A REVIEW OF MARSTONHOUSE.ORG

Boyle had purchased 'the Manor of Marston Bigott' from Sir John Hippisley, at that time 'a fair property, with orchards, gardens and enjoyable walks over it' (quoted in McGarvie 1987i). Boyle left Marston to his younger son, Lord Broghill, very first Earl of Orrery, who was deeply involved with Irish affairs and neglected Marston right until 1666 w