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: . JOHN. RENNIE. ESQ.. F.R.S.. ENGINEER. "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 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 Abjuration of the Realm, ceremony of, 157 'Acta Sanctorum,' (1643-1786), 21, 22, 217 Acts of Parliament concerning London Bridge, 338, 339, 350, 418, Agarde, Arthur, Anecdote of the Easterlings and London Bridge, Alban, St., Wood Street, Bridge property in the Parish of, 191 All Saints, Barking, Bridge property in the Parish of, 188.- Ames, Joseph, on dates found at London Bridge, 218 Antwerp, Arms of London painted at, 131. Antwerp View of Andrew Hubbard, St., Bridge property in the Parish of, 189 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 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, Baily, Dr. Thomas, his Life and Death of John Fisher, Bishop of 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 Battle Abbey, Sussex, Grant to, by King Henry I., 40 Benedict, St., Gracechurch Street, Bridge property in the Parish of, Bentham, Sir S., 455, 450; his design for a New Bridge, 446, 447 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 Bloome, Richard, his Continuation of Stow's Survey,' 150, 295, Boethius, Hector, his Scotorum Historiæ,' (1575,) 135, 139, 144 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 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) Brethren of London Bridge, protection granted to the, 79 Estates and Rental of, 195, 207, 210-213, 227, 245, 262, 289, 304, General Destruction of, 37. Bridget, St., Bridge property in the parish of, 191 |