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fold, from a rare tract.. Lines scratched on the
walls of her Prison ascribed to her..Translation
of the same.
Christ's Hospital, Newgate Street
145-16
Grey Friars.. Their settlement in London..John
Ewin..Library founded by Whittington.. Friary sur-
rendered to Henry the Eighth..Church used as a
depository for French goods.. Illustrious persons
buried there.. Necessities of the Poor.. Establish-
ments founded by Henry..Exhortation of Bishop Ridley..Zeal of Edward the Sixth, who writes to Sir Richard Dobbs, Lord Mayor, in favour of the Poor..Establishment of Christ's Hospital.. Endow- ments..Benefactions. .Establishment at Hertford..
Dress of the Boys.. Christ Church suffers in the
great fire.. New Church built by Sir Christopher
Wren..Building of Christ's Hospital.. Mathemati-
cal School.. Old Hall.. Writing School..Lavatory
..Grammar School.. The New Hall particularly
described.. Public Suppers.. Dietary of the Boys..
Course of Instruction.. Scholarships.. Government
of the Hospital.. Portraits.. Inscription under the
portrait of Sir Richard Dobbs.. Extensive Charities
vested in the Governors.
Aerostation.-Vincent Lunardi.-Adam and Eve Tea-
Gardens
181-165
First aërostatic experiment in England..Lunardi's in-
tended Ascent from Chelsea-Attempt of De Moret
..Lunardi accommodated with the Artillery-Ground
.. His Balloon exhibited at the Lyceum.. The
Prince of Wales witnesses his Ascent.. Fright of the
Country People on his descent at Ware..His se-
cond Ascent, and imminent danger..Falls within
the Adam and Eve Tea Gardens.. Hogarth's march
to Finchley..Totenhall.
Bridewell Hospital, Bridge Street, Blackfriars
165-169
Ancient Palace.. Residence of Wolsey..Extortions of
Henry VIII...That monarch rebuilds Bridewell..
Bridge over the Fleet..Question of Henry's mar-
riage with Katharine of Arragon..London filled
with dissolute persons..Letter of Bishop Ridley to
Sir William Cecyl.. Charter of Bridewell Hospital
granted by Edward VI...His portrait in the ancient
Chapel..Lines inscribed under it.. Extent of the
Hospital, as delineated in Ralph Aggas's Plan of
London..The Hall..Portraits..Committee Room
..Chapel..Tread Mill.
Faubert's Passage-Riding Academy
169-171
Faubert's Passage..Swallow Street..Riding Academy
established by Major Faubert.. Description of it by
Evelyn..Converted into Livery Stables.
Temple Bar-Butchers' Row
171-176
Ancient Bar across the Street.. Temple Bar, the pre-
set edifice erected by Sir Christopher Wren.. Des-
cription of the building..Traitors' heads placed on
it..Singular story concerning the head of Counsel-
lor Layer..Dr. Rawlinson.. Butcher Row..Market
granted by Edward I...Betty's Chop House.. Resi-
dence of Count Beaumont.. Duc de Sully lodged
there..Ireland's Shakspeare forgeries..Neighbour-
ing Inns.
Ludgate-Prison Thoughts
176-178
Ludgate..Bowyer's Row.. Fabulous origin of Lud-
gate..Rebuilt by the Barons.. Statues..Ludgate
converted into a free prison.. Enlarged by the libe-
rality of Stephen and Agnes Forster..Inscription on
it..Damaged by the Fire..Repaired.. Pulled down
..Statue of Queen Elizabeth fixed against the
wall of St. Dunstan's Church..Browning's Prison
Thoughts..Verses on Patience.
178-180
Dr. Franklin-Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields
Franklin's arrival in London..Engaged as a Compo-
sitor..Lodges in Duke Street.. His suppers .Account
of an English Nun.
Prices of Wearing Apparel in the Reign of Edward
the Sixth.
180-181
Peter Martyr, and Bernardinus Ochin invited into this country..Original bill of their expenses.. Extracts concerning their Wearing Apparel.
St. Saviour's Church, or St. Mary Overy's, Southwark 181-185
Account of the origin of St. Mary Overy's, by Stow..
Questioned by Maitland and others..Austin Canons
settled here..The Priory "burned".. Rebuilt in
the reign of Henry IV...Gower, the poet, a great
benefactor..Buried here..Surrender of the Priory
to Henry VIII...Pension of Prior Linsted..Church
made parochial..Description of the Church.. Re-
cent repairs..Curious screen.
Bangor House, Shoe Lune
185-187
Map ascribed to Ralph Aggas.. Situation of Bangor
House..residence of Bishop Doulben..the messuage
purchased by Sir John Barkstead..deserted as an
episcopal residence..pulled down.. Oldborne Hall.
