Sir Christopher Wren

by Lawrence Weaver

INDEX

Abbey, Westminster, Wren and, [137], [138], [139]
Aims of architecture, Wren on the, [153]
All Hallows, Lombard Street, Church of, [81]
Armoury and Mint at the Tower of London, [107]
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, [110]
Association between architecture and military engineering, [13]
Astronomy, Wren as a Professor of, [19], [36]
Bacon, influence on Wren of, [30], [31]
Barometer:
Torricelli’s work on the, [36]
Wren’s work on the, [36]
Belton House, [105]
Benson, William, Surveyor-General, [74]
Bernini:
Lay-out in front of St. Peter’s, Rome, [53], [108];
meeting with Wren, [48], [49];
referred to, [108]
Bird, Robert, coppersmith, [120]
Birth of Sir Christopher Wren, [1]
Building materials, Wren’s views on, [93], [94]
Busby, Dr., of Westminster School, [4], [10], [11]
Cambridge:
Pembroke College Chapel, [109]
Trinity College Library, [46], [47], [109], [110], [125]
Campbell, Colin, work at Greenwich Hospital by, [103]
Carlyle, Thomas, on the City churches, [97], [98];
on Chelsea Hospital, [97]
Cathedrals:
Lincoln, Honywood Chapel at, [110]
St. Paul’s, London. See St. Paul’s Cathedral
Salisbury, [137]
Chapels:
Pembroke College, Cambridge, [46], [109]
Trinity College, Oxford, [110]
Wadham College, Oxford, [16], [17]
Charles I., design for the tomb of, [107], [108];
pedestal for statue of, Charing Cross, [104]
Chelsea Hospital, [97], [98], [99], [108], [125]
Childhood of Wren, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
Christ Church:
Newgate Street, [90]
Oxford, College, [111]
Christ’s Hospital, London, [107], [130]
Chronology, an attempt at a Wren, [160]
Church:
St. Andrew, Holborn, [87]
St. Clement Danes, Strand, [78], [125]
St. James, Piccadilly, [78], [90], [94], [95]
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, [21], [22]
Temple Church, [21]
Churches, City:
Christ Church, Newgate Street, [90]
St. Alban, Wood Street, [80], [81]
St. Andrew-in-the-Wardrobe, [90]
St. Anne and St. Agnes, [81]
St. Antholin, Watling Street, [90]
St. Augustine, Watling Street, [55], [86], [119], [126]
St. Benet, Paul’s Wharf, [86], [119]
St. Benet Fink, [90]
St. Bride, Fleet Street, [87], [88], [90], [92]
St. Clement, Eastcheap, [81]
St. Dunstan-in-the-East, [78], [81], [82], [136]
St. Lawrence Jewry, [86], [89]
St. Magnus, London Bridge, [81], [85]
St. Margaret, Lothbury, [86]
St. Margaret’s Pattens, Rood Lane, [84], [85], [86]
St. Martin, Ludgate, [56], [85]
St. Mary Abchurch, [90]
St. Mary, Aldermanbury, [81]
St. Mary Aldermary, [76], [136]
St. Mary-at-Hill, [81]
St. Mary-le-Bow Cheapside, [87], [88], [145], [146]
St. Mary Somerset, [78]
St. Mary Woolnoth (by Hawksmoor), [79]
St. Michael, Cornhill, [136]
St. Michael Paternoster Royal, [81]
St. Mildred, Bread Street, [86], [90], [91], [120]
St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, [80]
St. Sepulchre, [78]
St. Stephen, Coleman Street, [81]
St. Stephen, Walbrook, [81], [88], [89], [119]
St. Swithin, Cannon Street, [84], [90]
St. Vedast, Foster Lane, [79], [80]
City Churches, referred to, [97], [98], [119], [120], [124], [126], [136], [145], [146], [160]
Coghill, Faith, Wren’s first wife, [20], [21]
College:
All Souls, Oxford, [11], [12]
Christ Church, Oxford, [111]
