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Gentlemen
By order ofthe Lords Com^ of his Majtys Treasury I send you the enciosed Estimate made by
Philiip Ryley, Esq., of Work to be done in Jockey Parke &c at Hampton Court. My Lords desire you
to consider ye same and report to their Lordsps your opinion thereupon.
I am
C7?<????/«??'s gentlemen
yo Af<ry 7707. your most humble Servt
W"' Lowndes.
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May it Please yr Lorps
In pursuance of yo Lps Order of the 30**' May last past wee have considered the Estimate of Phillip
Ryley, Esq., for several workes expressed in ye said Estimate amounting to ^183. 12. o. and, suppos-
ing the work to be honestly performed by ye artizans, wee are of opinion that ye prices are reason-
able & may fairly amount to ye said sum of ^183. 12. o.
AII w°h is humbly submitted
0^?<rg Ch. Wren.
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(estimate missing) Jo. Oliver.
Mathew Banckes.
F. OFFICE OF HIS MAJESTY'S WORKS.
SlR CHRISTOPHER WREN, KNT., SuRVEYOR-GENERAL.
Z/ocMM?g??/y ///t^g/rM//??^ /n's rg/M//<ws w//A A/s S/M^i
Ao/r.—In this section are given various documents bearing upon Sir Christopher Wren's relations with his
ofHcial statf as Surveyor-General.
It may be remarked that Wren's position brought him into close relations with the King and Queen, the
Privy Council, and the Lords of the Treasury. It is difhcult to understand how he contrived to Hnd time to
fultil the numerous and various duties thrust upon him. His appointments are early and late, and the
moving of pots of paint and bags of nails from one Crown depot to another seems to have required the Surveyor's
signature, as—
q/*/MMM;Mgra/</g or&rs s?gw</ Zy /Lr<???.
' Mr Manning.
You are desired to send for his MajT's Service at ye Tower of London. 2M ofplumber's nailes and 2
shovells.
CH. WREN.
July 5, 1700.'
In a Treasury minute book, so poorly entered up as to be of little value, a fragmentary index has this item,
' 77?r /Mro/gfMW q/SiT C/Sr/s HYrM '. The modesty of the great architect being proverbiat, one wondered what
thismight amount to, and on reference it would appear that he had failed to attend or send some report. He
must often, when one considers the character of the men of the time, whom he was waiting on, have been
tried to the limit of an angel's patience.
Something of a crisis occurred in December 1689, when a disaster occurred in the new building which was
being rushed up at Hampton Court (see pages 72-4). The documents are very incomplete, and the reports of
Wren and others are missing. The Editor has done all that the scanty evidence will allow to elucidate this
affair. Talman's attitude seems ambiguous. It is possiblethat he had had serious misgivings on the subject of
A/?///?/' 7sS'/g)', Fgy. Aj//???M/g.
Gentlemen
By order ofthe Lords Com^ of his Majtys Treasury I send you the enciosed Estimate made by
Philiip Ryley, Esq., of Work to be done in Jockey Parke &c at Hampton Court. My Lords desire you
to consider ye same and report to their Lordsps your opinion thereupon.
I am
C7?<????/«??'s gentlemen
yo Af<ry 7707. your most humble Servt
W"' Lowndes.
/^/y.
May it Please yr Lorps
In pursuance of yo Lps Order of the 30**' May last past wee have considered the Estimate of Phillip
Ryley, Esq., for several workes expressed in ye said Estimate amounting to ^183. 12. o. and, suppos-
ing the work to be honestly performed by ye artizans, wee are of opinion that ye prices are reason-
able & may fairly amount to ye said sum of ^183. 12. o.
AII w°h is humbly submitted
0^?<rg Ch. Wren.
./%?:<? y, ryor.
(estimate missing) Jo. Oliver.
Mathew Banckes.
F. OFFICE OF HIS MAJESTY'S WORKS.
SlR CHRISTOPHER WREN, KNT., SuRVEYOR-GENERAL.
Z/ocMM?g??/y ///t^g/rM//??^ /n's rg/M//<ws w//A A/s S/M^i
Ao/r.—In this section are given various documents bearing upon Sir Christopher Wren's relations with his
ofHcial statf as Surveyor-General.
It may be remarked that Wren's position brought him into close relations with the King and Queen, the
Privy Council, and the Lords of the Treasury. It is difhcult to understand how he contrived to Hnd time to
fultil the numerous and various duties thrust upon him. His appointments are early and late, and the
moving of pots of paint and bags of nails from one Crown depot to another seems to have required the Surveyor's
signature, as—
q/*/MMM;Mgra/</g or&rs s?gw</ Zy /Lr<???.
' Mr Manning.
You are desired to send for his MajT's Service at ye Tower of London. 2M ofplumber's nailes and 2
shovells.
CH. WREN.
July 5, 1700.'
In a Treasury minute book, so poorly entered up as to be of little value, a fragmentary index has this item,
' 77?r /Mro/gfMW q/SiT C/Sr/s HYrM '. The modesty of the great architect being proverbiat, one wondered what
thismight amount to, and on reference it would appear that he had failed to attend or send some report. He
must often, when one considers the character of the men of the time, whom he was waiting on, have been
tried to the limit of an angel's patience.
Something of a crisis occurred in December 1689, when a disaster occurred in the new building which was
being rushed up at Hampton Court (see pages 72-4). The documents are very incomplete, and the reports of
Wren and others are missing. The Editor has done all that the scanty evidence will allow to elucidate this
affair. Talman's attitude seems ambiguous. It is possiblethat he had had serious misgivings on the subject of