CHAPTER XIV. LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS.

The Earl of Lincoln’s Garden--The Headless Chancellor-- Spelman a late Ripener--Denham and Wither--Lord Lyndhurst--Warburton and Heber--Ben Jonson the Bricklayer--A Murder in Whetstone Park--The Dangers of Lincoln’s Inn Fields--Shelter in St. John’s Wood--Lord William Russell--A Brave Wife--Pelham--The Caricature of a Duke--Wilde and Best--Lindsey House--The Dukes of Ancaster--Skeletons--Lady Fanshawe--Lord Kenyon’s Latin--The Belzoni Sarcophagus--Sir John Soane--Worthy Mrs. Chapone--The Duke’s House--Betterton--Mrs. Bracegirdle--A Riot--Rich’s Pantomime--The Jump pp. 387-442

APPENDIX pp. 443-465

INDEX pp. 467-476

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

TEMPLE BAR, 1761, from a drawing by S. Wale. The view is taken from the City side of the Bar, looking through the arch to Butcher Row and St. Clement’s Church. The sign projecting from the house to the spectator’s left is that of the famous Devil Tavern _Vignette on Title_

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OLD HOUSES, SHIP YARD, TEMPLE BAR, circa 1761, from a plate in Wilkinson’s _Londina Illustrata_ 4

THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW. From the picture by Hogarth 19

TEMPLE BAR, 1746, copied from an undated print published soon after the execution of the rebel adherents of the young Pretender. The view is surrounded by an emblematic framework, and contains representations of the heads of Townley and Fletcher, remarkable as the last so exposed; they remained there till 1772 23

ST. CLEMENT’S CHURCH AND THE STRAND IN 1753, from a print by I. Maurer 25

TWO VIEWS OF ARUNDEL HOUSE, 1646, after Hollar. These views, unique of their kind, are particularly valuable for the clear idea they give of a noble London mansion of the period. Arundel House retains many ancient features, particularly in its dining-hall, which, with the brick residence for the noble owner, is the only dignified portion of the building. The rest has the character of an inn-yard--a mere collection of ill-connected outhouses and stabling. The shed with the tall square window in the roof was the depository of the famous collection of pictures and antiques made by the renowned Earl, part of which still forms the Arundel Collection at Oxford 40, 41

PENN’S HOUSE, NORFOLK STREET, 1749, from a view by J. Buck. The view is taken from the river, looking up Norfolk Street to a range of old houses, still standing, in the Strand. Penn’s house was the last on the west side of the street (to the spectator’s left), overlooking the water 55

SOMERSET HOUSE FROM THE RIVER, 1746, from an engraving by I. Knyff. Upon a barge moored in the river is seen the famous coffee-house known as “The Folly,” which, originally used as a musical summer-house, ended in being the resort of depravity 56

STRAND FRONT OF SOMERSET HOUSE, 1777, from a large engraving after I. Moss 80

JACOB TONSON’S BOOK-SHOP, 1742, from an etching by Benoist. The shop of this famous bibliopole was opposite Catherine Street. The view is obtained from the background of the print representing a burlesque procession of Masons, got up by some humourist in ridicule of the craft 82

OLD HOUSES IN THE STRAND, 1742, copied from the same print as the preceding view. These houses stood on the site of the present Wellington Street 104

THE SAVOY, FROM THE THAMES, IN 1650, after Hollar 106

THE SAVOY CHAPEL, from an original drawing 119

THE SAVOY PRISON, 1793, from an etching by J. T. Smith 125

DURHAM HOUSE, 1790, from an etching by J. T. Smith 126

THE WATER GATE, 1860, from a Sketch 133

YORK STAIRS AND SURROUNDING BUILDINGS, circa 1745, after an original drawing by Canaletti in the British Museum. This is one of the few interesting views of Old London sketched by Canaletti during his short stay in England. It comprises the famous water-gate designed by Inigo Jones, and the tall wooden tower of the York Buildings Water Company. The large mansion behind this (at the south-west corner of Buckingham Street) was that inhabited by Pepys from 1684, and in which he entertained the members of the Royal Society during his presidency. The house at the opposite corner (seen above the trees) is that in which the Czar Peter the Great resided for some time, when he visited England for instruction in shipbuilding 144

CROCKFORD’S FISH-SHOP, from an original sketch 146

THE OLD ROMAN BATH, from a drawing 169

EXETER CHANGE, 1821, from an etching by Cooke 188

TITUS OATES IN THE PILLORY, from an anonymous contemporary Dutch engraving 190

THE KING’S MEWS, 1750, from a print by I. Maurer. This building, erected in 1732 at the expense of King George II., was pulled down in 1830. In the foreground of this view the King is represented returning to his carriage after inspecting his horses 238

BARRACK AND OLD HOUSES on the site of Trafalgar Square in 1826, from an original sketch by F. W. Fairholt. The view is taken from St. Martin’s Church, looking toward Pall Mall; the building in the distance, to the left, is the College of Physicians 239

OLD SLAUGHTER’S COFFEE-HOUSE, 1826, from an original sketch by F. W. Fairholt 260

SALISBURY AND WORCESTER HOUSES IN 1630, from a drawing by Hollar in the Pepysian Library, Cambridge 262

LYON’S INN, 1804, from an engraving in Herbert’s _History of the Inns of Court_ 286

CRAVEN HOUSE, 1790, from an original drawing in the British Museum 287

DRURY LANE THEATRE, 1806, from an original drawing by Pugin. This was the _third_ theatre, succeeding Garrick’s. It was built by Henry Holland, opened March 12, 1794, and burnt down Feb. 24, 1809. It was never properly finished on the side toward Catherine Street, where this view was taken 347

CHURCH LANE AND DYOT STREET, from an original sketch by F. W. Fairholt 349

THE SEVEN DIALS, from an original sketch by F. W. Fairholt 386

LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS THEATRE IN 1821, from an original sketch by F. W. Fairholt 387

THE BLACK JACK, Portsmouth Street, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, from an original sketch by F. W. Fairholt. This public-house was the resort of the actors from the theatre, and among them Joe Miller, who was buried in the graveyard close by, where the hospital now stands. The house was also frequented by Jack Sheppard, and was sometimes termed “The Jump,” from the circumstance of his having once jumped from one of the first-floor windows to escape from officers of justice 441

HAUNTED LONDON.