Emmanuel, Cambridge, [110]
Morden, Blackheath, [108], [109]
Pembroke, Cambridge, [46], [109]
of Physicians, Warwick Lane, [107]
Queen’s, Oxford, [110]
Trinity, Cambridge, [46], [47], [109], [110], [125]
Wadham, Oxford, [4], [9], [10], [11], [12], [16]
Cox, Mary, mother of Wren, [2]
Custom House, London, [107]
De l’Orme, Philibert, referred to, [50]
Denham, Sir John, Surveyor-General, [43], [101]
“Dome of London, The,” [59]
Draughtsman, Wren as a, [129], [130]
East Knoyle Rectory, Wilts, Wren’s birthplace, [1]
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, chapel and cloister at, [110]
Etching on glass, Wren’s experiments in, [40]
Evelyn, John, [15], [24], [25], [43], [53], [60], [62], [98], [102], [112], [113], [114], [115], [137]
Family life of Sir Christopher Wren, [18], [19], [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27]
Fitzwilliam, Jane, Wren’s second wife, [21], [22]
Fitzwilliam of Lifford, Lord, father of Wren’s second wife, [21]
France, Wren’s travels in, [41], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51]
Gibbons, Grinling, [71], [104], [106], [107], [108], [114], [115]
Gothic Architecture, Wren and, [138], [139]
Greenwich Hospital, [83], [101], [102], [103], [125]
Groombridge Place, Kent, [106]
Hampton Court Palace, [99], [100], [101], [121], [156]
Hawksmoor, Nicholas, [79], [103], [104], [110], [126], [149]
Holder, Dr. William, a tutor and brother-in-law of Wren, [3], [20]
Honywood Library and Cloister, Lincoln Cathedral, [110]
Hooke, Robert, [4], [8]
Hospital:
Chelsea, [97], [98], [99], [108], [125]
Christ’s, London, [107], [130]
Greenwich, [101], [102], [103], [125]
Kilmainham, Dublin, [108]
Houses by, or attributed to, Wren:
Belton, [105];
Groombridge Place, Kent, [106];
Hampton Court Palace, [99], [100], [101], [121], [156];
Kensington Palace, [105];
Marlborough
House, London, [106];
Pallant House, Chichester, [106];
Winchester Palace, [107];
Wren’s House, Chichester, [106]
Inventions of Wren, [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]
Jennings, Richard, master-carpenter, [71]
Jones, Inigo, referred to, [13], [43], [51], [52], [53], [70], [101], [106], [144], [145], [146], [147]
Kempster, Christopher, [119]
Kensington Palace, [105]
Kent, William, and Kensington Palace, [105]
Kilmainham, Dublin, Royal Hospital at, [108]
Knighting of Wren, [121]
Lansdowne Chronology, MS. by Christopher Wren junior, [9]
Letter of Wren to his son, [22], [23], [24]
Library:
Honywood, Lincoln Cathedral, [110]
Trinity College, Cambridge, [109], [110], [125]
Love-letter from Wren to Faith Coghill, [20], [21]
Marlborough House, London, [106]
Mathematics, Wren’s study of, [4], [31]
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Wren’s conjectural restoration of the, [132], [133], [134]
Middleton, Constance, wife of Christopher Wren junior, [25]
Mint, the, in the Tower of London, [107]
Monument, the, London, [34], [104]
Morden College, Blackheath, [108], [109]
Morris, William, and the City churches, [97], [98]
Museum, Ashmolean, Oxford, [110]
“News from the Dead,” pamphlet by Wren, referred to, [16]
Oughtred, Mr., Wren’s letter to, [7]
Oxford:
Ashmolean Museum, [110]
Christ Church College, [111]
Incident at, [16]
Queen’s College, [110]
Sheldonian Theatre, [45], [46]
