Chapter XII: Riverside Middlesex From Fulham to Hampton Court (2)

In the reign of James I. the most important event that took place at Hampton Court was the meeting of the conference between the representatives of the Established Church and the Presbyterians, at which the king was said by the former to have greatly distinguished himself by his eloquence, whilst the latter dwelt angrily on his plausible duplicity, that really had a good deal to do with the inauguration of the troubles that finally brought his son to the scaffold. As is well known, Charles I. greatly loved Hampton Court; he was there for a short time after his accession with his newly wedded queen, then a mere child, and it was there, too, many years afterwards, that he had his last real intercourse with his children, who, as already related, were often allowed to visit him when they were living at Sion House under the care of the guardian appointed by the Parliament. Thence, alarmed by rumours of a plot against his life, the unfortunate king escaped on November 11, 1647, first to Oatlands and then to the Isle of Wight.

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Whilst he was Lord Protector of England, Cromwell often resided at Hampton Court; in its chapel his beloved daughter Mary was married in 1657 to Viscount Falconbridge, and in one of its rooms her sister, Mrs. Claypole, died in 1658, after a short illness, to the bitter grief of her father, who had her body taken by river to Westminster, to be buried with almost regal pomp in Westminster Abbey. Her loss was indeed the death-blow of the harassed ruler, for though he lived three months longer he was never the same again. He was removed in a dying state from Hampton Court to Whitehall, and after he had passed away it was decided that the palace should be sold and its contents dispersed. Fortunately, however, the historic building escaped that fate, but though it was several times occupied by Charles II. and James II., it was not until the accession of William III. that it again played any important part in the history of England. From the first the newly elected monarch and his wife showed a very special predilection for their estate at Hampton, and Sir Christopher Wren was soon commissioned to add to the palace an extensive group of buildings that now, with the great hall of Henry VIII., form its most important features. Unfortunately Wren's alterations necessitated the pulling down of two of Wolsey's courts, that had been spared by the cardinal's royal supplanter, but in spite of this it must be conceded that the famous architect triumphantly achieved a most difficult task, for the magnificent state apartments designed by him, though in a totally different style from that of the {303} earlier buildings, are yet not out of harmony with them.

Later, the grounds were as completely transformed as the Tudor palace itself had been. The fine terrace known as the Broad Walk was made, many new fountains were added to those already in the gardens, the still popular Maze or Labyrinth was planted, the beautiful gate called the Flower-Pot--from the baskets of flowers upheld by boys on the stone piers flanking it--was erected, and the yet more effective wrought-iron screens designed by Jean Tijou, a Frenchman in the employ of Sir Christopher Wren, recently, after various wanderings, restored to their original position, were set up at the riverside end of what is known as the Priory Garden, separating it from the towing-path.

Soon after their first arrival at Hampton Court William and Mary received as their guest the Princess Anne, daughter of the exiled James II., who had been married in 1683 to Prince George of Denmark. As heir-presumptive of the English throne, the princess was very cordially disliked by the king and queen, whose jealousy was greater than ever when, on July 4, 1689, she gave birth to a son, the Duke of Gloucester. The boy was baptized in the chapel of Hampton Court, William III. standing godfather, but the child died in 1700, two years before his mother became queen. As was not unnatural, considering all that she had suffered there, Anne cared little for Hampton Court, preferring her palaces at Kensington and Windsor, but she commissioned the painter Verrio and the sculptor Grinling Gibbons to {304} supplement the already lavish decorations with ceiling paintings and mural carvings. Her successors, George I. and George II., on the other hand, were very fond of the palace, but they left it much as they found it, except that the former had the ceiling of the state bedchamber painted by Sir James Thornhill.

It was in the reign of George III., who never resided at Hampton Court, that the famous Black Hamburgh vine, the largest in England, was planted, and it was the same monarch who first turned the palace to account by assigning apartments in it to people of rank and distinction, to whom for one reason or another he wished to show favour. Since then, though it has never again been the abode of royalty, it has been the scene of many gatherings of celebrities. At one time, for instance, it was the home of the Countess of Mornington, mother of the great Duke of Wellington and the astute statesman Lord Wellesley, and in it lived for several years Mrs. Tom Sheridan, daughter-in-law of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, one of whose daughters was the Queen of Beauty at the Eglinton Tournament of 1839, and another the wife of the Marquis of Dufferin, whose son, the late Lord Dufferin and Ava, became Viceroy of India.

It was in 1838 that Queen Victoria decided to admit all her subjects free of fee to the state apartments and grounds of her palace at Hampton, a generous policy, the wisdom of which has been conclusively proved by the ever-increasing numbers of those who show their appreciation of the fine works {305} of art preserved in the galleries and their delight in the beauty of the grounds. The grand old demesne is indeed a notable witness to the continuity of the present with the past, and to the close union between the people and their rulers, that in spite of the growth of democracy is still distinctive of England, and is her best hope for the future.

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In addition to the many standard works on London as a whole, including those by Sir Walter Besant, Edward Walford, James Thorne, G. E. Mitton, and others, the author of the present volume has consulted William Howitt's _Northern Heights of London_; _The Records of Hampstead_, edited by F. E. Baines; _The Hampstead Annals; The Transactions of the Antiquarian and Historical Society of Hampstead; Wyldes and its Story_, by Mrs. Arthur Wilson; Harrow, by J. Fischer Williams; _Epping Forest_, by Edward North Buxton; _Chislehurst Caves and Dene Holes_, by W. G. Nicholls; _The History and Antiquities of Richmond, Kew, Petersham, and Ham_, by G. Beresford Chancellor; _Ham House_, by Dr. Williamson; _Bygone Putney_, by Ernest Hammond; _The History of Hampton Court_, by Ernest Law; supplementing them by the collection of recent information on the spot in the various districts treated.

