INDEX
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y.
Abinger, Lord, 103 Abram, Messrs., shop, 67 Adam, architect, 197, 201 Addison, Joseph, 62, 66 Ainger, Canon, 59 Albert, Prince, 120 Alderson, Edward Hall, 94 Allington, Sir Richard, 183 Ancients. See Benchers Anson, Sir William, 72 Apprentices at the Law, 5, 6, 9, 12, 17 ff., 36, 38, 39, 166, 186-188 Ashburton, Lord, 81 Ashmole, Elias, 81 Asquith, Right Hon. H. H., 93 Atterbury, Bishop, 183 Bacon, 136 Sir Francis, 89, 144-146, 148-152, 155-162 Sir Nicholas, 146, 153, 156 Barebone, Dr., 143 Barnard’s Inn, 102, 173-175 Barristers, Inner, 11 ff. Outer, or Utter, 11 ff. Roll, 80 Bathurst, Lord, 121 Beaumont, Francis, 89, 152 Benchers, 11 ff., 61, 95, 100, 153 Bernasconi, 117 Bettenham, Jeremy, 161 Blackfriars, 108, 109 Blackstone, Sir W., 70, 165 Boswell, James, 87-89 Bolting, 59 Bowen, Lord, 72 Brewer, Dr., 184 Brougham, Lord, 117, 121 Burghley, Lord, 142 Burke, Edmund, 45, 69 Burleigh, Lord, 149 Burnet, Bishop, 183, 184 Butler, Bishop, 183 Butler, Samuel, 57, 163 Byllyng, Sir W., 139 Camden, William, 163 Campbell, Lord, 81, 93, 121 Thomas, 126 Canning, George, 93, 121 Carew, Sir Randolph, 98 Carey Street, 177, 178 Chancery Lane (= Chancellor’s Lane = New Street), 1, 8, 106, 107, 122, 128, 196-199 Old Temple in, 29 Chapman, George, 163 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 37, 64, 104, 105, 191 Chelmsford, Lord, 103 Cheshire Cheese, the, 69 Chester Inn, 180 Chichester, Bishop of, 106, 107 Child’s Bank, 66 Churches, Round, 28, 29, 47 Cibber, Colley, 103 City, the, boundaries of, 6, 7 Clarendon, Lord Chancellor, 80 Clement’s Inn, 95, 177 Clergy excluded from the Courts, 4, 8 Cleveland, John, 163 Clifford’s Inn, 5, 167, 176, 178-180, 198 Kentish Mess, 180 Cobbett, William, 163 Cockburn, Sir Alexander, 81 Coif, the, 192, 195 Order of the, 188, 189 Coke, Sir Edward, 87, 92, 98, 179, 196, 201 Lord, 146 Coleridge, Lord, 72 Colman, George, 121 Colonies, the, and the Inns of Court, 78-80 ‘Comedy of Errors,’ the, 150 Coney Garth, 107, 111 Congreve, William, 80 Connaught, H.R.H. the Duke of, 163 Converts, House of the, 181 ff. Courts, the Civil, 3, 4 Coverley, Sir Roger de, 162 Cowper, Lord Chancellor, 81 William, 73, 104 Cox, Serjeant, 199 Cromwell, Oliver, 113, 114, 130 Thomas, 163 Crusades, 188 influence of, 2 Cursitor Street, 156 Davey, Lord, 121 Day, Thomas, 60 Denys, Hugh, 140 Despencer, Hugh le, 36 Devereux Court, 35, 82 Devil Tavern, the, 66 Devil’s Own, the, 129 ff. Dickens, Charles, 126-128, 169-171, 176 quoted, 46, 82, 83 Disraeli, Benjamin, 121 Donne, Dr., 114 ff. Drake, Sir Francis, 78 Eldon, Lord Chancellor, 81, 131, 134 Ellenborough, Lord, 93, 94, 134 Ellesmere, Earl of, 129 Ely, Bishops of, 197 Ely Place, 171 Embankment, the, 67, 74, 94 Erskine, Lord, 121, 133 Essex House, 35 