Trinity College Chapel at, [110]
Wren’s education at, [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17]
Palace:
Hampton Court, [99], [100], [101], [121], [156]
Kensington, [105]
Winchester, [107]
Palladio’s influence on Wren, [52]
Pallant House, Chichester, [106]
Parentage and pedigree of Wren, [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
Parentalia, the, [1], [3], [5], [8], [9], [13], [15], [22], [24], [26], [34], [41], [65], [109], [124], [125], [132], [149]
Paris, Wren’s journey to, referred to, [41], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51]
Parliament, Wren as a member of, [120], [121]
Pascal’s problem and Wren’s solution of it, [34], [35], [36], [158], [159]
Pedestal of the Charles I. statue, Charing Cross, [104]
Pembroke College Chapel, Cambridge, [46], [109]
Pepys, Samuel, [14], [114], [130]
Physicians, College of, Warwick Lane, [107]
Pigott, Mrs. Corbett, [26]
Plan for rebuilding London after the Great Fire, Wren’s, [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58]
Portraits of Sir Christopher Wren, some, [164], [165], [166]
Pulpits and pews, Wren’s views on, [95]
Queen’s College, Oxford, [110]
Ripley, Thomas, and Greenwich Hospital, [103]
Royal Society, Wren and the, [12], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42]
Ruskin, John, and Renaissance Architecture, [137]
Ryland’s pedigree of the Wren family, [18]
St. Alban, Wood Street, [81]
St. Andrew, Holborn, [78]
St. Andrew-in-the-Wardrobe, [90]
St. Anne and St. Agnes, [81]
St. Antholin, Watling Street, [90]
St. Augustine, Watling Street, [55], [86], [119], [126]
St. Benet, Paul’s Wharf, [86], [119]
St. Benet Fink, [90]
St. Bride, Fleet Street, [87], [87], [88], [90], [92]
St. Clement Danes, Strand, [78], [125]
St. Clement, Eastcheap, [81]
St. Dunstan-in-the-East, [78], [81], [82], [136]
St. James, Piccadilly, [78], [90], [94], [95]
St. Lawrence Jewry, [86], [89]
St. Magnus, London Bridge, [81], [85]
St. Margaret, Lothbury, [86]
St. Margaret Pattens, Rood Lane, [84], [85], [86]
St. Martin, Ludgate, [56], [85]
St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, [21], [22]
St. Mary Abchurch, [90]
St. Mary, Aldermanbury, [81]
St. Mary Aldermary, [78], [136]
St. Mary-at-Hill, [81]
St. Mary-le-Bow Cheapside, [87], [88], [145]
St. Mary Somerset, [78]
St. Mary Woolnoth, [79]
St. Michael, Cornhill, [136]
St. Michael Paternoster Royal, [81]
St. Mildred, Bread Street, [86], [90], [91], [120]
St. Nicholas Cole Abbey, [80]
St. Paul’s: Old, Wren’s plans for the restoration of, [56], [59], [60], [61];
Cathedral, London, balustrade on the upper cornice of, [74];
cost of, [73];
dome of, [55], [56], [59], [71], [103];
first design for, [63];
mean treatment of Wren over, [73], [74];
opening of, [73];
“rejected” or “model” second design for, [63], [64], [64], [65], [66], [66];
South Staircase of, referred to, [34];
third or “warrant” design for, [67], [68];
Wren’s achievement in, [76], [77];
reference to, [83], [116], [121], [122], [126], [143], [145], [147], [148], [154], [155], [156]
St. Peter’s, Rome, [53]
St. Sepulchre, [78]
St. Stephen, Coleman Street, [81]
St. Stephen, Walbrook, [81], [88], [89], [119]
St. Swithin, Cannon Street, [84], [90]
St. Vedast, Foster Lane, [79], [80]
Salisbury Cathedral, [137]

