[243] 'Then another king arose which knew not Joseph.'--_Acts_ vii. 18. 'And Gallio cared for none of these things.'--_Acts_ xviii. 17. [244] Now spelt Wroxall. This property remained in the hands of Sir Christopher's direct lineal descendants (five Christophers held it in succession) until 1861. Wren's son and heir died in 1747, and is buried in Wroxhall Abbey; his son Christopher displeasing him, he left away much of the estate to his stepson, Sir Roger Burgoyne. At the death of the elder Christopher many of the great architect's plans and drawings were bought by Mr. Justice Blackburn, who presented them to All Souls' College. The _Parentalia_ was principally written at Wroxhall by Sir Christopher's son Christopher, and was published by his second son Stephen Wren, M.D., in 1750. See _Worthies of Warwickshire_, p. 852, and _Biog. Hist. of England_, vol. iii. p. 329. Noble. [245] The reward was adjudged in two portions of 10,000_l._, to Mr. J. Harrison in 1726 and 1775, for making two chronometers, which gave the longitude within 10' 45" of the truth. Rewards were offered for further discoveries. The Board of Longitude was abolished in 1828.--_Life of Sir Isaac Newton_, vol. ii. p. 258-267. Sir David Brewster. [246] These cryptographs were first published by Sir David Brewster in his _Life of Sir Isaac Newton_, vol. ii. p. 263, ed. 1855. No key was found until Mr. Francis Williams, of Grange Court, Chigwell, sent the following: 1. WAcCHhMArGNwETrICeBAnLAmNCdEWcOUcNDxINiVAvCUzO. Wach magnetic balance wound in vacuo. (One letter a misprint). Omitted letters make CHR. WREN, MDCCXIV. 2. FIcXHhEArDHwIPrPEeSHnANmDEdSPcOIcSExTUiBEiONiEYieZ. Fix head hippes handes poise tube on eye. (One letter a misprint). Omitted letters make CHR. WREN, MDCCXIIII. 3. PIcPEhSCrRewWErMOeVInNGmWHdEEcLScFRxOMiBEvAKzE. Pipe screwe moving wheels from beake. Omitted letters make CHR. WREN, MDCCXIV. The three last omitted Z,s occurring in the first part of each cipher to show that that part must be taken _last_.--_Report of the British Association for 1859._ [247] 'Beneath is laid the builder of this church and city, Christopher Wren, who lived more than ninety years, not for himself, but for the good of the State. Reader, if thou ask for a monument, look around thee.' APPENDICES. APPENDIX I. _REVERENDO PATRI DOMINO CHRISTOPHORO WREN, S.T.D. ET D. W. CHRISTOPHORUS FILIUS HOC SUUM PANORGANUM ASTRONOMICUM D. D. XIII. CALEND. NOVEM. ANNO 1645_, p. 73.