Sir Christopher Wren: His Family and His Times With Original Letters and a Discourse on Architecture Hitherto Unpublished. 1585-1723.

CHAPTER I.

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1585-1636. PAGE Ancestry of the Wrens--Matthew Wren--Travels to Spain with the Prince of Wales--Interview at Winchester House--Bishop Andrewes' Prophecy--Wren made Master of Peterhouse--Bishop of Hereford--Consecration of Abbey Dore--Office of Reconciliation--Foreign Congregations and the Norwich Weavers--Result of 'a Lecturer's' Departure. 3