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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2°^ S. X. Nov. 10. 'CO. 



Prior's Works in Folio, neatly bound, w*" cost me 1/. 3s. 

 Kev"! M"^ Thomas Tristram, M.A., and Fellow and Libra- 

 rian of the College, entered me on this occasion a Bene- 

 factor to its Librar3'. 



" Sept. . . Din'd with D"" Hugh Boulter, the Dean of 

 Christ Church and Bishop of Bristol, at his lodgings in 

 College; where were his Lady, h^ George Douglas (Bro. 

 to Charles Douglas, D. of Queensberry), Sir Piercy Freke, 

 Bart., and the Revd M' Fenton, all of Christ Church. 

 M' Fenton has a Poetical genius, and has published some 

 things in that way, which have been well received. He 

 is also a fine Preacher. 



" Sept. . . In this month I was twice Senior of Pem- 

 broke College Hall. 



" Oct. 30. My Father and Bro. Buckley, with Cosin 

 Rowland Phillips of Orlandon, and M"" Bernewitz, came 

 to Oxford from Picton Castle, and next day went for 

 London. 



" Xm" 20. I set out from Oxford for London. 



'' 17 t". Jany 5. My sister Katharine died at Picton 

 Castle, in the 23<i year of her Age, and was in a few daj's 

 after Interred in Prendergast Church ; the Rev<i M"" J"" 

 Pember, Rector of the Parish, preaching her Funeral 



Sermon A neat marble Stone is erected for her, 



whereon is some Account of the Deceased. This Funeral 

 was extreamly handsome (the Expense of it amounting 

 to about 600/.), and was attended by the Chief Gentry of 



the Countrey I was inform'd from a good hand, 



that upon this Occasion there was a Struggle between 

 Orielton and Colby Coaches about Precedency. 



" Feb. 2. I set out from London for Oxford, where 

 came next day. 



^' 5. Died, the R' Honb'e James Stanhope, Earl Stan- 

 hope, Vise' Stanhope of Mahon, and Baron of Elvaston 

 in the County of Derb}' ; one of His Majesty's Principal 

 Secretaries of State, to whom I was related. 



" 27. Died, Cosin Kitty Walpole at the Bath. She was 

 daughter to the R' Honb^^ Robert Walpole, Esq™. 



" 1721, Mar. 27. Galfridus Walpole, Esq'', was appointed 

 one of the Post Masters General. 



" 28. Went a Foxhunting with Geo. Henr}' Lee, Earl 

 of Litchfield, John Leveson Gower, Lord Gower, Marq' 

 of Carnarvon, S"" W™ Wyndham, Bart., M"" Villiers (Bro- 

 ther to Villiers, Earl of Jersey,) &c. Din'd at Woodstock, 



" April 4. My Cosin, Charles Stanhope, Esq"", who was 

 before Joynt Secretarj' to the Treasury, w«h W™ Lowndes, 

 EsqS was appointed. Treasurer of the Chamber. 



" My Cosin, Horatio Walpole, Esq', 2"'i Brother to the 

 R' Hont''« Rob' Walpole, Esq', was made Secretary to y 

 Treasury in M' Stanhope's Room. He was before, and 

 continues Auditor of Trades and Plantations. 



" 7. The Rev"! M"" Bowen of Upton and M"" Meare were 

 at my Chambers in College. 



" 9. Supped w'h the Marquiss of Carnarvon at his Apart- 

 ments in Baliol College, where were Lord Lusam and M' 

 Legh is Brother (sons to W™ Legg, Earl of Dartmouth), 

 and Sir Walter Bngott, Bar', Noblemen of Magdalene 

 College, D' King, a Civilian, Principal of S' Mary Hall ; 

 D' Sedgwick Harrison, a Civilian, and Camden Professor 

 of History ; D' Steward, M.D. (a Scotch Gentleman, and 

 Companion to the Marquiss) ; D' Hunt, Fellow of Baliol 

 College (Tutor to the Marquiss) ; Robert Craven, Esq'. 