Thavie's Inn, Holborn
187-188
Mansion and bequests of John Thavy..his Inn pur-
chased by the benchers of Lincoln's Inn, and made
an Inn of Chancery..Sold to Thomas Middleton,
Esq...destroyed by fire..the present buildings ad-
judged to be extra-parochial.
Billingsgate
189-191
A Water Gate of the City..attributed to Belin.. made a
Free Port..Account of it by Stow..Recent Improve-
ments at Billingsgate..Character of the "Fisher-
women," by Lupton.
Council Chamber of King Henry the Eighth
191-192
Wood-cut of the Council Chamber, in Hall's Chronicle.
.. Fac-simile in Dibdin's "Typographical Anti-
quities.".. Council Chamber described.
Warwick House, Cloth Fair.-Lady Holland's Mob 192-193
Warwick House erected in Queen Elizabeth's Reign.
. Residence of Robert, Earl of Warwick..Cloth
Fair..Midnight Proclamation of St. Bartholomew's
Fair.
Carlisle House, Lambeth
193-195
When built..called Rochester Place..residence of
Bishop Fisher..The Bishop's Cook boiled alive in
Smithfield..Exchange made with Henry the VIIIth
..Called Carlisle House..Sold by the Parliament..
How occupied..pulled down
White Conduit House, Islington
195-197
Origin of the name..Ancient Conduit.. Description of
the grounds in 1774..White Conduit Loaves..
Graham, the aeronaut..Minor Vauxhall..Dobney's
Bowling Green..Ducking Pond.
Whetstone's Park, Lincoln's Inn Fields
107-198
"Le Spencer's Lond.".. Houses erected in the Reign
of Charles the Second.. Phillip's Rents..Pargiter's
Court..Vicious inhabitants of Whetstone Park..
The Charter House
198-223
Derivation of the name-Chartreuse..No Man's Land
.. Pardon Church, Hawe and Chapel.. New Church
Hawe-Sir Walter de Manny.. Foundation of a Con-
vent for Carthusian Monks.. Surrendered to Henry
VIII.. Prior Howghton, and others, executed for
denying the King's Supremacy..Cruelties towards
the Monks.. Their Alms-giving..Revenues of the
Convent..Singular Vision of a Carthusian Monk..
Grant of the Site of the Charter-house.. Purchased
by Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk.. Visits of
Queen Elizabeth..Execution of the Duke of Norfolk.
..James the First holds his Court here.. Sketch of
the life of Thomas Sutton, Esq... His education,
travels, and marriage.. Sailing of the Spanish
Armada delayed by his agency..Lends money on
interest and mortgage...designs the foundation of an
Hospital..Purchases the Charter House.. Charter
granted by King James.. Nominates a Master.. His
death.. Claims made by his Nephew.. Act of Confir
mation.. Buildings..Great Hall..Chapel.. Monu-
ment of the Founder.. Brooke Hall.. Governor's
Room..Court Room.. Anniversary..Old Carthusian
Melody.. Library.. Governors.. Pensioners and
Scholars.. Education..Exhibitions and Ecclesiasti-
cal Preferments.. The Green and Wilderness..
Charter House Square.. Revenues.
Old Bailey-Birth-Place of Camden-Memoir of Peter
Bales-Green Arbour Court
223-227
Ancient state of the Old Bailey.. Birth and notice of
Camden.. His strict regard to veracity..Peter
Bales, the celebrated Penman.. Instance of his skill.
Curious Epigram..Arms of Calligraphy.. Little Old
Bailey..Green Arbour Court.. Residence of Gold-
smith, the Poet.. Prynne's "Histrio-Mastix" sold
there.. Break-neck Stairs.
The Strand-Various Mansions of the Nobility and
Prelates
227-230
Ancient state of the Strand.. Essex House.. Chapel of
St. Spirit.. Arundel House..Chester's Inn.. Strand
Bridge..Bishop of Chester's Inn.. Bishop of Wor-
cester's Inn..Somerset House..Stone Cross..May-
Pole..Savoy..Worcester House..Salisbury House.
..Ivy Bridge.. Durham House..York House.. Nor-
thumberland House..Wimbledon House.. Exeter
House.
230-23
Durham House, Salisbury House, and Worcester
House
Durham House..an Inn of the Bishops of Durham..
Exchanged with Henry VIII. for Cold Harborough
..Converted into a Royal Palace.. Tournament at
Westminster.. Durham House bestowed by Ed-
ward IV. on his sister Elizabeth..Marriage here of
Lady Jane Grey.. Reversion granted by Queen