[22] ‘Sepulchral Monuments,’ vol. i., pp. 24, 50. [23] Gough, ‘Sepulchral Monuments.’ [24] Raised 2 feet in 1908, but otherwise unaltered. [25] Can only be visited by obtaining an order. It would be gracious of the Benchers to relax this restriction. [26] Bellot, ‘Inner and Middle Temple.’ [27] Thackeray, ‘Pendennis.’ [28] ‘Pendennis.’ Before migrating to No. 2, Brick Court, William Makepeace Thackeray lived at 10, Crown Office Row, probably sharing chambers, which have since disappeared, with Tom Taylor. [29] ‘Middle Temple Records.’ [30] ‘Life of Wolsey.’ [31] Bellot, p. 269. [32] ‘English Humourists.’ [33] See Irving, ‘Goldsmith.’ [34] Wheatley, ‘Literary Landmarks of London.’ [35] Vol. v., p. 231. [36] Restored 1903. [37] ‘Diary of John Manningham, of the Middle Temple.’ [38] _Quarterly Review_, October, 1908; _Green Bag_, April, 1908. [39] Upon the seventeenth-century block, which it replaced, there used to be a sundial, which has disappeared. Perhaps its motto, ‘Vestigia nulla retrorsum,’ was deemed too generous a warning against entering upon the perilous paths of litigation. [40] Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit.’ [41] Those of Nos. 4 and 5 are attributed to Sir Christopher Wren. [42] His portrait, by Van Somer, hangs in the Hall. [43] Inderwick, ‘Inner Temple Records,’ vol. ii., p. lxii. [44] Inderwick, ‘Inner Temple Records,’ vol. i., p. xxiv. _Cf._ p. 48, _supra_. [45] Bellot. [46] The last occasion of a Revel taking place in the Halls of the Inns of Court was upon the elevation of Mr. Talbot to the woolsack (1734). Then, after dinner, the Benchers all assembled in the Great Hall of the Inner Temple, and a large ring having been formed round the fireplace, the Master of the Revels took the Lord Chancellor by the hand, who with his left took Mr. Justice Page, and the other serjeants and benchers being joined together, all danced about the fireplace three times, while the ancient song, ‘Round about our Coal Fire,’ accompanied by music, was sung by the Comedian, Tony Aston, dressed as a barrister. This song of the House has unfortunately been lost. [47] Bellot, ‘Inner and Middle Temple,’ p. 49. [48] _Notes and Queries_, April 2, 1892. [49] Duchy of Lancaster, Ancient Deeds, L, 137; Close Rolls, 14 Edward I., M, 2d. [50] Quoted by Stow. [51] Loftie, p. 53. [52] Dugdale. [53] ‘Life of Dr. Donne,’ by Izaak Walton. [54] ‘Black Book of Lincoln’s Inn.’ [55] _Ibid._ [56] Loftie. [57] Cf. _Daily Telegraph_, January 4, 1909. [58] Kelly, ‘Short History of the English Bar.’ [59] Stow, vol. i., p. 11; ed. Kingsford. [60] Douthwaite, ‘Notes on Gray’s Inn,’ 1876. [61] Luttrell’s ‘Diary,’ June 10, 1684, quoted by Douthwaite. [62] Douthwaite, p. 175. [63] Enumerated by Douthwaite, ‘Gray’s Inn,’ 1886, and, with plates, by Dugdale. [64] _Cf._ Professor A. V. Dicey, in the _Nineteenth Century_, September, 1903.