Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times / With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723.
Lucy Phillimore
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  • Wood, Philip, carvings of, [253–255]
  • Woodward, Dr., [202], [203]
  • Worcester, battle of (1651), [91], [93]
  • ‘Workman, the British,’ [253]
  • Wren, Capt, [161], [162]
  • — Charles, son of Bishop Wren, [161]
  • Wren, Christopher, Dr., birth of, [5];
    • education of, [31];
    • given the living of Fonthill Bishops, [31];
    • of East Knoyle, [31];
    • made Dean of Windsor and Registrar of the Garter, [34];
    • made rector of Great Haseley, [38];
    • building at Windsor for Charles I. designed by, [40];
    • his care for the treasures of the Order of the Garter, [67];
    • letter of, to the Knights of the Garter, [80], [81];
    • death of, [96]
  • Wren, Sir Christopher, birth of, [32];
    • sent to school at Westminster, [41];
    • his Latin letter to his father, [42], [43];
    • goes to Oxford, [73], [74];
    • his life there, [77], [78];
    • his translation of the ‘Clavis Aurea,’ [78], [79];
    • his early Inventions, [88], [89], [90];
    • friendship of, with Evelyn, [93], [94];
    • made Gresham professor of astronomy, [97];
    • his first lecture, [97], [98];
    • discovery of the barometer by, [101];
    • origin of the Royal Society in meetings in his rooms, [124];
    • is made Savilian professor, [125];
    • and doctor of civil laws at Oxford and Cambridge, [126];
    • his letter to Lord Brouncker on Experiments, [126], [127];
    • writes the preamble to the Charter of the Royal Society, [129];
    • declines the commission to direct the fortifications of Tangiers, [132];
    • his designs for the chapel at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, [134];
    • his letter to Dr. Bathurst, [144];
    • his journey abroad, [146];
    • his journal, [149–152];
    • his return to London and inspection of S. Paul’s, [154];
    • his plan for rebuilding the city after the fire, [157], [158], [172], [173];
    • Sancroft’s letters to him as to the patching of S. Paul’s, [166–171];
    • his work at Salisbury Cathedral, [171];
    • letter of, to Faith Coghill, [177];
    • his marriage, [178];
    • rebuilding of the Exchange by, [178];
    • building of Temple Bar by, [178];
    • petition of, to Charles II., [180–182];
    • rebuilding of Bow Church by, [183–184];
    • of S. Christopher-le-Stocks, [184];
    • is made a member of the Honourable Artillery Company, [185];
    • resigns the Savilian astronomy professorship, [186];
    • appointed architect of S. Paul’s, [187];
    • clears away the ruins of old S. Paul’s, [187];
    • his experiment in blowing up the tower with gunpowder, [188];
    • his use of a battering ram, [188];
    • birth of his eldest son, [191];
    • repair of S. Mary-at-Hill by, [191];
    • building of S. Stephen’s, Walbrook, by, [192], [225];
    • knighted by Charles II., [194];
    • rebuilding of Drury Lane by, [196];
    • salary as architect of S. Paul’s, [196];
    • his model for S. Paul’s, [196–198];
    • lays the first stone of S. Paul’s, [200];
    • death of his wife, [203];
    • his second marriage, [203];
    • rebuilding of eight city churches by, [204–207];
    • building of the Monument by, [207];
    • his designs for a monument to Charles I., [209];
    • building of the chapel at Emmanuel College by, [216];
    • of the Observatory at Greenwich, [216];
    • birth of his daughter Jane, [217];
    • rebuilding of five more city churches by, [218], [219];
    • the marking out of the dome of S. Paul’s by, [222];
    • death of his second wife, [226];
    • elected President of the Royal Society, [228];
    • Christ Church gateway built by, [232];
    • All Hallows, Bread Street, rebuilt by, [232];
    • S. Peter’s, Cornhill, and S. Clement Danes rebuilt by, [233];
    • his design for a palace at Winchester, [234], 235;
    • Chelsea Hospital built by, [240];
    • S. James’s, Westminster, built by, [241];
    • Chichester Cathedral repaired by, [245];
    • Fawley Court built by, [245];
    • made Controller of the Works, [246];
    • elected member for Plympton, [247];
    • eight more city churches built by, [248–252];
    • death of his sister Susan, [261];
    • buildings by, erected at Windsor, [264], [265];
    • College of Physicians built by, [265];
    • halls of city companies rebuilt by, [266];
    • Hampton Court palace rebuilt by, [257], [268];
    • scheme of, for Greenwich Palace, [269];
    • his difficulties in placing the organ of S. Paul’s, [273];
    • invention by, of a pulpit on wheels, [280];
    • letter of, to his son in Paris, [282], [283];
    • chosen Grand Master of the Freemasons, [285];
    • Marlborough House built by, [286];
    • S. Dunstan’s-in-the-East repaired by, [287], [288];
    • statement of, as to repairs of Westminster Abbey, [289–293];
    • elected member for Weymouth, [298];
    • death of his daughter Jane, [300];
    • second letter of, to his son, [302], [303];
    • letter of, on church building, [305–313];
    • private houses built by, [317];
    • last stone of S. Paul’s laid by his son, [318];
    • attack on, by S. Paul’s Commissioners, [320];
    • his petition to Queen Anne, [320], [322];
    • his unfulfilled design for east end of S. Paul’s, [324], [325];
    • dismissal of, by George I., from the post of surveyor-general, [329];
    • purchase of Wroxhall Abbey by, [330];
    • his studies and papers in cipher respecting the longitude at sea, [331], [332];
    • his death 333;
    • his burial and monument, [334]
  • Wren Christopher, son of Sir C. Wren, [200], [265], [269], [281], [282], [283], [302], [303], [304], [318], [330]
  • Wren, Francis, [5]