JOURNAL. 



I, Charles Cardale Babington, was born at Ludlow in 

 Shropshire on the 23rd day of November, 1808, as may be seen 

 by the following note in the handwriting of my father, who was 

 the son of Thomas Babington, of Rothley Temple in Leicestershire. 

 {See Babington pedigree, and the History of that County.) My 

 mother was the daughter of John Whitter, Esq., of Bradninch in 

 the County of Devon. They were married at that place on the 

 15th of August, 1803. My father lived in a house near to the 

 Castle Gate at Ludlow, the first house on the right hand side 

 looking, from the gate. Mr. Charles Rogers, my mother's uncle, 

 lived in the house exactly opposite, before he purchased and built 

 the house at Stanage in Radnorshire. 



Note in the handwriting of Dr. Joseph Babington : " Charles Cardale 

 Babington, son of me Joseph and Catherine my wife, was born on the 

 twenty-third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 eight hundred and eight, about twenty minutes after twelve in the 

 day, and was baptized by the Rev. Mr. Baugh, now Rector of Ludlow, 

 on this eighteenth day of January, 1809, being now two months old. 

 He was christened March 2nd, 1809, having as sponsors, Rev. Thomas 

 Gisborne, of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire, Charles Rogers, Esq., of 

 Stanage, Mrs. Whitter, his grandmother, and Mrs. F. Cardale, of 

 Cossington, Leicestershire. He was vaccinated by Mr. Adams, Sur- 

 geon, Ludlow, on this 27th of March, 1809, at ten o'clock in the 

 morning, on the left arm ; the disease went through its regular course 

 very properly — the scab fell off April 25th. He had the measles in 

 July, 1822. 



" Frederick John Babington, son of Joseph and Catherine Babington, was 

 born Feb. 20th, 1810." (He died within the year following.) 



My father left Ludlow when I was not more than four years of 

 age, and lived for about two years at Spaw-Place, Humberston 

 Grate, Leicester. He having entered into Holy Orders, we went to 

 live at Hawksworth in Nottinghamshire, in the summer of 1814. 



I went to school to Mr. Price, of Needwood Forest Church, in 

 the summer of 1817, and remained with him till 1819. 



Note in his father's handwriting : " Charles Cardale Babington went to 

 Mr. Price for private tuition, at Needwood Parsonage, Staffordshire, 

 on the 28th of July, 1817, aged eight years and a half." 

 " He soon after composed the following lines extemporary, on the situation 

 of Mr. Price's residence : 



"I'm going up the mountains high, 

 And on the top there is a plain, 

 With ridges far and nigh ; 

 And on that plain there is a house 

 And near to it a place to douse." 

 (In my mother's handwriting, C.C.B.) 



