New-York tribune., 1908-08-23

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place. this stringent action brought gieantc IN
to the Kings privy purse According To- c.sls4
fifteen millions of the present money was fs M
value of the policy of the Dissolution acfioeas easa
OF whose worth only rough con ierft tIras lters
formed Out Of this vast total u must be ~ 80 :.
bered that large share Vas devoted to fba liter.
military affairs OF the nation. and much sr,,--a
share to the founding Of a few new bisbo-.-assr
leaves a sum Of at least six seven FoI:a-.e -
the Kings pFVy purse y considerable ur - - ~
of this latter sum vas ekpfn1ed lDDa tie vsria
royal palaces and the lnciosinS gf the King 1-3-S
In the second place. the grant from me 49, -. q
mOnastic properties. frequently Ishr mi - 70
terms. enabled large NUMBER ~ ta- new cIaeNI
cOurtiers and sycOphdEts % build r1u1rrv - *
for their own use on varying scales Jf szs ..'.s
The eagerness with which the new owners IT,
themselves into remodeli'rg schemes 0f he -
rnonastic buildings. together with fae &C., p
extaut Of the nature Of the works then tIrIs- sll
are Of some interest and value in the archif.o.sa
story OF the period. ana nave Tor the ln0sf -.
been hitherto neglected SIT Thomas Wrfcfs ~
controller of the Kings household. afterwarF
obtaining the site Of the Premorstrate tersjss .ssa ~
of TitchheId. in HampshIre. On the SuDdaT ~
lowing it's surrender the selling OF marble -, -
ments affairs, etc. out Of the mOnastie churrs
accomplished. and few days later an sr-,i -
rnasOns and carpenters vas turned in to - - p
the abbey into a grand mansion for WriosSs-i.-s.a
residence In the same county Lord Ssndvv I.
Lord Chamberlain. speedily set about the WS-s !.
altering the PriOry OF MOtt5sfOnt - suit ~ 81 q
venience-
Moreover. at this period n the historv -.
England. her commercial fortunes we're ra1f+-
swelling. The rich merchants of London ,,..,
getting richer and making their way into -,
ranks of the so-caIIed landed gentry with :
ease which would have scauda.ized Their -
scendants. Ioftily disdainful, with the pagza,,
of time, Of wealth arasseI n trade :.
short. the time Of the Tud5rs vas favo-,s-.
to the creation of handsome dwellings. Pr.
Il -
To the building OF homes. IncidentaIly tba A
velopment Of the whole nation was tendin. ,
encourage these arniable aims
In the character of the representative Trt.
mansion may be read a cheerful sense o. =.
lief from the burden OF military strife -,
people had grown tired Of war Their trouN.,
were not ended, by any means. but peac. =
home was at last becoming rao-e or less n
habit and the country house ceased 70 -
lowered and turreted fortress. The old cast.
of Norman tradition became a symbol Of p-sl.
rather than of martial authority. and even Ebs-
some of the elements OF its architectural ytyr.
were used in newer buildings they were 10,
invested with any true military significance
The authors of this book. speaking OF Oxbg-yh
Hall, in Norfolk. with its m0at, battlements md
so on. note nevertheless that the whole ggsi.,
of the place is domestic That is the keyuo,.
of Tudor architecture domestic simplicity an
pleasantness, a freedom alike from the Old Iiss
of stern defence and the decorative sOphistira.
ton which was coming in from italian source
Messrs Garner and Stratton are nervous Ist
too little credit be given 70 the originality q
the architects whose achievements they csls-
brate They believe that English house build
ing from about the middle OF the fifteenth cen
tury down to the end of Henry HIS reign VA
thoroughly indigenous. based on the later d.
velopments of English Gothic architecture, TIA.
it owed little to foreign sources and that
was not wholly extinct until many years after
the death of Elizabeth" The case is over
stated. One may grant that the organic unity
of an architectural fabric ii Tudor times Is
disclosed in its plan and in the broad handing
of its exterior. was not seriously modified F
italian example, and Yet recognize in the arts 4
tic style of the thing the influence Of ItaHa-
taste Naturally the foUr-sqUare dignity Of !
Roman paIazzo. a kind OF heroic mOnumen-
would not get itself repeated in a sprasaHs
English manor: and the common sense Of IL
North was little calculated 10 foster those eI>
ments OF subtle grace. Of exquisite balance an
of linear distinction. which 20 the Southern;
with his inborn passion for beauty. were r
fniteIy precious But it Is impossible moi
feel from the drift OF Tudor style that its
finement gained something from the dIte1gI
through OF Italian ideas.
Relief from anxieties Of defence told in Tgitk
architecture especially in the ground plaI
dwelling. a house could now throw ont wEI
with greater freedom, it might follow the q
of the land" to its great gain both in c-