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forsaken by its followers , who found their way into the army of the King or Parliament , as either contending party offered the best hopes of gain or advancement . Davenant , the poet laureate , became lieut .-general of Ordnance to the king , and so on with most members of
the household . As may be expected , Jones was not backward in manifesting towards the royal house the loyalty which , from him at least , was its due ; and he was , amongst other devoted followers of the king , taken in arms at the siege of Basing , by the soldiers of the Parliament , and in consequence was subjected to both fine and imprisonment .
In so far as worldly matters were concerned , Jones was , as may naturally be supposed from the lucrative posts he had occupied , not unprepared for the advent of those troublous times . Indeed , as money was then estimated , he was rich ; but the reputation of wealth had become such a dangerous adjunct to a man ' s character , that those who really were possessed of riches considered it their duty to appear
poor not only by an outward semblance of poverty , but by the actual concealment of their treasures . Following the example of those who had money to lose , he had his for a time buried near his house , in Scotland-yard ; but in consequence of the Parliament issuing an order encouraging servants to inform of such concealments , and as four of his workmen were privy to his deposit , Jones removed it to Lambethmarsh , where he buried it with his own hands .
Jones ' s life had been in many respects an eventful one , and in his declining years the political and social atmosphere in which he lived was by no means cheering . He was never married , and having lived to a long age he survived his early friends , patrons , and associates . He had seen the end of James I ., the accession of Charles I ., and the execution of that monarch before his own banqueting-house , at "Whitehall , the building which had first established the architect ' s
fame . He was well stricken in years , and his proud and ambitious spirit could ill brook in old age the contemptuous neglect of those in power towards him who had , during a long life , been recognised as a monarch in his own sphere . He died at Somerset House , on 21 st June , 1652 , in the seventy-ninth year of his age , and on the 26 th of the same month he was buried by the side of his parents , in the church of St . Bonnet , Paul ' s-wharf , where a monument was erected to his memory , having the following inscription : —
Ignatius Jones , Arm . Arcbitectus Keg . Mag . Brit , celeberrimus Hie jacet . Aul . Alb . Keg . oodificavit . Templum D . Pauli restauravit : Natus Id . Julii mdlxxii . Obiit xi ( x ) CaL Junii mdcli ( t ) Vixit Aim . lxxix J > * xxx nx . ITxorus Patruo amantissimo Praeceptori suo meretissimo Haores et Discipulus Posuit Moerena Joban . Webb .
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forsaken by its followers , who found their way into the army of the King or Parliament , as either contending party offered the best hopes of gain or advancement . Davenant , the poet laureate , became lieut .-general of Ordnance to the king , and so on with most members of
the household . As may be expected , Jones was not backward in manifesting towards the royal house the loyalty which , from him at least , was its due ; and he was , amongst other devoted followers of the king , taken in arms at the siege of Basing , by the soldiers of the Parliament , and in consequence was subjected to both fine and imprisonment .
In so far as worldly matters were concerned , Jones was , as may naturally be supposed from the lucrative posts he had occupied , not unprepared for the advent of those troublous times . Indeed , as money was then estimated , he was rich ; but the reputation of wealth had become such a dangerous adjunct to a man ' s character , that those who really were possessed of riches considered it their duty to appear
poor not only by an outward semblance of poverty , but by the actual concealment of their treasures . Following the example of those who had money to lose , he had his for a time buried near his house , in Scotland-yard ; but in consequence of the Parliament issuing an order encouraging servants to inform of such concealments , and as four of his workmen were privy to his deposit , Jones removed it to Lambethmarsh , where he buried it with his own hands .
Jones ' s life had been in many respects an eventful one , and in his declining years the political and social atmosphere in which he lived was by no means cheering . He was never married , and having lived to a long age he survived his early friends , patrons , and associates . He had seen the end of James I ., the accession of Charles I ., and the execution of that monarch before his own banqueting-house , at "Whitehall , the building which had first established the architect ' s
fame . He was well stricken in years , and his proud and ambitious spirit could ill brook in old age the contemptuous neglect of those in power towards him who had , during a long life , been recognised as a monarch in his own sphere . He died at Somerset House , on 21 st June , 1652 , in the seventy-ninth year of his age , and on the 26 th of the same month he was buried by the side of his parents , in the church of St . Bonnet , Paul ' s-wharf , where a monument was erected to his memory , having the following inscription : —
Ignatius Jones , Arm . Arcbitectus Keg . Mag . Brit , celeberrimus Hie jacet . Aul . Alb . Keg . oodificavit . Templum D . Pauli restauravit : Natus Id . Julii mdlxxii . Obiit xi ( x ) CaL Junii mdcli ( t ) Vixit Aim . lxxix J > * xxx nx . ITxorus Patruo amantissimo Praeceptori suo meretissimo Haores et Discipulus Posuit Moerena Joban . Webb .