 (Bro. to VV"" Craven, Lord Graven) ; Stephen and Henrj' 

 Fox, Esq", sons to the famous Sir Stephen Fox, Kn' 

 (Gent. Commoners of Christ Church) ; M' Lees, Fellows of 

 Corpus Christi; M' Humphrey Lloyd, B.D., Fellow of 

 Jesus, and my Brother. The Entertainment here was 

 extreamly Elegant, in Every Respect. 



" 1721, April 14. Rode with M' Wilder (Fellow and 

 Vicegerent of Pembroke) and M' Le Merchant to New- 

 nam, where dined upon Fish at the pleasant place men- 



tioned page 107. Coming home, a dispute arose between 

 these two Gentlemen, whom with great .difficulty I kept 

 from Blows. 



" 19. Rev* M' Gregory, Student of Christ Church, and 

 the Rev"i M' Holmes, Fellow of S' John's, were sworn in 

 Proctors for an. 1721, when the Rev^ M' Brinkow, Fellow 

 of Jesus, and the Rcv<i M' Slocock, Fellow of Pembroke, 

 Proctors for an. 1720, went out of their office. 



" N.B. The senior Proctor makes his speech the first 

 day of Easter Term (when the Proctors for the ensuing 

 year are Elected and' Sworn) in the Convocation House, 

 and the Junior the last day of Lent Term in the Theatre. 



" May . . — Skinner, Esq', was chose Recorder of Ox- 

 ford. He was opposed bj' Wright, Esq', son to the 



late Recorder, who was a noted Lawyer. 



27. Yate, Esq', Gent. Coinoner of Queen's (my 



particular friend), and M' Wynne, Batchelor of the same 

 College, playing together with Swords, the former gave 

 the other such a terrible wound, y' his Life was for a good 

 while despaired of. 



" June 19. Lent M' James West, Commoner of Baliol, 

 6 guineas. 



" 24. Heard Rev^ M' Tho. Wharton, Fellow of Mag- 

 dalene College, and Lecturer of Poetry, preach in the 

 Stone pulpit in the said College. This S' John's day, 

 whereon is always a sermon in this Pulpit. 



" Julv 4. Went up the river a fishing with M' Wilder, 

 M' Eaton, M' Clerk, M' Clayton (Gent. Commoner), M' 

 Sylvester, and M' Bois, all Pembrokians, as far as Burnt 

 Isle, whereon we landed, and dressed a leg of Mutton, 

 which 'afterwards we dispatched in the wherry. The 

 passage to this diminutive Island is wonderfully sweet 

 and pleasant. 



M3. Went to the Tuns with Tho. Beale, Esq' (Gent. 

 Comoner), M' Hume, and M' Sylvester, Pembrokians, 

 where Motto'd, Epigrammatiz'd, &c. 



" 19. Sent M' W"" Wightwick, Demy of Magdalene 

 College, a Copy of Verses on his leaving Pembroke. 



" I laid 20 Guineas to one with M' Clerk that I was 

 not married in 3 years : laid the same Bett again with 

 M' Beale." 



J. P. Phillips. 



:Minar ^atei. 

 Hales of Eton. — The following extract from 

 a letter to Dr. Birch from J. Owen, dated Roch- 

 dale, Nov. 1st, 1748, will no doubt be read with, 

 interest by all admirers of John Hales. Has this 

 fact been noticed by any of his biographers ? 



" As You are curious in Biography as well as other 

 Branches of Science, I beg leave to transcribe a Para- 

 graph wrote by an anonj'mous Hand in a Copy which I 

 have by me of the first edition of Hartcliflfe's Moral and 

 Intellectual Virtues, London, printed 1691. It is as fol- 

 lows : — 



" ' I am credibly informed that nothing but the Pre- 

 face is, properly speaking, M' Hartcliffe's, that the Bodv 

 of the Book is M' Hales' of Eaton. Y« MS. of which feU 

 into Hartcliffe's hands, which He, supposing it the only 

 one, printed under his own name. But afterwards, find- 

 ing that D' Doughty and another Person had each of 

 them one, he call'd in all the remaining Books of y® Edi- 

 tion, which has occasioned their being so scarce.' " 



M. N. S. 



Specimen of Pulpit Okatory of Seven- 

 teenth Century. — The following specimen of 

 plain speaking seems worth preserving. I made 



