PREFACE

[1] From which the three vignettes in this volume are taken.

[2] Warwickshire Worthies, p. 845. Article by C. Wren Hoskyns, Esq., M.P.

[3] S. Margaret’s, standing close to Pudding Lane, where the Fire of London began in 1666, was the first church consumed. Its site is now occupied by the Monument, and the parish incorporated with that of S. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge.

[4]

Laid under the stone,

For the worms alone,

All mortal pride

Is laid aside. (G. A. D.)

[5] Bishop Andrewes was so well pleased that he ‘sent the moderator (Dr. Meade), the answerer (Mr. M. Wren), the varier, and one of the repliers that were all of his house (i.e. Pembroke), twenty angels apiece.’ Life of Bishop Andrewes, Lib. Anglo-Catholic Theology, p. xxi.