the Reign of Henry VIII. 191 



jpouts and gutters of ancient buildings are 

 decorated. It was one Marchion of Arez- 

 zo, * architect to Pope Innocent III. In- 

 deed I fpeak now critically -, Marchion ufed 

 thofe grinning aninnals only to fupport col- 

 umns — but in fo fantaftic an age they were 

 fure of being copied, and foon arrived at 

 the top. 



Vertue, no lefs induftrious than Felibicn, 

 tould difcover but two ancient archite6ts, 

 Gundulphus who built the tower f (the fame 

 perfon who ere6led the cathedral of Ro- 

 ehefter) and Peter of Colechurch pried 

 and chaplain, who in the year 1163, re- 

 built London bridge of timber. \ Edward 



* Felib. p. 224. 



f See the compadl between the king and bifhop in 

 the Textus RofFenfis, publillied by Hearne; and that be- 

 tween the fame bifliop and William Rufus for crafting 

 the caftle of Rochefter. cap. 83. and Stowe's Survey- of 

 London. 



I William de Sens foon after the year 11 74 temp* 

 Hen. 2di. built the choir of the cathedral of Canter- 

 bury j as it Hill exifts. Helias de Berham, canon of 

 Salifbury, a prima fundatione (temp. Hen. 3di) rec- 

 tor fuit novae fabricae per 25 annos ; et Rpbertus 

 caementarius rexit per 25 annos. See Leland's Itine- 

 rary vol. iii. p. (}(). Helias de Berham was probably 

 the perfon mentioned above p. 2. by the name of Elyas 

 m the reign of king John. 



6 Fitzodo, 



