Kentwell is a moated Tudor manor, built by the Clopton family in the early 16th century. The exterior is largely built of red-brick. The beautifully preserved interiors feature a working Tudor kitchen and a Great Hall with a minstrels gallery at one end. In the landscaped grounds that surround the house are a Tudor Rose pavement maze, clipped topiary, and a Camera Obscura. Kentwell is a very short distance from another stately home, Melford Hall.
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"Ambrose holds of William 1 hide and 1 virgate of land in Desborough. There is land for 3 ploughs. In demesne are 2 ploughs and 3 slaves and 1 female slave, and 11 villans and 8 bordars with 1 1/2 ploughs. There is a mill rendering 2s. There is woodland 2 furlongs in length and 2 furlongs in breadth. It was and is worth 40s."
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