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up to the erection of the present portico at the west end of
the Church are narrated in the following transcript:—
Monday, 6th October, 1777. Mr. Church Warden Glanvill laid
before the Vestry a Letter to him from the Revd Dr Thomas
Wilson Minister of this Parish respecting his Intention of
Subscribing One Hundred Pounds towards the Building of a
Portico at the West Entrance of this Parish Church (according
to a Plan or Design laid before the Vestry by Mr. Ch Warden
Glanvill) wherein the Doctor Recommends to the Church
Wardens and Vestry the waiting on the Dean and Chapter of
Westminster as Rectors and Patrons of the said Church for
their Approbation as he apprehends the Dean and Chapter if
they approve thereof will Subscribe thereto, and also Recommending
the waiting on Sr Henry Cheere, Bart, who Dr Wilson
also signifies he thinks will also Subscribe thereto.
Resolved that the Church Wardens be desired to wait on the Dean
and Chapter of Westminster and in the name of this Vestry
desire their approbation of Building a Portico at the West
Entrance of this Parish Church agreeable to the said Plan
or Design and the Church Wardens are requested to lay the
said Plan or Design, as also the Letter from the said Dr
Wilson before the Dean and Chapter.
Resolved that the Church Wardens be desired to wait on Sr
Henry Cheere, Bart, and also shew to him the said Plan or
Design with the letter from the said Dr Wilson.
An appeal was made to Parliament by petition, in
accordance with numerous precedents, for a grant in aid of
the expense of a general repair of the Church. Neither
the detailed report of the survey, nor the copy of the
petition and the organisation of support for its prayer
can, owing to their length, here be given The result of the
appeal and the gratitude of the Vestry, were recorded as
follows:—
May 2, 1799—Mr. Fox reported that the Parliament had been
pleased to grant the Prayer of the Petition of this Vestry
for the sum of £6,721 18 4 for the Repair of the Church
It is unanimously Resolved—That this Vestry is under the highest
and most lasting Obligation to Sir Alan Gardner, Baronet one
of the Members for the City and Liberty of Westminster for
his kind and ready Compliance with the desire of the Parish
in presenting their late Petition to The Honourable House of
Commons And for his very active exertions in the support
thereof during its progress thro' the House unto its ultimate
success