The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . IIVNTA . S . PENITETIA • LX . DIES • INDVLSIT 1 Fabians Chronicles, p. 280. edit. 1811. 14 THE TEMPLE CHURCH. By order of the Benchers of the two societies, a copywas made of this, in 1811, and put up in the inside ofthe church over the western entrance, where it is still tobe seen. The indulgence mentioned in it, the Rev. states, in his Sylloge of Inscriptions, is theearliest instance of the kind that he met Weever writes that some hold the Temple was builtby Dunwallo Mulmutius
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . IIVNTA . S . PENITETIA • LX . DIES • INDVLSIT 1 Fabians Chronicles, p. 280. edit. 1811. 14 THE TEMPLE CHURCH. By order of the Benchers of the two societies, a copywas made of this, in 1811, and put up in the inside ofthe church over the western entrance, where it is still tobe seen. The indulgence mentioned in it, the Rev. states, in his Sylloge of Inscriptions, is theearliest instance of the kind that he met Weever writes that some hold the Temple was builtby Dunwallo Mulmutius, 4748, as a place of sanc-tuary, and he goes on to say, although it was newlyfounded of farre later times and dedicated to the honourof the blessed virgine, he himself believed it to be muchmore ancient than the generally received In regardto this point, however, no other information is to beobtained, and little attention can therefore be paid to it;but we may safely infer that no part of the present build-ing is of earlier date than that recorded in the 1 As quoted in Brittons London, ut supra, Vol. I. p. Funeral Monuments, p. 441. THE TEMPLE CHURCH. 15 The Temple Church, at this time, consists of two parts;namely, the circular portion, or nave, already referred to,and an oblong addition (the choir) probably of later date,which is the part appropriated to the church service ; thecircular portion serving merely as a vestibule to it. Asimilar additional building belongs to all the Englishround churches, and has led to some discussion, Dalla-way1 asserts roundly that all these churches in theiroriginal design were merely circular, and that the oblongchoirs, to which they are now but lobbies, are subsequentadditions. To this, however, we are not disposed impli-citly to assent. The church of the Holy Sepulchre atJerusalem, which, as we have said, was built by the EmpressHelena at the commencement of the fourth century, and,as it appears
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