[1] The publication of “Gothic Architecture, Improved by Rules and Proportions,” by B. and T. Langley, in 1742, does not invalidate this statement, for the illustrations are intended to show how a kind of Gothic detail might be applied to a kind of classic “order.” The “Historical Dissertation on Gothic Architecture,” attached by way of introduction, is absolutely negligible in the light of modern knowledge, and could have helped nobody to a comprehension of the subject. [2] Evelyn’s “Account of Architects and Architecture.” [3] See a communication from Mr. Walter L. Spiers to the _Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects_, 10th Dec. 1908, where a short pedigree is given. [4] “As appears by his name over the gate.” [5] It was, however, John Smithson’s son, Huntingdon, who died in 1648. John Smithson died in 1634. [6] “A Relation of a Short Survey of 26 Counties observed in a seven weekes Journey begun on August 11, 1634, by a _Captain_, a _Lieutenant_, and an _Ancient_.” [7] “Lives of the British Architects,” by E. Beresford Chancellor. [8] It is true that his spelling, especially that of the notes in his sketch-book, is eccentric, even for those days. [9] “Cal. State Papers, Domestic,” Sept. 2, 1611. [10] John Webb, in his “Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored” (1725), p. 119, says he resided “many years” in Italy, especially at Venice. This refers to his first visit. He was back in England before Twelfth Night, 1605, as he designed the “Masque of Blackness,” which was produced on that day. (See Peter Cunningham’s “Life of Inigo Jones.”) [11] Peter Cunningham’s “Life of Inigo Jones,” p. 6. [12] “Cal. State Papers, Domestic,” April 27, 1613. [13] “A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored,” p. 27. All this work was destroyed in the great fire. The loss of the portico was considered a national misfortune. [14] “A Vindication,” p. 36. This work has been much altered. [15] Destroyed. [16] “A Vindication,” p. 119. [17] Kennet, in Wood’s “Ath. Ox.,” by Bliss, iii. 806; quoted in Peter Cunningham’s “Inigo Jones.” [18] In the year 1620, King James I., being at Wilton on one of his progresses, sent for Inigo Jones, and instructed him to produce out of his own practice in architecture and experience in antiquities abroad, what he could discover about Stonehenge. The “few undigested notes” which Jones made were amplified by John Webb and published by him as “Stone-Heng Restored” in 1655. They went to show that Stonehenge was a Roman temple. A Dr. Charleton attacked this conclusion in a pamphlet called “Chorea Gigantum,” whereupon Webb retaliated in his “Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored.” From the antiquarian point of view the controversy is of no value, but it is interesting because of the references to Inigo Jones. [19] Webb’s “Vindication,” p. 11. It would seem that Vandyke is here quoted as using the phrase “designing with his pen,” and not (as biographers have freely supposed) as having given Jones a certificate of ability.