Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction: Tudor and early Stuart parks of Hertfordshire
The sources
Hunting in Hertfordshire's parks
The medieval legacy
Hertfordshire's parks 1485-1642
Who owned the parks?
Summarising the main trends
The new parks and new parkland
Disparking
Early park design
The inhabitants of the parks
Parks without deer?
Poaching
Park management
Park buildings

Part 2. Hertfordshire's parks and the Tudor and Stuart monarchies
Introduction
The crown estate and its parks in the county
The royal family in Hertfordshire

Part 3. Gazetteer of Tudor and early Stuart parks in Hertfordshire
Introduction
Gazetteer

About the Author

Anne Rowe is a freelance landscape historian. As well as being the author of Tudor and Early Stuart Parks of Hertfordshire (2019), she is the co-author, with Tom Williamson, of Hertfordshire: A landscape history (University of Hertfordshire Press, 2013). She co-ordinates the research work of the Hertfordshire Gardens Trust, is president of the East Herts Archaeological Society and lectures on various aspects of the county's landscape and garden history.