Was Brought From The
Forests In Essex; And As There Is No Colour From History To Surmise
That The Timber
Of this hall was Irish oak, so is there no
imaginable reason why timber should be fetched from another kingdom
For the repair of the hall, when the counties of Middlesex and Essex
were great part of them forest, and afforded timber enough to have
built twenty such places; and we find that the timber of the Essex
forests was in fact applied to the repairs of this palace; for it
cannot be pretended that the present roof is the same that was
erected by William Rufus when it was first built, it appearing that
Richard II., about the year 1397, caused the old roof to be taken
down and a new one made (as has been observed already) and this is
probably the same we now see. Here are hung up as trophies, 138
colours, and 34 standards, taken from the French and Bavarians at
Hochstadt, anno 1704.
The House of Lords, or chamber where the peers assemble in
Parliament, is situated between the Old Palace Yard and the Thames.
It is a spacious room, of an oblong form, at the south end whereof
is the King's throne, to which he ascends by several steps: on the
right hand of the throne is a seat for the Prince of Wales, and on
the left another for the princes of the blood, and behind the throne
the seats of the peers under age.
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