by Lord Herbert of Cherbury, who served with him in Flanders as an able and active general; but he lost some reputation by the failure of the expedition against Cadiz, in which he commanded. He wrote a short defence of his conduct on this occasion, which is in print, and two short tracts on military affairs, which remain in manuscript in the British Museum. He died in 1638. In the windows of this chapel are coats of arms, indicating the various alliances of Lord Wimbledon's family: and upon the walls, and in small niches, are placed several pieces of armour.

In the church-yard, among other tombs, is that of John Hopkins, Esq. better known by the appellation of Vulture Hopkins, who died in 1732. This celebrated miser accumulated an immense fortune, which he bequeathed by his will in such a manner that it might not be enjoyed till the second generation. This disposition, however, was set aside by the Court of Chancery, which decreed that his fortune should go immediately to the heir at law.

On the side of Wimbledon Common are several handsome villas, the most conspicuous of which is that belonging to the lady of the late Sir Stephen Lushington, Bart. and now occupied by the Prince of Condé. To this house M. de Calonne, the celebrated French financier, who purchased it of Benjamin Bond Hopkins, Esq. made considerable additions. The pleasure-grounds, which are spacious and beautiful, adjoin to Lord Spencer's park.

Wimbledon Lodge, an elegant modern structure, was erected by the late Gerard de Visme, Esq. during the minority of whose daughter it has been occupied by Earl Bathurst.

Among other villas which skirt the common is that of the late John Horne Tooke, where that well-known political character closed his turbulent career March 18, 1812. In his garden he had prepared a vault for the reception of his remains; but his friends thought fit to dispense with his injunctions on this head, and conveyed them for interment to Ealing in Middlesex.

At the south-west angle of Wimbledon Common is a circular encampment with a double ditch, including an area of about seven

one visit from the same princess at this palace. When the possessions of the see of Canterbury were seized by the Parliament during the civil war with Charles I. Croydon palace was first leased to the Earl of Nottingham, and afterwards to Sir William Brereton, a notable man at a thanksgiving dinner," says a pamphleteer of the time quoted by Lysons *, "having terrible long teeth, and a prodigious stomach to turn the archbishop's chapel into a kitchen, and to swallow up that palace and lands at a morsel." After the Restoration this edifice was fitted up, and restored to its former state by Archbishop Juxon.

From the various conjectures respecting the dates of the erection of different parts of this palace given by Ducarel †, it may be collected, that the whole was built since the middle of the fourteenth century, before which time it appears to have been of wood. The same writer is of opinion, that the east and west part of the great court were some of the earliest buildings that were constructed entirely of brick. The guard-chamber seems to have been built by Archbishop Arundel, and the hall by Archbishop Stafford; but there is nothing to fix the date of the erection of the chapel, though it appears to have been repaired by Archbishops Laud and Juxon. Large sums of money were expended on this edifice by some of their successors, particularly by Archbishop Wake, who built the great gallery, and Herring, by whom the whole was completely repaired and fitted up. In 1780, this palace not having been inhabited for more than twenty years, had become much out of repair; in consequence of which an Act of Parliament was obtained for disposing of the buildings and grounds, comprising about fourteen acres, and vesting the produce in the funds towards erecting a new residence for the archbishops. It was accordingly put up for sale, and purchased by Sir Abraham Pitches, for 2,5201. The premises are now occupied as a calico-printing manufactory and bleaching-ground. The chapel is used for the Sunday School, and in the week for the Sehool of Industry.

The

• Environs I. 128.

↑ Hist. of Croydon 43-68.

The Church, dedicated to St. John Baptist, is a large, handsome structure, built of stone and flint, having a lofty square tower adorned with pinnacles, and containing eight bells. It consists of a nave, with north and south aisles, and three chancels. The east end of the north aisle is called Heron's Chancel. The total length is 130 feet, and the breadth 74. From the arms of Archbishop Courtney on each side of the north door, and those of Archbishop Chichele on each side of the west door, the rebuilding of it was probably begun by the former, and finished by the latter, who, at least contributed largely to the work. The old front at the west end of the south aisle appear to be of the same date: it is an octagon, with quatrefoils, having a lion's head in the centre of one, and roses in two others. Here was formerly much painted glass, but during the Usurpation a man was hired at 2s. 6d. a day to destroy it.

In the middle chancel, which contains some ancient wooden stalls, is a handsome monument of black marble, supported by Corinthian pillars, for Archbishop Grindall, who died in 1583. He is represented as lying at full length in his robes, with a long black beard, forked and curling, and there is a whiteness in the pupils of his eyes to denote his blindness.

In the south, or as it is sometimes called the Bishops' chancel, is the monument of Archbishop Whitgift, supported by Corinthian columus of black marble; between which lies his effigy in his robes. He died in 1610, aged 73. Against the south wall of the same chancel is the splendid monument of Archbishop Sheldon, who died in 1677. The figure of that prelate in a recumbent attitude of white marble, is a master-piece of sculpture: the head is particularly admired. The whole was the work of an Englishman, Joseph Latham, mason to the city of London, and was entirely finished by English workmen about the year 1683 *. This circumstance, confirmed by a manuscript discovered by Vertue, deserves to be known, as, from the low state of the arts in this country at that period, the credit of executing

• Present State of England, 1683. 12mo. p. 152.