[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.