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INDEX

ABBEY WOOD, 92.
Aberdeen, Lord, 46.
Abershaw, Jerry, 204.
Abney, Sir Thomas, 33.
Aconzio, Giacomo, 93.
Acton, 277.
Adam, Robert, 283.
Addington, 142.
Addington, Henry, 219.
Addiscombe, 143.
Addison, 14, 33, 194.
Ælffic, 152, 153.
Æthelbricht, King of Kent, 198.
Æthelred, King, 208.
Ainger, Canon, 21.
Airey, Sir George, 114.
Akenside, Dr., 15.
Alcock, Thomas, 157.
Aldborough Hatch, 72, 73.
Alfred, King, 100, 101, 124, 208.
Algar, Earl, 295.
Alleyn, Edward, 131, 132, 133.
Allingham, William, 18.
Amelia, Princess, 260, 261, 277.
Amelia, Queen, 256.
Anerley, 135.
Angoulême, Duchesse d', 22.
Anjou, Margaret of, 229.
Anne of Bohemia, 120, 228.
Anne of Cleves, 104, 117, 130, 234, 299.
Anne of Denmark, 108.
Anne, Princess, 242, 283, 287, 303.
Anne, Queen, 111, 163, 167, 225, 271.
Antraigues, Count d', 195.
Aragon, Katharine of, 59, 86, 103, 232, 233, 245, 266, 286.
Archer, Lady, 195.
Argyll, Duke of, 264.
Arran, Earl of, 249.
Arthur, Prince, 232, 266.
Arundel, Archbishop, 149.
Arundel, Earl of, 161.
Ashurst, Sir William, 35.
Athelstan, King, 192, 263, 265.
Atterbury, Bishop, 33.
Atterbury, Dr., 33, 39.
Aubrey, Lord, 152.
Auckland, Lord, 130.
Audley, Lord, 116.
Aulus Plautius, 138.
Aylmer, John, 95.

BACON, LORD FRANCIS, 33, 132, 149, 286.
Baillie, Agnes, 17.
Baillie, Joanna, 17.
Baker, Sir Richard, 33.
Banstead, 165-171.
Barbauld, Rochemond, 36.
Barking, 80, 82, 83.
Barking, Abbess of, 78.
Barking Abbey, 72, 81, 83.
Barking Creek, 85.
Barking Side, 73, 74.
Barnard, Sir John, 219.
Barnes, 179, 191-196, 197-218.
Barnet, 24.
Barnet, Chipping, 51.
Barnet, East, 50, 51, 53, 54.
Barnet Field, 50.
Barnet, High, 50, 51, 52, 53.
Barry, Sir Charles, 134.
Bastwick, Dr., 33.
Beach, Mary, 289.
Beale, Robert, 195.
Beauclerck, Lady Diana, 257, 263.
Beaufort, Thomas, 101.
Beckenham, 129, 130.
Beckley, 128.
Beddington, 152, 154, 155, 157, 215.
Bedell, Mary, 145.
Bedingfield, Sir Henry, 236.
Beechey, Sir Thomas, 20.
Belet, Michael, 227.
Bell, Robert, 202.
Belsize, 4, 5.
Belvedere, 95.
Benn, Sir Anthony, 267.
Bennet, Timothy, 291.
Bermondsey, Monastery of, 131.
Berry, the Misses, 263, 289.
Besant, Sir Walter, 18.
Bettes, James, 296.
Beverley Brook, 191, 261.
Bexley, 98.
Bickersteth, Dr., 22.
Birket Foster, 41.
Blackheath, 100, 105, 115, 116, 117.
Black Prince, 119.
Blake, William, 17, 35.
Boadicea, Queen, 60.
Bolingbroke, Henry, 149.
Bolingbroke, Richard, 38.
Boleyn, Anne, 103, 140, 141, 234, 293, 298.
Bonar, Mr. and Mrs., 128.
Bonivet, Admiral, 116.
Bonner, Edward, 186.
Boswell, James, 42.
Bourgeois, Sir Francis, 134.
Bowyer, William, 77.
Brabazon, Sir Roger, 4.
Bradley, James, 114, 222.
Bradon, William, 130.
Bradshaw, John, 145.
Braganza, Caroline of, 166.
Brampton, Thomas, 233.
Brawne, Fanny, 17.
Brent, river, 9, 41, 42, 274, 278, 279.
Brentford, 9, 177, 178, 225, 275-276.
Bridget, Princess, 121.
Bridgman, Sir Orlando, 290.
Bromley, 128-130.
Brougham, Lord, 189.
Brouncker, Lord, 247, 248, 257.
Brown, Charles Armitage, 17.
Bruce, James, 46.
Buchan, Lord, 258.
Buckhurst, Lord, 65.
Bunyan, John, 275.
Burdett, Sir Francis, 204.
Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, 36.
Burghley, Lord, 199, 200, 216.
Burlington, Earl of, 272.
Burney, Charles, 271.
Burney, Fanny, 12, 15.
Burrage Town, 91, 92.
Burstall Heath, 93.
Burton, Lady, 220.
Burton, Sir Richard, 219.
Burton, Henry, 33.
Bushey Park, 290, 291.
Bute, Earl of, 261.
Butler, Bishop, 14.
Butler, Dr., 46.
Buxton, Sir Samuel, 16.
Buxton, North, 72.
Byron, Lord, 17, 26, 46, 91, 134.

