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Gothic. The red and black brick looks exceedingly well contrasted with
the green of the gardens and of Lincoln’s Inn Fields beyond. Some
relics of old architecture may be found in Took’s Court, Chancery Lane.
Returning to Fleet Street, we must not neglect the Rolls, with a
curious and by no means beautiful chapel in which are to be found some
grand old monuments, including one in terra cotta by Torregiano, to the
memory of John Young, a remarkable man in the early part of the reign
of Henry VIII. He was consecrated Bishop of Gallipoli, 22 partibus
infidelium, and acted as suffragan to the Bishop of London. He was
also an eminent lawyer, became Master of the Rolls in 1508, and was
continued in office by Henry VIII until 1517. He died in 1526. This
chapel is in the list of the city churches condemned to destruction.
Originally, the Rolls house was a foundation made by Henry III for