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