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4th Estate An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF This eBook first published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2017 Copyright 2017 © Lucy Hughes-Hallett Lucy Hughes-Hallett asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work Cover images © plainpicture/Melanie Haberkorn Cover design by Heike Schüssler Map drawn by John Gilkes ‘Don’t Fence Me In’ (from Hollywood Canteen), words and music by Cole Porter © 1944 (Renewed) WB MUSIC CORPS. All rights reserved. Used by Permission of ALFRED MUSIC. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Source ISBN: 9780008126544 Ebook Edition © May 2017 ISBN: 9780008126537 Version: 2018-01-16 For my brothers, James and Thomas, with love We are a garden walled around, Chosen and made peculiar ground; A little spot enclosed by grace Out of the world’s wide wilderness. ISAAC WATTS Contents 1663–1665 John Norris – landscape-maker Arthur Fortescue, the Earl of Woldingham The Countess of Woldingham, his wife Their children – Charles Fortescue, Arthur Fortescue and a little girl Sir Humphrey de Boinville, brother to Lady Woldingham Lady Harriet Rivers, Lord Woldingham’s sister Cecily Rivers, her daughter Edward Pastor Rivers – brother to Lady Harriet’s late husband Another pastor Robert Rose – architect and comptroller Meg Leafield George Goodyear – head forester Armstrong – ranger Green – head gardener Slatter – farm overseer Underhill – major-domo Lane – steward Richardson – apothecary Lupin, a pug-dog 1961–1989 Living at Wood Manor