CADE, JACK, 116.
Caen Wood, 6, 15, 37.
Csar, Sir Julius, 215.
Calton, Thomas, 131.
Cambridge, Duke of, 225.
Cambridge, Richard Owen, 287.
Campbell, Thomas, 16, 135.
Campbell, John, 264.
Campeggio, Cardinal, 116.
Canning, George, 187, 272.
Canterbury, Archbishop of, 98.
Canute, 277.
Capel, Lord, 221, 222.
Cardigan, Earl of, 205.
Carew, Sir George and Lady, 234.
Carew, Sir Nicholas, 154, 157, 164.
Carlyle, Thomas, 35.
Caroline, Queen, 115, 223, 242, 250, 255, 270.
Carpenter, Edward, 41.
Carshalton, 155-157, 169, 215.
Carwardine, Sir Thomas, 160.
Castlemaine, Lady, 163, 166, 241.
Castlereagh, Lord, 187.
Caterham, 146, 153.
Catford, 125.
Catherine, Queen, 271.
Ceawlin, King of Wessex, 198.
Cecil, Sir Thomas, 199.
Chalon, John James, 30.
Chamber, Sir William, 222, 255.
Champion Hill, 182.
Chandos, Duke of, 50.
Chandos, Lord, 187.
Chantrey, Sir Francis, 127, 267.
Charles I., 86, 108, 112, 117, 122,
133, 145, 163, 168, 182, 187, 190,
240, 263, 286, 290, 291, 301.
Charles II., 32, 35, 109, 112, 117,
133, 153, 163, 166, 168, 190,
197, 200, 201, 257, 264, 271,
286, 294, 302.
Charles V., 103, 233.
Charlotte, Queen, 223, 224, 242, 256, 265.
Charlotte, Princess, 115.
Charlton, 118, 119.
Chatham, Lord, 15, 136, 139, 142, 144, 187-189, 202.
Cheam, 158, 159, 163, 197.
Chertsey, 164.
Chelsham, 146.
Cheshunt, 56.
Chessington, Richard de, 214.
Chesterfield, Earl of, 4, 115.
Chevenix, Mrs., 287.
Child, Sir Joshua, 70.
Child, Sir Thomas, 280.
Chingford-Earls, 63.
Chislehurst, 96, 125-128.
Chiswick, 220, 271-273.
Cholmeley, Sir Roger, 29.
Cholmondeley, Earl of, 251.
Cibber, Colley, 15, 252.
Clare, John, 63.
Clarence, Duke of, 231, 251.
Clarendon, Lord, 287.
Clarke, Cowden, 35.
Claudius, Emperor, 138.
Claypole, Mrs., 302.
Cleveland, Duchess of, 163, 273.
Clive, Kitty, 288.
Clive, Lord, 216.
Cobbett, William, 194.
Cole, George, 263.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 16, 25, 30, 35.
Colet, Dean, 246, 249.
Collins, William, 20.
Collinson, Peter, 42.
Compton, Colonel Henry, 187.
Condé, Prince de, 71.
Congreve, William, 194.
Connaught, Duke of, 64.
Connaught, Prince of, 115.
Constable, John, 19, 20, 24, 25, 204.
Conyers, Sir Gerard, 69.
Conyers, Thomas, 53.
Cook, Sir Frederick, 256.
Coombe, 100.
Coombe Hill, 296.
Coombe Wood, 204.
Coppe, Abrezer, 195.
Cornwallis, Admiral, 188.
Cornwallis, Sir Thomas, 33.
Cottington, Lord, 260.
Cotton, Robert, 257.
Coulsdon, 153.
Crabbe, 16.
Craik, Mrs., 138.
Cranmer, Archbishop, 43, 58, 150, 215.
Cray, Foot's, 96, 97.
Crayford, 96, 98.
Cray, Mary, 96.
Cray, North, 96, 97.
Cray, river, 98.
Cray, St. Paul's, 96.
Cromwell, Oliver, 23, 108, 133,
174, 262, 264, 273, 276, 294, 302.
Cromwell, Thomas, 181, 183, 184, 198, 246.
Cromwell, Walter, 184.
Crossness, 93, 94.
Crotch, Dr., 270.
Crouch End, 31.
Croydon, 135, 143, 144, 148-154, 215.
Crystal Palace, 135.
Cyncheard, the Ætheling, 208.
Cynewulf, King, 208.

DAMSELL, MARGARET, 130.
Dagenham, 83-85.
Duppa, Bishop, 253, 256.
D'Arcy, Edward, 165.
Darrell, Sir Lionel, 256.
Dartford, 127.
Davey, Sir Thomas, 66.
Davis, Thomas, 20.
Day, Daniel, 73, 74.
Deans, Jeanie, 250.
Decker, Sir Matthew, 250.
Dee, Dr., 218, 219, 237.
Delafosse, Rev. Mark, 257.
Delaney, Mrs., 270.
Denmark Hill, 132.
Denny, Sir Anthony, 59.
Desenfans, Monsieur, 134.
Devonshire, Duchess of, 190.
Dickens, 15, 16, 41, 66, 67, 289.
Digby, John, 201.
Dighton, Edward, 20.
Diggs, Margaret, 181.
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 17.
Docwra, Sir Thomas, 295.
Donne, Dr., 216.
Dorchester, Marquis of, 35.
Douglas, Lady, 262.
Downe, 140.
Draper, William, 97.
Dryden, John, 194.
Ducket, Lionel, 215.
Dudley, Lord Robert, 282.
Dufferin, Lord, 35, 304.
Dulwich, 131-134.
Du Maurier, George, 21.
Duncan, Edward, 20.
Dunstan, Sir Jeffrey, 174.
Dunstan, 265.
Dunstaple, Sir Harry, 174.
Duppa, Bishop, 240.
Dyer, Sir W. Thisselton, 224.
Dysart, Countess of, 263, 264.
Dysart, Earl of, 255, 265.
Dysart, Lady, 265.

EALING, 277.
Edgar, King, 80, 265.
Edgware, 39, 40, 51.
Edmonton, 49.
Edmund, King, 265, 275.
Edred, King, 265.
Edward the Confessor, 3, 41, 57, 68, 74, 97, 294.
Edward the Martyr, 265.
Edward the Peaceable, 3.
Edward I., 6, 56, 61, 83, 101, 130, 227.
Edward II., 101, 119.
Edward III., 7, 28, 72, 76, 119,
140, 227, 228, 255, 267, 270.
Edward IV., 38, 52, 76, 102, 113,
116, 121, 156, 230, 245, 266.
Edward V., 38.
Edward VI., 29, 66, 105, 146,
160, 215, 235, 281, 282, 293,
299, 300.
Edwy, King, 265.
Eel Pie Island, Richmond, 285.
Eleanor, Queen, 56.
Elizabeth, Queen, 5, 29, 33, 58,
66, 70, 76, 82, 88, 93, 99, 106,
108, 117, 122, 145, 150, 154,
155, 158, 159, 161-163, 165,
181-183, 192, 195, 199, 214-216,
218, 221, 235, 237, 252,
269, 280, 282, 286, 290, 300.
Elizabeth, Princess, 282.
Elizabeth, of York, 295.
Elmham, Thomas, 229.
Ellerton, John, 195.
Ellymbridge, Thomas, 156.
Elstree, 39, 50, 51.
Eltham, 118-124.
Eltham, John of, 119.
Eltham, Statutes of, 122.
Enfield, 50, 54-60, 76.
Epping Forest, 56, 59, 60-71.
Aldersbrook Cemetery, 62.
Ambresbury Banks, 60, 64.
Beech Hill, 65.
Beech Wood, 63.
Buckhurst Hill, 64, 66.
Chingford, 62, 64, 65.
Chingford St. Paul's, 64.
Chigwell, 66, 67.
Chigwell Palace, 62.
Connaught Water, 64.
Etloe, 77.
Green Ride, 64.
Harold's Oak, 63.
Higham Hill, 68.
High Beach Green, 63.
High Beach Hill, 63.
Loughton, 60, 64-66.
New Hall Palace, 62.
Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, 63, 64.
Ranger's Road, 64.
Rockholt, 77.
Sewardstone, 62.
Theydon Bois, 62, 72.
Whip's Cross, 68.
Woodford, 67, 68.
Writtle Palace, 62.
Epsom, 157, 163-170.
Eric IV. of Sweden, 237.
Erith, 92, 95.
Erskine, Lord, 16.
Esher, 185.
Essex, Earl of, 107, 161, 177, 182.
Ethelbert, King, 129.
Ethelred, King, 164, 278.
Ethelred II., 3, 265.
Ethelruda, 124.
Eugénie, Empress, 128.
Evelyn, John, 100, 193, 201, 264
Evelyn, Mrs. Richard, 165.
Ewell, 158-160, 163.
Ewing, Mrs., 257.