Water Gate, 84 Inn, 35 Street, 29, 35 Evelyn, John, 81 Eyre, Sir James, 146 Faryngdon’s Inn, 198 Feasts and Bevels. See Inns of Court Fetter Lane, 178, 198 Fielding, Henry, 62, 73 Finch, Sir Heneage, 99, 100 Fire of London, the, 45, 47, 57, 74, 96, 103, 179 of 1678, 59, 73, 81, 96 Fitchett’s Field, 30 Fitzgerald, Edward, quoted, 96 Percy, 176 Fleet Street, 1, 2, 5, 9, 29-31, 44, 65, 102, 178, 196 No. 16, 45 No. 17, 45 Ford, John, 80 Fresco by Watts, 120 Furnival’s Inn, 122, 175, 176 Gainsborough, 113 Gardiner, Bishop, 146 Gascoigne, George, 163 Sir William, 163 Gauden, Dr. John, 58 Gibbons, Grinling, 102 Gifford, Robert, M.R., 81 Gladstone, W. E., 121 Goldsmith, Oliver, 62, 65, 69-72, 104, 163 Goldsmith’s grave, 71 Goldsmith, Sir Francis, 185 ‘Gorboduc,’ 99 Gordon Riots, 131, 132 Grant, Sir William, 133 Gray, Earl de, 108 Gray’s Inn, 6, 70, 87, 89, 108, 135 ff., 195 Ancients of, 153 and Barnard’s Inn, 173-175 and Francis Bacon, 148 ff. and Queen Elizabeth, 146-152 and Shakespeare, 148, 150 and Staple Inn, 172 arms of, 160 buildings of, 142 ff. Chapel, 144, 154, 155 Field Court, 159 Fields, 136 Fullwood’s Rents, 162 Gardens, 159 ff. Gateways, 143, 144 Hall, 144 ff. Lane, 136, 143 Library, 144, 145 masques and plays at, 148 ff. moots received at, 21 origin of, 137-142 pensions and pensioners of, 153 Raymond Buildings, 159 Road, 145, 158 rookery in, 161 South Square, 143 ff., 157, 159 Square, 143, 155, 156 surroundings of, 135, 136 Verulam Buildings, 158, 159 Walks, 162 Grenville, George, 93 Grey Friars, the, 137 Greys, the, of Wilton, 137 ff. Griffith, Henry, 147 Grimthorpe, Lord, 112, 118 Hale, Sir Matthew, 98, 118, 167, 179 Hallam, Henry, 80 Halls of the Inns, 11 ff. Hampden, John, 162 Harcourt, Sir Simon, 98 Hardwick, Philip, 118, 119, 128 Hatton, Sir C., 25 Havelock, Sir Henry, 81 Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 135 Heath, C. J., 130 Heber, Bishop, 116 Herring, Archbishop, 116 Hogarth, William, 76, 104, 118, 126 Holborn, 8, 131, 135, 144, 195 Bars, 6, 7, 29, 31 Bridge, 108 Hooker, bust of, 55 Dr. John, 58 Hullock, Sir John, 146 Inner Temple. See Temple Lane, 87, 89, 92 Inns of Chancery, 9, 18 dissolution of, 167 monopolized by attorneys, 167 origin of, 165 ff. relation of Inns of Court to, 166-168. See Barnard’s Inn, Clement’s Inn, Clifford’s Inn, Furnival’s Inn, Lyon’s Inn, New Inn, Staple Inn, Strand Inn, Thavie’s Inn Inns of Court, 61-64, 75, 106, 142 and the Colonies, 79, 80 a University of Law, 8-11, 16 an aristocratic University, 16, 17 buildings of, 73 degrees, discipline, and customs of, 11-26 Feastings, Revels, and Post-Revels, 13, 22-26, 77, 98, 117, 192, 193 Guilds of Study, 9, 10, 17 Halls, 23-26 homes of literature, 19 ff. Irish Law-students at the Inns of Court, 20 masques and plays performed at, 24-26, 65, 77, 89, 