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| CHAPTER I. | |
| 1585–1636. | |
| Ancestry of the Wrens—Matthew Wren—Travels to Spain with the Prince of Wales—Interview at Winchester House—Bishop Andrewes’ Prophecy—Wren made Master of Peterhouse—Bishop of Hereford—Consecration of Abbey Dore—Office of Reconciliation—Foreign Congregations and the Norwich Weavers—Result of ‘a Lecturer’s’ Departure. | 3 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| 1636–1640. | |
| Dr. C. Wren—Birth of his Son Christopher—East Knoyle—Order of the Garter—How a Murderer was Detected—Christopher at Westminster—A Latin Letter—Diocese of Ely—Impeachment of Lord Strafford—Of Archbishop Laud—Articles against Bishop Wren—Resigns the Deanery of the Chapels Royal. | 31 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| 1641–1647. | |
| Bishop Wren accused—Westminster Abbey attacked—Imprisonment of the Bishops—Bishop Wren’s Defence—‘Utterly Denieth all Popish Affections’—The Garter Jewels—Archbishop Laud Murdered—Christopher at Oxford—Philosophical Meetings. | 55 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| 1647–1658. | |
| Death of Mrs. M. Wren—King Charles Murdered—A monotonous Walk—Inventions—A Dream—All Souls’ Fellowship— Beginnings of the Royal Society—Astronomy—An Offer of Release—The Cycloid—Cromwell’s Funeral—Letters from London. | 85 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| 1659–1663. | |
| Apostolical Succession—Difficulty of preserving it—Letters from Lord Clarendon—Bishop Wren’s Release—The Restoration—Convocation—Savilian Professorship—Royal Society—‘Elephant in the Moon’—Pembroke Chapel begun. | 109 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| 1664–1667. | |
| Repair of S. Paul’s—Sheldonian Theatre—The Plague—A Letter from Paris—Consecration of Pembroke Chapel—Fire of London—Bishop Wren’s Death—His Family. | 139 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| 1668–1672. | |
| Patching S. Paul’s—Sancroft’s Letters—Wren’s Examination of S. Paul’s—Salisbury Cathedral—London as it might have been—Letter to Faith Coghill—Wren marries her—Temple Bar—S. Mary-le-Bow—Artillery Company—Gunpowder used to remove Ruins. | 165 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| 1672–1677. | |
| Birth of his eldest Son—S. Stephen’s, Walbrook—S. Bennet Fink—Plans for S. Paul’s—The Excavations—Son Christopher born—Death of Faith, Lady Wren—Second Marriage—City Churches—The Monument—Tomb of Charles I.—Remains of the little Princes in the Tower. | 191 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| 1677–1681. | |
| Emmanuel College—Greenwich Observatory—Birth of Jane and William Wren—S. Bartholomew’s—Portland Quarries—Dr. and Mrs. Holder—Death of Lady Wren—Popish Plot—Papin’s Digester—Sir J. Hoskyns—All Hallow’s, Bread Street—Palace at Winchester. | 215 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| 1681–1686. | |
| Chelsea College—S. James’s, Westminster—A hard Winter—Chichester Spire—An Astronomical Problem—A Seat in Parliament—More City Churches—A curious Carving. | 239 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| 1687–1696. | |
| Parliament dissolved—Church building—Acquittal of the Seven Bishops—James the Second’s Flight—William and Mary—College of Physicians—Hampton Court—Greenwich Hospital—Richard Whittington—S. Paul’s Organ. | 259 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| 1697–1699. | |
| Opening of S. Paul’s Choir—A moveable Pulpit—Letter to his Son at Paris—Order against Swearing—Peter the Great—S. Dunstan’s Spire—Morning Prayer Chapel opened—Westminster Abbey. | 279 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| 1700–1708. | |
| Member for Weymouth—Rising of the Sap in Trees—Prince George’s Statue—Jane Wren’s Death—Thanksgiving at S. Paul’s—Letter to his Son—Son marries Mary Musard—Death of Mr. Evelyn—Queen Anne’s Act for Building fifty Churches—Letter on Church Building. | 297 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| 1709–1723. | |
| Private Houses built—Queen Anne’s Gifts—Last Stone of S. Paul’s—Wren deprived of his Salary—His Petition—‘Frauds and Abuses’—Interior work of S. Paul’s—Wren Superseded—Purchase of Wroxhall Abbey—Wren’s Thoughts on the Longitude—His Death—Burial in S. Paul’s—The End. | 317 |
| APPENDIX. | |
| 1709–1723. | |
| I. Reverendo Patri Domino Christophoro Wren S.T.D. et D. W. Christophorus Filius Hoc Suum Panorganum Astron THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN FROM A DRAWING BY C. R. COCKERELL, R.A.
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