FAIRFAX, 182, 266.
Falconbridge, Countess of, 273.
Falconbridge, Viscount, 302.
Farley, 146.
Farnaby, Sir Charles, 141.
Farnborough, 128, 140.
Farnehame, John, 29.
Fauntleroy, Henry, 36.
Fawcett, William, 79.
Fawkener, Sir Everard, 173.
Fielding, Henry, 195.
Finchley, 15, 34.
Finsbury Park, 38.
Firth, John, 150.
Fittler, James, 273.
Fitzherbert, Mrs., 251, 256, 285.
Fitzjames, Bishop, 268.
Flammarion, Camille, 1.
Flamstead, 114.
Flaxman, John, 19, 257.
Fleet Ditch, 9.
Fletcher, Bishop, 269.
Foley, John, 20.
Foot, Sir Thomas, 79.
Foote, Samuel, 173.
Foote, William, 29.
Forest Hill, 133.
Foscolo, Ugo, 273.
Fot, Godwin, 97.
Fox, Charles James, 189, 272.
Francis, Sir Philip, 219.
Frederick V., 11.
Frere, Sir Bartle, 203.
Friern Barnet, 31, 50.
Frognal, 3.
Froissart, Jean, 120.
Fry, Elizabeth, 79, 80.
Fulham, 175, 177, 179, 268-270.
Fuller, Thomas, 165.
Fuseli, Henry, 190.

GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS, 14, 67, 226, 252.
Gainsborough, Countess of, 11.
Garnett, Dr., 18.
Garratt, 173, 174.
Garrick, David, 15, 23, 40, 173, 226, 252, 273, 292.
Gatty, Mrs., 41.
Gay, John, 14.
George I., 304.
George II., 89, 136, 179, 193,
242, 249, 250, 285, 304.
George III., 137, 142, 167, 183,
206, 222, 223, 250, 256, 304.
George IV., 223, 285.
George Eliot, 30, 173.
Gibbon, Edward, 181.
Gibbons, Grinling, 112, 303.
Gideon, Sir Samuel, 95.
Gifford, William, 203.
Gilbert the Norman, 209, 211.
Gillies, Margaret, 21.
Gilman, 35.
Gilpin, John, 49.
Gladstone, Mrs., 68.
Glennie, Dr., 134.
Gloucester, Duchess of, 38.
Gloucester, Duke of, 282, 303.
Glover, Richard, 142.
Godwin the Hermit, 6, 9.
Goldschmidt, Madame, 203.
Goldsmith, Oliver, 42.
Gordon, Lord George, 15, 16.
Gospel Oak, 9.
Grattan, Henry, 205.
Great Ilford, 78.
Green, Valentine, 174.
Greenford Magna, 278.
Greenford Parva, 277.
Greenwich, 86, 100-115, 118, 122, 123.
Grenville, Right Hon. William, 139, 202.
Gresham, Sir Thomas, 280.
Grey, Lady Jane, 282.
Grey, Sir John, 76, 221, 246.
Grindal, Archbishop, 29, 153.
Grote, George, 130.
Gunnersbury, 277.
Gunyld, 277.
Gurney, Samuel, 79.
Gwynesford, Nicholas, 156.
Gwynn, Nell, 32, 33, 276.
Gypsy Hill, 135.

