Whitehall, 144, 149, 252, 299, 317 Whittington, Sir Richard, 272 Wilkins, Dr. John, Bishop of Chester, 74, 77, 93, 94, 95, 124, 206 William, Prince of Orange, 49 William III., 208, 263, 268, 299 Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, and Archbishop of York, 57, 59 Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man, 220 Winchester, Wren's scheme for palace at, 234, 235 -- House, conference at, 10, 11 Windsor, 4, 16, 37, 40, 68, 263, 264, 265, 300 Wiseman, attack of the mob on Westminster Abbey, led by, 57 Wood, 'Athenæ Oxonienses,' 153 -- 'Fasti,' 223 Wood, Philip, carvings of, 253-255 Woodward, Dr., 202, 203 Worcester, battle of (1651), 91, 93 'Workman, the British,' 253 Wren, Capt, 161, 162 -- Charles, son of Bishop Wren, 161 Wren, Christopher, Dr., birth of, 5; education of, 31; given the living of Fonthill Bishops, 31; of East Knoyle, 31; made Dean of Windsor and Registrar of the Garter, 34; made rector of Great Haseley, 38; building at Windsor for Charles I. designed by, 40; his care for the treasures of the Order of the Garter, 67; letter of, to the Knights of the Garter, 80, 81; death of, 96 Wren, Sir Christopher, birth of, 32; sent to school at Westminster, 41; his Latin letter to his father, 42, 43; goes to Oxford, 73, 74; his life there, 77, 78; his translation of the 'Clavis Aurea,' 78, 79; his early Inventions, 88, 89, 90; friendship of, with Evelyn, 93, 94; made Gresham professor of astronomy, 97; his first lecture, 97, 98; discovery of the barometer by, 101; origin of the Royal Society in meetings in his rooms, 124; is made Savilian professor, 125; and doctor of civil laws at Oxford and Cambridge, 126; his letter to Lord Brouncker on Experiments, 126, 127; writes the preamble to the Charter of the Royal Society, 129; declines the commission to direct the fortifications of Tangiers, 132; his designs for the chapel at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 134; his letter to Dr. Bathurst, 144; his journey abroad, 146; his journal, 149-152; his return to London and inspection of S. Paul's, 154; his plan for rebuilding the city after the fire, 157, 158, 172, 173; Sancroft's letters to him as to the patching of S. Paul's, 166-171; his work at Salisbury Cathedral, 171; letter of, to Faith Coghill, 177; his marriage, 178; rebuilding of the Exchange by, 178; building of Temple Bar by, 178; petition of, to Charles II., 180-182; rebuilding of Bow Church by, 183-184; of S. Christopher-le-Stocks, 184; is made a member of the Honourable Artillery Company, 185; resigns the Savilian astronomy professorship, 186;