Chapter XI: Appendix

The following is a list of the chief authorities referred to in the
foregoing pages:

ADDISON, C. G.: The Knights Templars.
BAYLISS, T.: The Temple Church.
BEDWELL, C. E. A.: Quarterly Review, 1908.
BELLOT, H.: The Inner and Middle Temple.
DOUTHWAITE: Gray’s Inn, 1886.
DUGDALE, WILLIAM: Origines Juridicales, 1671.
FLETCHER, J.: The Pension Book of Gray’s Inn, 1901.
FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN: De Laudibus Legum.
GOUGH: Sepulchral Monuments.
HERBERT, WILLIAM: Antiquities of the Inns of Court and Chancery, 1804.
INDERWICK, F. C., K.C.: Calendar of the Inner Temple Records.
KELLY, J.: Short History of the English Bar.
LEIGH, GERARD: Accedence of Armorie, 1653.
Lincoln’s Inn, The Black Books of, 1897.
LOFTIE, W. J.: Inns of Court and Chancery, 1895.
MANNINGHAM, JOHN, Diary of, 1868.
Minutes of Parliament of the Middle Temple.
PITT-LEWIS, G.: History of the Temple, 1898.
POLLOCK and MAITLAND: History of English Law.
PULLING, ALEXANDER: The Order of the Coif, 1884.
SPEDDING, JAMES: Life and Letters of Francis Bacon.
SPILSBURY, W. H.: Lincoln’s Inn, 1850.
STOW, JOHN: Survey of London, Ed. Kingsford, 1908.
WHEATLEY, H. B.: Literary Landmarks of London.
WILLIAMS, E.: Staple Inn.

INDEX

Abinger, Lord, 103

Abram, Messrs., shop, 67

Adam, architect, 197, 201

Addison, Joseph, 62, 66

Ainger, Canon, 59

Albert, Prince, 120

Alderson, Edward Hall, 94

Allington, Sir Richard, 183

Ancients. See Benchers

Anson, Sir William, 72

Apprentices at the Law, 5, 6, 9, 12, 17 _ff._, 36, 38, 39, 166, 186-188

Ashburton, Lord, 81

Ashmole, Elias, 81

Asquith, Right Hon. H. H., 93

Atterbury, Bishop, 183

Bacon, 136
Sir Francis, 89, 144-146, 148-152, 155-162
Sir Nicholas, 146, 153, 156

Barebone, Dr., 143

Barnard’s Inn, 102, 173-175

Barristers, Inner, 11 _ff._
Outer, or Utter, 11 _ff._
Roll, 80

Bathurst, Lord, 121

Beaumont, Francis, 89, 152

Benchers, 11 _ff._, 61, 95, 100, 153

Bernasconi, 117

Bettenham, Jeremy, 161

Blackfriars, 108, 109

Blackstone, Sir W., 70, 165

Boswell, James, 87-89

Bolting, 59

Bowen, Lord, 72

Brewer, Dr., 184

Brougham, Lord, 117, 121

Burghley, Lord, 142

Burke, Edmund, 45, 69

Burleigh, Lord, 149

Burnet, Bishop, 183, 184

Butler, Bishop, 183

Butler, Samuel, 57, 163

Byllyng, Sir W., 139

Camden, William, 163

Campbell, Lord, 81, 93, 121
Thomas, 126

Canning, George, 93, 121

Carew, Sir Randolph, 98

Carey Street, 177, 178

Chancery Lane (= Chancellor’s Lane = New Street), 1, 8, 106,
107, 122, 128, 196-199
Old Temple in, 29