HAINAULT FOREST, 72-74.
Halifax, Lord, 291, 292.
Haling, 152, 153.
Halley, Edmund, 114.
Hall's Chronicle, 90, 105.
Ham, 259, 262, 263, 265.
Ham, East, 79.
Ham House, 263-265.
Ham, West, 78, 79.
Hamilton, Lady, 188, 208, 212, 213.
Hamilton, Sir William, 212, 213.
Hammersmith, 270-272.
Hampstead, 1-24.
Bertram House, 18.
Bolton House, 16.
Bull and Bush Inn, 14, 15.
Capo di Monte, 17.
Christ Church, 22.
Church Row, 17, 21, 22.
Cloth Hill, 10, 19.
Evergreen Hill, 16.
Fitz-John's Avenue, 20.
Flask Tavern, 11.
Flask Walk, 11, 18.
Golder's Hill, 23.
Heath, 16, 21-23, 25.
Heath House, 14, 16, 22.
High Street, 10, 19.
Holly Bush Assembly Rooms, 19.
Holly Hill, 10.
Jack Straw's Castle, 11, 15, 16.
Judges' Walk, 17.
King of Bohemia Tavern, 11.
Lawn Bank, 17.
Lyndhurst Road, 14, 18.
Mount, The, 19.
Mount Vernon, 11.
North End House, 11, 15.
New Grave House, 21.
Parish Church, 21.
Parliament Hill, 23.
Pond Street, 18.
Prince Arthur Road, 20.
Prospect House, 19.
Public Library, 20.
Roman Catholic Chapel, 22.
Rosemount, 18.
Rosslyn Hill, 17.
Rosslyn House, 14.
Sion Chapel, 12.
Soldiers' Daughters' Home, 13.
Steele's Studios, 14.
St. Saviour, Church of, 22.
St. Stephen's Church, 18, 20, 22.
'Spaniards,' 15, 16.
Upper Flask Tavern, 14.
Vale of Health, 17.
Well Walk, 12, 13, 17, 20.
Wildwoods, 15.
Windmill Hill, 11, 16.
Hampton, 292.
Hampton Court, 103, 160, 182,
185, 186, 234, 235, 267, 290-303.
Hampton Wick, 292.
Handel, George Frederick, 50, 193.
Hanover, George, King of, 226.
Hardwick, Lord, 156.
Hare, Dr., 195.
Haringay, 38.
Harlowe, Clarissa, 14.
Harold, King, 57, 66, 67, 209.
Harper, Sir John, 174.
Harrison, Mrs. Mary, 21.
Harrow-on-the-Hill, 24, 39, 43-48.
Harrow Weald, 43.
Harsnett, 67.
Hart, Perceval, 99.
Hartley, David, 187.
Hasted, 121.
Hatteclyff, Thomas, 143.
Hatton, Sir Christopher, 150, 199.
Havering, 74-76.
Hawkins, Sir John, 34.
Hayes, 136, 138, 141.
Heath, Dr., 47.
Heidegger, Count, 194.
Hendon, 5, 8, 24, 37, 39-42.
Hengist, 96.
Henrietta Maria, 108, 109, 163, 200, 240, 241, 286.
Henry I., 78, 209, 227.
Henry II., 58.
Henry III., 61, 119, 130, 266.
Henry IV., 101, 121, 149, 229.
Henry V., 101, 121, 229, 244, 280.
Henry VI., 38, 40, 116, 121, 156, 280.
Henry VII., 38, 102, 121, 130, 156, 230, 232, 234.
Henry VIII., 7, 43, 58, 64, 68,
80, 81, 86, 94, 102, 103, 117,
122, 130, 131, 140, 141, 143,
149, 154, 157, 160, 163, 164,
181, 198, 214, 233, 234, 249,
252, 281, 286, 293, 297.
Henry, Prince, 239.
Herbert, Lord, 91.
Herring, Archbishop, 149, 151.
Hertcombe, John, 267.
Heydon, Sir Henry, 140, 141.
Heywood, Thomas, 168.
Hide Monastery, 145.
Highgate, 8, 9, 24, 25-37.
Archway Tavern, 31.
Arundel House, 33.
Bank, 33.
Black Dog Tavern, 37.
Brookfield House, 36.
Bull Inn, 34.
Chapel, 33, 39.
Chapel of Passionist Fathers, 37.
Church House, 34.
Cromwell House, 33.
Dorchester House, 35.
Dufferin Lodge, 35.
Fitzroy Park, 35.
Flask Inn, 34.
Fox and Crown Inn, 36.
Gate House Inn, 26, 28.
Great North Road, 34.
Green, 33, 34.
Grove, 35.
Hermitage, 36.
Hermitage Chapel, 29.
Highgate Hill, 31.
High Street, 31.
Holloway, 37.
Holly Lodge, 36, 37.
Holly Village, 37.
Ivy Cottage, 36.
Lauderdale House, 32, 33.
Millfield Lane, 36.
Southwood Lane, 32, 37.
Swain's Lane, 37.
Waterlow Park, 32.
West Hill, 36.
Highwood Hill, 43.
Hill, Sir Roland, 18.
Hoare, Samuel, 16.
Hoare, Sir Richard, 192, 194.
Hoare, Sir Samuel, 216.
Hofland, Mrs., 253, 257.
Hogarth, William, 14, 25, 34, 272, 273.
Holbourne, 9.
Holl, Frank, 20.
Holland, Charles, 273.
Holland, Earl of, 266.
Holwood Hill, 138.
Hood, Robin, 91.
Hook, Theodore, 46, 269.
Hooker, Sir Joseph, 224.
Hooker, Sir William, 224.
Hoppner, John, 265.
Horley, 157.
Hornchurch, 74.
Horne, John, 145.
Horne, Nathaniel, 39.
Hornsey, 8, 29, 37, 38.
Horton, 164.
Houblin, The Misses, 254.
Howard, Catherine, 105, 235, 281, 293, 299.
Howard, Mrs., 285.
Howitt, Mary, 36.
Howitt, William, 36.
Humphrey, Duke, 101, 102, 112, 113.
Hunt, Leigh, 17, 24, 35, 36, 211, 258, 270.
Huntingdon, Countess of, 34.
Huntingfield, Lord, 191.
Hyde, Anne, 287.

INGELRICA, 3.
Inigo Jones, 55, 108, 109, 118, 272.
Ireton, General, 33.
Irving, Edward, 18, 20, 35.
Isabel of France, 116.
Isabella of France, 120.
Isabella, Queen, 119.
Isle of Dogs, 114.
Isleworth, 220, 281, 284-287

JAMES I., 33, 54, 66, 76, 113, 117,
122, 158, 163, 168, 182, 211,
282, 301.
James II., 109, 242, 264, 302, 303.
James IV., 232, 246.
Jansen, Sir Theodore, 199, 201.
Jennings, Sarah, 201.
Jerrold, Douglas, 190.
John, King, 94, 127, 266.
John of France, 119.
Johnson, Dr., 15, 129, 135, 216, 292.
Johnston, Hester, 247.
Jones, Sir William, 46, 91.
Joseph, Michael, 116.
Juxon, Bishop, 150, 151, 182, 260, 269.

KEAN, EDMUND, 252, 257, 270.
Keats, John, 17, 24, 35, 36, 49.
Kent, Duchess of, 261.
Keston, 136-138, 140, 280.
Kew, 220-226.
Kew Gardens, 221-225.
Keybourne Brook, 6.
Kilburn, 5, 6, 8.
Kilnbourne, Nonnerie of, 7.
Kingsbury, 41, 42, 51.
Kingston, 159, 177, 178, 197, 220,
226, 259, 262, 265, 266.
Kingstone, Lady Mary, 77.
Kirby, Joshua, 226.
Kit Cat Club, 14, 194.
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 194, 288.
Kneller, Lady, 288.

