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vwK^sor^s ferjeants, and 6 s. 8d. to the matter of the college 
of St. Laurence Pounteney, provided they were orefent at 
his anniverfary; but, if any were abfent, that (hare was 
•to be diftributed to the poor. There were many other 
anniverfaries of the fame kind. 
The chauntries were founded by men of condition, for 
the maintenance of one or two priefts, to celebrate divine 
fervice daily, for the releafe of their fouls, the fouls of 
their deareft friends and relations, and of all the faithful de- 
ceafed, from purgatory ; but thefe were, in a fhort time, in- 
creafed to fuch a degree, and the endowments were fo fen¬ 
der, that, fo early as the reign of Richard II. bilhop Bray- 
broke caufed forty-four of them to be united into one fo- 
lemn fervice. 
We thall not enter into the detail of all the chantries 
which were founded in this cathedral, nor of all the 
monuments which once adorned it; but we cannot pals 
without mention the beautiful monument of John of 
Gaunt, fon of Edward the third duke of Lancafter and 
of Conltantia his wife, which Hood on the north fide 
of the high altar, between two columns of the chancel. 
It feems to have been highly ornamented ; his fpear, 
his target, and creft, with a cap of maintenance, hung 
on the front of it, as may be feen in the engraving in 
Dugdale’s Hi (lory of St, Paul’s.—The tomb of Thomas 
Kempe_was alfo very fine, and adorned with angels, and 
fhields of the arms of the feecf London and his own.—That 
of dean Colet, the founder of the fchool, was remarkable 
for a bud of this learned clergyman, and for a Ikeleton in 
flone lying upon his tomb. It was often the wifli of re¬ 
ligious people to have this expofure of mortality as an ap¬ 
pendage'to their places of fepulture, in order to warn the 
living of the Ihortnefs of their days, and of the ftate to 
which death will reduce them, in fpite of health, ftrength, 
riches, honours, and dignities; and feveral churches in 
England, as well as on the continent, exhibit this mourn¬ 
ful and filent monitor; hence the ignorant formed the 
wrong yet common fuppofition, that the perfons thus re¬ 
prefen ted had been ftarved to death. The arms of the com¬ 
pany of mercers was over the niche containing the bull 
of the dean; and the whole prefented a noble appear¬ 
ance. The engraving from which we make our defcrip- 
tion was a prefent of the laid worlhipful company to the 
work of fir W. Dugdale, left the monument of lb merito¬ 
rious a divine lhould perifn with the cathedral; which at 
that time (1656) was in a very ruinous ftate. 
To mention all the monuments in ftone and marble, and 
the flat tom'o-flones adorned with beautiful brafs effigies, 
of levered prelates and other perfonages, would be a talk 
ill-fuited to our purpofe; we therefore return to the liifto- 
rical part of the pile. 
We find upon record, that in 1561 (3 Eliz.) the 
fteeple was"ftruck again and brought down (as luppofed) 
by lightning which fet it on fire about three yards from 
the top ; and that, about thirty years after, an old plumber 
on his death-bed confefied that this accident did not ori¬ 
ginate, as was generally believed, from Vie fire of hea¬ 
ven', but from his own neglect, he having left a pan full 
of coals, and other fuel, in the fteeple, when he went 
to dinner. In the fpace of four hours, the fieeple and 
upper roof of the church and aides were totally deftroyetl. 
Owing to the liberality of the queen, who gave a thou- 
fand marks in gold, and alfo a warrant for a thoufaiid 
loads of timber felled out of her own woods and fo- 
refis; and to the generofity of the bifhop of London, 
who gave 863I. 6s. 8d. of the dean and chapter, ana of 
the citizens of the metropolis, belides other voluntary con¬ 
tributions, the whole amounting to 6702I. 13s. 4ft. before 
the month of April, 1566, all the roofs of timber were 
perfectly finilhed and covered with lead ; but the fteeple, 
though feveral models of excellent defign were pro- 
pofed, was not rebuilt. Several donations were alfo made 
under the reign of James I. and Charles I. towards the 
repair of the church ; and in 1632 an order was figned to 
Inigojor.es, efq. furveyor of his majefiy’s works, to cauls 
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ihclofures and feafFbldlng to be fet in'nand, with direction 
to begin the repair at/the fouth-eaft end, and to bring it 
along by the fouth to the welt end ; and foon after Wiiliarts. 