148 ff., 192 origin of, 2 ff. Parliaments of, 153, 154 position of, 163, 164 relation of, to Inns of Chancery, 165-168 Volunteers, 129 ff. Ireton, Commissary, 130 Jeffreys, Lord Chancellor, 55, 80, 101 Jessel, Sir George, 185 Jews, House of the Converted, 181 ff. Johnson, Dr., 62, 65-67, 69, 87-89, 173 Jones, Inigo, 45, 114, 115, 122, 127, 175 Lieutenant-General, 130 Sir William, 60 Jonson, Ben, 66, 112, 113, 142 Kenealy, Dr., 163 Kentish Mess (Clifford’s Inn), 180 King Charles I., 25, 76, 99, 129, 130, 146, 152 Charles II., 127, 141, 146 Edward I., 33 Ordinance of, 4, 186 Edward II., 34-36 Edward VII., 85 George II., 98 George III., 133 Henry II., 30 Henry III., 33, 181 Ordinance of, 8 Henry VII., 111 Henry VIII., 112 James I., 40, 89, 100, 136 patent of, 41 James II., 146 John, 33 William III., 98 King’s Bench Walk, 94 Kingsley, Charles, 121 Kinlosse, Lord, 183 Knights Hospitallers (Order of St. John), 34-36, 39, 40, 47, 58, 98 Knights Templars. See Templars, Knights Lamb, Charles, 29, 59, 65, 82, 87, 89-95, 159 Lambeth Palace, 112 Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of, 35, 39, 40, 110 Law Courts, the, 1, 3, 8, 30, 118, 177, 178 Leicester, Earl of, 91 Leigh, Gerard, 99 Lincoln, Earl of, 107 ff. Lincoln’s Inn, 6, 20, 29, 107 ff., 167 Buildings, 111 ff. Chapel, 113-117 Chaplain of, 114-116 custom at, 187 Fields, 122-128, 131 No. 13 (Soane Museum), 124-126 fresco, by Watts, 120, 121 Gateway, 111-113, 130 Library, 113, 118 New Hall, 118-122 Square, 122 Old Buildings, 113 Hall, 117, 118 origin of, 107-111 Revels at, 117 Stone Buildings, 118, 128, 129 Linge, Bernard van, 116 Lockwood, Sir Frank, 94, 121 London County Council, 45, 67 London, growth of, 1, 136 Louvres, 23, 24, 76, 117 Lovell, Sir Thomas, 111, 112 Lushington, Stephen, 94 Lyon’s Inn, 176 Lyte, Sir Henry Maxwell, 183 Lyttleton, Edward, Lord, 92, 130 Sir Thomas, 92, 98 Macaulay, Lord, 157 Mackworth, Dr. John, 173 Macnaghten, Lord, 121 Mandeville, Geoffrey, effigy of, 54 Manningham, John, diary of, 77 Mansfield, Lord, C.J., 81, 103, 121, 131 Masque of Flowers, the, 152 Masques and Plays, 24-26, 65, 89, 148 ff. Matthews, Sir Philip, 141 Maule, Sir John, 93 Mercers’ Company, the, 175 Micklethwaite, Dr., 58 Middle Temple. See Temple, Middle Lane, 67, 74 Midsummer Night’s Dream, 148 Milford Lane, 84 Molyneux Globes, 79 Moots, 11 ff. More, Sir Thomas, 122, 175, 181 Museum, Sir John Soane, 124-126 Record Office, 183, 184 Nethersale, John, 118 Neville, Sir Thomas, 142 New Inn, 40, 181 Norths, the, 81 Norton, Thomas, 65, 99 O’Connell, Daniel, 20, 121 ‘Old Curiosity Shop,’ the, 126-128 Ossulston, Manor of, 137 Overbury, Sir Thomas, 80 Parvis, the, of St. Paul’s, 191 Paston Letters, the, 139 Paulet, Sir Amias, 66 Pembroke, Earl of, 35, 36 Earls of, effigies of, 53 Penn, William, 121 Perceval, 