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The Manor of Rothamsted

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The Manor of Rothamsted and Its Occupants -5
Cover-5
Contentsv
Forewordvii
Acknowledgementsviii
Preface to Second Editionix
List of Illustrationsxi
(I) History of the Manor of Rothamsted1
Introduction 1
The Manor House2
Its Inhabitants 5
(Ii) Guide to Rothamsted Manor House37
Appendices 55
2. The Mural Paintings in the Old Dining-room55
1. The Arms of Witterwronge55
3. The Pictures at Rothamsted59
4. The Witterwronges of Stantonbury61
5. List of Sources65
6. Table of the Descent of Rothamsted Manor Through Seven Centuries67
7. Plan of the Manor House68
Index69
Plates73
Rothamsted Manor As It Might Have Been; John Bennet's Plan, C. 177073
The Morning-room, 190674
The Hall in 190675
The Oak Room, or Study, With Sir J. B. Lawes at His Desk, 189376
Mural Painting in the Dining-room, Late Sixteenth Centry (?siege of Edinburgh, 1573)77
Mural Painting in the Dining-room, Late Sixteenth Centry. Dado Below the Siege78
The Red Room in 190679
Map of Rothamsted, 162380
Title of Sir John Witterwronge's Memoir of His Family, 1664, in the Author's Own Hand81
Coat-of-arms in Stone from Stantonbury House: Witterwronge Quartering Vancker82
Two Pages from Sir John Witterwronge's Weather Observations, 1684-8983
Sir John Witterwronge, First Baronet, 1618-9384
Sir Thomas Myddelton, 1550-1631, Lord Mayor of London85
Thomas Witterwronge, 1723-63; the Last of the Rothamsted Witterwronges86
(A)john Benner of Rothamsted, 1722-83. (B) Probably a Portrait of Thomas Bennet, Citizen and Stationer of London 1664 or-5-170687
Sir John Bennet Lawes, F. R. S. , 1814-190088
Rothamsted Manor from the South-west89
Rothamsted Manor from the West90
The Dining-room91
The Back Staircase, Showing Painted Balustrade92
8. Pedigree of Witterwronge 93

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