Chelsea

of landscape paintings, and whose family were eminent for their pr

t, near the King's Road; he was considered to be one of the best animal portrait painters, a

h. This ancient thoroughfare was built upon at a very early period, and many eminent persons have resided

respected professionally, and much esteemed for his kindness and liberality to the poor. Mr. Tebbs, sen., dwelt here in

nd ever ready to promote every good work in the parish. Of him it may truly be said that he was the constant friend of the needy and helpless. He was a zealous supporter of the Chelsea Auxiliary Bible Society, and he devoted most of his leisure hours in promoting the v

dently asserted that it was the palace of the Earl of Essex. It was also said to have been used by Queen Anne as a laundry. In the back front there was a date, cut in brick, "16

h books, and afterwards in Church Street, for several years; one of his letters is dated from

tinguished himself by his wit and learning, and gave early proofs of his poetical talents. In 1687, he made his first essay in controversial writing, and shewed himself an able a

haplains in Ordinary; and in 1704 was advanced to the Deanery of Carlisle. In 1713, at the re

ne dropped to him as Dean of Westminster, but he could have no right to receive it without the seal being set to it in full chapter. Sir Robert Walpole earnestly enquired whether a Chapter could not be held in the Tower, t

rs and other tracts, proved most decidedly that he possessed piety, genius, and erudition. On the 18th of June, 1723, having the day before

wit, and for e

s'd, and he nee

le bench, of which

s so learn'd and pol

the year 1711, and took up his residence fa

orn in Dublin in 1667, and died in 1745. Of a life so various and so full of business as Swift's, we know not what

r others to take up the conversation. He was singularly happy in punning; and used to say, that none despised that talent but those who were without it. He also greatly excelled in telling a story; but, in the latte

I will select one instance of it:-"I got here," says he, "with Patrick and my portmanteau for sixpence, and pay six shillings a week for one silly ro

is education at Bury School, and Caius College, Cambridge. His father, who held a place of profit and distinction in the

to touch

dwell and slo

en plays, were published in three volumes 12mo. in 1720, with a short account of his life written by his son, Sir John Shadwell, Knight, who was physician to Queen Anne, and resided in a house at Chelsea, which had been previously occupied by Dr. Arbuthnot. Shadwell died at Chelsea in 1692, aged 52, and was buried in the Church, November 24, when a funeral

st taught the mathematics for his support. His facetious and agreeable conversation introduced him by degrees into practice; and he became eminent in his profession. Being at Epsom when

rits; and, to divert his melancholy, he paid a visit to his brother, a banker, at Paris. He returned to London, and c

riends. He died in 1735 in Cork Street, Burlington Gardens. In his writings he has shewn himself equal to any of hi

the civil war he made the tour of Europe. After the Restoration he was chosen F.R.S.; and, in 1669, attended Charles, Earl of Carlisle, as secretary to the embassy to Stockholm, with the order of the Garter for the King of Sweden. Shortly afterwards the degree of LL.D. was conferred on him at Cambridge, and also the same at Oxford at a later

witzerland, and by him presented to the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, of which society he was a member. 4. The Lives of the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences; translated from the French of M. de Fontenelle; republished since, in 1721, under the title of "Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, Epitomized, with the Lives of the late Members of that Society." 5. The Religious or Christian Philosopher; or, The right Use of Contemplating the Work of the Creator; translated from the Dutch of Dr. Nieuwentyt, with cuts. 6. History of the Reformation in and about the Low Countries; translated from the Low Dutch of Gerard Brandt. 7. The Lord's Prayer, i

ccount of each Church and Parish, with the Seats, Villages, and names of the most eminent Inhabitants." The work extended through the parishes of Chelsea, Fulham, Kensington, Chiswick, and Acton, and was then discontinued. It is much to be regretted that he could not complete his design. He has

says Mr. Faulkner, "and to converse with those heroes who adorn it was deemed no mean privilege, or glory, by one who well knew how to value mental wealth." He was sent by his father to a private school (his mother died when he was scarcely a twelvemonth old), and here by his own industry rather than by any advantage of instruction, he made a tolerable proficiency in sch