Chapman, George, 163

Chaucer, Geoffrey, 37, 64, 104, 105, 191

Chelmsford, Lord, 103

Cheshire Cheese, the, 69

Chester Inn, 180

Chichester, Bishop of, 106, 107

Child’s Bank, 66

Churches, Round, 28, 29, 47

Cibber, Colley, 103

City, the, boundaries of, 6, 7

Clarendon, Lord Chancellor, 80

Clement’s Inn, 95, 177

Clergy excluded from the Courts, 4, 8

Cleveland, John, 163

Clifford’s Inn, 5, 167, 176, 178-180, 198
Kentish Mess, 180

Cobbett, William, 163

Cockburn, Sir Alexander, 81

Coif, the, 192, 195
Order of the, 188, 189

Coke, Sir Edward, 87, 92, 98, 179, 196, 201
Lord, 146

Coleridge, Lord, 72

Colman, George, 121

Colonies, the, and the Inns of Court, 78-80

‘Comedy of Errors,’ the, 150

Coney Garth, 107, 111

Congreve, William, 80

Connaught, H.R.H. the Duke of, 163

Converts, House of the, 181 _ff._

Courts, the Civil, 3, 4

Coverley, Sir Roger de, 162

Cowper, Lord Chancellor, 81
William, 73, 104

Cox, Serjeant, 199

Cromwell, Oliver, 113, 114, 130
Thomas, 163

Crusades, 188
influence of, 2

Cursitor Street, 156

Davey, Lord, 121

Day, Thomas, 60

Denys, Hugh, 140

Despencer, Hugh le, 36

Devereux Court, 35, 82

Devil Tavern, the, 66

Devil’s Own, the, 129 _ff._

Dickens, Charles, 126-128, 169-171, 176
quoted, 46, 82, 83

Disraeli, Benjamin, 121

Donne, Dr., 114 _ff._

Drake, Sir Francis, 78

Eldon, Lord Chancellor, 81, 131, 134

Ellenborough, Lord, 93, 94, 134

Ellesmere, Earl of, 129

Ely, Bishops of, 197

Ely Place, 171

Embankment, the, 67, 74, 94

Erskine, Lord, 121, 133

Essex House, 35
Water Gate, 84
Inn, 35
Street, 29, 35

Evelyn, John, 81

Eyre, Sir James, 146

Faryngdon’s Inn, 198

Feasts and Bevels. See Inns of Court

Fetter Lane, 178, 198

Fielding, Henry, 62, 73

Finch, Sir Heneage, 99, 100

Fire of London, the, 45, 47, 57, 74, 96, 103, 179
of 1678, 59, 73, 81, 96

Fitchett’s Field, 30

Fitzgerald, Edward, quoted, 96
Percy, 176

Fleet Street, 1, 2, 5, 9, 29-31, 44, 65, 102, 178, 196
No. 16, 45
No. 17, 45

Ford, John, 80

Fresco by Watts, 120

Furnival’s Inn, 122, 175, 176

Gainsborough, 113

Gardiner, Bishop, 146

Gascoigne, George, 163
Sir William, 163

Gauden, Dr. John, 58

Gibbons, Grinling, 102

Gifford, Robert, M.R., 81

Gladstone, W. E., 121

Goldsmith, Oliver, 62, 65, 69-72, 104, 163

Goldsmith’s grave, 71

Goldsmith, Sir Francis, 185

‘_Gorboduc_,’ 99

Gordon Riots, 131, 132

Grant, Sir William, 133

Gray, Earl de, 108

Gray’s Inn, 6, 70, 87, 89, 108, 135 _ff._, 195
Ancients of, 153
and Barnard’s Inn, 173-175
and Francis Bacon, 148 _ff._
and Queen Elizabeth, 146-152
and Shakespeare, 148, 150
and Staple Inn, 172
arms of, 160
buildings of, 142 _ff._
Chapel, 144, 154, 155
Field Court, 159
Fields, 136
Fullwood’s Rents, 162
Gardens, 159 _ff._
Gateways, 143, 144
Hall, 144 _ff._
Lane, 136, 143
Library, 144, 145
masques and plays at, 148 _ff._
moots received at, 21
origin of, 137-142
pensions and pensioners of, 153
Raymond Buildings, 159
Road, 145, 158
rookery in, 161
South Square, 143 _ff._, 157, 159
Square, 143, 155, 156
surroundings of, 135, 136
Verulam Buildings, 158, 159
Walks, 162

