INDEX.

Abbot, Bishop of London, 11, 14; Archbishop of Canterbury, 24

Académie Royale des Sciences, 148

Addison, 74, 179

All Hallows, Bread Street, rebuilt by Wren, 232; destruction of, 232, 234

— — Lombard Street, rebuilt by Wren, 271, 272

— — Thames Street, 240

All Saints, Isleworth, 298

Andrewes, Lancelot, Dean of Westminster, Bishop of Chichester, of Ely, of Winchester, kindness of, to Matthew Wren, 6, 7; his prophecy, 10, 13; his death, 14; funeral of, at St. Saviour’s, Southwark, 15; care of, in giving church preferment, 31; chaplain sent to the New Forest by, 40; appointment of Mr. Bois by, 46; quoted by Bishop Wren, 62; church views of, 120; legacy of, to Pembroke College library, 134

‘Annals of England,’ 20, 58, 77, 122

Anne, Queen, 300, 301, 305, 317, 320, 327

‘Annual Register,’ the (1765), 174

Arches Court, The, origin of the name, 184

Architecture, 119, 148, 150, 171, 184, 197, 240, 268, 290, 329; Discourse on, by Sir C. Wren. See Appendix III., 340

Artillery Company, the, 185

Ashburnham, Mr., 75

Ashmole, Mr. Elias, founder of the Ashmolean Museum, 217

Atterbury, Dean of Westminster, and Bishop of Rochester, 203, 209

Aubrey, the Wiltshire Antiquary, 91

Ayliffe’s ‘Oxford,’ 125, 141

Bancroft, Archbishop, 14

Barrow, Dr. Isaac, eulogy of, on Christopher Wren, 128, 129

Barwick, Dr., Dean of Durham, of S. Paul’s, ‘Life of,’ 72, 76, 85, 110, 112, 115, 120, 140

Bathurst, Dr., 144, 145, 270, 271

‘Beauties of England and Wales,’ 16

Bedloe, witness in the Popish plot, 227

Benson, William, appointed by George I. to supersede Wren, 329, 330

Bernini, Giov., 145, 149

Billing, A., ‘Restoration of the Church of S. Sepulchre,’ 183

Bird, Francis, sculptor, 300, 304

‘Black Book of the Garter,’ the, 4, 68

Blenheim Palace, building of, by Vanbrugh, 286

Blenheim, victory of (1704), 301

‘Blue Book of the Garter,’ the, 68

Blunt, ‘Key to the Holy Bible,’ 46

Bois, Mr. John, 46

Bow Church. See S. Mary-le-Bow

Boyle, Robert, 283

Brewster, Sir David, ‘Life of Newton,’ 330

British Association, the, report of, for 1859, 333

Brouncker, Lord, 124, 126, 143

Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, 279

Burton, Henry, 251

Busby, Dr., head-master of Westminster, 41, 300

Bushnell, John, 179

Butler, Bishop of Bristol, 65

Butler, Samuel, 130

Cambridge, 6, 15, 45, 216

Canova, Antonio, 192

Catechism, the, clergy compelled to use, 22, 50

Cave, Dr. William, 240

Cemeteries, Wren’s plan for placing outside London, 307

Chardin, Sir John, 230, 231

Charles I., his journey to Spain as Prince of Wales, 7–9; his coronation in Scotland, 16; sets up his standard at Nottingham (1642), 60; sends a pardon to Laud, 70; his flight from Oxford, 75; his death, 86; his bust by Bernini, 149; proposed monument to, 209, 210

Charles II., escape of, after the battle of Worcester, 91; letter of, to Monk from Breda, 112; entry of, into London, 117; encouragement given by, to the founding of the Royal Society, 124, 130; spirited behaviour of, at the Fire of London, 156; first stone of the Royal Exchange laid by, 178; portion of the tax on coal given to building of S. Paul’s by, 198; palace at Newmarket built for, 225; death of, 246

