Description:In April 1634 twenty nine pounds and four shillings were paid ‘for the garden & for worke done by the gardener & by his severall worke men’. In the same month payments of six shillings were made ‘for a Seate in Sir Richards garden’. Later in April 1634 six shillings and sixpence were ‘Paid to Raphe Sutton for making a portall doore into the Kitchin garden’.
Contextual Information featured on pages relating to Trentham Gardens has been provided by Sue Gregory who has been instrumental in the research and selection of documents for this section. Sue has been part of the management team of Staffordshire Gardens & Parks Trust since its creation in 1992 and has over fourteen years of experience researching Trentham Gardens in the Sutherland Papers.