Grenville, George, 93

Grey Friars, the, 137

Greys, the, of Wilton, 137 _ff._

Griffith, Henry, 147

Grimthorpe, Lord, 112, 118

Hale, Sir Matthew, 98, 118, 167, 179

Hallam, Henry, 80

Halls of the Inns, 11 _ff._

Hampden, John, 162

Harcourt, Sir Simon, 98

Hardwick, Philip, 118, 119, 128

Hatton, Sir C., 25

Havelock, Sir Henry, 81

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 135

Heath, C. J., 130

Heber, Bishop, 116

Herring, Archbishop, 116

Hogarth, William, 76, 104, 118, 126

Holborn, 8, 131, 135, 144, 195
Bars, 6, 7, 29, 31
Bridge, 108

Hooker, bust of, 55
Dr. John, 58

Hullock, Sir John, 146

Inner Temple. See Temple Lane, 87, 89, 92

Inns of Chancery, 9, 18
dissolution of, 167
monopolized by attorneys, 167
origin of, 165 _ff._
relation of Inns of Court to, 166-168.
See Barnard’s Inn, Clement’s Inn, Clifford’s Inn, Furnival’s Inn,
Lyon’s Inn, New Inn, Staple Inn, Strand Inn, Thavie’s Inn

Inns of Court, 61-64, 75, 106, 142
and the Colonies, 79, 80
a University of Law, 8-11, 16
an aristocratic University, 16, 17
buildings of, 73
degrees, discipline, and customs of, 11-26
Feastings, Revels, and Post-Revels, 13, 22-26, 77, 98, 117, 192, 193
Guilds of Study, 9, 10, 17
Halls, 23-26
homes of literature, 19 _ff._
Irish Law-students at the Inns of Court, 20
masques and plays performed at, 24-26, 65, 77, 89, 148 _ff._, 192
origin of, 2 _ff._
Parliaments of, 153, 154
position of, 163, 164
relation of, to Inns of Chancery, 165-168
Volunteers, 129 _ff._

Ireton, Commissary, 130

Jeffreys, Lord Chancellor, 55, 80, 101

Jessel, Sir George, 185

Jews, House of the Converted, 181 _ff._

Johnson, Dr., 62, 65-67, 69, 87-89, 173

Jones, Inigo, 45, 114, 115, 122, 127, 175
Lieutenant-General, 130
Sir William, 60

Jonson, Ben, 66, 112, 113, 142

Kenealy, Dr., 163

Kentish Mess (Clifford’s Inn), 180

King Charles I., 25, 76, 99, 129, 130, 146, 152
Charles II., 127, 141, 146
Edward I., 33
Ordinance of, 4, 186
Edward II., 34-36
Edward VII., 85
George II., 98
George III., 133
Henry II., 30
Henry III., 33, 181
Ordinance of, 8
Henry VII., 111
Henry VIII., 112
James I., 40, 89, 100, 136
patent of, 41
James II., 146
John, 33
William III., 98

King’s Bench Walk, 94

Kingsley, Charles, 121

Kinlosse, Lord, 183

Knights Hospitallers (Order of St. John), 34-36, 39, 40, 47, 58, 98

Knights Templars. See Templars, Knights

Lamb, Charles, 29, 59, 65, 82, 87, 89-95, 159

Lambeth Palace, 112

Lancaster, Thomas, Earl of, 35, 39, 40, 110

Law Courts, the, 1, 3, 8, 30, 118, 177, 178

Leicester, Earl of, 91

Leigh, Gerard, 99

Lincoln, Earl of, 107 _ff._

Lincoln’s Inn, 6, 20, 29, 107 _ff._, 167
Buildings, 111 _ff._
Chapel, 113-117
Chaplain of, 114-116
custom at, 187
Fields, 122-128, 131
No. 13 (Soane Museum), 124-126
fresco, by Watts, 120, 121
Gateway, 111-113, 130
Library, 113, 118
New Hall, 118-122
Square, 122
Old Buildings, 113
Hall, 117, 118
origin of, 107-111
Revels at, 117
Stone Buildings, 118, 128, 129

