Sundridge

Sundridge Park Links, and stayed afterwards to dine at the club-house, then back to Bloomsbury, and into the pretty sitting-room, where Dudley was not likely to appear until late, because he had gone to a theatre with Doris.

Winding Paths Gertrude Page 1897

He is brave and strong, but -- why should you try to excuse him now, when you spoke so plainly at Sundridge?

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

Frances Jennings and her younger sister Sarah, who afterwards became the first duchess of the present House of Marlborough, were the daughters of my uncle, Sir Richard Jennings, of Sundridge, near St. Albans.

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

But having seen me the day before at St. Albans, he was unable to wait; therefore, he was at that moment on his way to Sundridge, hoping to see me.

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

Before I left Sundridge it had been agreed among us all that Frances should go to London, though the plans had not been arranged nor the time fixed.

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

So it was that at the time this story opens, which was several years after King Charles's return, Sir Richard and his two daughters were living almost in poverty at Sundridge, hoping for help from the king, though little expecting it.

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

Leg Tavern in King Street, Westminster, and rode to Sundridge to spend a few days with my uncle, hoping to interest my beautiful cousin in the

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

Sundridge, had a brother living in London, who was also a leather merchant, Sir William Wentworth.

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

When he left Frances Jennings at Sundridge, he was aglow with good resolutions, all of which were to be put into immediate practice, and many of which he carried out in part by strong though spasmodic effort when he returned to court.

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884

Without assistance furnished by myself and a former retainer of Sir Richard, one Roger Wentworth, who had become a prosperous tanner of Sundridge, my cousins and my uncle would have been reduced to want.

The Touchstone of Fortune Charles Major 1884