The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . to pay for his cure, sold herapparel, and subsisted by daily labour and occasional more than a year passed in these sufferings, he found anopportunity of escaping to the Continent, where he joined theexiled king, and had the good fortune to be remembered by him>at the Kennet says, that of near one hundredministers from the west of England, who were imprisoned atLambeth, almost all died of a pestilential fever. Archbishop Juxon, on the restoration, found the residence ofhis pr
The history and antiquities of the parish of Lambeth, and the archiepiscopal palace .. . to pay for his cure, sold herapparel, and subsisted by daily labour and occasional more than a year passed in these sufferings, he found anopportunity of escaping to the Continent, where he joined theexiled king, and had the good fortune to be remembered by him>at the Kennet says, that of near one hundredministers from the west of England, who were imprisoned atLambeth, almost all died of a pestilential fever. Archbishop Juxon, on the restoration, found the residence ofhis predecessors a heap of ruins. His piety rebuilt a greaterpart than could have been expected from the short time heenjoyed the primacy. He re-founded the great hall on theancient model, a fine noble fabric yet standing; and on thisoccasion gave a magnificent entertainment. The archbishop,with his particular friends, sat at the high table : the steward,with the servants, who were gentry of the better rank, sat at ? Darts Antiquities of Canterbury. *> Dallaways Sussex, vol. I. p. art </ ,n//rtv// • ? / LAMBETH 1ALACE. 1S5 the table on the right-hand side; the almoner, the clergy, andothers, occupied the table on the left. None but nobilttv orprivy-counsellors were admitted to the table of the bishops themselves sat at the almoners ; the other guestsat the stewards. ° Respecting the later improvements of this venerable pile, weshall speak in describing the buildings themselves. Many addi-tions weer made by the late amiable and worthy primate Arch-bishop Moore ; particularly to the great gallery (which is near90 feet long by 15 feet 9 inches broad) has lately been added abow-window. An opening has likewise been made towards theriver by cutting down a few trees, which admits a most beau-tiful view of the water, part of the bridge, of the venerableabbey, and of the cathedral of St. Paul. In point of architecture, the present palace of Lambeth exhi-bits a mot
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