repair, which their forefathers
built in times, by their own confession, not so full of the
knowledge of God's truth as this present age is. I am not ignorant
how many worthy works have been done of late in and about this
City towards the building and repairing of churches, which makes
me hope that every man's purse will open to this great and
necessary work (according to God's blessing upon him), so much
tending to the service of God and the honour of this nation. The
general body of this City have done very worthily in their bounty
already, also the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs severally,
for their own persons. These are, therefore, according to their
examples, heartily to pray and desire you, the Master Warden and
other assistants of the worthy Company of Barber Surgeons to
contribute out of your public stock to the work aforesaid, what
you out of your charity and devotion shall think fit, and to pay
the sum resolved on by you into the Chamber of London at or before
our Lady Day next, praying you that I may receive by any servant
of your Company a note what the sum is which you resolve to give.
And for this charity of yours, whatever it shall prove to be, I
shall not only give you hearty thanks, but be as ready to serve
you, and every of you, as you are to serve God and His Church. So,
not doubting of your love and forwarding to this great work, I
leave you to the grace of God, and shall so rest,

"Your very loving Friend,
"GUL: LONDON."

The Court considered this letter on the 9th of April following, and
agreed to pay L10 down, and the same sum each year for the next nine
years.

We must not omit one munificent donor who came forward now: Sir Paul
Pindar, who had made a large fortune as a Turkey merchant, and had
been sent by King James as Ambassador to Constantinople, gave over
L10,000 to the restoration of the cathedral. He died in 1650, and his
beautifully picturesque house remained in Bishopsgate Street (it had
been turned, like Crosby Hall, into a tavern) until 1890, when it was
pulled down. Some of the most striking portions of its architecture
are preserved in the Kensington Museum.

That the alterations and additions of Inigo Jones, under King James,
were altogether incongruous with the old building everybody will
admit. But there are excuses to be made. He knew very little about
Gothic architecture. The