121 Petyt, Sylvester, 102 William, 102 Pitt, William, 113, 121 Plays. See Inns of Court, Masques Plowden, Edmund, 80 Monument, 56 Poland, Sir Harry, 101 Pollocks, the, 81, 100 Portpool, Manor of, 137, 140, 141 Market, 171 Portsmouth, Duchess of, 127 Street, 127 Post-Revels. See Inns of Court, Feasts, etc. Praed, W. M., 69 Prudential Assurance Company, 169, 170, 172, 175, 176 Prynne, John, 25 William, 117, 121 Pym, John, 77, 163 Queen Anne, 98 Caroline, 98 Elizabeth, 25, 78, 146-152 Mary, 98 Victoria, 6, 119, 184 Quincey, Thomas de, 80 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 78, 160 Raymond, Lord, 146 Rayner, C. J., 121 Readers, 12 ff. Readerships, revived, 20 Readings, 11 ff. Record Office, the Public, 80, 179, 182-185 Museum of the, 183, 184 Red Cross Knights. See Templars Lion Fields, 143 Revels. See Inns of Court Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 69 Robes of the Bar, 193, 194 Rogers, Samuel, 93 Rolls Chapel, 182-185 Monuments, 183 Master of the, 182 ff. Romilly, Sir Samuel, 132, 136 Roo, John, 150 Rupert, Prince, 100 Russell, Lord, 72, 121 Sackville, Thomas, 65, 99 Savoy, the, 36 Scott, Sir G., 118 Scrope’s Inn, 108, 195 Scropes, Le, the, 108, 195, 196 Selden, John, 87, 93, 167, 179 grave of, 55 Serjeants, the, 12, 13, 186 ff. Abolition of the Order of, 194, 195 the, at St. Paul’s, 190, 191 Feasts, 192, 193 Inn (Chancery Lane), 178, 179, 197-199 Inn (Fleet Street), 92, 196, 197 Inns, 12, 195 ff. Robes of the, 193, 194 Shadwell, William, 80 Shakespeare, William, 42, 43, 75, 148, 150 at the Temple, 24 ‘Twelfth Night,’ 77, 78 Shene, Convent of, 141 Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 20 Shirley, James, 153 Shoe Lane, 108 Sidney, Sir Philip, 162 Skipworth, W., 139 Smirke, Sir Robert, 198 Sydney, 96 Soane, Sir John, Museum, 124-126 Solicitors excluded from the Inns of Court, 166 Somers, Lord Chancellor, 81 Somerset, Earl of, 152 House, 181 Southey, Robert, 163 Spedding, James, 96, 149, 151, 160 Spenser, Edmund, 68, 69 St. Anne, Chapel of. See Temple St. Dunstan’s Church, 178 St. George’s Inn. See New Inn St. James’s Palace, 112 St. John, Oliver, 130 Order of. See Knights Hospitallers St. Paul’s Cathedral, 56, 67, 137 the Serjeants and, 189-191, 195 St. Thomas, Chapel of. See Temple Knights of, 190 Staple Inn, 87, 137, 169-173 Stapleton Inn, 35 Steele, Richard, 66 Stowell, Lord, 81 Strand Inn, 180 the, 35, 177 Strange, Sir John, 183 Street, 30, 178 Architect, 1 Sundials (Temple), 72, 73, 81 n., 95, 96 Swift, Dean, 66 Taylor, Sir Robert, 128 Tom, 90, 91 Templars, the Knights, 1, 2, 27 ff., 48, 98, 106, 171 and the Serjeants, 188, 189 badge of the, 31, 32 customs of, 97 decadence and dissolution of the Order of the, 33 ff. effigies of, 46, 51-55 origin of the Order, 27, 28 settlement in England, 28 ff. Temple, the, 