MRP: Goodnestone
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Goodnestone
Editorial history
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"Brooke Bridges, of Grove, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. auditor of the imprest, second son of Colonel John Bridges, before-named, purchased Goodneston, in Kent, of Sir Thomas Engham, Knt. and built a very handsome house, and very much improved the gardens, and along the sides of the terrace walks, stand the busts of the twelve Caesars, in marble, larger than the life; they were brought from Rome, and cost 600l."[1]
Sources
- ↑ William Betham, The baronetage of England: or The History of the English baronets, and such baronets of Scotland, as are of English families; with genealogical tables, and engravings of their coats of arms (London, 1803), p. 194