sions, which were mostly performed on foot, and were continued for a long period with unwearied diligence. His "Hortus Siccus," containing 1,400 specimens, is a sufficient testimony of his industry. Nor did he confine himself wholly to the contemplation of vegetables, and their hidden virtues; the numerous insect tribe began to attract no small share of his attention. In 1721, he principally instituted the Botanical Society, in London. Dr. Dillenius was president, and Mr. Martyn was secretary. This society kept together till 1726. About this time he became a member of the Royal Society, and now bega

ty of Cambridge, where he had given several courses of lec

ree sons and five daughters, all of whom were born in Church Street, Chelsea, in the same house wherein their mother was born and died, and in which her f

on and survived him. Soon after this he retired to Streatham, Surrey. In 1761 he resigned his professorship of bota

e been his favourite place of abode, as he removed back again to his former residence

ed as the father of the poor in the parish, and gave constant attention to the sick, both i

sea, March 18, 1738–9." This was the first accou

hquake felt in London,

id servant, passing from one under office to another, felt the ground, which was six feet below the surface, shake. Of those who were in the street, or on the river, some felt, others no

t was one of the most curious of the periodical papers of that period. In a fine vein of irony it attacked the heroes of the Du

in 1707, aged 71 years. Of his progress through life there is no information, except that he enjoyed considerable reputation as a writer on the laws and constitution of England, whic

ich prevailed in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth. The disposition of the rooms, the ancient panelling, and the various grotesque ornaments and c

d when the parishioners met in open vestry, the house being opposite to the Vestry Room where they assembled, it was particularly convenient on such occasions for the acc

or passengers. There is now in it a commodious Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1841. The exterior is plain and unpretending. The interior is neat, comfortable, and well ventilated. Beneath the chapel is a spacious school room, in w

ccupied the houses to the upper end of Lawrence Street. Several of the large o

o the dissolution, the proprietors presented a memorial respecting it to the Government, requesting protection and assistance, in which they stated that "the manufacture in England has been carried on by great labour and a large expense; it is in many respects to the full as good as the Dresden; and the late Duke of Orleans told Colonel York that the metal or earth h

helsea china, of which her Majesty had a large collection, brought very high prices. Mr. Watkins, in his Life of Queen Charlotte, says, "I beheld with admir

ket of provisions with her. The Doctor, who was not allowed to enter the mixing room, had access to every other part of the premises, and formed his composition in a particular apartment, without being overlooked by any one. He had also free access to the oven, and superintended the whole of the process; but completely failed, both as to composition and baking, for his materials always yielded to the intensity of the heat, while those of the Company came out of the furnace perfect and complete. Dr. Johnson retired in disg

R. Faulkner, was a long time in such repute as to be sold by auction, and as a set was

CE STR

the Lawrence family for many years. On this spot stood the first old Manor House, until Lord Sandys alienated

1591, included 34 manors, the rental of which amounted to ￡6000 per annum. It is uncertain when this family first came to Chelsea, but as the Lawrence chapel in the Old Church is built in the style of architecture which prevail

n Chelsea, in London, and at Iver, Bucks. Sir John

in the margin of their pedigree. They are supposed to have been affixed to it

aven is not wi

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our passage

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s (afterwards Queen Caroline) visited the Duchess of Monmouth, six shillings." The Duchess was, it is said, for her agreeable person, good sense, and irreproachable character, one of the most amiable ladies about the Court. During the first years of her marriage she seems to have been as happy,

retary to the Duchess, as sta

sank in the year 1763. The house and premises were extensive, and well suited for the residence of a person of rank. There are few men of real genius who have written more voluminously than Dr. Smollett. His enterta

unsuccessful, chiefly because he could not render himself agreeable to the ladies. This, however, was a little extraordinary, for Smollett was as graceful and handsome a man as any of the age; besides, there was a c

abroad for the first time, in the year 1763. He had made some very severe remarks on a pamphlet published by Admiral Knowles, who commenced a prosecution against the printer; and, just as sentence was going to be pronounced, he came into Court, and avowed himself the author; upon which he was fined ￡100, and condemned to three months' imprisonment in the King's Bench. It is there he is s

uous application to study, he went abroad for his health in 1769. He wrote accounts o

ble by distemper and disquiet. You knew and pitied my situation: traduced by malice, persecuted by faction, abandoned by false patrons, and overwhelmed by domestic affliction." He here alludes to the loss of his only daughter. In another letter, addressed to Mr. Reid, o

nd, but afterwards went back t

oprietor in the centre of the yard. The fare for inside passengers was 1s. 6d., outside 1s., and no intermediate fare at a lower sum was taken. Thanks to th

eet, near the river, connecting Lawrence Street with Cheyne Row. In the early Parish Registers occur many lamentable d

