CHARLES BALGUY, M.D, 1g 
with Italian literature, and when we take into account his 
attainments in medicine, and his knowledge of the Latin lan- 
guage, in which he wrote a scientific treatise, there seems no 
reason to doubt the judgment written on his monument—that 
he was ‘‘a man of various and great learning.” 
In 1750 he was made Doctor of Medicine at Cambridge. 
In 1758 he wrote Zfistola de Morbo Miliart. It was published 
in London, but I have in vain endeavoured to procure a copy. I 
gather, however, from its title, that it is a short Latin treatise on 
some form of pulmonary disease. 
In his will he mentions an estate which he had bought at 
Colne, near St. Ives, in Huntingdonshire. - 
For some of the facts contained in this article I have to thank 
Professor Mayor, of Cambridge ; Messrs. Green and Mellor, 
solicitors, of St. Ives; and Messrs. Percival and Son, solicitors, 
of Peterborough. But especially I must acknowledge my _ in- 
debtedness to the Rev. W. D. Sweeting, Vicar of Maxey, and 
late Head Master of the Peterborough Grammar School, for the 
researches kindly made in that city. My thanks are also due to 
William H. Weldon, Esq., Windsor Herald. 
I subjoin as appendices the will of Dr. Balguy and his epitaph, 
some pedigrees from the College of Arms, abstracts of Court 
Rolls, and a very interesting communication from -the Rev. W. 
D. Sweeting. 
A 
WILL oF Dr. Batcuy. 
“I Charles Balguy of the City of Peterborough Doctor of 
Physick make this my last Will and Testament as follows First 
I remit to M® Eleanor Hake and M* Sarah Hake all sums of 
money advanced by me for their use amounting to four hundred 
and sixty pounds for which I have M® Eleanor Hake’s note dated 
Jan. 1 1766 which I hereby cancel or declare of no form or 
