Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times: With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723.Phillimore, Lucy
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Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times: With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723.
Phillimore, Lucy
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Biography; Wren family; Wren, Christopher, Sir, 1632-1723
James I., visit of, to Cambridge, 6;
plans the Spanish match, 7;
his opinion of Bishop King, 222
James II., Inscription on Monument effaced by, 208;
continues Wren on S. Paul's commission, 248;
Declaration by, of liberty of conscience, 260;
Abdication of, 263;
Residence of, at S. Germain's, 283
Jarman, the city architect, 266
Jeffreys, Judge, his letter to Pepys, 161, 162
Jennings, Richard, Wren's master carpenter, 159, 200, 321, 323
Juxon, Bishop of London, 17, 49, 86, 109;
Archbishop of Canterbury, 118
Ken, Prebendary of Winchester, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 220, 234,
260
Kennet, Bishop, 122
Kensington Palace, additions to, made by Wren, 268
King, Bishop of London, his gravestone, 222
Knolles, 'Historie of the Turks,' 19
Lake, Bishop of Chichester, 260
Lalanne, L., 'Dictionnaire Historique de la France,' 149
Lambeth Palace, 41, 47, 48, 239
Lane, Mr. Peter, Rector of S. Bennet's, Paul's wharf, 243
Lathbury, 'History of Book of Common Prayer,' 123
Laud, Bishop of S. David's, of London, Archbishop of Canterbury,
advice of, respecting chaplains for the Prince of Wales, 7;
form of penance, and reconciliation for a renegado prepared with
Bishop Wren by, 20;
measures taken by, against the lecturers, 22;
his treatment of the foreign congregations, 23, 24;
works at S. Paul's carried on by order of, 41, 42;
yearly report of, to the King, 45;
impeachment and imprisonment of, in the Tower, 48, 50;
his refusal to escape, 61;
Trial of, 69, 70;
his execution on Tower Hill, 70;
order of, respecting altar-rails, 249
Lecturers, measures taken against, 22, 27
Lenthall, William, Speaker of the House of Commons, 38, 79
Le Soeur, Hubert, his statue of King Charles, 195
Littleton, Lord Keeper, 57
Lloyd, Bishop of S. Asaph, 217, 226, 260, 281
Longitude, the, attempts to discover accurately, 215, 331, 332
London, city of, 25, 41, 98, 142, 154, 155, 179, 186, 188, 335.
_See_ Fire; Plague; Tower.
London Bridge, 204, 262, 288
-- Stone, 219
Long Parliament, the, 56, 68, 103
Longman, 'Three Cathedrals dedicated to S. Paul's in London,' 198,
222, 273, 293
Louvre, the, 148, 149
Lysons, 'Environs of London,' 298
Macaulay, 'History of England,' 261, 281
Marah, 'Life of Archbishop Juxon,' 18
Marlborough, Duchess of, 285, 286
-- Duke of, 301, 302
Mary, Princess, her marriage, 49
-- Queen, her arrival in England, 263;
employs Wren to rebuild Hampton Court, 267;
her death, 268
Maw, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 7
'Memorials of the See of Chichester,' 79, 123, 245
Merchant Taylors' School, 6
Milford, Rev. R.N., 33
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