1708, and was named afte

st one of the most valuable in England. His daughter, Miss Denyer, was very clever in painting and illuminating on vellum, &c. Her drawings and miniatures were equal to the finest specimens of the middle ages

respected. Amongst them may be mentioned Edmund Chalmers, Esq., Thomas Chalmers, Esq., John Hulme, Esq., Edw

of Edinburgh, last year, conferred on him the highest honour it could bestow. His habits of life at Chelsea are naturally secluded, but he is nevertheless greatly respected by those who have an opportunity of acquiring a know

or melting gold and silver in crucibles, which was sai

merly a back way to Al

strongly recommends them to the protection of his successors. The chapel was for many years in the Independent Connexion. The Rev. Benjamin Fielder, in 1773, succeeded the Rev. Mr. Trail, and died in 1803. His death was very affecting; he had seated himself in the pulpit, and, after a hymn had been sung, he

ouse, Ch

e Walk, to the west of the present "Pier Hotel." This house was considered for a long time to have been the residence of Sir

arved oak. One of the rooms was painted in imitation of marble, and appeared to have been originally an oratory. Certain curious portraits on panel, which had ornamented th

a short distance. It is said, traditionally, to have communicated with a cave or dungeon, situated at a considera

an passage, is obtained from a letter of Miss Gulsto

ry when a lad, and who has established the facts. I have always been laughed at wh

ams, to sustain the upper floors, but without any plastered ceiling. You descended into it by a wide winding staircase, through a circular-top door, strongly fortified with rivets and four large hinges: this door was so con

ards, when the light invariably went out. The passage is free from any incumbrance of earth, or from any pa

tones, leaving a border of six inches

of a quantity of paper for years. The man now alive volunteered to detect

Guls

ny years the residence

a minor. In the reign of Henry VIII. he was in high favour with that monarch, was steward of the ho

rmy, he himself having raised a number of men at his own expense, when the Earl, and the Duke of Norfolk, succeeded in bringing the rebels to submission, and obtained for them the King's pardon. This nobleman resided

ee succeeding reigns. In 1545 he was appointed the King's Lieutenant in the North; and in the following year was installed one of the Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Ga

ny manors, into a gross sum of ￡800 a year." The inscription on his monument, among other things, sets forth, "That, as he excelled in mind, so was he skilled in the affairs of war." On the arrival of Mary, Queen of Scots, in England, she was again put under his care, and so continued till 1584. His behaviour to her was ever generous and honourable, sparing no cost for her entertainment. Words cannot fully express the care and concern he had for her, nor can envy itself say otherwise than he was a faithful and prudent person; in a word, his integrity in his high office was not to be suspected, although evil disposed persons secretly and va

test subject of the land, George, Earl of Shrewsbury, whom she brought to terms of considerable honour and advantage to herself and children; for he not only yielded to a very large jointure, but to a union of families, by marrying Mary, her youngest daughter, to Gilbert, his son and afterwards his heir, and giving the Lady Grace, his youngest daughter, to Henry, her eldest son. In 1590 she was a fourth time left, and continued a widow till her death. Her's was a change of conditions that, perhaps, never fell to any one woman before or since: to be four times a c

Majesty stood under a cloth of state in the hall at Greenwich, accompanied by the princes and the greatest part of the nobility, both of England and Scotland. In 1618 he was created Earl of Devonshire. He died at Hardwick in 1625. The Earl married, to his second wife, Elizabeth, daug

Mrs. Mary Alston, the wife of this gentleman, died here in 1671, and her funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Littleton, who published it shortly after, in qu

by a builder, who had obtained possession; and no

property here, which they parted with by degrees. They attained property

Winchester

uses, fronting the river. The houses erected in Oakley Street are throughout of a superior class, and as the road is of considerable width, with a good pavement, it now forms the most respectable and imp

in Southwark, and for other purposes. In the ensuing year the Bishop, in pursuance of this Act of Parliament, purchased a new brick house at Chelsea, then lately built by James Duke of Hamilton, and adjoining to the Manor Ho

Prelates of the most noble Order of St. George, called the Garter, which office was vested in them by King Edward III. at the establishment of that noble Order,

E RESTORATION OF