LACY, JOHN, 181, 183.
Lacy, Richard de, 92.
Lamb, Charles, 35, 49, 55.
Lambarde, 122.
Lambert, General, 200, 201.
Lanfranc, Archbishop, 43, 44, 148, 176.
Latimer, 269.
Laud, Archbishop, 150, 177, 190, 260.
Lauderdale, Duke of, 32, 264.
Lea, river, 49, 54, 56, 59, 69, 70.
Lee, 124, 125.
Leicester, Earl of, 52, 70, 221, 235, 290.
Leighton, Lord, 16, 254.
Lennox, Colonel, 204.
Lennox, Lady Sarah, 256.
Le Nôtre, 112.
Leo of Bohemia, 120.
Léon, Comte, 205.
Lesnes Abbey, 92, 93.
Lessingham, Mrs., 22.
Lever, Samuel, 41.
Lewis, David, 77.
Lewis, Monk, 195.
Lewisham, 124, 125.
Leyton, 69, 70.
Lieven, Princess, 256.
Lightfoot, Hannah, 225.
Lillywhite, John, 30.
Linnæus, Carl, 43.
Linnell, John, 17.
Lisle, Lord, 235.
Lister, Richard, 181.
Litchfield, William, 28.
Liverpool, Countess of, 267.
Liverpool, Lord, 143, 204.
Lloyd, Bishop, 271.
Lloyd, Henry, 159.
Lloyd, Sir Thomas, 190.
Lombarde, William de, 112.
Londonderry, Marquis of, 205.
Long, Miss Tylney, 71.
Longley, Archbishop, 143.
Louis XVIII., 71.
Louis-Philippe, 287.
Loutherbourg, 271, 273.
Lovell, Gregory, 211.
Lowther, Honourable Barbara, 257.
Lubbock, Sir John, 140.
Luckington, James, 212.
Lumley, Lord John, 158, 161.
Lyndhurst, Lord, 30.
Lyon, John, 46, 47.
Lyttelton, Lord, 142.
Lytton, Lord, 53, 253.

MACARTNEY, Lord, 273.
Macaulay, Lord, 117.
Madox Brown, 41.
Maid of Kent, 245, 281.
Malden, 208, 210, 213, 214.
Mallet, David, 273.
Mangoda, 3.
Manning, Cardinal, 46.
Mansfield, Lord, 15, 38.
Marble Hill, 284, 285.
Margaret of Anjou, 121.
Margaret, Princess, 232.
Margaret, Queen of Scotland, 103.
Marlborough, Duchess of, 177.
Mary, Princess, 221, 233, 287.
Mary, Queen, 29, 70, 105, 150,
159, 160, 199, 236, 246, 266,
282, 300.
Mary, Queen-Dowager of Scotland, 103.
Mary, Queen of Scots, 97, 192, 195, 211, 301.
Masters, Francis, 39.
Mathews, Charles, 36, 216.
Matilda, Queen, 6, 78.
Maud, Empress, 155.
Maurice, Frederick, 30.
Maxwell, Mrs., 253.
Mayerne, Sir Theodore, 122.
Maynard, Lord, 68.
Marvell, Andrew, 33.
Melvill, Henry, 195.
Melville, Lord, 188.
Merry, Sir Thomas, 69.
Merton, 19, 208-212, 215.
Merton, Walter de, 210, 213, 214.
Meteyard, Elizabeth, 18.
Mill Hill, 39, 42, 43.
Millais, Sir John, 141.
Millebourne, William, 191.
Miller, Joe, 274.
Milton, John, 33, 193.
Mitcham, 197, 208, 215-217.
Mole, river, 267.
Molesey, 267.
Molesey, East, 300.
Molesey, West, 300.
Molyneux, 222.
Monken Hadley, 53.
Monmouth, Duke of, 166.
Morden, 208, 214, 215.
Morden, Sir John, 118.
More, Hannah, 216.
More, Sir Thomas, 124, 215.
Morel, Abbé, 22.
Morland, George, 25, 34.
Morland, Sir Samuel, 271.
Mornington, Countess of, 304.
Mortlake, 184, 198, 218-220, 259.
Morton, Cardinal, 156.
Mottingham, 124.
Mounteagle, Lord, 83.
Muloch, Diana, 18, 138.
Murphy, Arthur, 271.
Murray, Earl of, 301.
Murray, John, 203.
Muswell Hill, 9, 31.

NAPOLEON III., 128, 205.
Nelson, Lord, 36, 111, 188, 208, 212, 213.
Newcastle, Duke of, 152.
New River, 49, 54.
Newton, Gilbert Stuart, 203.
Nicholls, Mr., 126.
Nonsuch Palace, 156-163, 168.
Norviton, 265.
Norfolk, Duke of, 116, 221.
Norris, Sir John, 185.
North, Lord, 43, 292.
Northumberland, Duke of, 282.
Northumberland, Earl of, 282.
Norton, Mrs., 35.
Norton, Sir Gregory, 241.
Norwood, 135, 215.
Nottingham, Countess of, 238.
Noy, Chancellor, 274, 276.

OAKS RACE, 169.
[OE]lgifa, Queen, 265.
Oesterley Park, 280.
Odo, Bishop, 94, 98, 118, 119, 130, 138.
Oldham, 89.
Ongar, 64.
Orleans, Duke of, 103.
Ormond, Duke of, 249.
Orpington, 96, 99.
Osborne, Dorothy, 247.
Oswald, King, 164.
Oswy, King, 164.
Oulton, 155.
Owen, Sir Richard, 261.
Ownstead, Joanna, 145.
Ownstead, John, 145.

