queen consort of Henry the Fourth of England; and that one other edifice, of the former use of which some tradition appears to have existed in Stowe's youth, had been called the Prince's Wardrobe, at or very near the period he refers to, the time of his youth. It is my desire to add to and supply what has escaped the attention of the indefatigable antiquary and chronicler in regard to these two wardrobes.

In the first place, what was called Queen Jane's Wardrobe appears to have been at the end of the reign of Henry the Sixth and beginning of Edward the Fourth's reign "a messuage or place, called Quene Jane's Wardrobe, near Aldrichgate," or Aldersgate, and by this description had been granted out by King Edward the Fourth in the first year of his reign to Sir John Fogge, knight, for his life, but immediately afterwards the office or care of this "messuage or place" was given to one John Lathell for his life. The grant is as follows (translation), viz. :—

"For John Fogge, Knt.

"The King, to all whom, &c. greeting.Whereas, of our special grace, and for the good, faithful, and laudable service that our beloved and faithful Sir John Fogge, knight, affords us, and every day ceases not to bestow, We have granted to the same John the messuage or place called Quene Jane's Wardrobe, nigh Aldrichgate, London, to have and to hold the aforesaid messuage or place to the aforenamed John for the term of his life, without rendering anything therefor to us or our heirs, or performing any other thing therefor, as in our letters patent thereof made more fully doth appear: We more fully confiding in the fidelity of our beloved John Lathell, have assigned and constituted him the said John as well to oversee the aforesaid messuage or place, as also twelve tenements to the same messuage or place annexed, and to collect and receive all and singular the rents, issues, and sums of monies from the tenements aforesaid, coming and accruing from the feast of the Nativity of our Lord last past; and with such monies so coming therefrom to repair and cause to amend as well the messuage or place afore.

said as the tenements aforesaid, in all and singular things as to him shall seem necessary, and to render account thereof to us at our Exchequer by his oath, or by that of his sufficient deputy. And furthermore, we have granted to the same John the occupation (i. e. office) of this overseeing, collection, receipt, and amending of the messuage or place and tenements aforesaid, to hold and occupy for the term of his life, to receive therefor yearly for his wages two pence per diem out of the rents, issues, and sums of monies aforesaid from the said messuage and tenements aforesaid coming. And moreover we will, and by these presents do grant that the same John, in his account to us at our Exchequer therefor to be rendered, shall have from time to time during his life due allow. ance, as well for whatsoever payments for such reparations and amendments to be done upon the aforesaid messuage and tenements, as also for the two pence daily for his wages, by his own oath, or that of his sufficient deputy in that behalf; any statute, act, or ordinance made to the contrary notwithstanding.

"In [witness] whereof, &c. T. R. apud Wodestoke, 31° die Augusti [1461].”

With regard to the Prince's Wardrobe, Stowe, sub tit. Coleman-street Ward, states as follows:-" From this parish church of St. Olave, to the north end of the Old Jewry, and from thence west to the north end of Ironmongers'-lane, and from the said corner into Ironmongers'-lane, almost to the parish church of St. Martin, was of old time one large building of stone, very ancient, made in place of Jews' houses, but of what antiquity, or by whom the same was built, or for what use, I have not learnt, more than that King Henry the Sixth, in the sixteenth year of his reign, gave the office of being porter or keeper thereof unto John Stent for term of his life, by the name of his Principal Palace in the Old Jury: this was in my youth called the Old Wardrope, but of later time the outward stone wall hath been by little and little taken down, and divers fair houses built thereupon, even round about."

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Upon perusal of the record Stowe cites' to my astonishment I found that from some oversight it has been hitherto inaccurately stated. The words of the record are as follows (translation), viz. :—

"For John Stent and Robert Savage. "The King, to all whom, &c. greeting.Know ye that, whereas our beloved John Stent, having of the grant of Henry the Fourth, our grandfather, the office of porter (janitoris) within the Palace of the Principality in the Old Jewry, within our city of London, during the life of the same John, with the wages, ffees, perquisites, and profits to the same office of old due and accustomed, as in the letters patent of the same, our grandfather, thereof made is more fully contained, is desirous of redelivering those letters into the Chancery, to be there cancelled: to the intent that We may deign to grant the said office to him and to our beloved servant Robert Savage: We, in consideration of the good services that the aforesaid John and Robert have afforded and shall hereafter afford, and also for that the same John has redelivered the aforesaid letters to us in our Chancery aforesaid, for the purpose aforesaid, to be cancelled, of our special grace have granted to them the said office of porter (janitoris) within the Palace of the Principality in the Old Jewry, within our city of London, to have and occupy by them or their sufficient deputies, during the life of them and the other of them who shall survive, with the wages of two pence by the day, to be paid by the hands of our Receiver of Cornwall for the time being, with the fees, perquisites, and profits to the same office of old due and accustomed, so that the said wages of two pence be accustomable to the said office, notwithstanding that express mention is not made of other grants by us or our progenitors to the aforesaid John and Robert by these presents made. In [witness] whereof, &c. T. R. apud castrum suum de Ledys, xxvijo die Marcij [1438]."

