Inigo Jones is the figure who is extolled as being the bringer of classical Italian architecture to England. He was extremely educated in classical roman forms and treatises like those of Vitruvius along with the surviving ancient architectures through his visits to Italy, and familiar with the works of the architects of the High Renaissance such as Giuliano da Sangallo, Sebastiano Serlio, Andrea Palladio, and Donato Bramante. But, Inigo Jones did not simply copy these ancient forms indiscriminately into buildings for the English court, to which he served two kings as the Royal Surveyor. This is to say he did not serve as an English Sangallo constrained by historical accuracy, instead he used architecture informed by the classical and the High
