. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. ndles of knives andforks in brass, which he sold as made of the broken statue. Theywere boughtVith great eagerness by the loyalists from affection totheir monarch: by the rebels, as a mark of triumph over the mur-dered Charles is most admirably represented in armour,with his own hair, uncovered, on horseback. The figures are brass,looking towards Whitehall, and are as large as life. The pedestalis seventeen feet high, enriched with his majestys arms, trophies,cupids, palm-branches, &c. and enclosed
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. ndles of knives andforks in brass, which he sold as made of the broken statue. Theywere boughtVith great eagerness by the loyalists from affection totheir monarch: by the rebels, as a mark of triumph over the mur-dered Charles is most admirably represented in armour,with his own hair, uncovered, on horseback. The figures are brass,looking towards Whitehall, and are as large as life. The pedestalis seventeen feet high, enriched with his majestys arms, trophies,cupids, palm-branches, &c. and enclosed with a rail and banisterof strong iron work. The pedestal is erected in the centre of acircle of stone, thirty feet in diameter, the area whereof is one stepabove that of the street, fenced with strong posts to keep off coaches,carts, &c. 9 Scotland-yard was anciently a palace for the kings of Scotland,given by king Edgar to Kenneth III. for the purpose of making au * Engraved in the annexed plate room of the British Museum,from the original, now in the Print- t Z M ^ 9 w HISTORY OF LONDON. 249 annual journey to this place to do homage for his kingdom ; and inlater times, when the northern monarch did homage for Cumber-land, and other fiefs of the crown, it became the magnificent re-sidence of Margaret, widow to James V. and sister to Henry England resided here for a considerable time subsequcBt to thedeath of her consort: she was also entertained with great splendourby her brother, after he became reconciled to her marriage to theearl of Angus, When the two crowns became united in the personof James I. of England, this palace was deserted for the more ex-tensive residence of St. Jamess and Whitehall, and having beendemolished, no traces of it are left, except the Scotland-yard, is The present extensive edifice was erected in the reign of GeorgeII. from the designs of Ripley, on the site of Wallingford house, afine mansion built by
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