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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s, X. Dec. 8. '60. 



atioD, he entered Gent. Comoner of Merton under y« 

 Tuition of M' Robinson, Fellow of that College. 



"Feb. 13. Went to tlie Great Cockmatch in Holywell, 

 fought between other Windsor Hickman, Earl of Ply- 

 mouth, & the Town Cocks, which beat his Lordship. 



" . . . . W™ Yate of Islington, Esq™, died. 



" March 7. Baron Price & Justice Dormer at Oxford : 

 attended y» Nisi Prius, where were only Six Causes. The 

 Usual Counsel, M' Holmes, the Junior Proctor, and M"' 

 Hector, the Junior Collector, made their Speeches in the 

 Theatre. The Proctor's was a delicate and masterly 

 Peice of Oratory, as indeed was likewise the Speech of 

 M"" Slocock, Junior Proctor, an. 1720, which I forgot to 

 mention. M' Heniy Church (the Junior Collector, a 

 Pembrokian) came off very handsomelj'. The speeches 

 of M'' Brynkow and M' , Senior Proctor and Collec- 

 tor, for the year 1720 were not much admired. 



" 25. A Gaudy in Pembroke College. 



"Dit. Hon^e M'' Edward Nevil (Brother to George 

 Nevil Lord Abergavenny) Nobleman of Wadham, gave 

 me D'' Barn's Anacreon. 



"29. With M"- Kennet (son to D' White JKennet, Bp. 

 of Peterborough), Fellow of Merton, who comunicated to 

 me his Uncle Basil's Incomparable Speech on his being 

 elected President of Corpus Christi, with several curious 

 Letters of his when abroad to his I3rother White, which 

 are Master Peices in the Epistolary Way; together with 

 a Copy of Verses of his to M'' Pope; and also a Copy of 

 Miss Cowper's to the Same Person, both which are ex- 

 treamly good. 



". .'. . S"" J"" Walters, Bar", & Tho. Rowney, Jun', 

 Esq"", where chose Members of Parliament for the City 

 of Oxford ; They were opposed by M'' Hawkins & M^ 

 Wright, Barristers at Law. 



" . . . . D>- G. Clerk (Fellow of All Souls & LL.D.) & 

 W™ Bromle}', Esq'', were elected Members of Pari™* for 

 the University. They were opposed by D'' King, LL.D., 

 Principal of New Inn Hall. 



" April 2. S'' Robert Jenkinson & Henry Perrot, Esq'', 

 were Elected Members for the County of Oxford at 

 Oxford. 



"April 4. M' Gregory, the Senior Proctor, made his 

 Speech in the Convocation House, which was not much 

 admired. 



" Dit. Went a Circuiting w*'' M' Collins of our College. 

 This is an Exercise previous to a Master's Degree. 



"6. M-^ Dolben, M-- Colchester, M"- Walker, & M-^ 

 Hervey, Gentlemen _Commoners of Baliol, M"" S' John, & 

 M' Smith, Gent. Comoners of Oriel, w"' M'' Unit of Wor- 

 cester, and my S^lf, made a Private Ball at M^ Conyer's, 

 for Miss Brigandine (my Partner), Miss Hume, Miss 

 Brooks's, &c. 



" 27. The Rev* M"" J"" Harris call'd on' me in his way 

 to London. 



" May 10. Rode out w* M"" Jasper Clayton to Marsham 

 (6 miles from Oxford), the beautiful Seat of his Father, 

 Jasper Clayton, Esq"", Colonel of a Regiment of Foot. 

 This House is delicately situated, & adorned w'^* good 

 Gardens, Fishponds, &c. Saw the Colonel, and young 

 blaster Clayton. N.B. The famous David Jones is Mi- 

 nister of the Parish of Marsham. 



"16. Rode out w*** M'' Clayton to Easislej', M^Lenton's 

 Seat. Near here met M'' Clayton's three Sisters (all fine 

 bred women ; the youngest, Miss Charlotte, is a beautiful 

 Creature, & has a deal of L'Esprit), Miss Lenton, a very 

 agreeable Person, & Miss Clerk of Burford, sitting upon a 

 large Oak, breathing the Evening Fresco : Walk'd with 

 the Ladies about two hours, and then return'd. 



"June 6. The University complimented W"" Lord 

 Craven w"" a Doctor of Laws degree. 