Linge, Bernard van, 116

Lockwood, Sir Frank, 94, 121

London County Council, 45, 67

London, growth of, 1, 136

Louvres, 23, 24, 76, 117

Lovell, Sir Thomas, 111, 112

Lushington, Stephen, 94

Lyon’s Inn, 176

Lyte, Sir Henry Maxwell, 183

Lyttleton, Edward, Lord, 92, 130
Sir Thomas, 92, 98

Macaulay, Lord, 157

Mackworth, Dr. John, 173

Macnaghten, Lord, 121

Mandeville, Geoffrey, effigy of, 54

Manningham, John, diary of, 77

Mansfield, Lord, C.J., 81, 103, 121, 131

Masque of Flowers, the, 152

Masques and Plays, 24-26, 65, 89, 148 _ff._

Matthews, Sir Philip, 141

Maule, Sir John, 93

Mercers’ Company, the, 175

Micklethwaite, Dr., 58

Middle Temple. See Temple, Middle
Lane, 67, 74

Midsummer Night’s Dream, 148

Milford Lane, 84

Molyneux Globes, 79

Moots, 11 _ff._

More, Sir Thomas, 122, 175, 181

Museum, Sir John Soane, 124-126
Record Office, 183, 184

Nethersale, John, 118

Neville, Sir Thomas, 142

New Inn, 40, 181

Norths, the, 81

Norton, Thomas, 65, 99

O’Connell, Daniel, 20, 121

‘Old Curiosity Shop,’ the, 126-128

Ossulston, Manor of, 137

Overbury, Sir Thomas, 80

Parvis, the, of St. Paul’s, 191

Paston Letters, the, 139

Paulet, Sir Amias, 66

Pembroke, Earl of, 35, 36
Earls of, effigies of, 53

Penn, William, 121

Perceval, 121

Petyt, Sylvester, 102
William, 102

Pitt, William, 113, 121

Plays. See Inns of Court, Masques

Plowden, Edmund, 80
Monument, 56

Poland, Sir Harry, 101

Pollocks, the, 81, 100

Portpool, Manor of, 137, 140, 141
Market, 171

Portsmouth, Duchess of, 127
Street, 127

Post-Revels. See Inns of Court, Feasts, etc.

Praed, W. M., 69

Prudential Assurance Company, 169, 170, 172, 175, 176

Prynne, John, 25
William, 117, 121

Pym, John, 77, 163

Queen Anne, 98
Caroline, 98
Elizabeth, 25, 78, 146-152
Mary, 98
Victoria, 6, 119, 184

Quincey, Thomas de, 80

Raleigh, Sir Walter, 78, 160

Raymond, Lord, 146

Rayner, C. J., 121

Readers, 12 _ff._

Readerships, revived, 20

Readings, 11 _ff._

Record Office, the Public, 80, 179, 182-185
Museum of the, 183, 184

Red Cross Knights. _See_ Templars Lion Fields, 143

Revels. See Inns of Court

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 69

Robes of the Bar, 193, 194

Rogers, Samuel, 93

Rolls Chapel, 182-185
Monuments, 183
Master of the, 182 _ff._

Romilly, Sir Samuel, 132, 136

Roo, John, 150

Rupert, Prince, 100

Russell, Lord, 72, 121

Sackville, Thomas, 65, 99

Savoy, the, 36

Scott, Sir G., 118

Scrope’s Inn, 108, 195

Scropes, Le, the, 108, 195, 196

Selden, John, 87, 93, 167, 179
grave of, 55

Serjeants, the, 12, 13, 186 _ff._
Abolition of the Order of, 194, 195
the, at St. Paul’s, 190, 191
Feasts, 192, 193
Inn (Chancery Lane), 178, 179, 197-199
Inn (Fleet Street), 92, 196, 197
Inns, 12, 195 _ff._
Robes of the, 193, 194

Shadwell, William, 80

Shakespeare, William, 42, 43, 75, 148, 150
at the Temple, 24
‘Twelfth Night,’ 77, 78