From this your readers will collect that this building had, in fact, been the Palatial residence of the Prince of Wales, and was known by the name of the Palace of the Principality (an appellation as frequently applied to Wales as the Bishoprick is now,

or at least very recently was, to the county palatine of Durham), in the time of Henry the Fourth, if not in more ancient times.

With regard to its subsequent application and use, Stowe informs us of the traditional name it enjoyed in his youth-The Old Wardrope. I am able to corroborate the antiquary's youthful recollections by the tenor of an Inquisition taken 28 Oct. 6th Eliz. [1563], after the decease of one "Hugh Pope of London," before Sir John White, the mayor and escheator for the City. The jury returned, "That long before the death of the aforesaid Hugh, in the said writ named, one Henry Austen, citizen and haberdasher of London, was seised in his demesne as of free of and in all that great messuage, and also all edifices, orchards, void grounds, and all other liberties, privileges, commodities, profits, easements, and hereditaments whatsoever, called or known by the names of the Prince's Warderobe, with their appurtenances, lying together, situate and being in the parish of Saint Olave in the Old Jewry, of the city of London; and so being seised, by his writing bearing date the 22nd day of July, in the first and second years of the reigns of Philip and Mary, he gave and granted them to Hugh Pope and Katharine his wife, and the heirs of the bodies of them, Hugh and Katharine, lawfully begotten, and for default of such issue remainder over to the right heirs of him, the said Hugh, for ever, as by his aforesaid writing, sealed with the seal of the said Henry Austen, and to the jurors aforesaid upon the taking of this Inquisition shewn, more fully is manifest and doth appear; by virtue whereof the aforenamed Hugh Pope and Katharine his wife were seised of the aforesaid great messuage and other the premises in their demesne as of ffee tail; and so being seised thereof, the said Hugh Pope died the second day of September, in the fourth year of the aforesaid reign of the now Queen: and the aforesaid Katharine survived him, and so held herself in, in the premises, by right of survivorship, and was and is now seised thereof in her demesne as of fee tail, remainder over as is aforesaid; and the jurors upon their oath aforesaid further say, that the aforesaid great messuage and other the pre

mises are holden of the said Lady the now Queen, her heirs, and successors, by fealty only, and in free burgage of the city of London, and not in chief, for all rents, services, and demands whatsoever; and that they are worth by the year, in all issues beyond reprises, c. marks."

Since Stowe's time nothing further can I trace or collect. Your readers will recollect that the King's Wardrobe was in the parish of St. Andrew Blackfriars, or, as I have seen it described, "juxta Baynard's Castle." Yours, &c. T. E. T.

The Industrial Exhibition at Dublin was opened with great éclat on the 12th of May. At the western extremity of the building, immediately beneath a grand organ, built by Telfourd of Oxford, chairs of state were placed on a raised dais, for the Lord Lieutenant and the Countess St. German's. On his Excellency's arrival a procession was formed at the entrance, the national anthem being played as the viceregal party were conducted to the place of state. An address from the Committee of the Exhibition was read by Mr. G. Rowe, the chairman, and replied to by his Excellency. The mayor next presented an address from the Corporation of Dublin, which was also replied to by his Excellency. Mr. Benson, the architect, was then introduced, and handed a plan of the building to his Excellency, who, desiring him to kneel down, conferred on him the honour of knighthood, amid universal applause. After a considerable time spent in inspecting various productions in the other parts of the building, the viceregal party returned to their seats. His Excellency in a loud voice said, "In the name of Her Majesty, I now declare this Exhibition open; and in so doing, I pray Almighty God that he will vouchsafe to protect and prosper this undertaking." The Lord-Lieutenant expressed his regret that Mr. Dargan, whose patriotic conduct he warmly applauded, had declined the highest honour that it was in his power to bestow. The Dublin Exhibition owes everything to the public spirit of this gentleman, who made his money as a railway contractor, and combines with the shrewd energy and liberality of the class to which he belongs a spirit comprehensive enough to undertake large pecuniary risks for the good of Ireland. He not only volunteered to construct the building, but his advances, at first limited to 20,0001. have at length risen to a sum little short of 80,0001. The undertaking

has been entrusted to a committee comprising the highest and most honourable names in Dublin; it is in connexion with the Royal Dublin Society, and on their grounds adjoining Merrion Square the building stands. The Queen has sent large contributions, and the French, Dutch, and Prussian Governments have extended to it special marks of their interest and patronage. Throughout England a most laudable zeal has been displayed, both by public bodies and by individuals. Upon entering the building the visitor finds himself in a noble hall, 425 feet long by 100 wide, and 105 feet high, being, excepting the height, somewhat larger than the transept of the Crystal Palace. The first southern hall is divided into compartments for the foreign goods, the most interesting of which is the East Indian collection, supplied by the East India Company, the Asiatic Society, Lord Gough, and many private individuals; and a very copious Japanese department, supplied by the Dutch government. The second southern hall is occupied by machinery. The first northern hall is devoted to textile fabrics, and the second to a medieval court and the fine arts. In paintings of all the schools (which were absent in Hyde Park) the exhibition is full and well sustained. The statuary, of which there is a considerable quantity, is dispersed throughout the building. These halls are 325 feet long by 50 wide. Along the full length of the building are four galleries, filled with miscellaneous goods; and at the rear of the building is a semicircular court, for the reception of agricultural implements and carriages. The building is built of wood, with iron framings, and lighted from above by skylights. The prevailing colour of the decorations is blue, relieved by red, white, and yellow.