Chelsea College, building of the hospital at, 239, 240, 300, 326, 327

Chichester, sack of, by the Parliamentary troops, 79, 123

— cathedral of, spire repaired by Wren, 243

Christ Church, Newgate, repaired by Wren, 260

Christ Church, Oxford, gateway at, built by Wren, 232

‘Church Quarterly Review,’ the, 65, 123

Cibber, Caius, 207

City churches, the. See Names of Churches. For complete list of, see Appendix II., 338

City Church and Churchyard Protection Society, 191; Report of, 205

City companies’ halls rebuilt by Wren, 266. For list of, see Appendix II., 339

Clarendon, Lord, 19, 20, 23, 47, 110, 121, 160

Claypole, Richard, 99

Coal, portion of tax on, granted for the rebuilding of S. Paul’s, 198

Coghill, Faith, 91, 176, 177

Collier, ‘Ecclesiastical History,’ 20

Common Prayer. See Prayer Book

Compton, Bishop of London, 220, 279, 323, 324

Convocation, meeting of, in S. Paul’s (1661), 119, 120

Corbet, Bishop of Norwich, of Oxford, 22, 24, 27, 215

Cosin, Dean of Peterborough, Bishop of Durham, 153

Coverdale, Bishop Miles, 219

Cowley, Abraham, 124, 147

Cromwell, Oliver, 9, 91, 99, 102

Cromwell, Richard, 103

Custom-house, the, rebuilt by Wren, 176

Dale, Rev. T. P., rector of S. Vedast’s, Foster Lane, imprisonment of, 273

Davenport, ‘Oxfordshire Annals,’ 25

‘Decoy Duck,’ the, a pamphlet against Archbishop Williams, 59

Denham, Sir John, 127, 139

De Ros, Lord, ‘The Tower of London,’ 211

Dore, Abbey of, 19

Doyley, ‘Life of Sancroft,’ 165, 166

Dunton, John, leader of the expedition against the Sallee pirates, 20

Duppa, Dr. Brian, Bishop of Salisbury, appointed executor of Archbishop Laud’s will, 71; Archbishop Tenison secretly ordained by, 123

East Knoyle, living of, held by Dr. Wren, 31, 32, 33

Elmes, ‘Life of Sir C. Wren,’ 90, 97, 200, 230

Ely, 44, 45

Ely House, 118, 119

Ely, Bishop of. See Wren; Turner

Emmanuel College, Chapel of, built by Wren, 215, 216

Evelyn, John, ‘Diary’ of, 15, 49, 50, 51, 89, 93, 94, 95, 99, 114, 117, 118, 127, 145, 146, 154, 155, 181, 206, 209, 215, 217, 226, 228, 229, 230, 242, 244, 260, 286, 287, 302

— — death of, 304

Exchange. See Royal Exchange

Fawley Court built by Wren, 245

Fell, Bishop of Oxford, 220

Fergusson ‘Hist. of Architecture,’ 15, 184, 192

— ‘Illustrated Handbook of Architecture,’ 139

Fifty new churches, Act for building the, 305

Fire of London, the, 155, 159, 175, 184, 185, 187, 191, 192, 204, 219, 243, 288

Flamsteed, Astronomer Royal, 216, 299, 327

Fogg, Captain, pillage of S. George’s Chapel by, 67

Fox, Sir Stephen, 239, 269, 327

‘Fragmentary Illustrations of the History of the Book of Common Prayer,’ 120

Freemasons, the Order of, 147, 200, 285

Frogley, Richard, Wren’s carpenter, 142

Fuller, Dr. Thomas, 6, 10

Garter, the Order of the, 4, 5, 16, 34–36, 67, 68, 80, 81, 123, 217

Garth, Samuel, physician and poet, 265

George I., 329

George, Prince, 235, 300

Gibbons, Grinling, 194, 195, 242, 252, 253, 324

Gibbs, James, pupil of Wren’s builder of S. Mary-le-Strand and S. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, 233, 286, 305

