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ette CIVeyY: AS ET IS 229 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
