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sculptor of St Francis Vere ' s monument" in Westminster Abbey . Notwithstanding the large sum which appears as the cost of the structure , the wages of the workmen were at that period very low , and it was then not uncommon for tradesmen to be forced into the
service of the Crown by a sort of press-gang . This authority to compel the services of workmen was in the hands of the knight marischal , whose men were allowed a gratuity of from £ 8 to £ 10 for each man so impressed . Frequent desertion was of course a natural consequence of this compulsory service , occurrences which greatly retarded the progress of the works , and were therefore severely regarded . Inigo , in a letter to Lord Arundel , of 17 th August , 1620 , the only autograph letter which seems to have been preserved ,
says : —• iC After my departure for London , many of the masons went away without leave , but since , some of them are retorned ; and for the rest , yf your lo ? 8 doe shewe sum exemplary punisment , causing them to be sent up as malyfactors , it will detter the rest fro ever doing the lyke . ec The banqueting-house goith on now well , though the going of the masons awaye have byne a great henderance to it . "
"While these extensive operations were in progress , Inigo prepared , by order of the crown , a ground map or plan for the guidance of a commission appointed to plant and reduce to uniformity Lincoln ' s-Inn Pields . An oil-colured view of this plan is still preserved by the Pembroke family , in which Lindsey House , originally the
residence of the Earl of Lindsey , general of the forces of Charles I during the civil war , situated in the centre of the west side , presents the most prominent feature . The proportions of the square , as adopted from Jones ' s plan , are said to be equal to the base of the Great Pyramid , by the dimensions of which the architect is supposed , for peculiar reasons , to have been guided in his design .
At this time ( 1620 ) a " Commission for Buildings " was in operation , the business of which was to inquire into the number and nature of the new buildings erected in London from the accession of James I . A commission was formed in the same year for conducting the repairs of old St . Paul ' s . Inigo was a member , and practically the soul of both commissions .
The zeal of Lord Pembroke , by the way , for the advancement of Jones , led the latter into an extravagance which , after his death , afforded scope for some controversy of rather a ludicrous character . In 1620 , that nobleman sent for Jones , who " received his Majesty ' s commands to produce , out of his own practice in architecture and experience in antiquities , whatever he could possibly discover concerning
Stonehenge . " In the additional works thus committed to his charge , the restless activity of his mind did not flag . The result of his inquiries , however , did not appear during his lifetime , but was published some years after his death , in a folio volume , edited by Webb , his kinsman and executor , who represents it as a compilation of " some few undigested notes" of lingo ' s , " moulded " together by the editor .
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sculptor of St Francis Vere ' s monument" in Westminster Abbey . Notwithstanding the large sum which appears as the cost of the structure , the wages of the workmen were at that period very low , and it was then not uncommon for tradesmen to be forced into the
service of the Crown by a sort of press-gang . This authority to compel the services of workmen was in the hands of the knight marischal , whose men were allowed a gratuity of from £ 8 to £ 10 for each man so impressed . Frequent desertion was of course a natural consequence of this compulsory service , occurrences which greatly retarded the progress of the works , and were therefore severely regarded . Inigo , in a letter to Lord Arundel , of 17 th August , 1620 , the only autograph letter which seems to have been preserved ,
says : —• iC After my departure for London , many of the masons went away without leave , but since , some of them are retorned ; and for the rest , yf your lo ? 8 doe shewe sum exemplary punisment , causing them to be sent up as malyfactors , it will detter the rest fro ever doing the lyke . ec The banqueting-house goith on now well , though the going of the masons awaye have byne a great henderance to it . "
"While these extensive operations were in progress , Inigo prepared , by order of the crown , a ground map or plan for the guidance of a commission appointed to plant and reduce to uniformity Lincoln ' s-Inn Pields . An oil-colured view of this plan is still preserved by the Pembroke family , in which Lindsey House , originally the
residence of the Earl of Lindsey , general of the forces of Charles I during the civil war , situated in the centre of the west side , presents the most prominent feature . The proportions of the square , as adopted from Jones ' s plan , are said to be equal to the base of the Great Pyramid , by the dimensions of which the architect is supposed , for peculiar reasons , to have been guided in his design .
At this time ( 1620 ) a " Commission for Buildings " was in operation , the business of which was to inquire into the number and nature of the new buildings erected in London from the accession of James I . A commission was formed in the same year for conducting the repairs of old St . Paul ' s . Inigo was a member , and practically the soul of both commissions .
The zeal of Lord Pembroke , by the way , for the advancement of Jones , led the latter into an extravagance which , after his death , afforded scope for some controversy of rather a ludicrous character . In 1620 , that nobleman sent for Jones , who " received his Majesty ' s commands to produce , out of his own practice in architecture and experience in antiquities , whatever he could possibly discover concerning
Stonehenge . " In the additional works thus committed to his charge , the restless activity of his mind did not flag . The result of his inquiries , however , did not appear during his lifetime , but was published some years after his death , in a folio volume , edited by Webb , his kinsman and executor , who represents it as a compilation of " some few undigested notes" of lingo ' s , " moulded " together by the editor .