Goddard, Dr., Warden of Merton College, 77, 78, 103, 104, 105, 124, 125

Godwin, ‘De Præsulibus Angliae Commentarius,’ 57, 94

Grainger, ‘Biographical History of England,’ 59, 149, 231

Great Haseley, detection of a murder at, 38

Greenwich Hospital, 269, 299

— Observatory, 216, 327

— Palace, 127

Gresham College, London, 98, 103, 105, 123, 240

Gresham Professors. See Ward’s ‘Lives of’

Grey, ‘Examination of Neale’s Hist. of the Puritans,’ 62, 86, 122

Griffiths, Matthew, Rector of S. Mary Magdalene’s, Fish St. 248

Gustavus Adolphus, his George and Garter, 37, 67

Hackett, Dr., 18

Hall, Bishop of Norwich, 58

Halley, Dr., 247, 299, 333

Hampton Court Palace, Wren’s alterations at, 267, 268

Hare, A. C., ‘Walks in London,’ 119, 252

Harris, Renatus, builder of the organ at S. James’, Westminster, 243; at S. Paul’s, 274, 275

Hatton, E. ‘New View of London,’ 219, 262, 271, 272

Hawkins, Sir John, monument of, at S. Dunstan’s-in-the-East, 287

Hawksmore, Nicholas, a pupil of Wren’s, 206, 286, 293, 305

Henchman, Bishop of London, 154, 222

Henley-on-Thames, 38, 75, 159

Henry VI., 4

Hewet, Dr., 99

Heylin, ‘Cyprianus Anglicus,’ 15, 22, 44

Hoare, Sir R., ‘History of Wiltshire,’ 33

Holder, Dr. 42, 177, 222, 223, 261, 300

Holder, Mrs., 42, 176, 223, 224, 225, 261, 300

Hooke, Robert, 159, 246, 247

Hope, Right Honourable, A. J. B. B. ‘Worship in the Church of England,’ 65

Hoskyns, C. Wren, 3, 231

Hoskyns, Sir John, 231

Hudson, Dr., chaplain to Charles I., 75

Hume, ‘History of England,’ 102

Hyde, Mr., 110, 111, 112, 113, 115. See Clarendon.

Inigo Jones, 42, 93, 127, 166, 243, 269

Ipswich, Disturbances at, stirred up by Prynne, 44, 45; Tower church at, 65

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 Sœur, 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

Milman, ‘Annals of S. Paul’s Cathedral,’ 197, 203, 318

Milton, 122, 232

Monk, George, afterwards General, 71, 72, 103, 112, 114

Monument, the, built by Wren, 207; inscriptions on, 207, 208

Morley, Bishop of Winchester, 220

Morton, Bishop of Durham, 112

Motley ‘Life of Barnevelde,’ 61

Neale, ‘History of the Puritans,’ 58

Neile, Bishop of Rochester, of Lichfield, of Lincoln, of Durham, of Winchester, and Archbishop of York, 10, 11, 13, 57, 70

Newcourt, ‘Repertorium,’ 118, 183, 218, 222, 241, 243, 249, 250, 273

Newmarket, hunting palace built for Charles II. at, 225

Newport, Lord, 218

Newton, Sir Isaac, 154, 193, 232, 246, 247, 324, 327

Noble, ‘Biographical History of England,’ 225, 330

Non-jurors, the, 264, 281

Norris, Lord, 38, 39

Norwich, diocese of, overrun with lecturers, 22; weavers at, Bishop Wren’s treatment of, 23, 25

Notes and queries, 90

Oates, Titus, 226

Oldenburg, Mr., Secretary of the Royal Society, 299

Oughtred, the Rev. W., 78; his death from joy at the Restoration, 79

Oxford, 25, 31, 74, 75, 90, 93, 140, 144, 192, 217, 232

Papin, Denys, inventor of Papin’s Digestor, 229, 230

Parentalia, the, 26, 32, 34, 66, 74, 82, 87, 90, 98, 153, 154, 155, 177, 200, 201, 203, 223, 235, 247, 281, 325, 326, 330

