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Paperback, [EAN: 9781130060003], RareBooksClub.com, RareBooksClub.com, Book, [PU: RareBooksClub.com], RareBooksClub.com, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1868 Excerpt: ...disguise which before had commonly been deemed superfluous. Two years 1 T. Matthew to E. of Salisbury; in C".v/7 Papers, vol. cxx. f. 94 (I lalfickl). after his purchase, Lord Salisbury obtained, from Bishop Matthew's successor, a lease of the "courtyard of Durham House." Bishop James, on this occasion, spends no time in useless remonstrance, but, with the simple rhetoric of cumulative figures, sums up to the Lord Treasurerl the onerous deductions claimed from the revenues of Durham--for very secular purposes--under the rule of the royal theologian. The total, thus stated, is certainly expressive. Not the least curious incident in the history of ' Durham House' is the fact that its temporary restoration to the ancient owners was contemplated by Sir Robert Cecil, before the Queen's death. He it was who instigated the application by Bishop Matthew, and who paved the way for its success.2 Whatever else had happened to Sir Walter Ralegh, on the accession of King James, there had been a foregone determination that he should lose his town residence. When part of the outbuildings had been burnt--in the October of 1600--Lady Ralegh had written to Sir Robert: "It is time for you to get an interest in this rotten house." The context suggests--but it is suggestion only--the probability that there had already been some talk between Ralegh and Cecil about the subtraction of a part of the large purlieus of the old episcopal palace,--either as an addition to Cecil's own house and grounds, or for some ulterior purpose. Whether or not Sir Robert had, at that date, formed his plan of building a vast bazaar or 'exchange' on the site, there is nothing, I think, to show. The first idea of such a novel scheme would seem more consonant with Ralegh's mind ..., 9, History, 4762, Africa, 4808, Americas, 16252761, Arctic & Antarctica, 4884, Asia, 4921, Australia & Oceania, 4935, Europe, 4995, Middle East, 5032, Russia, 4853, United States, 4873, Ancient, 5040, Medieval, 5041, Renaissance, 6343226011, Modern (16th-21st Centuries), 5035, World, 5011, Military, 14450, Military Science, 4987, Historical Study & Educational Resources, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 10132, Literary, 17, Literature & Fiction, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<