PADDINGTON CANAL, 279.
Palgrave, Sir Thomas, 18.
Palmer, Philadelphia, 181.
Palmerston, Lord, 46.
Paris, Matthew, 119.
Park, John James, 16.
Parker, Sir James, 231.
Parr, Dr. Samuel, 46.
Parr, Catherine, 199, 300.
Parry, Sir Edward, 18.
Pauncefoot, Edward, 32.
Paxton, Sir Joseph, 272.
Paxton, William, 202.
Payne, Judge, 30, 37.
Peachman, Polly, 112.
Peek, Sir Henry, 198.
Peel, General, 206.
Peel, Sir Robert, 46.
Pembroke, Countess of, 261.
Pembroke, Earl of, 285.
Penn, Mrs., 293.
Penn, William, 290.
Pepys, Samuel, 86, 87, 91, 109, 168, 193, 211.
Perceval, Sir Spencer, 5, 46.
Percy, Algernon, 282.
Percy, Lady Elizabeth, 283.
Perivale, 278.
Perrers, Alice, 227, 267, 270.
Perry, James, 203.
Petersham, 254, 259, 262, 263, 265, 285.
Pethward, Dr., 177.
Pevrel, Ranulph, 3, 8.
Phelippe, William, 28.
Philip I., 23, 232.
Philippe, Louis, 256.
Phillip II., 199, 236.
Phillippa of Hainault, 119.
Phillpott, 89.
Pickering, Sir John, 221.
Pinwell, John George, 30.
Piozzi, Mrs., 135.
Pirelea, William de, 145.
Pitt, William, 84, 130, 136, 137, 142, 204.
Plantagenet, Margaret, 69.
Plumstead, 91, 92, 93.
Pole, Cardinal, 151, 155, 199, 245.
Poole, Paul Falconer, 20.
Pope, Alexander, 14, 258, 270, 285, 288, 289.
Pope, Sir Thomas, 55.
Porter, Alan, 127.
Porter, Sir Wallis, 36.
Portland, Earl of, 190.
Portman, Sir Hugh, 221.
Powis, Earl of, 40.
Preston, Sir John, 84, 85.
Prynne, William, 33.
Purley, 145.
Putney, 145, 174, 175-190, 197, 218, 259.
Putney Heath, 185-187.

QUEENSBERRY, DUCHESS OF, 262.
Queensberry, Earl of, 251.
Quin, Samuel, 258.

RAIMBACK, ABRAHAM, 39.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, 55, 107, 108, 215.
Ranelagh, Countess of, 273.
Ratcliffe, Dr., 156, 271.
Ravensbourne, 124.
Ravensbourne, river, 129, 138.
Ravenscroft, Thomas, 51.
Ravis, Bishop, 214.
Raynton, Sir Nicolas, 55, 56.
Rennie, Sir John, 87.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 255, 265.
Rich, Chancellor, 70.
Richard I., 59.
Richard II., 38, 89, 115, 120, 228, 229.
Richard III., 38, 230.
Richardson, Samuel, 12, 270.
Richmond, 179, 181, 185, 186,
223, 226, 231-243, 250-258,
265, 299.
Ancaster House, 256.
Black Horse Lane, 255.
Bridge House, 251.
Buccleuch House, 252.
Cardigan House, 254.
Downe Terrace, 256.
Egerton House, 253.
Feather's Inn, 253.
Gothic House, 251.
Green, 252.
Harleton Lodge, 260.
Heron Court, 253.
Hill, 250, 253, 259.
Hospital, 257.
Ivy Hall, 251.
Lansdowne House, 254.
Lass o' Richmond Hill, 256.
Lichfield House, 253.
Maid of Honour shop, 253.
Old Deer Park, 234, 244, 250.
Palace, 232-235, 240, 242, 251.
Parish Church, 257.
Park, 259-262.
Pembroke Lodge, 259, 261.
Queen's Road, 255.
Richmond Lodge, 234, 249.
Star and Garter Hotel, 255, 256.
Trumpeter's House, 251.
Vineyard, 253.
Wardrobe Court, 243.
Wesleyan College, 255.
Wick, the, 255.
Wick House, 255.
White Lodge, 261.
Richmond, Earl of, 130.
Ridley, Bishop, 268.
Ripon, Lord, 46.
Rishanger, William, 119.
Roberts, Lord, 47.
Robinson, Henry Crabb, 30, 35.
Robsart, Amy, 221, 235.
Rochelle family, 130.
Roding, river, 78, 82, 85.
Rodney, Admiral, 46.
Roehampton, 190, 191, 197.
Roger, Samuel, 16, 39.
Romford, 74, 75.
Romney, George, 18, 19.
Rook, Robert, 79.
Rose, Edward, 191.
Rose, Richard, 192.
Ross, Sir William, 30.
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 30.
Rowe, Nicolas, 30.
Roxburgh, Countess of, 240.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 108.
Rudd, Dr., 238.
Rupert, Prince, 87, 275, 276.
Rushey Green, 125.
Ruskin, John, 36.
Rushout, 43.
Russell, Earl, 261.
Russell, Lord, 151.
Ryan, Mr., 125.
Ryland, W. Wynne, 270.

SACHEVEREL, DR. HENRY, 33.
Sackville, Nigel de, 44.
Salisbury, Countess of, 94, 95.
Sambook, Jeremy, 52.
Sanderstead, 144, 145.
Sandys, Archbishop, 269.
Savage, Bishop, 39.
Sayers, Tom, 30.
Scawen, Sir William, 156.
Schreiner, Olive, 41.
Scott, Sir Gilbert, 45, 48.
Scott, Sir Walter, 250.
Selwyn, William, 127.
Seymour, Charles, 283.
Seymour, Jane, 234, 246, 293, 298, 299.
Seymour, Lady Jane, 235.
Seymour, William, 54.
Shadwell, Sir Launcelot, 194.
Shaftesbury, Lord, 46.
Sharp, Archbishop, 32.
Sharp, William, 273.
Shaw, Sir John, 119.
Sheen, 226-231.
Sheen, Abbey of, 101.
Sheen Monastery, 211, 244-249.
Sheldon, Archbishop, 151, 153.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 17, 35.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 46, 257, 304.
Sheridan, Mrs. Tom, 304.
Shirley, 143.
Shortlands, 130.
Shovel, Admiral, 96.
Shovel, Elizabeth, 97.
Shrewsbury, Duke of, 284.
Siddons, Mrs., 17, 190, 252.
Sidney, Sir Philip, 193.
Simmel, Lambert, 231.
Sinclair, Roger, 95.
Sion House, 280-284.
Skelton, William, 177.
Skern, Robert, 267.
Sloane, Sir Hans, 272.
Smith, Alderman, 172.
Smith, Dr. Southwood, 35.
Soane, Sir John, 134.
Somerset, Protector, 281, 283, 293.
Sophia, Princess, 123.
Southampton, Lord, 35.
Southhaw Forest, 51.
Southwell, Canon, 38.
Spencer, John, 201.
Staël-Holstein, Madame de, 251.
Stafford, Archbishop, 150.
St. Albans, Duchess of, 36.
St. Albans, Henry de, 295.
St. Alphage, 101, 115.
Stanfield, William Clarkson, 20.
Stanhope, Lord, 139.
Stanmore, 39, 49.
Stanmore, Great, 51.
Stanmore, Little, 50.
St. André, Marshal, 236.
St. Anselm, 44.
St. Blaise, 129.
St. Ebba, 164.
Steele, Sir Richard, 14, 194, 292.
Steevens, George, 14.
Stephen, King, 78.
St. Erkenwald, 81, 268.
St. Ethelburga, 81.
Stevens, Alfred, 20.
St. Margaret's, 284.
Stanhope, Lady Hester, 189.
Stone, Nicholas, 56, 69.
Stothard, Thomas, 204.
Stow, John, 231.
St. Paul, Earl of, 127.
St. Paulinus, 96, 98.
Stepniak, 41.
Strand-on-the-Green, 273, 274.
Strange, Sir John, 77.
Stratford-on-the-Lea, 78.
Strawberry Hill, 287-289.
Streatham, 135, 215.
Street, John, 17.
Strype, John, 77.
Stuart, Arabella, 54.
Stubbs, Lawrence, 296.
St. Valeric, Walter de, 295.
St. Wulstan, 44.
Style, Sir Humphrey, 129.
Suffolk, Duke of, 103, 130, 246.
Surbiton, 265.
Sutton, 157, 158.
Swift, Jonathan, 247, 270, 285.
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 190.
Sydenham, 133-135.
Sydney, Sir Robert, 162.