Pascal, 101, 102, 148

Pearson, Dr., His sermon at Bishop Wren’s funeral, 160

Peck, ‘Desiderata Curiosa,’ 46, 75, 160

Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 6, 134; Consecration of chapel of, 162; Bishop Wren buried at, 160; Matthew Wren buried at, 161; Sir C. Wren’s son educated at, 265

Pepys’ Diary, 118, 142, 143, 144, 156, 158, 161, 175, 178, 182, 228

Perier, Madame, ‘Vie de Pascal,’ 102

Peter the Great at Sayes Court, 286, 287

Peterhouse, Cambridge, 15, 17, 45, 88, 153, 160

Petty, Dr., afterwards Sir William, 89, 124, 125

Phelp, Richard, bell-founder, 321, 323

Philosophical Society, the, 126

Philosophy Act, the, kept at Cambridge, 6; at Oxford, 93

Physicians, College of, built by Wren, 265

Pierce, Edward, sculptor under Wren, 207

Pigott, Mrs., only surviving descendant of Sir C. Wren, 231, 304, 317

Plague, the (in 1636), 25; (in 1665), 142, 143, 144, 154, 243

Plot, Dr., 142, 300

Pope, ‘Moral Essays,’ 208

— ‘Dunciad,’ 330

Popish Plot, the, 227

Portland, Earl of, 282, 303

Portland quarries, the, 221, 279

Prayer Book, the, 65, 69, 118

— of Edward VI., the first, 121

Prynne, William, 44, 45, 50, 70

‘Quench Coal,’ pamphlet by Prynne, 44

‘Querela Cantabrigiensis,’ 76

Raikes, Captain, ‘History of the Honourable Artillery Company,’ 185

Randolph, Thomas, 90

Red Book of the Garter, the, 68

Renegado, form of penance and reconciliation for, 19, 20

Restoration, the, 79

Rooke, Laurence, Astronomy Professor at Gresham College, 125, 128

Rowe, Sir Thomas, 34, 35

Royal Exchange, the, rebuilt by C. Wren, 178

Royal Society, the, 95, 124, 129, 141, 145, 154, 159, 193, 194, 203, 208, 222, 223, 228, 230, 231, 239, 240, 246, 284, 299, 327, 333; — ‘History of,’ by Sprat, 95

— ‘History of,’ by Weld, 124, 327

Ryswick, peace of (1697), 271

Ryves, Dr., Bruno, Dean of Chichester, and of Windsor, and Registrar of the Garter, 123

S. Alban’s, Lord, 146, 148, 241

— Alban’s, Wood St., rebuilt by Wren, 248

— Andrew’s, Holborn, rebuilt by Wren, 259, 297

— Andrew’s-by-the-Wardrobe, rebuilt by Wren, 271

SS. Anne and Agnes’ Church, rebuilt by Wren, 218

S. Anne’s, Soho, 300

— Antholin’s, Watling St., rebuilt by Wren, 233; destruction of, 234

— Augustine’s Church, 234

— Bartholomew’s, Bartholomew Lane, rebuilt by Wren, 218; destroyed to give site for the Sun Fire-office, 219

