Sir Francis raised them from seeds of the first oranges which were imported into England, by Sir Walter Ralegh, who had married his niece, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton. Be this as it may, the trees were planted in the open ground; they were preserved in the winter by a moveable shed, and flourished about a century and a half*, but were destroyed by the hard frost, in 1739-40. In August 1599, Queen Elizabeth paid a visit of three days to Sir Francis, and again in the same month the ensuing year. The Queen's Oak, and her favourite walk are still pointed out. The attention paid by Sir Francis to his fruittrees is proved by his shewing to the queen at one of these visits a cherry-tree with ripe fruit, which he had kept back a month beyond the usual time. Over the whole tree he strained a canvas, which was occasionally wetted; by this means the cherries grew large, and continued pale; when assured of the queen's coming he removed the canvas, and a few sunny days brought them to their colour +.

Sir Francis died single, and left Beddington, with other estates, to Nicholas Throckmorton, youngest son of his sister, on condition of his taking the surname of Carew. Elizabeth, sister of this gentleman, was the wife of Sir Walter Ralegh, and when he was beheaded, obtained leave to bury his body, which she intended to have conveyed to Beddington, as appears from an original letter of hers preserved among the family papers. It is addressed

To my best b..... (brother)

Sur Nickolas
Carew, at
beddington

I desiar good brother that you will be plessed to let me berri

In an account of several gardens near London, written in 1691, and printed in the 12th volume of the Archæologia, it is said, that the house in which these orange-trees grew, was above 200 feet in length; that most of the trees were thirteen feet high, and that the preceding year the gardener had gathered from them at least ten thousand oranges.

t Platt's Garden of Eden, 165. + Manning's Survey, II. 527.

have a semi-globular dome moveable on ebony rollers, so as to present its opening to any point in the heavens.*

PUTNEY was honored by Queen Elizabeth with frequent visits which she paid to a Mr. Lacy, of whom Lysons observes, that he has not been able to find any other particulars than that he was a citizen of London, and of the Clothworkers' Company. His house, situated near the river, was rebuilt in 1596, and was the property and residence of the late Mrs. D'Aranda. During the civil war in the seventeenth century, this place became the scene of some interesting transactions. After the battle of Brentford, when the royal army marched to Kingston, the Earl of Essex determined to follow it; a bridge of boats was constructed for the purpose between Fulham and Putney, and forts were ordered to be erected on each side of the river. In 1647 Cromwell, equally jealous of the Parliament and the King, who was then at Hampton Court, fixed the head-quarters of the army at Putney, for the convenience of watching them both. The houses of the principal inhabitants were occupied by the general officers, who, during their residence here, held their councils in the church, and sat round the communion table; but before they proceeded to deliberation they usually heard a sermon from Hugh Peters, or some other favourite preacher.

The chief ornament of this church is a small chapel at the east end of the south aisle, built by Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely, the roof of which is adorned with rich Gothic tracery, interspersed with the arms and initials of the founder.

In the church-yard is interred John Toland, the celebrated deistical writer, who had lodgings at Putney during the last years of his life. Here his Pantheisticon, and most of his later works, were composed. A few days before his death, which hap

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The view which accompanies this description exhibits the back front, erected by Sir William Temple, and ornamented by Sir Thomas Barnard with a viranda; which was deemed more picturesque than the principal modern front, however accurately the elevation might be delineated.

pened on the 11th of March, 1722, he wrote an epitaph for himself, descriptive of the singularity of his opinions; but it was not inscribed upon his tomb.

In 1763, a piece of ground contiguous to the road from Wandsworth to Richmond, was given to the parish in 1763 by the Rev. Roger Pettiward, D. D. for the purpose of a cemetery. The most remarkable monument here is that of Robert Wood, Esq. who died in 1771, in his 55th year. It is ornamented with a sarcophagus of white marble, and the inscription was written at the request of his widow by the late Lord Orford. Mr. Wood was a native of Ireland; and in 1751 made the tour of Greece, Egypt, and Palestine, in company with Messrs. Dawkins and Bouverie. On his return he published two splendid works in folio, illustrative of the Ruins of Palmyra and Balbec, being an account of the ancient and modern state of those places, with a great number of engravings from drawings made on the spot. Mr. Wood was meditating similar publications relative to other parts of his tour, when he was appointed under-secretary of state by the late Earl of Chatham, during the whole of whose administration, as well as in that of his immediate successor, he continued in office. Mr. Wood was also the author of an Essay on the Genius of Homer; and left behind him several manuscripts relative to his travels.

The ferry of Putney was of high antiquity, and is mentioned in Domesday Book as yielding a toll of twenty shillings a year to the lord of the manor. In 12 George I. an act of Parliament was obtained for building a wooden bridge at this place. The work was undertaken by thirty subscribers at 7401. each, who purchased the ferry, which produced the owners about 4001. per annum, for the sum of 80001. The bridge, which is 805 feet in length, was begun and finished in 1729, at an expense of 23,9751 The income, two years afterwards, was estimated at 15001. year, and is now supposed to be about double.

On Putney Heath, at a little distance from the road, a house