Scarborough, Sir Charles, a tutor of Wren, [4], [5], [6], [7], [10]
Shaw, Norman, and Hampton Court Palace, [100]
Shepheard, Rev. William, a tutor of Wren, [3]
Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, [45], [46]
Soane Museum, Wren relics at, [121]
Sir John, [99]
Sons of Sir Christopher Wren, [25]
Spires, City church, by Wren, [84]
Strong, Edward, master-mason, [22], [23], [24], [69], [71], [73], [119], [120]
Talman, William, architect, [101], [156]
Temple Bar, [104], [105]
Temple Church, [21]
Thermometer designed by Wren, [8]
Thornhill, Sir James, paintings in St. Paul’s by, [74]
Tijou, Jean, metal-worker, [71], [101], [120], [121]
Tomb, Wren’s design for a, [108]
Tom Tower, the, Oxford, [111]
Torricelli, his work on the barometer, [36]
Tower of London, [107]
Town-planning, Wren and, [53]
Trinity College, Cambridge, Library of, [46], [47], [109], [110], [125]
Trinity College, Oxford, Chapel at, [110]
University degrees, Wren’s, [11], [12]
Vanbrugh, Sir John, [103], [106], [110], [149], [157]
Ward, Dr. Seth, [9]
Webb, John, [43], [101], [106]
Wilkins, John, Warden of Wadham, [9], [12], [13]
Winchester Palace, [107]
Wotton, Sir Henry, [139], [140], [141], [142], [157]
Wren, Sir Christopher:
Family and relations:
Father, [1];
mother, [2];
sisters, [18];
grandfather, [1];
great-grandfather, [1];
sons, [21], [22], [23];
daughter, [13];
brother-in-law, [2];
uncle, [2], [18];
cousin, [18]
Education and Studies:
Studies at home, [3];
at Westminster School, [4];
under Sir Charles Scarborough, [5];
Assistant at the Surgeon’s Hall, [7];
at Oxford, [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17];
matriculation of, [11];
University degrees of, [11], [12];
Fellowship of All Souls, [16]
Personal:
Critical mind, [138], [139], [140], [141], [142];
death, [122];
epitaph of, [75];
health of, [4], [10], [18];
heirlooms at Soane Museum, [121];
Kirkall engraved portrait, [26];
legible penmanship, [4];
letter to his son, Christopher, [22], [23], [24];
letter in Latin to his father, [5];
love-letter to Faith Coghill, [20];
marriage, first, to Faith Coghill, [21];
marriage, second, to Jane Fitzwilliam, [21];
patience of, [8];
poetic gift of, [16];
portraits of, [164], [165], [166];
retirement, [75];
social relaxations, [114], [115], [116];
theories of beauty, [150], [151];
will, [25], [26], [27]
Scientific Studies and Achievements:
As an astronomer, [32], [33], [34], [37];
as a classical archæologist, [132], [133], [134];
as a student and scholar, [132], [133], [134], [135], [136], [137], [138], [139], [140], [141], [142], [143];
essays, [15];
experiments in etching on glass, [40];
experiments in natural science, [38], [39], [40], [41];
inventions of, [6], [7], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16], [17];
part in the development of natural science, [28], [29];
place as a mathematician, [34], [35], [36];
scientific labors of 116, [117], [118];
solution of Pascal’s problem, [34], [35], [36], [158], [159];
transactions with the Royal Society, [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [42]
Professional and Public:
“Architect of Adventure, The,” [144], [145], [146], [147], [148], [149], [150], [151], [152], [153], [154], [157];
as a Member of Parliament, [120], [121];
as a professional man, [123], [124], [125], [126], [127], [128], [129], [130], [131];
influence of Inigo Jones, [51], [52];
influence of Palladio, [52];
introduction to Bernini, [48];
knighting of, [121];
plan for rebuilding London, [53], [54], [55], [56], [57], [58];
remuneration and fees, [124], [125];
Surveyor-General of His Majesty’s Works, [43], [124], [125], [127], [128], [129];
travels in France, [41], [47], [48], [49], [50], [51]
Wren, Dean Christopher (father), [1], [2], [3], [20], [142]
Wren, Christopher (second son) 21, [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [119], [125]
Constance (daughter-in-law), [25]
Cuthbert (great-grandfather), [1]
Faith (mother), [2], [18]
Francis (grandfather), [1]
Gilbert (eldest son, died in infancy), [21]
Jane (daughter), [13], [21], [22]
Margaret (great-granddaughter), [26]
Matthew, Bishop of Ely (uncle), [2], [18]
Matthew (cousin), [18]
Stephen (grandson), [26]
William (great-great-grandfather), [1]
William (third son), [22], [24], [25], [27]
Wren chronology, an attempt at a, [160]
Wren’s House, Chichester, [106]

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FOOTNOTES:

[A] English Leadwork: Its Art and History, chapter vi.

[B] “The Complete Building Accounts of the City Churches (Parochial) designed by Sir Christopher Wren,” Archæologia, vol. lxvi.

[C] A History of Renaissance Architecture in England.

[D] I dealt with this subject in detail some years ago in the Architectural Review.

[E] In Form in Civilization (Oxford University Press), 1922, a volume to be read by everyone, for it contains the ripe judgment on many matters of a very stimulating critic of the part played by architecture in thought and life.

[F] In Wren’s petty cash accounts is the entry: “For a booke on Vitruvius for the use of ye office—£3.”

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