[2] Evelyn’s “Account of Architects and Architecture.”
[3] See a communication from Mr. Walter L. Spiers to the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 10th Dec. 1908, where a short pedigree is given.
[4] “As appears by his name over the gate.”
[5] It was, however, John Smithson’s son, Huntingdon, who died in 1648. John Smithson died in 1634.
[6] “A Relation of a Short Survey of 26 Counties observed in a seven weekes Journey begun on August 11, 1634, by a Captain, a Lieutenant, and an Ancient.”
[7] “Lives of the British Architects,” by E. Beresford Chancellor.
[8] It is true that his spelling, especially that of the notes in his sketch-book, is eccentric, even for those days.
[9] “Cal. State Papers, Domestic,” Sept. 2, 1611.
[10] John Webb, in his “Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored” (1725), p. 119, says he resided “many years” in Italy, especially at Venice. This refers to his first visit. He was back in England before Twelfth Night, 1605, as he designed the “Masque of Blackness,” which was produced on that day. (See Peter Cunningham’s “Life of Inigo Jones.”)
[11] Peter Cunningham’s “Life of Inigo Jones,” p. 6.