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hurt by these details. Leonard Mac Nally saw 

 his seducer consigned to the grave. 



William John FitzPateick. 



Kilmacud Manor, Dublin. 



P.S. It is worth mentioning as a postscriptum 

 that the Chief Baron O'Grady claimed the right 

 of patronage in the appointment of successors to 

 Lord Buckinghamshire and Mr. Pollock ; and 

 having actually named his son and brother to the 

 enormous sinecures, a wide sensation became en- 

 kindled, which resulted in an elaborate public trial 

 of the judge's right. One of Plunkett's greatest 

 bar-efforts was made upon this memorable occa- 

 sion. 



COMPLETE history OF ENGLAND : WHITE KEN- 

 NETT: JOHN STRYPE. 



The question of the editorship of the three 

 volumes known as Kennetfs Complete History of 

 England has from the date of their publication 

 been so variously answered, that it seems worth 

 while to collect the existing evidence on the sub- 

 ject. 



In Reliquios Heamiance (i. ] 41.) we read : "Mr. 

 Took told Sir Philip Sydenham that he paid 2p0 

 libs for his share in the three vols, of English his- 

 torians, besides about 100 libs that it cost him in 

 treats." On which Dr. Bliss remarks : " It should 

 be remembered that bishop Kennett always denied 

 having anything to do with this publication ; it 

 ^as however, and still is, generally known by the 

 title of Kennett's History of England." Hearne 

 again ascribes the book to Kennett (ibid. p. 371.). 

 These two passages in Hearne occur under the 

 dates Oct. 1, 1708, and April 24, 1717. In the 

 interval (Dec 3, 1711), Kennett wrote to Hearne, 

 who had cited as his the notes on the Life of 

 Hen. IV. in vol. i. of the collection of historians. 

 But Kennett's contradiction, far from bearing 

 out Dr. Bliss's statement, distinctly implies that 

 for a portion of the work he was responsible. His 

 words are {Letters from the Bodleian, i. 225.) : 

 " I do assure you, I was not the author, publisher, 

 or reviser of that volume, or of any note or line in 

 it ; as any one of the booksellers could have in- 

 formed you." 



From the Letters hy John Hughes, Esq. and 

 several other Eminent Persons Deceased, of which 

 the second edition was published by John Dun- 

 combe, M.A. in 1773 (3 vols. 8vo.), we gain more 

 precise information : — 



"In the same year [1706] a 'Complete History of 

 England ' being undertaken by the booksellers, on a plan 

 recommended by Sir William Temple, our author under- 

 took to collect the materials for the two first volumes, 

 and gave an account of them in a very judicious intro- 

 duction. This work was continued and completed by 

 Dr. Kennet, whose name it bears." — Vol. i. p. viii. 



The plan of Sir W. Temple is described at length 



by his chaplain, Thomas Swift, a cousin of the 

 Dean, in a letter (Feb. 14th, 169^, ibid. i. 1-8.) 

 to Bentley the bookseller. It was in most parti- 

 culars followed by the editors of the Complete 

 History. 



A similar account is given by John Nichols 

 {Lit. Anecd. i. 325. 396.), who also refers to three 

 replies which Kennett's volume called forth (i. 44. 

 602.; ii. 134.). 



The preface and tables of contents to the Com- 

 plete History attribute the translation of Godwin's 

 Qu. Mary to Mr. J. Hughes, that of Camden's 

 Elizabeth to Mr. Davis, &c., the notes on Wilson's 

 James I. to Dr. Welwood, those on Buck's 

 Kichard III., and Godwin's Qu. Mary to "Mr. 

 Sti-ipe, an industrious Antiquary." OfHayward's 

 Edward VI. it is said : " An impartial Censure of 

 this Author is prefix'd to his Book by Mr. Stripey 

 to which the Reader is referr'd." 



Mr. Nichols seems to have questioned the accu- 

 racy of this statement, as he speaks {Lit. Anecd. i. 

 396.) of " notes said to be inserted by Mr. 

 Strype." It is certainly singular that a portion 

 of Strype's contributions, though promised in 

 the preface to both editions, appears in neither. 

 Writing to Thoresby (July 1, 1707, in Thoresby 

 Correspondence, i. 57.), Strype complains : — 



"Among these papers, you have a preface, whicb I 

 made to stand before Hayward's Life of King Edward 

 the Sixth, as it is reprinted in the late History of the 

 Kings, and should have been printed in that edition, but 

 was dropped, I know not how, though it was promised 

 and referred to in the general preface before that history. 

 I therefore printed a few of them, to bestow upon my 

 friends." 



In a volume of original letters addressed tO' 

 Strype, which, by the kindness of Mr. Baumgart- 

 ner, has now found its natural home in the Cam- 

 bridge University library, are two which relate to 

 this subject : — 



" London, August 2^, 1705. 



«S', 



" When j'ou come next to Town (j'® sooner y" 

 better) I desire you'l please to call upon me, for we would 

 willingly speak w*'^ you again, about assisting us in Our 

 English History. 



" I am, 



"S--, 

 " yo"" humble Serv*, 



" Heury Bonwicke." 

 The letter is addressed — 



" For y« Rever'i M"" Strj-pe, at Low-Leyton, Essex." 



Strype has endorsed it, " Mr. Hen. Bonwick 

 the Bookseller ; " and notes : — 



" The Booksellers were printing y® Complete History of 

 England, i. e. The Lives of y» Kings & Queens. I 

 added Annotations to V History of Rich. HI., K. Edward 

 VI. & Q. Mary." 



Another letter from Bonwicke : — 



"Sr, 



"London, August 7'^, 1705. 



" I have consulted my Partners, and they are will- 

 ing to comply w*** y°^ Termes, tho' they think 'em hard, 



