The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . recognition, however, was somewhat of a negativekind, considering that, as we have seen, there was in 1701,ten years after the work was finished, a sum of no less than^1,982 due to Tijou in respect of them, and that the bulkof the claim was still undischarged in 1703, nearly two yearsafter the death of William HI., when we find Tijouaddressing a petition to the Lord High Treasurer of QueenAnne for payment of ^1,889 li. 6Ld. due to him fromthe late King for the Ironwork at Hampton Court, 58 History of Hampton Court Palace, [1693 ;^i,
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . recognition, however, was somewhat of a negativekind, considering that, as we have seen, there was in 1701,ten years after the work was finished, a sum of no less than^1,982 due to Tijou in respect of them, and that the bulkof the claim was still undischarged in 1703, nearly two yearsafter the death of William HI., when we find Tijouaddressing a petition to the Lord High Treasurer of QueenAnne for payment of ^1,889 li. 6Ld. due to him fromthe late King for the Ironwork at Hampton Court, 58 History of Hampton Court Palace, [1693 ;^i,782 \s. 6id. being in the gardens,—that is, for thesevery screens ! ^ There is perhaps, therefore, some foundationfor the story that Shaw died of disappointment at not re-ceiving payment for his work ; for Tijou, who himself re-mained so long unpaid, may naturally have been unableto remunerate the workman, who executed them under hisdirection. From further researches among the old enrolled parch-ment accounts in the Record Office, we seem to have. The Lion Gates. identified the exact charge made by him for these screens,together with the gates, which were ranged in the samefence with them ^:— To John Tijou for 2 pair of great Iron Gates with two other littlegates on each side thereof, for 8 square pillars of ornaments, 12pannells for the circle of the Fountain Garden at Hampton Court ^ Treasury Papers^ vol. Ixxxvi., No. 96, July 7th, Attdit Office Declared Accounts^ Bundle 2482, No. 296. 1693] Gates of Decorative Iron. 59 with ornaments, Iron and Workmanship included, and for 10pilasters between the pannells; all Iron likewise included, The 12 pannells are probably the beautiful screens inquestion ; while of the 2 pair of Iron Gates with twoother little gates on each side thereof, one is still to beseen halfway down the Long Walk, and the other is, per-haps, the entrance-gates to the Wilderness, now known, onaccount of the two great stone piers which flank it beingsu
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