Shene, Convent of, 141

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 20

Shirley, James, 153

Shoe Lane, 108

Sidney, Sir Philip, 162

Skipworth, W., 139

Smirke, Sir Robert, 198
Sydney, 96

Soane, Sir John, Museum, 124-126

Solicitors excluded from the Inns of Court, 166

Somers, Lord Chancellor, 81

Somerset, Earl of, 152
House, 181

Southey, Robert, 163

Spedding, James, 96, 149, 151, 160

Spenser, Edmund, 68, 69

St. Anne, Chapel of. See Temple

St. Dunstan’s Church, 178

St. George’s Inn. See New Inn

St. James’s Palace, 112

St. John, Oliver, 130
Order of. See Knights Hospitallers

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 56, 67, 137
the Serjeants and, 189-191, 195

St. Thomas, Chapel of. See Temple
Knights of, 190

Staple Inn, 87, 137, 169-173

Stapleton Inn, 35

Steele, Richard, 66

Stowell, Lord, 81

Strand Inn, 180
the, 35, 177

Strange, Sir John, 183

Street, 30, 178
Architect, 1

Sundials (Temple), 72, 73, 81 _n._, 95, 96

Swift, Dean, 66

Taylor, Sir Robert, 128
Tom, 90, 91

Templars, the Knights, 1, 2, 27 _ff._, 48, 98, 106, 171
and the Serjeants, 188, 189
badge of the, 31, 32
customs of, 97
decadence and dissolution of the Order of the, 33 _ff._
effigies of, 46, 51-55
origin of the Order, 27, 28
settlement in England, 28 _ff._

Temple, the, 29, 110
a place of sanctuary, 60, 61
attacked by Wat Tyler’s men, 36

Temple Bar, 6-8
Chapel of St. Thomas, 59, 189, 200
Church, the, 44-59, 71, 74, 97
Chapel of St. Anne, 48, 189
dedication of the, 30, 31
description of, 46-56
Master of the, 57-59
Master’s House, 47, 57, 58
Cloisters, 59, 60
Flower Show, 94
Gardens, 6, 42, 43
buildings, 74

Temple, Inner, 6, 37, 86 _ff._ See Clifford’s Inn and Temple, Templars
Benchers’ Garden, 196
characteristics of the, 86, 87
charter of the, 40, 41
Clock Tower, 97
Cloister Court, 60
crest of the, 31, 32
Crown Office Row, 89-91
Farrar’s Buildings, 89
Feasts, 192
Fig-tree Court, 73, 93, 94
Garden, 94, 95
gateway, 1, 44, 45
Gordon Rioters at, 132
Hall, 38, 59, 65, 76, 96-99, 101
Harcourt Buildings, 74
Hare Court, 68, 89, 92, 93, 101
Johnson’s Buildings, 44, 87
King’s Bench Walk, 87, 91, 102-104
Library, 96, 101, 102
Mitre Court, 89, 92
Buildings, 91, 92
Paper Buildings, 89 _ff._, 93, 102
Parliament, 18
rebuilding of, 96
Revels at, 98 _ff._
solicitors excluded from, 166
sundial, Temple Gardens, 95
Tanfield Court, 97
Treasurer’s House, 97
Irishmen at the, 20
Lane, 102
lawyers first mentioned in, 37, 38

Temple, Middle, 6, 37 _ff._, 45, 64 _ff._, 131. See Temple, Templars
Brick Court, 68 _ff._, 90
sundial in, 72
Charter of, 40, 41
crest of the, 31, 32
Elizabethan sailors, 78
Elm Court, 71
Buildings, 74
Essex Court, 81
sundial, 81 _n._
Fountain, 75, 82-84
(or Hall) Court, 76
Garden Court, 70, 84
Gardens, 84
gateways, 1, 65 _ff._, 74
Goldsmith Buildings, 44, 71, 89
Hall, 38, 68, 69, 74 _ff._
Lamb Building, 60
Library, 84, 85
Little Gateway, 82
New Court, 82
Parliaments of, 154
Plowden Buildings, 74, 84
Pump Court, 73, 74
sundial in, 73
Rookery, 71, 72
Vine Court, 74

Temple, New, site of the, 29-31
Outer, 35
Refectory of the Priests, 59
Stairs, 67
St. Dunstan, 66
the Old, 171
Treasure House, 33, 34

