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found to have pistolls) whom upon examination yo" 

 shall find subject to suspition and can give no justifiable 

 cause for theire abode in such places to binde to tbeire 

 good behavic, or if yo" shall find horses w"'' you cannot 

 receaue satisfaccon to whome they appertaine, we require 

 yo" to cause the said Horses to be stayed untill the owners 

 appeare, with whome if yo" shall finde cause 3'o" are to 

 proceed as aforesaid : And so we bid you hartily fare- 

 well. From the Court at Windsor, the 15"' of December, 

 1625. 



" To our very loving Friends Tho. Coventrye, C. S. 

 The Lord Major and Aldermen J. Ley. 

 of London, .and to our trustie and Pembroke Montgomery 

 well-beloved Justices of the Kellie. 

 Peace for Westminster and our T, Edmondes, Jo. Suck- 

 county of Midd. and Surrey. ling, Rich. Weston." 



T. W. Jones. 

 Nantwich. 



'COLLEGE LIFE AT OXFORD, ONE HUNDRED 

 AND THIRTY YEARS AGO. 



(Continued from p. 365.) 



Diary of Sir Erasmus Philipps : — 



"1721, July 20. Attended the Nisi Prius Court, where 

 Baron Montague tried Sixteen Causes. The Counsel at 

 the Bar were Serjeants Groves and Bridges, M"" Win- 

 nington .Jeffreys, M'' Wills (King's Counsel) M"" Clement 

 Wearg, M' Cox, M' Wright, D'' Bloschiers Tovy (Fel- 

 low of Merton College), M'' Skinner, M^ Joseph Girdler, 

 M'' Le Merchant, M^ Brereton, and M' Edmund Probyn. 

 N.B. Mr Jeffreys, M"" J"» Wills, and M^ Probyn are Welsh 

 Judges. 



"July . . , . Mf Solomon Negri (a Native of Damas- 

 cus) a great Critic in the Arabick Language, and perfect 

 Master of the French and Italian Tongues, came to 

 Oxford, to consult and transcribe some Arabick Manu- 

 scripts in the Bodleian Library ; fell acquainted with this 

 Gent, and with M'' Hill, an ingenious Friend of his that 

 came down with him ; and enjoy'd abundance of Satis- 

 faction in their Conversation. 



" Aug" 5. George Owen, Esq^" and his two sons (the 

 d"" of Physick and the Attorney) were to see me at my 

 Chambers. 



" 7. I was Enter'd a Student of Lincoln's Inn. 



" Dit. Went with M"" Blandy to Abingdon (described 

 pages 115 & 116) to an Election of a Scholar from the 

 Free School there to Pembroke College ; on this occasion 

 there were a good many Oxonians, who were entertained 

 with Several Copies of Verses and Declamations. The 

 Election fell upon Mr Bacon, a very Ingenious Youth, 

 son to the Rev" M'' Bacon of Reading. Dined with M^ 

 Philipson the Mayor of the Town, and afterwards waited 

 on M' Pope, a LaAvyer of this place, with M^ Blandy and 

 M-^ Eaton. J i- ' J 



" 17. Began to learn on the Violin of M' Wheeler, to 

 whom paid 10' Entrance. 



" Dit. Went with M-^ Tristram to the Poetical Club 

 (whereof he is a Member) at the Tuns (kept by M-- 

 Eroadgate), where met D' Evans, Fellow of S* John's, 

 and Mr J"" Jones, Fellow of Baliol, Members of the Club. 

 Subscribed 5' to D"" Evans's Hi/men and Juno (which one 

 merrily call'd Evans's Bubble, it being now South Sea 

 Time). Drank Gallicia Wine, and was entertained with 

 two Fables of the Doctor's Composition, which were in- 

 deed Masterly in their kind : But the D>- is allowed to 

 have a peculiar knack, and to excell all Mankind at a 

 Fable. 



"Aug»«. . . . Went to "Oxford Races on Portmead, 



where D"" Burton's Mare beat M' Walker's Horse, and 

 won the Galloway money the first day. The next daj', 

 Mf Allen's Horse won the Town Plate from S"" Francis 

 Edwards's. The last day several Town Horses ran for the 

 does given by Lord Abingdon. Here was much the same 

 Company as appeared last vear. 