— Bartholomew’s Day (1662), 122

— Bennet’s, Gracechurch St., rebuilt by Wren, 250; destruction of, 250

— Bennet’s, Paul’s Wharf, rebuilt by Wren, 243

— Bennet Fink, rebuilt by Wren, 194; destruction of, 194

S. Bride’s, Fleet St., rebuilt by Wren, 219, 220

— Christopher-le-Stocks, repaired by Wren, 185

— Clement Danes, rebuilt by Wren, 233

— — Eastcheap, rebuilt by Wren, 252

— Dionysius or S. Dionis, Back Church, rebuilt by Wren, 194; destruction of, 194

— Dunstan’s in the East, repaired by Wren, 287, 288

— Edmund the King, rebuilt by Wren, 267

— Faith (crypt of S. Paul’s), built by Wren, 262

— George’s, Botolph Lane, rebuilt by Wren, 194

— George’s Chapel, Windsor, 4, 5, 67, 68, 209

— Gregory’s Church, 41, 99, 250

— James’s, Garlickhithe, rebuilt by Wren, 243

— — Westminster, built by Wren, 241, 242, 310

— John’s College, 31, 71

— Lawrence, Jewry, rebuilt by Wren, 206

— Magnus, London Bridge, 5; rebuilt by Wren, 204, 297

— Margaret’s, Fish St., 5

— — Lothbury, rebuilt by Wren, 267

— — Pattens, rebuilt by Wren, 259

— Martin’s-in-the-Fields, 191; rebuilt by Gibbs, 233

— Martin’s, Ludgate Hill, rebuilt by Wren, 248

— Mary’s, Abchurch, rebuilt by Wren, 252

— — Aldermanbury, rebuilt by Wren, 207

— — -at-Hill, 191

— — -le-Bow, rebuilt by Wren, 183

S. Mary-le-Strand, built by Gibbs, 233, 305

— — Somerset, rebuilt by Wren, 273

— — Woolnoth, repaired by Wren, rebuilt by Hawksmore, 206

— — Magdalene, Fish St., rebuilt by Wren, 248

— Matthew’s, Friday St., rebuilt by Wren, 250

— Michael’s, Bassishaw, rebuilt by Wren, 219

— — Cornhill, rebuilt by Wren, 191

— — Crooked Lane, rebuilt by Wren, 262; destruction of (1830), 262

— — Queenhithe, repaired by Wren, 207

— Mary’s, Royal College Hill, rebuilt by Strong, Wren’s master-mason, 272

— Mildred’s, Bread St., rebuilt by Wren, 240

— — Poultry, rebuilt by Wren, 205; destruction of, in 1872, 205

— Nicholas, Cole Abbey, rebuilt by Wren, 206

— Olave’s, Jewry, rebuilt by Wren, 194

— Paul’s Cathedral, old, repairs of, 41, 42; attacked by the Puritan mob (1640), 46–47; meeting of the Convocation of Canterbury at (1661), 119; Wren’s proposed repairs of, 139, 140, 154; burning of, in the Great Fire (1666), 156, 158; removing the ruins of, 165; Sancroft’s letters to Wren respecting, 166, 168; Wren’s account of the effect of the fire upon, 169, 170, 171; sale of the ruins of, for the rebuilding of parochial churches, 186, 187; ruins of, blown up with gunpowder, 187, 188; New or present building, different designs for, and Wren’s model of, 196, 197; first stone of, laid by Wren, 200; Wren’s care in laying the foundations of, 201; Bishop Compton’s address to obtain contributions for, 220; quarries of Portland stone set apart for, 221; the crypt of, finished, 261, 262; part of the money for, taken by Parliament for the expenses of King William’s wars, 273; placing of the organ in, 273, 274, 275; opening of the choir of, 279; Wren’s order against swearing among the workmen in, 285; morning-prayer chapel of, opened, 288; burial of Jane Wren in, 300; thanksgiving for the victory of Blenheim at, 301; covering of the dome of, with lead, 303; last stone of, laid by Wren’s son, 318, 319; the iron gates set up in, 324; Wren’s design for east end of, 324, 325; iron fence round, 326; design of the commissioners to put up a balustrade, in, 328; late improvements in, 334

S. Peter’s, Cornhill, rebuilt by Wren, 233; charitable legacies belonging to, 233

— Sepulchre’s Church, 182, 183

— Stephen’s, Coleman St., rebuilt by Wren, 205

— — Walbrook, rebuilt by Wren, 192, 225, 226

— Swithin’s, Cannon St., rebuilt by Wren, 219

— Vedast’s, Foster Lane, steeple of, added by Wren, 273

Salisbury Cathedral, Wren’s work at, 17

Sancroft, Dr., Dean of S. Paul’s and Archbishop of Canterbury, appointed a S. Paul’s commissioner, 154; sermon of, after the Fire, 1, 5; letters of, to Sir C. Wren, 166–168; contributions of, to the building of S. Paul’s, 220; imprisonment of, in the Tower, 260, 261; refuses to take the oath of allegiance to William III., 264