Temple, ‘Twelfth Night,’ 24

Temples (Round Churches of the Templars), 28, 29

Thackeray, W. M., quoted, 4, 60-63, 69, 71, 90, 176

Thames, Embankment, 67, 74, 94
River, 9, 29, 30, 67, 68, 74

Thavie’s Inn, 5, 39, 176

Theobald’s Road, 136, 159

Thomson, Archbishop, 116

Thurloe, --, 113

Thurlow, Edward, Lord Chancellor, 93, 94

Titus Gates, 7, 8

Torrigiano, 183

Turnstiles, the, 123

Turton, Sir John, 146

Tyler, Wat, Rebellion, 36

Valence, Aymer de, 35, 36

Virginia, 78

Walpole, Horace, 121

Warburton, Bishop, 116

Warren, Samuel, 104

Watts, G. F., fresco by, 120, 121

Wellesley, Lord, 117

Westbury, Lord Chancellor, 21

Whitefriars, 29

Whitelock, Bulstrode, 130

Willes, C.J., 131, 194

William IV., mandate of, 194

Wine Office Court, 69

Wither, George, 121

Wolsey, Cardinal, 112, 150

Wren, Sir Christopher, 2, 59, 65, 82, 87 _n._, 103
Temple Bar, 7

Wycherley, William, 80

Yelverton, Sir C., 139, 146

Young, Dr., 183

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] ‘Survey of London.’

[2] Dugdale, ‘Origines Juridiciales.’

[3] Fortescue, ‘De Laudibus Legum.’

[4] Bedwell, _Quarterly Review_, October, 1908.

[5] Strype.

[6] Pollock and Maitland, ‘History of English Law,’ vol. i., p. 102.

[7] See my ‘Story of Oxford,’ chap. iv.

[8] Kelly, ‘Short History of the English Bar.’

[9] ‘The Glory of Generosity,’ quoted by Herbert, ‘Aniquities of the Inns of Court.’

[10] Kelly, p. 56.

[11] Kelly, p. 127.

[12] Bellot, ‘Inner and Middle Temple,’ p. 36.

[13] Dugdale.

[14] MS. cited by Addison, ‘Knights Templars,’ p. 348.

[15] ‘History of the Temple,’ pp. 64-67.

[16] See Hutchinson, ‘Minutes of Parliament of Middle Temple,’ vol. i., p. 12.

[17] An excellent little brochure on No. 17, Fleet Street, is published by the L.C.C., and obtainable in ‘Prince Henry’s Council Chamber.’

[18] The site is marked by seven large stone slabs. Outside the north door of the old Hall stood the Chapel of St. Thomas. It was connected with the Cloisters, and thereby with the Chapel of St. Anne or with the present main entrance of the Temple Church. Indications of the old cloister are traceable in the present Buttery and the ancient chamber beneath it. The walls of this chamber are of rubble and Kentish rag, and the ceiling is supported by groined arches. Its floor is on the same level as that of the ancient Church. There is an open fireplace of later date. Mr. Inderwick takes this room to have been the old “Refectory of the Priests.”

[19] ‘The Temple Church.’

[20] _Cf._ ‘The Inns of Court and Chancery’ (W. J. Loftie).

[21] ‘Origines Juridiciales.’

[22] ‘Sepulchral Monuments,’ vol. i., pp. 24, 50.

[23] Gough, ‘Sepulchral Monuments.’

[24] Raised 2 feet in 1908, but otherwise unaltered.

[25] Can only be visited by obtaining an order. It would be gracious of the Benchers to relax this restriction.

[26] Bellot, ‘Inner and Middle Temple.’

[27] Thackeray, ‘Pendennis.’

[28] ‘Pendennis.’ Before migrating to No. 2, Brick Court, William Makepeace Thackeray lived at 10, Crown Office Row, probably sharing chambers, which have since disappeared, with Tom Taylor.

[29] ‘Middle Temple Records.’

[30] ‘Life of Wolsey.’

[31] Bellot, p. 269.

[32] ‘English Humourists.’

[33] See Irving, ‘Goldsmith.’

[34] Wheatley, ‘Literary Landmarks of London.’

[35] Vol. v., p. 231.

[36] Restored 1903.

