Bishop Wren accused--Westminster Abbey attacked--Imprisonment of the Bishops--Bishop Wren's Defence--'Utterly Denieth all Popish Affections'--The Garter Jewels--Archbishop Laud Murdered--Christopher at Oxford--Philosophical Meetings. 55 CHAPTER IV. 1647-1658. Death of Mrs. M. Wren--King Charles Murdered--A monotonous Walk--Inventions--A Dream--All Souls' Fellowship-- Beginnings of the Royal Society--Astronomy--An Offer of Release--The Cycloid--Cromwell's Funeral--Letters from London. 85 CHAPTER V. 1659-1663. Apostolical Succession--Difficulty of preserving it--Letters from Lord Clarendon--Bishop Wren's Release--The Restoration--Convocation--Savilian Professorship--Royal Society--'Elephant in the Moon'--Pembroke Chapel begun. 109 CHAPTER VI. 1664-1667. Repair of S. Paul's--Sheldonian Theatre--The Plague--A Letter from Paris--Consecration of Pembroke Chapel--Fire of London--Bishop Wren's Death--His Family. 139 CHAPTER VII. 1668-1672. Patching S. Paul's--Sancroft's Letters--Wren's Examination of S. Paul's--Salisbury Cathedral--London as it might have been--Letter to Faith Coghill--Wren marries her--Temple Bar--S. Mary-le-Bow--Artillery Company--Gunpowder used to remove Ruins. 165 CHAPTER VIII. 1672-1677. Birth of his eldest Son--S. Stephen's, Walbrook--S. Bennet Fink--Plans for S. Paul's--The Excavations--Son Christopher born--Death of Faith, Lady Wren--Second Marriage--City Churches--The Monument--Tomb of Charles I.--Remains of the little Princes in the Tower. 191 CHAPTER IX. 1677-1681. Emmanuel College--Greenwich Observatory--Birth of Jane and William Wren--S. Bartholomew's--Portland Quarries--Dr. and Mrs. Holder--Death of Lady Wren--Popish Plot--Papin's Digester--Sir J. Hoskyns--All Hallow's, Bread Street--Palace at Winchester. 215 CHAPTER X. 1681-1686. Chelsea College--S. James's, Westminster--A hard Winter--Chichester Spire--An Astronomical Problem--A Seat in Parliament--More City Churches--A curious Carving. 239 CHAPTER XI. 1687-1696.