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HENEY THE SEVENTH'S CHAPEL. I .r>
aPP ications of his brush. Miss Anne Baker, of Northampton, has commenced the
in U°US.task of scraping off all this whitewash and plaster, to display the architecture
■ible °ri^ma^ an(* interesting character. The attempt is truly laudable and honour-
]yj G ' ,an^ ^emands the approbation of all architectural antiquaries. Her brother,
George Baker, has also commenced a Topographical History of the County.
END OF THE ACCOUNT OF 8T. PETER'S CHURCH.
AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
OF
^utg ^mrp tf)e g>ebentf)'0 Cijapel,
AT WESTMINSTER.
In
ture^h a^temP*;s to investigate the various subjects of ancient English architec-
for ' resu °^ wnich has already appeared in this work, and is preparing
probab' ?Cat^°n' * nave scrupulously endeavoured to discriminate the objects of
howe 1 an<^ trutn fr°m those of uncertainty and error. In attempting,
er, to effect this, I have not always been so successful as I could wish;
nor is u Pf n
fall " surprising, when it is known that the vague, contradictory, and
at-ious accounts of many writers on antiquity and history tend rather to
ton ' 6X c*ut'^atc ^0 subjects of their disquisitions. Besides, it has been
whichU^ • Pract^CG 01 certain authors to amuse themselves with theories,
t0 g / aving fixed in their own minds, they then mould the evidence of records
perv 8ystems' instead of governing the latter by the former. Thus fact is
pomah ^ ^ Pa£e' which should be truly historical, is converted into
hist Ce ^etuated by very different sentiments, I have generally confined my
com narratives to small spaces, and for want of records have often been
c to found them more on rational deduction than authentic document.
0Ur publications that profess to describe or define the state of the fine
aPP ications of his brush. Miss Anne Baker, of Northampton, has commenced the
in U°US.task of scraping off all this whitewash and plaster, to display the architecture
■ible °ri^ma^ an(* interesting character. The attempt is truly laudable and honour-
]yj G ' ,an^ ^emands the approbation of all architectural antiquaries. Her brother,
George Baker, has also commenced a Topographical History of the County.
END OF THE ACCOUNT OF 8T. PETER'S CHURCH.
AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
OF
^utg ^mrp tf)e g>ebentf)'0 Cijapel,
AT WESTMINSTER.
In
ture^h a^temP*;s to investigate the various subjects of ancient English architec-
for ' resu °^ wnich has already appeared in this work, and is preparing
probab' ?Cat^°n' * nave scrupulously endeavoured to discriminate the objects of
howe 1 an<^ trutn fr°m those of uncertainty and error. In attempting,
er, to effect this, I have not always been so successful as I could wish;
nor is u Pf n
fall " surprising, when it is known that the vague, contradictory, and
at-ious accounts of many writers on antiquity and history tend rather to
ton ' 6X c*ut'^atc ^0 subjects of their disquisitions. Besides, it has been
whichU^ • Pract^CG 01 certain authors to amuse themselves with theories,
t0 g / aving fixed in their own minds, they then mould the evidence of records
perv 8ystems' instead of governing the latter by the former. Thus fact is
pomah ^ ^ Pa£e' which should be truly historical, is converted into
hist Ce ^etuated by very different sentiments, I have generally confined my
com narratives to small spaces, and for want of records have often been
c to found them more on rational deduction than authentic document.
0Ur publications that profess to describe or define the state of the fine