. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. pencer Compton, speaker of the House of Commons. ThomasBentley, LL. D. of Trinity College, Cambridge, the celebratedcritic. James, earl of Derby. Roger Gale, esq. rev. Charles Gale,Samuel Gale, esq. all eminent antiquaries. Rev. Dr. Gregg, masterof Clare Hall, Cambridge. Rev. James Johnson, LL. D. chancel-lor of Ely. Algernon, earl of Montrath. Charles, earl of Orrery,the enlightened philosopher. Rev. John Strype, editor of StowsHistory of London, and other valuable works in English Edmund Halley, t
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. pencer Compton, speaker of the House of Commons. ThomasBentley, LL. D. of Trinity College, Cambridge, the celebratedcritic. James, earl of Derby. Roger Gale, esq. rev. Charles Gale,Samuel Gale, esq. all eminent antiquaries. Rev. Dr. Gregg, masterof Clare Hall, Cambridge. Rev. James Johnson, LL. D. chancel-lor of Ely. Algernon, earl of Montrath. Charles, earl of Orrery,the enlightened philosopher. Rev. John Strype, editor of StowsHistory of London, and other valuable works in English Edmund Halley, the great astronomer. Sir Frederic , sir Thomas Trowbridge, one of the lords of the Admi-ralty (the brave associate of Nelson) who is supposed to have beenlost at sea. Thomas Taylor, esq. the platonic philosopher. The first high master of St. Pauls school was the famous gram-marian William Lilly, partly editor of the * Latin Grammar, whichgoes by his name; he died in 1522. His successors, with little ex-ception, have been all men of great talents and Newgate. This gate was situated at the distance of 1,037 feet south-westfrom the spot where Aldersgate did stand ; and it is the opinion ofmost of our antiquarians, that it obtained its name from being erect- HISTORY OF LONDON. 595 ed in the reign of Henry I. several hundred years after the fouroriginal gates of the city. Howel dissents from this opinion, and asserts that it was only re-paired in the abovementioned reign, and that it was anciently de-nominated Chamberlain gate: but if this be true, it is very extra-ordinary that this gate is not once mentioned before the conquest. It appears, however, from ancient records, that it was calledNewgate, and was a common jail for felons taken in the city of Lon-don, or the county of Middlesex, as early as the year 1218 ; andthat so lately as the year 1457, Newgate, and not the Tower, wasthe prison for the nobility and great officers of state. Newgate, being
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