Clayberry, in pursuance of his will, was sold in 1693 to John Goodere, Esq. whose grandson conveyed it to Elias Harvey, Esq.; his daughter and sole heir conveyed it to her husband, Montagu Burgoyne, Esq. who, jointly with his wife, sold it to Mr. Hatch. Among the eminent inhabitants of this village were the rey. GEORGE HERBERT, author of "Divine Poems;" NICHOLAS LOCKYER, provost of Eton College, ejected for non-conformity; JAMES GREENWOOD, sur-master of St. Paul's school, author of an English Grammar, The Virgin Muse, &c. A curious petition occurs in the registry of this parish; it is from the chaplains and servants, to the number of forty, of Charles I. about twelve months after he was beheaded. It states, that "being in present distress by reason that their sole dependence was upon the late king's majesty, and their means from the revenue of his late majesty were still detained, upon some reasons known to the committee, and could not be paid; they were therefore so necessitated, that they could in nowise subsist for the maintenance of themselves, their wives, and families; and they prayed the charity of all good Christians. Signed, John Cooke. Thomas Bunbury, S. T. D. John Manby, S. T. D. Ja. Armaghensis (archbishop Robert Kilmoriensis (bishop B. Sarum (bishop Brian Dup- Thomas Warmester, S.T.D. Edward Spencer, knt." &c. The sum collected at Woodford for these eminent, learned, and pious sufferers, amounted to 17. Os. 7dž. !!! BELLE-VUE HOUSE, the seat of Mr. Charles Cooke, is an elegant brick building, with stone dressings. The west front has a semi-circular portico of Portland stone, supported by Ionic columns twenty-two feet high. The east Pp 2 view, Exha Plates view, is indicated in the view we have given of this delightful villa. The house was constructed from designs by Edward Gyfford, and the lands laid out by Mr. Sandys, of Lambeth. The latter gentleman has laid out this spot to very great advantage, and has formed a lake with pleasing effect. The house being on an eminence commands a view of the horizon over London. The west front has deversified views of the surrounding country. The whole of the grounds are comprised in seventy-five acres, principally woodland; which, with the irregularity of the surface, add. much to the grandeur of the scene; in short, nature and art have done much, in rendering the collective beauties of Belle-" vue, one of the most compact and pleasant retreats within the circuit of ten miles. WALTHAMSTOw, is a village on the borders of Epping Forest, near which are many seats belonging to the citizens of London. The parish is very extensive, and consists of three manors, viz. the manor of the rectory, which before the Dissolution belonged to the monastery of the Holy Trinity, near Aldgate, in the city of London; Walthamstow-Francis; and Walthamstow-Tony. During the reign of Edward the Confessor this and all the neighbouring forest was part of the estate of Harold, the son of earl Godwin, and king of England. From the architecture of the church at Walthamstow it appears to have been first built soon after the monastery of the Holy Trinity in 1112, and probably by the same foundress, Matilda, the wife of Henry I. It is a large Gothic structure, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and consists of two aisles, besides the body, but the aisles are of a later date, the north having been built about the beginning of the reign of Henry VIII. by George Monox, lord mayor of London, who likewise built almshouses for thirteen poor people. The south aisle is called Thorne's, from one Thorne, a merchant taylor in London, and built by him much about the same time as the other. The church has a square tower, with a clock; and a new set of eight bells were hung in 1778, The |