[37] ‘Diary of John Manningham, of the Middle Temple.’

[38] _Quarterly Review_, October, 1908; _Green Bag_, April, 1908.

[39] Upon the seventeenth-century block, which it replaced, there used to be a sundial, which has disappeared. Perhaps its motto, ‘Vestigia nulla retrorsum,’ was deemed too generous a warning against entering upon the perilous paths of litigation.

[40] Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit.’

[41] Those of Nos. 4 and 5 are attributed to Sir Christopher Wren.

[42] His portrait, by Van Somer, hangs in the Hall.

[43] Inderwick, ‘Inner Temple Records,’ vol. ii., p. lxii.

[44] Inderwick, ‘Inner Temple Records,’ vol. i., p. xxiv. _Cf._ p. 48, _supra_.

[45] Bellot.

[46] The last occasion of a Revel taking place in the Halls of the Inns of Court was upon the elevation of Mr. Talbot to the woolsack (1734). Then, after dinner, the Benchers all assembled in the Great Hall of the Inner Temple, and a large ring having been formed round the fireplace, the Master of the Revels took the Lord Chancellor by the hand, who with his left took Mr. Justice Page, and the other serjeants and benchers being joined together, all danced about the fireplace three times, while the ancient song, ‘Round about our Coal Fire,’ accompanied by music, was sung by the Comedian, Tony Aston, dressed as a barrister. This song of the House has unfortunately been lost.

[47] Bellot, ‘Inner and Middle Temple,’ p. 49.

[48] _Notes and Queries_, April 2, 1892.

[49] Duchy of Lancaster, Ancient Deeds, L, 137; Close Rolls, 14 Edward I., M, 2d.

[50] Quoted by Stow.

[51] Loftie, p. 53.

[52] Dugdale.

[53] ‘Life of Dr. Donne,’ by Izaak Walton.

[54] ‘Black Book of Lincoln’s Inn.’

[55] _Ibid._

[56] Loftie.

[57] Cf. _Daily Telegraph_, January 4, 1909.

[58] Kelly, ‘Short History of the English Bar.’

[59] Stow, vol. i., p. 11; ed. Kingsford.

[60] Douthwaite, ‘Notes on Gray’s Inn,’ 1876.

[61] Luttrell’s ‘Diary,’ June 10, 1684, quoted by Douthwaite.

[62] Douthwaite, p. 175.

[63] Enumerated by Douthwaite, ‘Gray’s Inn,’ 1886, and, with plates, by Dugdale.

[64] _Cf._ Professor A. V. Dicey, in the _Nineteenth Century_, September, 1903.

[65] Spedding, ‘Life and Letters of Francis Bacon.’

[66] Halliwell-Phillipps, ‘Outlines of the Life of Shakespeare,’ p. 104.

[67] _Op. cit._, vol. i., p. 342.

[68] ‘Master Worsley’s Book’--Observations on the Constitution, etc., of the Middle Temple. Written, 1733.

[69] To commemorate the centenary of this date a bronze statue of the Philosopher is shortly to be placed in the centre of the grass plot in South Square.

[70] W. J. Broderip, _Fraser’s Magazine_, 1857.

[71] _Cf._ _Edinburgh Review_, vol. cxxxiv., p. 488.

[72] ‘Calendar of Inner Temple Records,’ vol. i., p. xiii.

[73] Historical MSS. Commission, XII., part i., vol. i., p. 60.

[74] By a charter of Edward IV., 1463, the Staple of wools was set at Leadenhall.

[75] _Cf._ ‘Staple Inn,’ by E. Williams, F.R.G.S., p. 100.

[76] Douthwaite, p. 257.

[77] _Notes and Queries_, April 2, 1892.

[78] A full descriptive catalogue, drawn up by Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte, is obtainable at the Public Record Office.

[79] ‘Black Books of Lincoln’s Inn,’ vol. i., p. xxxix.

[80] See Serjeant Pulling, ‘The Order of the Coif.’

[81] _Notes and Queries_, April 2, 1892.

[82] Fetter Lane is said to be derived from ‘Fewters,’ as the abode of vagrants, cheats, and fortune-tellers.