CONTENTS

Chronological Table[vii]
Table of Descent[xii]
Ch. IThe Housep. [1]
IIThe Garden and Park[20]
IIIKnole in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth[28]
IVKnole in the Reign of James I[48]
VKnole in the Reign of Charles I[82]
VIKnole in the Reign of Charles II[111]
VIIKnole in the Early Eighteenth Century[152]
VIIIKnole at the End of the Eighteenth Century[176]
IXKnole in the Nineteenth Century[201]
Appendix[221]
Index[223]

The dome of Knole, by fame enrolled,

The Church of Canterbury,

The hops, the beer, the cherries there,

Would fill a noble story.