TAIT, ARCHBISHOP, 14, 269.
Talleyrand, Prince, 18.
Tallis, Thomas, 112.
Taylor, Sir Robert, 251.
Teck, Duchess of, 226, 261.
Teck, Duke of, 261.
Teddington, 287-290.
Temple, John, 248.
Temple, Sir William, 247, 285.
Tennyson, Lord, 18, 63.
Tezelm, 142.
Thames, river, 174, 183.
Thames Ditton, 267, 290.
Thirlby, Thomas, 4.
Thomas, Giles, 15.
Thomas à Becket, 210.
Thompson, Sir William, 178.
Thomson, James, 257, 258, 259, 270.
Thornhill, Sir James, 111.
Thorpe, John, 199.
Thrale, Mrs., 216.
Throckmorton, Elizabeth, 108, 215.
Tierney, William, 187, 204.
Tijou, Jean, 303.
Tillotson, 151.
Tiploft, Lady, 56.
Toland, John, 167.
Tonbridge, Richard de, 214.
Tonson, Jacob, 194, 270.
Tooke, John Horne, 146, 202, 276.
Tooke, William, 145, 146.
Tooting, 208, 211, 216.
Tottenham, 49.
Tovi, 57.
Townley, Nicolas, 290.
Trench, Archbishop, 46.
Tuckett, Captain Harvey, 205.
Turner, J. M. W., 111, 289.
Turnham Green, 276.
Turpin, Dick, 63, 91.
Twickenham, 225, 283, 285, 287, 288.
Tybourne, river, 9.
Tyler, the runner, 168.

UPTON, 79.
Ursuyk, Sir Thomas, 83.

VANBRUGH, SIR JOHN, 110.
Vancouver, Captain George, 263.
Van der Gutch, 219.
Vandyck, Sir Anthony, 122, 265.
Vane, Sir Henry, 13.
Van Neck, Gerard, 183.
Varden, Dolly, 67.
Vaughan, Dr., 46.
Vaughan, Hugh, 231.
Vavasour, Sir Thomas, 263.
Vere, Robert de, 38.
Verrio, 218, 303.
Victoria, Queen, 36, 63, 207, 224, 256, 304.
Villiard, Massey, 233.
Villiers, George, 193, 276.
Villiers, Lady Frances, 241.
Villiers, Sir Edward, 241.
Voltaire, 173.

WADDON, 154.
Waechter, Sir Max, 255, 285.
Wakefield, George, 257.
Warbeck, Perkin, 245.
Waldegrave, William, 78.
Wallace, Sir William, 38.
Wallaston, Sir John, 32.
Wallington, 155.
Walpole, Honourable Thomas, 136.
Walpole, Horace, 122, 136, 200,
251, 283, 287, 288, 292.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 179, 194, 219, 260.
Walsingham, Sir Francis, 97, 127, 192, 195.
Waltham Abbey, 56, 57, 59, 62, 66, 67.
Waltham Cross, 56.
Walthamstow, 69, 70.
Waltheof, 68.
Wandle, river, 155, 157, 172, 174,
208, 209, 213, 215.
Wandsworth, 172-174, 197.
Wanstead, 70, 71.
Wanstead Flats, 62, 70.
Ward, John, 140.
Ward, Mrs. Henry, 30.
Warham, Bishop, 39.
Warlingham, 146.
Warwick, Earl of, 230.
Waterlow, Sir Sydney, 32.
Watling Street, 50.
Watts, Dr., 33.
Wat Tyler, 15, 115.
Wedderburn, Alexander, 14, 216.
Welbeck, John, 181.
Welsh Harp, 41, 42.
Wellesley, Lord, 189, 304.
Wellesley, W. Tylney Long, 71.
Wellington, Duke of, 304.
Wells, river of, 9.
West, Bishop, 180.
West, Gilbert, 142.
Westbourne, river, 9.
Weston, Sir Richard, 190.
West Wickham, 94, 140, 141.
Whetstone, 50.
Whistler, James M'Neill, 273.
Whitchurch, 50.
Whitchurch, Edward, 215.
Whitefield, George, 34, 116.
Whitgift, Archbishop, 150, 153, 154.
Whittington, Dick, 31, 32.
Whitney, Miss Anne, 18.
Whyte, Rowland, 162.
Wicker, Henry, 165.
Wimbledon, 175, 176, 179, 183,
185-186, 197, 203, 205-208,
211, 218.
Wimbledon, Lord, 200, 203.
Wilberforce, William, 16, 42, 138, 202.
Wilkes, John, 173, 276.
Wilkie, Sir David, 17.
Willesden, 8, 9.
Willett, John, 66.
William the Conqueror, 58, 68,
81, 94, 98, 118, 119, 130, 148,
209, 249, 286.
William III., 109, 156, 242, 247,
291, 294, 302, 303.
William IV., 222, 251, 265, 292.
William, Morgan, 184.
Williams, David, 37.
Williams, John, 184.
Williams, Rev., 296.
Wilson, Sir Spencer, 4.

YATES, Mrs., 257.
York, Duke of, 204, 282.

ZOFFANY, JOHANN, 226, 274.

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