Penshurst, The Park, The Sidney Oak 1891
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Covering 350 acres, Penshurst Park has many fine oaks; a chancel screen in St John the Baptistís church is made of Penshurst oak. Born at Penshurst Place in 1554, Philip Sidney is known to have planted oaks in the park. One oak is thought to have been here during his time, and is called the Philip Sidney oak. Philip Sidney was a poet and soldier. He entered Parliament in 1581, and was knighted in 1583. In 1585 he was made Governor of Flushing in the Netherlands, and died fighting the Spaniards at Zutphen in 1586.
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