" 26. Rode with M'' Le Merchant and M"- Clerk to S' 

 John D'Oyley's seat, about 6 miles from Oxford. 



"27. Henry Hastings Esq" came to see me from Lon- 

 don, with Monsieur Prevaust, a French Gentleman of his 

 Acquaintance. Introduced by M"" Hastings to M" Wal- 

 kers in Holy Well, 



"31. At Mr Tristram's Chambers w"' M-- Wanlej', the 

 famous Antiquarian, Keeper of the Harleian Library, M' 

 Bowles, Keeper of the Bodleian Library', and M"' Hunt of 

 Hart Hall, who is Skill'd in the Arabick. 



" Sept. 5. My Father, Brother Buckley, and M"" Bernc- 

 witz came from London to Oxford, and lodg'd at M' Best's, 

 near our College. 



" 7. Rid out w'h my Father, M"" Jorden, and Bro. John, 

 to Shotover Hill, whence had a good View of Co' Tyr- 

 rell's beautiful Seat. Din'd at Wheatley. Coming back 

 saw Cudsdon, the Bishop of Oxford's Palace, an old 

 House, and D'^ Panting's House, both pleasantly seated. 



" 9. Rode with my Father, &c. to Woodstock and Blen- 

 heim. 



" 14. Rode with Ditto to Fyfield (6 long miles from 

 Oxford) passing by Hincksey, Sandford, &c. Returned 



by Bazizley, the seat of Linton, Esq''S which is a 



good old House, and agreabl}' Seated in a Wood, and 

 through Bottley, and over Bottle3' causeway. At Fyfield 

 dined at Ralph Wilder's. This is a pleasant Jaunt. 



" 15. Mr. Horn returned from Sussex. 



" . . . . Show'd my Father the Colleges & Curiosities 

 of the University. 



"19. Went with my Father to Newnam by Water, 

 leaving Eafly, Kennington, Littlemore, & Sandford on 

 the Right and Left. This is a most agreeable Passage. 



" . . . . My Father, Bro. Buckley, & M' Bernewitz re- 

 turned to London. 



". . . . Walked to Pert's with M' Wilder; this is a 

 pleasant Tour from Oxford, whereof from this Hill one 

 has a good Prospect. 



" Oct. 9. I was Unanimously Elected a Common Council 

 Man of the Town and County of Haverfordwest, in the 

 Presence of Fifteen of the Council. (M'' J°° Phillips, now 

 Maj'or; M"- Oilman, Sheriff; M^ Daniel Ayleway & M' 

 George Crowther Bayliffs of Haverford.) 



" 19. Waited on the Hon'''* M'' North (Nobleman of 

 Trinity, & Eldest Son to Francis North Lord Guildford) 

 at M' West's rooms. 



" Nov. 1. A Great Gaudy this day in Pembroke Col- 

 lege, when the Master dined in Publick, and M^ Beale, 

 M"" Clayton, &c. went round the Fire in the Hall (an 

 ancient Custom the Juniors are obliged to comply with). 

 Lord Ossultown's Picture was Hung up this day in the 

 Hall. This Lord was a Considerable Benefactor to the 

 College, whereof he was a Member. 



" 5. M"" Francis Peyne, Batch, of Arts, made an Oration 

 in Pembroke Hall Suitable to the Day. n 



"8. Revd M' Le Hunt, Student of Christ Church, 

 Spoke the Bodleian Speech in the History School. This 

 was a fine Peice of Oratory. 



" 17. Brought an Essay on Pride to D"" Panting, who 

 then desired me to declaim Publickly in the Hall on the 

 following Thesis, ' Virtutem amplectimur Ipsam prtemia 

 si toUas.* 



" Xmi"" 18. Set out for London in Bartlett's Stage, pay- 

 ing Passage 10", & arrived next daj'. 



" 172J, Jan. 17. I returned to Oxford. 

 ' ". . . . S"^ Isaac Tillard, Kn', brought M"- Tucker,' a 

 Relation of his, to Oxford, whom, on my Recommend- 