"July 3. Gave M'' Horn an Essay on Friendship. In 

 the Evening "went with him, M' Birch, M' Hume, M' 



Sylvester, & the Wightwicks to Godstow by water, tak- 

 ing Musick & Wine with us. 



" 4. Set out for the Races at Burford (15 long miles from 

 Oxford, & indifferent Roads). Laj' at a Private House 

 here, & next morning breakfasted with M'' W*" Linton 

 at M''» Clerk's here, where saw a pretty Miss, her Daugh- 

 ter. The Church in this Town is very large & decent, & 

 among other Things 'tis adorn'd with the Stately Monu- 

 ment of Lord Chief Baron Tanfeild. First day. M"" Dash- 

 wood's True Blew (one of the most beautiful Stone Horses 

 that ever was known in England, & one of the best 

 Racers, of a dappled Grej' Colour, but now old) run 

 against M"" Dormer's Crop, and won the Size Plate, value 

 60 Guineas. Every one said they never Saw any Horse 

 neater kept, or appear with a more delicate Coat, than 

 Crop, who run extreamly well, & between them was very 

 good Diversion. 



"Second Day (July 6*). The E. of Harold's Sorrell 

 Horse, Squirrell, won the Galloway Plate. The other 

 Horses that started were S"" Edward Dering's Chesnufc 

 Gelding Staghunter (a ver}' fine creature) ; M"^ Bray'a 

 Bay Gelding Camel; M"^ Barrett's Black Gelding Cripple; 

 M'' Baker's Bay Gelding Cotswood Jack; M"" Weinman's 

 Chesnut Mare Staring Dolly ; & M"" Blewitt's Drousy Bess 

 (a fleet Mare). Returned to Oxford. 



" Aug. 5. Paid Mr. Reeves the Painter £3:8:0 for a 

 Horse that died after riding about 10 miles. 



"7. Went to Portmead, where Lord Tracey'a Mare 

 Whimsey (the Swiftest Galloper in England) run against 

 M'' Garrard's Smock faced Molly, and won the Size Money 

 (a Purse of 40 Guineas) with all the Facility Imaginable. 

 I was Informed by a good hand that Whimsey had won 

 20 Races Successively, & had beat the most noted Horses 

 in England. She Gallops indeed at an incredible Rate, 

 & has true mettle to carry it on. Upon this occasion I 

 cou'd not help thinking of Job's description of the Horse, 

 and particularly of that expression in It, He swalloweth 

 the Ground, which is an Expression for Prodigious Swift- 

 ness in use amongst the Arabians, Job's Countrymen, at 

 this Day. 



" 8. Went again to Portmead, where S'' Tho. Samuel's 

 Mi.vpry (a very prettj' Nag) won the Galloway Plate. 

 At Night went to the Assembly at the Angel. 



" 9. At Portmead again, where M"" Crosby's Creeping 

 3IoUy won the Town Plate. Went at Night to the Ball 

 at the Angel. The Usual Company here & at the Races 

 and Assemblj'. 



" . . . . M"" J^o Burnett, Collector of the Excise, at my 

 Chamberp. 



" 27. M'' Brooks (Eldest son to S"^ James Brooks, Bar*), 

 M' Rolls, M"^ Beaumont, & M' Lock came from London 

 to the University, which I shew'd them, and treated 

 them at my Room. 



" Sept Made a Present to Trow, M.D., Fel- 

 low of Merton College (& now Professor of Botany), of 

 M"" Bolton's Surgery, & to M"" Andrew Hughs, Scholar of 

 Pembroke, of my Key of that College Garden. 



" 12. Set out "for Woodstock races w"' M"^ Goodrick of 

 Wadham & my Brother. The 1" day a Rone Gelding 

 call'd Foxhunter (a noted Horse), belonging to James 

 Brudenell, E. of Cardigan, run against M' Dashwood's 

 True Blew, M^ Farmer's Cupid, & a Brown Horse call'd 

 Fox, & won the Plate, which was of considerable Value. 

 This Day's Diversion was very good. 13"'. M' Cole's 

 Grey Stone Horse won the Galloway Plate. 14"'. A 

 Black Horse of M' Harnett's won, but some Dispute aris- 

 ing about the Ground, the Parties agreed to run over 

 again the Week following. IS'^. A Saddle was run for, 

 & won by a pretty Mare belonging to M' Speke, Fellow 

 of Wadham. N.B. The Races this year were run upon 

 Campsfield downs, near Woodstock, & not in the Park as 

 usual, the Dutchess of Marlborough having taken offence 