The annual meeting of The Art Union of London was held at the Lyceum Theatre on the 26th April, Lord Mont

I. The Camden Miscellany, Volume the Second, containing 1. Account of the Expenses of John of Brabant, and Henry and Thomas of Lancaster, 1292-3, edited by J. Burtt, esq. 2. Household Account of the Princess Elizabeth, 1551-2, edited by Lord Viscount Strangford. 3. The Request and Suite of a True-hearted Englishman, written by William Cholmeley, 1553, edited by W. J. Thoms, esq. Discovery of the Jesuits' College at Clerkenwell in March, 1627-8, edited by J. G. Nichols, esq. 5. Trelawny Papers, edited by Wm. Durrant Cooper, esq. and 6. Autobiography of William Taswell, D.D. edited by G. B. Elliott, esq.

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II. Letters and Papers of the Verney Family down to the end of the year 1639. Printed from the original MSS. in the possession of Sir Harry Verney, Bart. edited by John Bruce, esq. Treas. S.A.

III. Regulæ Inclusarum; The Ancren Rewle; A Treatise on the Rules and Duties of Monastic Life, in the Anglo-Saxon Dialect of the Thirteenth Century; edited by the Rev. James Morton, B.D. Prebendary of Lincoln. (Nearly ready.)

The Council in their Report give a copy of a memorial which they have addressed to the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Law and Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical and other Courts in relation to Matters Testamentary, in furtherance of their application heretofore made to the Archbishop of Canterbury for the remission of fees at Doctors' Commons in favour of literary inquirers. The Archbishop gave a courteous reply to that application, but stated that he had no power to afford relief. We trust the present step will lead to more satisfactory results. The three vacancies in the Council of the Camden Society were filled by the names of Peter Cunningham, esq. F.S.A. Sir Frederick Madden, K.H. and Sir Charles G. Young, Garter.

At the anniversary meeting of the Geographical Society on the 23d May, the founder's gold medal was presented to Mr. Francis Galton, for his extensive explorations in Southern Africa; and the patron's gold medal to Commander E. A. Inglefield, R.N. for his late researches in the Arctic regions. The President, Sir Roderick I. Murchison, delivered his annual address on the Progress of Geographical Science and Discovery during the past year.

On the 17th, a high literary festival was held at Hull, on the occasion of laying the foundation stones of a new building intended to accommodate the Subscription Library and the Literary and Philosophical Society. The Earl of Carlisle performed the office on the part of

the former institution, and Lord Londes. borough, the senior Grand Warden of the Masons of England, on the part of the latter. The Subscription Library was founded so long ago as 1775; and in the year 1800 a new building was provided for it, but which it has now entirely outgrown, notwithstanding the purchase of three or four adjoining houses. The Literary and Philosophical Society, now in the thirtieth year of its existence, has not hitherto possessed a local habitation of its own, but has been a tenant of the Public Rooms. In conjunction with the Library it will now occupy a handsome edi. fice, of which the principal facade in Albion Street will be 160 feet in length, of the Roman Corinthian architecture. The Philosophical Society will have a museum, in size 90 feet by 60; and a theatre or lecture-hall, destined to accommodate from 600 to 700 persons seated. The estimated cost of the ground and buildings is, for the Library 50007, and for the Philosophical Society 60007. The architect is Mr. Cuthbert Brodrick, a native of the town. A public breakfast was held upon the occasion, presided over by Charles Frost, esq. F.S.A. the President of both societies; and it was attended by more than 430 persons, including ladies. It is expected the lecture-room will be ready for the reception of one of the sections of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, during their intended meeting at Hull, in September next; and we may here add, that we have been much gratified by the perusal of an Address on the prospective advantages of that visit to the town of Hull, which was delivered to the Philosophical Society by Mr. Frost upon the opening of their session in November, and has since been published, in 8vo.

The Rev. Dr. Bliss having resigned the office of Registrar of the University of Oxford, the election of his successor took place on the 27th of April, and terminated in favour of Mr. Rowden, the numbers being

For Mr. Rowden, of New College . 361 For Mr. Cornish, of Corpus Christi. 200 For Mr. Rawlinson, of Exeter College 162 In a convocation holden on the 4th of May, a pension of 2001. per annum was granted to the late Registrar in consideration of his valuable services during a period of nearly 30 years.

At Cambridge, the Norrisian prize has been adjudged to J. B. Lightfoot, B.A. of Trinity College. Subject --The Analogy between the Miracles and Doctrines of Scripture. The Senate confirmed a scheme of regulations for the institution of prizes