. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. ecore £dwardi signeretur ut pore. Signifying that the third king gave this bell, and named it Ed-ward, that the hours of * St. Edward might be properly noticed. It is probable that Henry III. having been a refounder of the ad-joining abbey of St. Peters, some years before erected by Edward theConfessor, might dedicate this bell in honour of their patron saint.* * Hughsons Lond. IV. 249, 250. It appears by the fotloniog distich, set to> HISTORY OF LONDON. 167 The New Palace Yard was formerly inclosed with a
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. ecore £dwardi signeretur ut pore. Signifying that the third king gave this bell, and named it Ed-ward, that the hours of * St. Edward might be properly noticed. It is probable that Henry III. having been a refounder of the ad-joining abbey of St. Peters, some years before erected by Edward theConfessor, might dedicate this bell in honour of their patron saint.* * Hughsons Lond. IV. 249, 250. It appears by the fotloniog distich, set to> HISTORY OF LONDON. 167 The New Palace Yard was formerly inclosed with a wall, andhad four gates, one on the east, leading to Westminster stairs, ofwhich some part still remains ; the three others are totally de-molished ; that on the north led to the Woolstaple; that on thewest, called Highgate, was a very stately and beautiful structure ;but being deemed an obstruction to the members of parliament intheir passage to and from their respective houses, was taken down,in the year 1706, as was also the third, leading to Old PalaceYard, in the year Fountain. On the west side of the Bell Tower, before mentioned, stood abeautiful fountain, with numerous spouts, from every one of which,on certain festivals and rejoicing days, used to issue streams ofwine, and from which, on ordinary occasions, the neighbouringinhabitants received the waste water for their domestic purposes.* Though the kings of England are crowned in the chapel of the Confessor, in the abbey of St. Peters, it has, for manyages, been the practice for them to hold their coronation feasts inWestminster Hall. It has also been used at the trial of peersac-cused of high treason, or other crimes and misdemeanours, besidesthe courts of chancery, exchequer, kings bench, and commonpleas, which, ever since the reign of Henry the Third, have beenheld in different apartments of this extensive building. At the Conquest, and even for some time after, it does not ap-pear that there was m
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