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It was of white marble and stood against the north wall , at some distance from the grave . It was destroyed by the great fire of 1666 . Inigo was never married . He lived in Scotland-yard , was a Roman Catholic , and paid periodical fines to the poor of St . Martin ' sin-the-Eields , for the privilege of eating flesh during Lent . His
will is dated 22 nd July , 1650 , and registered in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury . John "Webb , his kinsman and pupil , was his executor , and succeeded to the bulk of his property , after payment of sundry bequests and other disbursements , amounting to upwards of < £ 4 , 000 . He also succeeded to the architect ' s library and his collection of designs , all of which he seems to have put to good
use . _ . . As it would not have been possible within the compass of our limited space to follow the career of the architect so closely as we could have wished , we will now conclude with an enumeration of the most important works he undoubtedly accomplished as well as those of a more doubtful origin . The following are unquestionably of his production : —
Banqueting-House at "Whitehall , 1619 ; Pier in Isle of Portland , for conveying stones to ditto , 1619 ; the reduction to uniformity and planting of Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields , 1619 : Chapel at Lincoln ' s-Inn , consecrated 1623 ; Chapel for the Infanta at Somerset House , destroyed to make way for the present Government-offices ; Water Gate to Buckingham House , at the bottom of Buckingham-street
Strand ; "West Portico of Old St . Paul ' s Cathedral , 1637 ; the Queen ' s House at Greenwich , begun by Anne of Denmark and completed by Henrietta Maria , queen of Charles I ., 1635 ; Theatre of the Hall of the Barber-Surgeons , in Monkwell-street , City ; Piazza or Square of Covent-garden , 1631 ; Chapel of Covent-garden , 1638 ; the Cabinet for the King ' s pictures at Whitehall ; the Queen ' s
Chapel at St . James s ; a Front at Wilton , and Grotto ; St . John ' s College , Oxford—the middle parts of each end of the quadrangle ; Cobham Hall , Kent , built for the Duke of Bichmond , now the seat of Lord Darnley ; Coleshill , Berkshire , built for Sir Mark Pleydell , now the seat of the Earl of Badnor ; the Grange , Hampshire , the
seat of Lord Ashburton ; a Gateway at Oatlands ; a Gateway at Holland House , Kensington ; a Gate at Beaufort House , Chelsea , removed by Lord Burlington to Chiswick ; Wing , in Buckinghamshire , pulled down by Sir William Stanhope ; Ashburnham House , in Westminster ; several houses in Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Eiclds ; and many others of less note .
The following are attributed to Jones , but although in most cases there can be little uncertainty on the subject , they are classed as doubtful : — Albins , Essex ; Cashiobury , Hertfordshire ; Charlton House , Kent ; A mesbury , Wiltshire ; Gunnersbury , near Brentford ; Chevening , Kent ; the Front to the garden of Hinton St . George , Somersetshire ; a Eront at Castle Ashby , Northamptonshire ; Chilham Castle ; the Tower of the Church at Staines ; a part of Sion House , Brentford ;
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It was of white marble and stood against the north wall , at some distance from the grave . It was destroyed by the great fire of 1666 . Inigo was never married . He lived in Scotland-yard , was a Roman Catholic , and paid periodical fines to the poor of St . Martin ' sin-the-Eields , for the privilege of eating flesh during Lent . His
will is dated 22 nd July , 1650 , and registered in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury . John "Webb , his kinsman and pupil , was his executor , and succeeded to the bulk of his property , after payment of sundry bequests and other disbursements , amounting to upwards of < £ 4 , 000 . He also succeeded to the architect ' s library and his collection of designs , all of which he seems to have put to good
use . _ . . As it would not have been possible within the compass of our limited space to follow the career of the architect so closely as we could have wished , we will now conclude with an enumeration of the most important works he undoubtedly accomplished as well as those of a more doubtful origin . The following are unquestionably of his production : —
Banqueting-House at "Whitehall , 1619 ; Pier in Isle of Portland , for conveying stones to ditto , 1619 ; the reduction to uniformity and planting of Lincoln ' s-Inn Fields , 1619 : Chapel at Lincoln ' s-Inn , consecrated 1623 ; Chapel for the Infanta at Somerset House , destroyed to make way for the present Government-offices ; Water Gate to Buckingham House , at the bottom of Buckingham-street
Strand ; "West Portico of Old St . Paul ' s Cathedral , 1637 ; the Queen ' s House at Greenwich , begun by Anne of Denmark and completed by Henrietta Maria , queen of Charles I ., 1635 ; Theatre of the Hall of the Barber-Surgeons , in Monkwell-street , City ; Piazza or Square of Covent-garden , 1631 ; Chapel of Covent-garden , 1638 ; the Cabinet for the King ' s pictures at Whitehall ; the Queen ' s
Chapel at St . James s ; a Front at Wilton , and Grotto ; St . John ' s College , Oxford—the middle parts of each end of the quadrangle ; Cobham Hall , Kent , built for the Duke of Bichmond , now the seat of Lord Darnley ; Coleshill , Berkshire , built for Sir Mark Pleydell , now the seat of the Earl of Badnor ; the Grange , Hampshire , the
seat of Lord Ashburton ; a Gateway at Oatlands ; a Gateway at Holland House , Kensington ; a Gate at Beaufort House , Chelsea , removed by Lord Burlington to Chiswick ; Wing , in Buckinghamshire , pulled down by Sir William Stanhope ; Ashburnham House , in Westminster ; several houses in Great Queen-street , Lincoln ' s-Inn Eiclds ; and many others of less note .
The following are attributed to Jones , but although in most cases there can be little uncertainty on the subject , they are classed as doubtful : — Albins , Essex ; Cashiobury , Hertfordshire ; Charlton House , Kent ; A mesbury , Wiltshire ; Gunnersbury , near Brentford ; Chevening , Kent ; the Front to the garden of Hinton St . George , Somersetshire ; a Eront at Castle Ashby , Northamptonshire ; Chilham Castle ; the Tower of the Church at Staines ; a part of Sion House , Brentford ;