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The site of Mount Edgcumbe . Cornwall formed part of the Valletort estate which was acquired by Sir Piers Edgcumbe (1472-1539 #85575326
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Mount Edgcumbe, extensive formal gardens and pleasure grounds had been laid out by Sir Richard's son, also Richard, who inherited in 1688 and was created Baron Edgcumbe in 1742. In 1715 Richard Edgcumbe married Matilda Furnese of Waldershare Park, Kent (qv); their gardener, Thomas Hull (fl 1730s-83), was a subscriber to Switzer's Practical Husbandman (1733(4). Nicholas Pococke described Mount Edgcumbe in 1750, commenting on the 'fine lawn before the house' and the 'terrace' planted with exotic subjects extending along the coast south of the house (Pococke 1888-9).
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