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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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January, 1714; and King's 1st Serjeant 30th 

 January, 1726. He died in 1738, aged 76. 



The feebook commences Michaelmas term, 1719. 

 The names of nearly all the causes and cases are 

 stated throughout, with the dates : — 



£ s. d. 



" Total fees Michas 1719 to Michas 1720 - 3805 13 



1720 to 1721 - 3669 10 



Average for the 1721 to 1722 - 3464 18 6 



G yrs., £3241 per 1722 to 1723 - 3392 5 6 



arm. 1723 to 1724 - 2868 19 9 



1724 to 1725 - 2246 15 



" Note. This Michas Term (1725) I reduced my bis- 

 ness and ceased to go into other Courts as formerly, and 

 confined my attendance on the Bisness of y« Court of 

 Comon Pleas, contenting to amuse myselfe w*'' Less"^ 

 bisness and small' gayne, being in Nov. 1725 of the age 

 of 63." 



" Total fees Michas 1725 to Michas 1726 - 1148 15 6 



1726 to 1727 - 1645 11 



Average for the 1727 to 1728 - 1393 9 6 



6 yrs., £1320 per 1728 to 1729- 1465 8 



ann. 1729 to 1730 - 1204 17 6 



1730 to 1731 • 1006 1 6 



" Saty 10 Nov. I was det^ from Wesf by an inflama- 

 con in y" left eye, & returned not ag", nor was out untill 

 6 Dec^"l731 to my Chamb". 



From this time to the 26th April following, 

 the fees were very trifling in amount. 



" 26 Api 1732. First day of Easter Term. Acq'i Judges 

 y* I found it time to quit attendance at Westm', and 1 

 told Mr. Att. & Sollr. gen. I w^ reckon myselfe obliged 

 to atf the King's bisness as occacon & I sh"* be tho' or 

 found able. All coffiended my resolution." 



After this date, and down to November, 1733, 

 Sir John appears to have attended Court but 

 seldom, and between November 1733 and 22nd 

 March, 1736-7, his fees were for opinions only. 



Sir John Chesshyre kept a particular account 

 of his expenditure. Some of the entries in his 

 disbursement book are curious for their minute- 

 ness as well as character. The last entry is under 

 date of 15 April, 1738, in which year, as before 

 .stated, he died. 



The clerk's fees in 1717-18 (the only years in 

 which they are mentioned), were on a fee of ^ 

 guinea 3d., 1 guinea Qd., and 2 guineas Is., very 

 different from the clerk's fees at the present time. 



I may add that among Sir John Chesshyre's 

 papers and correspondence I found several letters 

 of Chesterfield {the Chesterfield), who had bor- 

 rowed 20,000Z. of the Serjeant. Robt. Cole. 



AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE 

 ROYAL SOCIETY. 



The Royal Society was established at London 

 by King Charles. II. in the year 1662. The fol- 

 lowing Americans have at different times been 

 elected Fellows of the Society : — 



Cotton Mather, Paul Dudley, John Winthrop, 



Benjamin Franklin, James Bowdoin, John Leve- 

 ret t, and Nathaniel Bowditch of Massachusetts. 



John Winthrop, Fitz- John Winthrop, and Da- 

 vid Humphreys of Connecticut. 



James Morgan and David Rittenhouse of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



William Byrd and Silas Taylor of Virginia. 



David Hosack of New York. 



John Winthrop, in the above list, was the son 

 of Governor Winthrop. He arrived in Boston 

 from England in October, 1635 ; was several 

 years Governor of Connecticut. Died at Boston, 

 April 5th, 1676, in his 71st year. 



Fitz- John Winthrop, Governor of Connecticut, 

 was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1638. Died 

 at Boston, November 27th, 1707, aged 69. 



John Winthrop was son of Adam Winthrop; 

 graduated at Harvard College in 1732 ; was Pro- 

 fessor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy. 

 He died. May 3rd, 1779, in his 65th year. 



John Leverett was grandson of Governor Le- 

 verett ; graduated at Harvard College in 1680 ; 

 was afterwards its president. He died May 3rd, 

 1724. 



Cotton Mather, well-known as the author of 

 the Magnalia, was son of Dr. Increase Mather, 

 and born in Boston, Feb. 12th, 1663, graduated 

 at Harvard College in 1678. Died at Boston, 

 Feb. 13th, 1728, aged 65 years. His publications 

 amounted to 382, besides several large works left 

 prepared for the press. 



Paul Dudley, Chief Justice of Massachusetts, 

 graduated at Harvard College in 1690. Died at 

 Roxbury, Jan. 21, 1751. 



David Rittenhouse was born in Germantown, 

 Pennsylvania, April 8th, 1732. Died June 26th, 

 1796, in his 65 th year. 



James Bowdoin, Governor of Massachusetts, 

 was born in Boston, Aug. 18th, 1727 ; graduated 

 at Harvard College in 1745. Died Nov. 6th, 

 1790, in his 64th year. 



Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Jan. 

 17th, 1706. Died April 17, 1790, aged 84. 



Having recently met with the above list in an 

 old American publication, might I ask if any one 

 of your correspondents would oblige by making 

 it complete, to the present time ? 



WiLIilAM WiNTHEOP. 



Malta. 



Minor f^attg. 



Bemcrton Parsonage. — The following lines con- 

 tain such an excellent and charitable sentiment 

 for all, whether clergy or laity, to whom they 

 might apply, and are in themselves so quaint and 

 expressive, that space may perhaps be given for 

 two distinct versions ; one from Fuller's Holy and 

 Profane State, the other from Walton's Ltfe of 

 George Herbert. Possibly they are of a date 