Savoy conference, the, 120

Sayes Court occupied by Peter the Great, 286, 287

Scarborough, Sir Charles, 78, 224

Scudamore, Lord, 19

‘Sessional Papers, R. I. B. A.,’ 267, 268

Seven Bishops, the, trial of, 235, 260

Seward, ‘Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons,’ 222

Sheldon, Bishop of London and Archbishop of Canterbury, 140, 146

Sheldonian Theatre, the, built by Wren, 140, 331

Sherlock, Dean of S. Paul’s, 281

Simpson, Dr. Sparrow, ‘Documents illustrating the History of S. Paul’s,’ 27, 274, 280, 288, 323

Smith, Bernard, or Father, builder of organ at S. Paul’s, 275, 288

South, Dr., 69, 141

Spain, expedition of the Prince of Wales to, 7, 9

‘Spectator, the,’ 179

Sprat, Dr., Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Rochester, his account of the meetings of the Royal Society, 95; ‘History of Royal Society,’ 95; letters of, to Christopher Wren, 105, 132, 133; his sermon before the Commons, 209; is succeeded by Atterbury, 289

Steele, Sir R., ‘The Tatler,’ 239

Strafford, Lord, 48, 49, 50

Strong, Edward, Wren’s master-mason, 272, 284, 297, 303

— Thomas, brother of Edward, 200

Tangiers, fortifications of, 132

Tenison, Thomas, Bishop of Lincoln and Archbishop of Canterbury, his secret ordination by Bishop Duppa, 123; founding of a library at S. Martin’s by, 226; building of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Conduit St., by, 243

Temple Bar, built by Wren, 179

Tijou, M., worker in iron, maker of the gates in S. Paul’s, 324, 326

Tilbury Fort, 216

Torricelli, his invention of the barometer, 100, 101

Tower of London, the, 44, 58, 59, 69, 71, 87, 114, 115, 187, 210, 211, 260, 261

Tradescant, John, collector of the objects of natural history in the Oxford Museum, 217

