Valentine Knight
Allegiance Great Britain
RankCaptain

Valentine Knight (fl. 1666) was a 17th-century English architect. After the Great Fire, he submitted plans for rebuilding the city of London to King Charles II, although they were never adopted. Knight's plans called for a layout which emphasized reorganization of building plots above reorganization of the street layouts advocated by Christopher Wren and John Evelyn.[1]

Knight's plan called for the construction of a toll canal which would fund the further reconstruction of London. Charles was incensed that Knight suggested the King "draw a benefit to himself from so public a calamity of his people" – and had Knight briefly thrown in jail.[2]

Before the Fire, Knight was nominated to be a Knight of the Royal Oak.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Morris, A.E.J. (2013). History of the Urban Form Before the Industrial Revolution. Routledge. p. Figure 8.13. ISBN 9781317885139. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "How London Might Have Looked Five Masterplans After the Great Fire of 1666". theguardian.com. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Jenner, M.S.R. (January 2017). "Print Culture and the Rebuilding of London after the Fire: The Presumptuous Proposals of Valentine Knight" (PDF). Journal of British Studies. 56 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1017/jbr.2016.115. S2CID 164620263.


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