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Boyle had acquired 'the Manor of Marston Bigott' from Sir John Hippisley, At the moment 'a good house, with orchards, gardens and pleasant walks about this' (quoted in McGarvie 1987i). Boyle still left Marston to his youthful son, Lord Broghill, initially Earl of Orrery, who was deeply linked to Irish affairs and neglected Marston till 1666 when le