Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 42007-h.htm or 42007-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42007/42007-h/42007-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/42007/42007-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://archive.org/details/sirchristopherwr00philiala Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). A carat character is used to denote superscription. A single character following the carat is superscripted (example: y^r). Multiple superscripted characters are enclosed by curly brackets (example: ma^{tie}). The right-hand pages of the original text used italicised page headings to indicate the current topic. These have been retained and placed at the start of the paragraph where the topic is addressed, using square brackets, e.g.: [_OLD FAMILY MOTTO._]. A lengthy paragraph may have multiple topics, and each is placed separately. There are several Greek citations, which are rendered here using a simplified transliteration, denoted with square brackets, as [Hoti anestê Basileus...]. There is also a Maltese Cross which is likewise rendered as [Maltese Cross]. For detailed information about any corrections made, consult the tenscriber's note at the end of this text. [Illustration: CHRISTOPHER WREN, D.D. DEAN OF WINDSOR.] [Illustration: MATTHEW WREN, D.D. LORD BISHOP OF ELY.] [Illustration: S^R. CHRIS. WREN K^T] SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN His Family and His Times. With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723. by LUCY PHILLIMORE, Author of 'Bishop Wilberforce, a Sketch for Children' etc. 'The modest man built the city, and the modest man's skill was unknown.'--_The Tatler_, No. 52. With Two Engravings. [Illustration] London: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1 Paternoster Square. 1881. (The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved) TO CATHERINE PIGOTT, THE LAST DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN, THESE MEMOIRS OF HER ANCESTORS ARE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED. PREFACE.