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PUBLIC WORTH AND PRIVATE VIRTUES,

THIS MEDAL WAS DESIGNED

AT THE REQUEST

OF HIS FELLOW CITIZENS,

BY JOSEPH YORK HATTON.'

"The other Medal had about twenty impressions struck in silver, which were distributed to the Engineers, assistants, &c., on the day of the foundation. These were 2 inches in diameter, and nearly of an inch in thickness. The obverse consisted of a fine head of the elder Mr. Rennie, from a former Medal; and the reverse contained a design, by Mr. William Knight, of the New London Bridge Works, consisting of an elevation of the edifice, with representations of the First Stone, Mallet, and Trowel: the Inscription being as follows:

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. JOHN. RENNIE. ESQ.. F.R.S.. ENGINEER.
JOLIFFE. &. BANKS. CONTRACTORS.'

"Such are the few remaining relics of this Ceremony, which have been provided for posterity; for, with the exception of a slight etching of the Western end of the Coffer-Dam, in a Memorandum Book, and an Indian Ink Drawing, by Dighton, of some of the principal persons standing about the First Stone, there is no other representation to record it. There are, indeed, several prospects of the finished Edifice; though of its exact features, it is probable we can form no very correct idea, until we are a few years older; so then, let us here take our last VIEW OF THE NEW LONDOn Bridge; for such are all the particulars and memorials which I can give you concerning this interesting Civic cere

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mony; and if the Italian of old could give his famous 'ESTO PERPETUA!' to his water-seated Venice, how much rather shall every true-hearted citizen bestow it upon this rising edifice, beneath whose expansive arches The time shall come, when, free as seas or wind, Unbounded Thames shall flow for all mankind; Earth's distant ends our glories shall behold,

And the new world launch forth to seek the old ! "

I concluded these lines of Pope's " Windsor Forest" with so much enthusiasm, that I did not immediately remark the silence which followed; but, upon looking up to wish my auditor a good night, how greatly was I astonished to find myself alone! with only a few dim lights in the empty coffee-room, and the waiter sleeping in a distant box. Hastily starting from my seat, I enquired what had become of Mr. Postern, when, to my great surprise, he absolutely denied that he had seen him either come in or go out. Since that time, too, I have everywhere, but in vain, sought "the learned Pundit" who had so long conferred with me. I certainly cannot discredit the evidence of my own senses, but, upon reconsidering all the circumstances, it appears to me that I must have seen and conversed with the shade of Peter of Colechurch, the original Architect of London Bridge! Our narrative, however, rests upon more solid foundations; for, as I have verified every authority referred to, these CHRONICLES are presented to posterity as the collected memorials of that once famous edifice, which within a few years will exist no longer.

GENERAL INDEX.

A, Book in the City Records so marked, 92
Abel, Alderman Richard, 285

Abjuration of the Realm, ceremony of, 157

'Acta Sanctorum,' (1643-1786), 21, 22, 217

Acts of Parliament concerning London Bridge, 338, 339, 350, 418,
464-466

Agarde, Arthur, Anecdote of the Easterlings and London Bridge,
435

Alban, St., Wood Street, Bridge property in the Parish of, 191
Alexander, Daniel, plan for enlarging London Bridge, 456

All Saints, Barking, Bridge property in the Parish of, 188.-
Gracechurch, ditto, 189-the Less, ditto, 190

Ames, Joseph, on dates found at London Bridge, 218

Antwerp, Arms of London painted at, 131. Antwerp View of
don, 296

Andrew Hubbard, St., Bridge property in the Parish of, 189
Antelope, used by the English Kings in their Arms, 166
Antiquities found at London Bridge, 218, 223, 380, 466-468
Arches of London Bridge, various particulars of the, 331-333, 372,
400, 401, 411-415, 417, 418, 456

