[767]. Reproduced here.
[768]. Reproduced here.
[769]. See licence to alienate granted in Patent Roll, 9 Elizabeth (1038).
[771]. See pardon for alienation granted in Patent Roll, 30 Elizabeth (1321).
[772]. Information kindly supplied by the City of London Corporation.
[773]. A. E. Richardson’s Monumental Classic Architecture.
[774]. A copy is in the County Hall collection.
[775]. It was the last of several designs prepared for a Select Committee of the House of Commons who engaged in deliberating on the improvements to the Port, including a new London Bridge. The view shows two bridges of six arches each, with a drawbridge in the centre intended for the passage of ships. Between the bridges flights of steps lead down to the river. The two large areas beyond the bridges are terminated by crescents. The Monument stands in the chord of the northern crescent, and a large obelisk in that of the southern.
[776]. Inquisitiones Post Mortem, Chas. I. (765), 37.