CIIAI-. IV. IIAIII'.orKS AM) Ll< JlITIlnrsKS. -js-j 



ivi'u'ii of James F. ; but it would appear that it was the 

 practice, about the same time, to light up some parts 

 of tin.' const of Cornwall, for we are informed, in the 

 Travels of the Grand Duke Cosmo in England, about 

 two centuries ago, that the Plymouth shipping " paid 

 lour pence per ton for the lights which were in the light- 

 houses at night." l We also find from the records of the 

 Corporation of Rye, that a light was hung out from the 

 south-cast angle of the castellated building in that town, 

 called the Ypres Tower, as a guide for vessels entering 

 the harbour in the night-time, and that not being found 

 sufficient, another light was ordered by the Corporation 

 "to be hung out o' nights on the south-west corner of 

 the church, for a guide to vessels entering the port." A 

 ligl it-pot used also to be hung out from the spire of 

 old Arundel Church for the purpose of guiding vessels 

 entering the harbour of Littlehampton after dark, and we 

 arc informed that the iron support of the rude apparatus 

 is still to be seen. 2 That lights were used for the guid- 

 ance of ships may also be learnt from the practice which 

 then prevailed among the wreckers along the Cornish 

 coast of displaying false lights, and thus luring passing 

 vessels to their destruction ; the shipwreck season being 

 long regarded as the harvest season in Cornwall. With 

 the increase of navigation, the erection of lighthouses at 

 the more dangerous parts of the coast became a matter of 

 urgent necessity; and it was such necessity, as we shall 

 afterwards find, which brought to light the genius of 

 Srneaton. 



1 ' Travels of Cosmo the Third, 



(irand Duke of Tuscany, through 



Mii-laml ' (li;r,8-y). London, 1821. 



- The tower of Hadley Church, 

 near Chipping Barnet -in Middlesex, 

 WB6 r-iinilarly usrl in ancient times, 

 luit as a It/id beacon. The iron 

 in which the pitch-pot was pl;i< 

 still then 1 . It is sai.l that a lain), 

 used formerly to be hung from the old 



steeple of All Saints, York, for the 

 purpose of -uiding travellers at night 

 over the forest of (Jahres, and the 

 hook of the pulley by which the lamp 

 was raised is still in its place. Lan- 

 tern lights were also hung from the 

 steeple of Bow Church, London, 

 Stowe says, " whereby travellers to 

 the city might have the better sight 

 thereof, and not miss their way." 



VOL. I. U 



