. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. ur. The pipes were cleaned again in 1654; but the water was soreduced, that the governors ordered New River water to be broughtfor the hospital; since which time they became annually worse,till the rage for building has entirely overwhelmed the pipes, andtheir situation is scarcely known. The society of antiquaries have a drawing by G. Vertue, of anancient parchment roll in the hands of Nicholas Mann, esq. master, * The waste water from the cistern sented by the governors to the inhabi- yt&s given to this man,
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. ur. The pipes were cleaned again in 1654; but the water was soreduced, that the governors ordered New River water to be broughtfor the hospital; since which time they became annually worse,till the rage for building has entirely overwhelmed the pipes, andtheir situation is scarcely known. The society of antiquaries have a drawing by G. Vertue, of anancient parchment roll in the hands of Nicholas Mann, esq. master, * The waste water from the cistern sented by the governors to the inhabi- yt&s given to this man, who erected tants, on condition of paving and keep- another in Charter-house lane, and ing the lane cleaUj the water. This water was pre- HISTORY OF LONDON. 429 shewn Ihem by Mr. Birch, 1747, being a survey of the wells andwaters of St. John, Clerkenwell, and those of the Charter-house,with a view or plan of the house, with the cells and chapter-house,the only shadow remaining of this ancient building. This roll wasthe plan of Sydney Godolphin, esq. and made 1511.*. Ely bishop of Ely, whose see must formerly have been muchmore lucrative than at present, had one of the most extensive epis-copal domains in London, situated where Ely-place now , as the mansion was first called, and afterwards Ely-house,was built in consequence of a will of bishop John de Kirksley,who died in 1290, and left a messuage and cottages in Holborn tohis successors. The next bishop of Ely, William de Luda, pur-chased several houses and some lands, which he also left to thebishops of that see. Extensive gardens were laid out, and suchattention paid to horticulture by the resident bishops, that they werecelebrated for the choice fruit they produced. Shakspeare alludesto this circumstance, in the play of Richard IIL, when he makesGloster thus address the prelate, John Morton :— My lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn,I saw good strawberries in your garden there,I do be
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