up potatoes, so the story of the trees is very interesting.

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Original

On the north or northeast side of this Minster seated Sir Arthur Ingrams house and brave garden: whereof nott a third part furnished with flowers: butt disposed into little bedds whereon placed statues, the bedds all grass: verye faire high spatious walls round about this garden, and large faire trees, butt nothing well furnished with fruite. Here I observed a slopeing border a full yard high placed to the trees, which hath brought forth rootes out of the lowre part of the bodye of the tree; this border is kept green: butt the gardiner conceives itt noe advantage to the trees: which are now cutt, and dubbed, butt the gardiner dislikes that course: To keepe in order and to weede, and maintaine this garden, another spatious orchard, wherein are manye walkes, and to keepe a faire stately walke uppon the cittie walls, which doe bound and compass this orchard: to tend and dispose of his fish, to keepe which hee hath divers fishponds in this ground, and to breed, and bringe uppe young pheasaunds: there is onely allowed him £x per annum and Sir Arthur to bee att noe more chardge:

The pheasaunds are bred in this manner: when the pheasand henns begin to lay, their eggs are taken from them: kept in bran and sett, and hatcht under an hen: fed with pisimers and kept in an house:

Foure cisternes here are made of bricke about a yard deepe, and square, to keepe pikes: breames: tench: and carpes: Water is pumped into these, butt I doe nott expect these to succeed well; they are placed in an open house, walled, butt the roofe sufficiently open and yett under locke and key: This gardiner conceaves that mingleing muck with soile, and plaoeing itt to the tree rootes is verye good: butt nott muck alone:

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