29, 110 a place of sanctuary, 60, 61 attacked by Wat Tyler’s men, 36 Temple Bar, 6-8 Chapel of St. Thomas, 59, 189, 200 Church, the, 44-59, 71, 74, 97 Chapel of St. Anne, 48, 189 dedication of the, 30, 31 description of, 46-56 Master of the, 57-59 Master’s House, 47, 57, 58 Cloisters, 59, 60 Flower Show, 94 Gardens, 6, 42, 43 buildings, 74 Temple, Inner, 6, 37, 86 ff. See Clifford’s Inn and Temple, Templars Benchers’ Garden, 196 characteristics of the, 86, 87 charter of the, 40, 41 Clock Tower, 97 Cloister Court, 60 crest of the, 31, 32 Crown Office Row, 89-91 Farrar’s Buildings, 89 Feasts, 192 Fig-tree Court, 73, 93, 94 Garden, 94, 95 gateway, 1, 44, 45 Gordon Rioters at, 132 Hall, 38, 59, 65, 76, 96-99, 101 Harcourt Buildings, 74 Hare Court, 68, 89, 92, 93, 101 Johnson’s Buildings, 44, 87 King’s Bench Walk, 87, 91, 102-104 Library, 96, 101, 102 Mitre Court, 89, 92 Buildings, 91, 92 Paper Buildings, 89 ff., 93, 102 Parliament, 18 rebuilding of, 96 Revels at, 98 ff. solicitors excluded from, 166 sundial, Temple Gardens, 95 Tanfield Court, 97 Treasurer’s House, 97 Irishmen at the, 20 Lane, 102 lawyers first mentioned in, 37, 38 Temple, Middle, 6, 37 ff., 45, 64 ff., 131. See Temple, Templars Brick Court, 68 ff., 90 sundial in, 72 Charter of, 40, 41 crest of the, 31, 32 Elizabethan sailors, 78 Elm Court, 71 Buildings, 74 Essex Court, 81 sundial, 81 n. Fountain, 75, 82-84 (or Hall) Court, 76 Garden Court, 70, 84 Gardens, 84 gateways, 1, 65 ff., 74 Goldsmith Buildings, 44, 71, 89 Hall, 38, 68, 69, 74 ff. Lamb Building, 60 Library, 84, 85 Little Gateway, 82 New Court, 82 Parliaments of, 154 Plowden Buildings, 74, 84 Pump Court, 73, 74 sundial in, 73 Rookery, 71, 72 Vine Court, 74 Temple, New, site of the, 29-31 Outer, 35 Refectory of the Priests, 59 Stairs, 67 St. Dunstan, 66 the Old, 171 Treasure House, 33, 34 Temple, ‘Twelfth Night,’ 24 Temples (Round Churches of the Templars), 28, 29 Thackeray, W. M., quoted, 4, 60-63, 69, 71, 90, 176 Thames, Embankment, 67, 74, 94 River, 9, 29, 30, 67, 68, 74 Thavie’s Inn, 5, 39, 176 Theobald’s Road, 136, 159 Thomson, Archbishop, 116 Thurloe, —, 113 Thurlow, Edward, Lord Chancellor, 93, 94 Titus Gates, 7, 8 Torrigiano, 183 Turnstiles, the, 123 Turton, Sir John, 146 Tyler, Wat, Rebellion, 36 Valence, Aymer de, 35, 36 Virginia, 78 Walpole, Horace, 121 Warburton, Bishop, 116 Warren, Samuel, 104 Watts, G. F., fresco by, 120, 121 Wellesley, Lord, 117 Westbury, Lord Chancellor, 21 Whitefriars, 29 Whitelock, Bulstrode, 130 Willes, C.J., 131, 194 William IV., mandate of, 194 Wine Office Court, 69 Wither, George, 121 Wolsey, Cardinal, 112, 150 Wren, Sir Christopher, 2, 59, 65, 82, 87 n., 103 Temple Bar, 7 Wycherley, William, 80 Yelverton, Sir C., 139, 146 Young, Dr., 183
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