 Calvert Wright, fold it to John Robinfon, of London, Merchant (temp. Ol. Cromwell) Knighted in 1660, by King Charles II, and made Lieutenant of the Tower. From the Robinfons it defcended to David Earl of Wemys, (who married Mary, daughter and Coheir of...  Description of Nuneham-Courtenay: In the County of Oxford - Page 4by Earl George Simon Harcourt Harcourt - 1806 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Walpole - 1786 - 380 pages
...The Earl of Harcourt has a duplicate of this picture, at his feat of Nuneham in Oxfordfhire, where are fcenes worthy of the bold pencil of Rubens, or to be fubjecte for the tranquill funfhines of Claud Lorrain. The nobleft and largeft landfcape of Rubens... | |
 | 1787 - 182 pages
...Robinfons it defcended to David Earl of Wemys (who married Mary, Daughter and coheir of Sir John Robinfon, Baronet,) from whom it was purchafed in the Year 1710, by Simon, firft Lord Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor of England. The Houfe was built by the late Earl, but has fmce been much altered and... | |
 | Gentleman of Oxford - 1788 - 188 pages
...NUNEHAM. ' circumference, well wooded, and containing near twelve hundred acres, in which " are Scenes* worthy of the bold pencil of Rubens, or to be fubjefts for the tranquil lundiincs of Claude le terrain." The Gardens contain thirty-eight acres, and (except the Terrace and... | |
 | 1795 - 178 pages
...defceaded to David Earl ef "Wemys (who married Mary, daughter and coheirefs of Sir John Robinfon, Barqnet), from whom it was purchafed in the year 1710, by Simon, firft Lord Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor of England. The Houfe was built by the late Earl, but has fince been much altered and... | |
 | 1803 - 200 pages
...Robinfons it defcended to David Earl of Wemys, (who married Mary, daughter and Coheir of Sir John Robinfon, Baronet) from whom it was purchafed in the year 1710, by Simon, firft Lord Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor of England. The Houfe was built by the late Earl, but has fince been much altered and... | |
 | Nuneham Courtenay - 1806 - 84 pages
...RobSnfons it defcended to David Earl of Wemys, (who married Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir John Robinfon, Baronet,) from whom it was purchafed in the year 1710,...PARK, • In which are " fcenes worthy of the bold jx:ncil of Rubens, or to be fubje£ls for the tranquil funfhines of Claude le Lorrain a ," contains... | |
 | 1806 - 194 pages
...it defcended to David Earl of Wemys (who married Mary, daughter and coheirefs of Sir John Robinfon, Baronet), from whom it was purchafed in the year 1710, by Simon, fail Lord Harccurt, Lord High Chancellor of England. The houfe was built by the late Earl, but has... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1808 - 872 pages
...a piece of architecture, nor a fpot fo much endowed by nature, oras well laid out by Brown ; " here are fcenes worthy of the bold pencil of Rubens, or to be fubjefts for the tranquil funihinesof Claud Lorrain. "f The common approach gives an idea of nothing more than a fmall plain... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1808 - 866 pages
...piece of architecture, nor a fpot fo much endowed by nature, or as well laid out by Brown ; " here are fcenes worthy of the bold pencil of Rubens, or to be fubjefts for the tranquil funmines of Claud Lorrain."f The common approach gives an idea of nothing more than a fmall plain gentleman's... | |
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