Stage,” by William Grant Keith, in _The Burlington Magazine_, Nos.
cxxxiii. and cxxxiv., April and May 1914, where reproductions of Webb’s
drawings are given.
[39] “Thorpe Hall,” by A. W. Hakewill, 1852.
[40] Neal, in his “Seats,” says it was designed by Webb; and although
he quotes no authority he must have had some reason for the statement.
[41] Willis and Clarke’s “Architectural History of the University of
Cambridge,” ii. 366.
[42] “The Old Colleges of Oxford,” by Aymer Vallance, p. 62.
[43] Illustrated in “Early Renaissance Architecture in England,” by the
present author (Batsford).
[44] “Ashburnham House and the Precincts of Westminster Abbey,” by
Harry Sirr, _Journal of the R.I.B.A._, 8th January 1910.
[45] “Windsor Castle,” by Sir W. H. St John Hope, p. 329.
[46] It was perhaps Pierre le Muet whose work most influenced Wren.
[47] “Lives of the British Architects,” by E. Beresford Chancellor, p.
79.
[48] Walpole’s “Anecdotes of Painting.”
[49] Collins’s “Peerage.”
[50] This conjecture is strengthened by a reference of Evelyn’s, who
notes that in going from Reading to Marlborough in June 1654 he saw “my
Lord Craven’s house at Causam now in ruines, his goodly woods felling
by the rebels.”
[51] “Vit. Brit.,” i. 43, 44.
[52] The curious volume of original drawings by Wynne, which is
preserved at the Bodleian Library, and from which the illustrations
109, 110, and 112 are reproduced, also contains drawings for work at
Combe Abbey; it would appear, therefore, that Wynne was the architect
employed both there and at Hamstead Marshall.
[53] Wheatley and Cunningham’s “London, Past and Present.”
[54] “Vit. Brit,” i. 44.
[55] “Journey through England” (1722), by J. Mackay, quoted in “London,
Past and Present.”
[56] Bridges’ “History of Northamptonshire,” vol. i. p. 328.
[57] The curious can compare the appearance of the old house with what
Gibbs put in its place by referring to the plates in Bridges’ “History
of Northamptonshire”; whether the newer design was an improvement,
either in appearance or convenience, is open to question.
[58] But see Appendix I., p. 395.
[59] See “The Great House, Leyton,” by Edwin Gunn, published by the
Committee for the Survey of the Memorials of Greater London, 1903.
[60] Collins’s “Peerage,” 1741 ed., i. 334.
[61] An excellent annotated catalogue of the pictures has been prepared
by Mr. C. H. Scott and privately printed. The Boughton estates passed
to the Dukes of Buccleuch (Montagu-Douglas-Scott) by marriage with an
heiress of the Montagus.
[62] It was begun in 1687 and finished in 1706.
[63] Bridges’ “History of Northamptonshire,” i. 289, repeated by Baker
in his history of the same county, ii. 144.
[64] Baker, _ut supra_.
[65] Mr. R. Blomfield’s “History of Renaissance Architecture in
England,” p. 224.
[66] “Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne,” edited from the papers
at Kimbolton, by the Duke of Manchester, London, 1864, p. 56.
[67] “Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne,” 1864, p. 227.
[68] Letter to George Montagu, 7th July 1770; also to H. S. Conway,
12th July 1770.
[69] “Vitruvius Britannicus,” ii., pl. 81, 82.
[70] The first series, in three volumes, is here referred to.
[71] “Vitruvius Britannicus,” iii, pl. 27–34.
[72] Collins’s “Peerage.”
[73] Walpole, “Anecdotes.”
[74] “Treatise on Architecture.”
[75] Ferguson’s “History of Architecture,” Book IV., 1873 ed., p. 328.
[76] “Memoirs of a Royal Chaplain,” by Albert Hartsborne, pp. 318–320.
[77] See an article on Holkham by M. Jourdain, “Interiors of English
Mansions,” in the _Art Journal_ of July 1911, and Lenygon’s “Decoration
in England” and “Furniture in England” (1660–1790), 2 vols. (Batsford).
[78] Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, M.A., F.S.A., in his “Robert Adam.”
[79] A Latinised version of the Greek word for “Brothers.”
[80] “London Past and Present.”
[81] From a description by Cole, quoted in Willis and Clark’s
“Architectural History of the University of Cambridge.”
[82] London in the eighteenth century was even darker than it has been
since the lighting has been minimised as a protection against air-raids.
[83] See two articles on Huntingdon Shaw by R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A.,
in the _Archæological Journal_, June 1895, and the _Home Counties
Magazine_, January 1902, vol. iv., No. 13.
[84] See “English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries,” by J.
Starkie Gardner. (Batsford.)
[85] This work is attributed by Mr. Starkie Gardner to a skilful smith
named Robert Davies.
[86] See “Tapestry Weaving in England,” by W. G. Thomson. (Batsford.)
[87] “Guide to an Exhibition of Tapestries, Carpets, and Furniture,
lent by the Earl of Dalkeith to the Victoria and Albert Museum,” by A.
F. K., 1914.
Transcriber’s Note:
1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been
corrected silently.
2. Where appropriate, original spelling has been retained.
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or X^{xx}.
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6. In the Note at the beginning of the Index, some words are
underlined. For the purpose of this work, these words have been
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