Trelawney, Bishop of Winchester, 235

Trinity College, Oxford, 144, 145, 146

Trinity College, Cambridge, 146

Turner, Bishop of Ely, 260

Vanbrugh, Sir John, 286, 305

Van Vianen, Christian, 37

Ven, Colonel, 68

Verrio, painter, his work at Whitehall and Windsor, 252

Wadham College, Oxford, 73, 77, 79, 93, 95, 105

Waller, Edmund, 9, 196

Waller, Sir William, sack of the city of Chichester by, 79, 123

Wallis, Dr., 77, 78, 112, 141, 222, 223

Walpole, ‘Anecdotes of Painting,’ 37, 268

Walworth, Sir William, his tomb, 262

Ward, ‘Lives of the Gresham Professors,’ 79, 89, 128, 226

Ward, Dr. Seth., Bishop of Exeter, of Salisbury, 90, 124, 125, 171, 206

‘Warwickshire Worthies,’ 3, 330

Weather-clock, the invention of, by Wren, 89

Weavers, the, at Norwich, 23

Weld, ‘History of the Royal Society,’ 124, 193, 327

Westminster Abbey, 57, 230, 289, 293, 320, 331

— School, 41, 57, 69, 90, 231

White, Bishop of Peterborough, 260, 281

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; appointed architect of S. Paul’s, 187; clears away the ruins of old S. Paul’s, 187; his experiment in blowing up the tower with gunpowder, 188; his use of a battering ram, 188; birth of his eldest son, 191; repair of S. Mary-at-Hill by, 191; building of S. Stephen’s, Walbrook, by, 192, 225; knighted by Charles II., 194; rebuilding of Drury Lane by, 196; salary as architect of S. Paul’s, 196; his model for S. Paul’s, 196–198; lays the first stone of S. Paul’s, 200; death of his wife, 203; his second marriage, 203; rebuilding of eight city churches by, 204–207; building of the Monument by, 207; his designs for a monument to Charles I., 209; building of the chapel at Emmanuel College by, 216; of the Observatory at Greenwich, 216; birth of his daughter Jane, 217; rebuilding of five more city churches by, 218, 219; the marking out of the dome of S. Paul’s by, 222; death of his second wife, 226; elected President of the Royal Society, 228; Christ Church gateway built by, 232; All Hallows, Bread Street, rebuilt by, 232; S. Peter’s, Cornhill, and S. Clement Danes rebuilt by, 233; his design for a palace at Winchester, 234, 235; Chelsea Hospital built by, 240; S. James’s, Westminster, built by, 241; Chichester Cathedral repaired by, 245; Fawley Court built by, 245; made Controller of the Works, 246; elected member for Plympton, 247; eight more city churches built by, 248–252; death of his sister Susan, 261; buildings by, erected at Windsor, 264, 265; College of Physicians built by, 265; halls of city companies rebuilt by, 266; Hampton Court palace rebuilt by, 257, 268; scheme of, for Greenwich Palace, 269; his difficulties in placing the organ of S. Paul’s, 273; invention by, of a pulpit on wheels, 280; letter of, to his son in Paris, 282, 283; chosen Grand Master of the Freemasons, 285; Marlborough House built by, 286; S. Dunstan’s-in-the-East repaired by, 287, 288; statement of, as to repairs of Westminster Abbey, 289–293; elected member for Weymouth, 298; death of his daughter Jane, 300; second letter of, to his son, 302, 303; letter of, on church building, 305–313; private houses built by, 317; last stone of S. Paul’s laid by his son, 318; attack on, by S. Paul’s Commissioners, 320; his petition to Queen Anne, 320, 322; his unfulfilled design for east end of S. Paul’s, 324, 325; dismissal of, by George I., from the post of surveyor-general, 329; purchase of Wroxhall Abbey by, 330; his studies and papers in cipher respecting the longitude at sea, 331, 332; his death 333; his burial and monument, 334

Wren Christopher, son of Sir C. Wren, 200, 265, 269, 281, 282, 283, 302, 303, 304, 318, 330

Wren, Francis, 5

— Geoffrey, 4, 5

— Jane, daughter of Sir C. Wren, 217, 269, 288, 300, 301

— Matthew, birth and education of, 6; sent with the Prince to Spain, 7, 8; return and statement of, to three Bishops respecting the Prince of Wales, 10–13; elected Master of Peterhouse, 15; made Dean of Windsor, 16; his marriage, 16; made Bishop of Hereford, 17; Clerk of the Closet, 17; service composed by, for the Reconciliation of Renegados, 19, 20; made Bishop of Norwich, 23; translated to Ely, 44; his care for his diocese, 45, 46; Sir Harbottle Grimston’s and Hampden’s attack upon him, 48, 49; officiates at the marriage of Princess Mary, 49; resigns the Deanery of the Chapels Royal, 51; articles of accusation drawn up against him in the Commons, 55; his imprisonment, 58; his defence, 61–66; death of his wife, 85; his life in the Tower, 86; refuses freedom on Cromwell’s terms, 100; his conferences with Dr. Barwick, 110–113; released from prison, 115, 116; revision of the Prayer Book by, 120; consecration and dedication of Pembroke Chapel by, 152; second visitation, 153; death and funeral of, 159, 160, 161

Wren, Matthew, son of Bishop

Wren, 60, 78, 85, 88, 92, 103, 112, 124, 160, 161, 194

— Stephen, grandson of Sir C. Wren, 224

— Susan, daughter of Dean Wren, 34, 41 See Holder.

— Thomas, son of Bishop Wren, 161, 162, 224

— William, 4, 5

— Sir William, son of Bishop Wren, 161, 162

Wrenne, ancient form of spelling Wren, 4

Wrenne, John, 4

Wroxhall Abbey, purchase of, by Sir C. Wren, 330

York, Duke of, 160, 185, 228, 234. See James II.

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