Ardern, Thomas de, his gift from the Bridge Rents, 39

Arms of London, discussion on the, 126-134

Arnold, Richard, his Chronicle,' &c., 209-214, 217

Arthur, King of Great Britain, his Arms, 129., Prince of Wales,

rejoicings on his marriage, 221

Assize Rents, 89.-Pleadings, 90

Aubyn, Sir John, his portrait of Sir Edward Osborne, 228

Audery, Mary, Notices of, 26, 29, 31-33.—John, vide Overs

Augustin, Gate of St., its ancient site, 97

Aunger, Peter, evidence of his Jurors on the keeping of London
Bridge, 87

Austin Pappey, St., Bridge property in the Parish of, 189

Ayloffe, Sir Joseph, his account of London Bridge, 67, 73

BAGFORD, John, antiquarian illustrations from his collections, 7, 8,
74, 275

Baily, Dr. Thomas, his Life and Death of John Fisher, Bishop of
Rochester,' (1655,) 248

Baker, Sir Richard, his Chronicle of the Kings of England,'

(1733,) 127

Bakers of Southwark, notice concerning the, 92

Bale, John, his character of Leland, 234

Banks, Miss, her collection of Shop Bills, 278, 280

Banner of the City of London, device on, 128-9

Barbican, nature and use of the, 74

Bardolf, Lord Thomas, his head on London Bridge, 155

Barking Abbey, gifts to, from London Bridge, 105

Bartholomew the Less, St., Bridge property in the Parish of, 191
Basing, Thomas de, evidence of his Jurors on London Bridge, 88
Basinghall, or Bassishaw Ward, evidence of the Jurors on London
Bridge, 86

Battle Abbey, Sussex, Grant to, by King Henry I., 40

Benedict, St., Gracechurch Street, Bridge property in the Parish of,
189

Bentham, Sir S., 455, 450; his design for a New Bridge, 446, 447
Bermondsey Abbey, gift to, from London Bridge, 39. Register of,
40, 44

Billingsgate, ancient tolls taken at, 22

Black, James, his design for a New Bridge, 444

Blackfriars' Bridge, its erection, &c., 373, 421, 424

Blakethorne, John de, evidence of his Jurors on London Bridge, 87
Blanket Fair, papers and prints relating to, 342-346

Bloome, Richard, his Continuation of Stow's Survey,' 150, 295,
332, 334

Boethius, Hector, his Scotorum Historiæ,' (1575,) 135, 139, 144
Bolingbroke, Roger, his treason and execution, 197, 198

Books published on London Bridge, 275

Borough Water-Works, 415

Bossewell, John, his Workes of Armorie,' (1591,) 129

Botolph, St., Bridge property in the Parish of, 188

Bow, Church of St. Mary le, London, dreadful damage done to, 36
Bowles, John, his Prints of London Bridge, 368, 383

Boydell, J., his Perspective Views, 368

Braun, George, his Civitates Orbis Terrarum,' (1523,) 265

Brand, Rev. John, his History of Newcastle,' (1789,) 109

Bray, William, his History and Antiquities of Surrey,' (1804-14)
89, 281, 378

Brethren of London Bridge, protection granted to the, 79
Bridge-House and Yard, historical notices of the, 77, 223, 263, 264.

Estates and Rental of, 195, 207, 210-213, 227, 245, 262, 289, 304,
350, 360, 364, 365, 428, 456. Revenues of, for building the New
Bridge, 465. Manner of letting the property of, 471. Offices,
&c., of the Bridge Masters, 102-105, 213, 384. Bridge-House
Committee, proceedings of, 458, 459, 464, 465, 471
Bridges, ancient one near London, 8.
Building of, an action of piety, 50.
51. Chapels built upon, 68, 69.
Bridge Street, custom of Fish paid at, 83. Disturbance in the, 156
Penance of the Duchess of Gloucester, 197

General Destruction of, 37.
Ancient taxes for erecting,
Various ancient uses of 90

Bridget, St., Bridge property in the parish of, 191

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