Extracts From Newspapers Respecting Sir Christopher Wren.

for the repairs ( pursuant to Act of Parliament ) of the Collegiate Church of St . Peter ' s , Westminster , in which service he continued to the time of his death . His body is to be deposited in the great Vault under the Dome of the Cathedral of St . Paul . The Post Boy , from Tuesday , March 5 th to March 7 th , 1723 . —The following lain inscription is engraven on the jilate upon Sir Christopher Wren ' s coffin ,

p viz ., Christiforus Wren , Eques Auratus , hujus Ecclesias Architectus , obiit February 25 th , Anno Dom . 1723 , iEtat 91 . The Daily Post , Wednesday , February 27 th , 1723 , contains the same as the Post Boy , No . 5243 , except the following : —He was deservedly reckoned one of the best and greatest Architects in Europe , but as his character is universall y known it is needless to enlarge upon that head .

The Daily Post , February 28 th , 1723 . —The body of the late Sir Christopher Wren is to be deposited in the great Vault under the Dome of the Cathedral Church of St . Paul . The Daily Post , March 1 st , 1723 . —The obituary notice , word for word , the same as in the Post Boy , No . 5244 . The Daily Post , March 6 th , 1723 . —On Friday last , the Rev . Dr . Butler ,

President of St . Mary Magdalen ' s College , Oxford , was chosen Curator of the Theatre there , in the room of Sir Christopher Wren , Kt ., deceased . The said Sir Christopher was last night interred in the great Vault under the Dome of St . Paul ' s . ( Then follows the inscription as given in the Post Boy , of March 5 th . ) London Journal , No . 188 , March 2 nd , 1723 . —On Monday last died Sir Christopher Wren , the famous Architect , in the 92 nd year of his age . London Journal , No . 189 , March 9 th , 1723 . —On Tuesday last , at night , Sir Christopher Wren was interred at St . Paul ' s .

London Journal , No . 193 , April 6 th , 1723 . —Just published , The Constitutions of the Freemasons , containing the History , Charges , Regulations , etc ., of that most Ancient and Right Worshipfull Fraternity , for the use of the Lodges , Dedicated to his Grace the Duke of Montagu , the last Grand Master . Authorized by the Grand Lodge of Masters and Wardens , at the Quarterly Communication . Order'd to be published and recommended to the Brethren by the

Grand Master and his Deputy . Printed for J . Senex and J . Hooke , both over against St . Dunstan ' s Church , Fleet Street . The British Journal , March 2 nd , 1723 . —On Monday died , aged 92 , Sir Christopher Wren , Kt ., formerly Surveyor-General of the King ' s Works , fam'd for his great perfection in Architecture . He rebuilt St . Paul ' s , and the rest of the Churches in this City , since the great Fire . The British Journal , March 9 th , 1723 . —Sir Christopher Wren , that worthy Freemason , was splendidly interr ' in St . Paul's Church , on Tuesday night last .

The Weekly Journal , or Saturday ' s Post , March 2 nd . —On Monday last died Sir Christopher Wren , aged 92 . He was , near five years ago , removed from the Surveyorship-General of the King ' sWorks , which post he had enjoyed for above 50 years , upon account of his known abilities , notwithstanding the change in Ministries and Government , till the time above mentioned . He was justly esteemed a great Mathematician , and the best Architect of his time .

When he was very young he writ a little tract concerning the Laws of Motion , at the very same time that Dr . Huygens and Dr . Wallis published theirs upon the same subject , and these three great men , without knowing anything of one another ' s thoughts , agreed exactly in the same propositions . He had the fortune ( which no other Architect ever had before ) to begin and finish so vast a work as the Church of St . Paul ' s . He built all the Churches in London after

the Great Fire . These , with Chelsea College , Hampton Court , and the Theatre at Oxford , etc ., etc ., will be perpetual Monuments of his skill and mastery in Building .