Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench Old Goat and Compasses Inn Two cows graze in front

Two cows graze in front of a large windmill on Blackheath

was still rural in the eighteenth century

Monument to Sir Gilbert Talbot

View of the chime machine at St Giles without Cripplegate

Map of London and surrounding counties along the River Thames from Thames Ditton to Erith

Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench Old Goat and Compasses Inn Two cows graze in front'Sir Matthew Hale, Kt, Chief Justice of the King's Bench', 1670. It was Hale's (1609 1676) opinion that The husband cannot be guilty of a rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife, for by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract, the wife hath given herself in kind unto the husband which she cannot retract. His statement was partly responsible for the fact that, until recently, spousal rape was not recognized as a crime in most common law