Laud, then bilhop of London, laid the firft (tone. It was 
not long after that the portico was erected, from the de¬ 
fign, and under the direction, of Inigo Jones, who, having 
particularly ftudied the Grecian and Pailadian architecture, 
conceived the heterogeneous idea of prefacing a Gothic 
buiiding with columns and pillars of the pureft Corin¬ 
thian order. We are told that the portico was intended 
to be an ambulatory for fuch as by walking in the church 
difturbed the fervice performed in the choir. 
A column erected at the expenfe of Edward .Barkarr, 
mayor of London in 1622, near the tomb of William the 
Norman, bifhop of London under the reigns of Edward 
the confsfibr and William the conqueror, prefented the 
following lines: 
Walkers, whofoe’er you be. 
If it prove you chance to fee. 
Upon a folemn fear let day. 
The city ienate pals this way. 
Their grateful memory for to (how 
Which they the reverend allies owe,. 
Of bifhop Norman here intum’d 
By whom this city has aflum’d 
Great privileges; thofe obtain’d 
By him when conqueror William reign'd : 
This being by Barkham’s thankfull minde renew'd,. 
Call it the monument of gratitude. 
The walkers, to whom the lines are addrefied, were a moil 
fcandalous let of politicians, news-mongers, and all forts of 
idle people in general, the Oiiofa Londinia, who ufed to refort 
to the church, as a public piazza, to walk in hot or wet wea¬ 
ther; a cuftom which obtained during the reign of James 
I. and Cliarles I. and which led to, and was followed bv„ 
depredations and profanations under the protectorate. 'W'e 
find in the Microcoftnographie, 1628, the following droll, 
defeription of it: “It is the land’s epitome; or yota 
may call it the lefler ile of Great Brittaine. It is more 
than this, the whole world’s map, which you may here 
difeerne in it’s perfedt’ft motion, juftling and turning. It 
is a heap of ftones and men, with a vaft confufion of lan¬ 
guages; and, were the fteeple not fanCtified, nothingliker 
Babel. The noyfe in it is like that of bees, a ftrange hum¬ 
ming or buzze, mixt of walking, tongues, and feet. It 
is a kind of ftill roare, or loud whifper. It is the great 
exchange of all difeourfe, and no bufinefs whatfoever but 
is here Itirring and afoot. It is the fynod of all pates 
politicke, joynted and laid together in the molt ferious 
pofture; and they are not lialfe fo bufie at the parliament. 
It is the anticke of tailes to tailes, and backes to backes; 
and, for vizards, you need goe no.further than faces, it 
is the market of young lecturers, whom you may cheapen 
here at all rates and lizes. It is the generall mint of all 
famous lies, which are here, like the legends of popery, 
firft coyn’d and ftamptin the church. All inventions are 
emptyed here, and not few pockets. The beft figne of a 
temple in it is, that it is the theeves fanftuary, which 
robbe more fafely in the croud then a wildernefle, whilft 
every fearcher is a bufti to hide them. It is the other ex¬ 
pence of the day, after playes, taverne, and a baudy-houle, 
and men have ftill fome oathes left to fweare here. It is 
the eares’ brothel), and fatisfies their luft and ytch. The 
vifttants are all men, without exceptions; but the princi¬ 
pal! inhabitants and poflefl’ors are ftale knights, and cap- 
taines out of fervice; men of long rapiers and breeches, 
which after all turne merchants here, and tralficke for 
newes. Some make it a preface to their dinner, and tra¬ 
vel! for a ftdmacke; but thriftier men make it their ordi- 
iiarie, and boord here verie cheape. Of all fuch places it 
is leaft haunted with hobgoblins; for, if a gholt would 
walke, move he could not,” 
Again ; in a curious little volume of the time of 
Charles I. entitled “London and the CoutUrey carbona- 
5 K doed,” 
