226 POCKlir ALMANACKS AT RENISHAW. 



M'? I went ffrom Renis'iaw August the 6"', 1720, & returned againe 

 to Renishaw October 26"\ 



M'l Our Kvening Post mi^t Sunday the ii"'Xbr, 1719; another Sunday 

 the 6"* of March, another before, so there is at Least 3 missing. 



M'^ Our Evening Post mist July the 3d, 1720. 



Miscellanys in Prose and Verse by Doctour Swift. 



Miscellanies by the Marquess of Halifax under 7 heads, &c : [repeated 1721]. 



Popes Urbin the 7"', Innocent the 9"', Gregory the I4">, and Leo y"^ ii"", 

 All Reignd not much above one yeare. 



The year 1559 was remarkable for the death of so many great men as no age 

 hath afforded y« like. There died in 15 months tyme A Pope, An Emperour, 

 Two Kings of ffrance, A King of England, A King of Portugall, A King of 

 Denmark, The Queen Dowager of Poland, The Queen of England, Mary 

 Queen of Hungary, Queen Eleanor, The Doge and Patriarck of Venice, The 

 Duke of fferara, 13 Cardinalls, and many other Persons considerable either for 

 qualitie or merit. Vide the Life of Pope Sixtus the s"" [repeated 1721]. 



M? I left Renishaw to go to Camb : and thence to London Aug : the 

 sixth, 1720, came to M'' Carltons y= 2o"\ 



Due from ffrancis Maiples, Butcher, for 32 sheep - - - 20 : lo : o 



July the 22d, 1720. Lent then to Rob Sycks the ' Compleat ffarrir.' 



M^ Novemb; the 6"^, 1718. Lent then to W Hayford, junior, 

 Willoughbyes Ornitholigy. 



ffeb. the 18"', 1719. Lent then to M' Sympson, The History of ihe Law 

 of England.' And the 'Analysis of the Law,' wrote by the same hand. 



Aprill the 25"', 1720. Lent then to M"^ Sympson, A Manuscript of Uncle 

 Sach : of the fforest Lawes, &c. 



M? In my Almanack for 1718 is M"' Stones Receipt for 2000", &c : 



M? I have agreed, Aprill the 27"', 1 720, with M"' ffentham that if I do 

 from May day next make 50 p Annum cleare money of my Coale delfe att the 

 Osmond Hough, to Allow him 20" p Annum ; but if under 50" then but 10" p 

 Annum ; but if I make 65" p Annum, he to have the 15U or so much above 

 50" as is made cleare to 20I. I have p"* him till May day next. 



June the 3d, 1720. I p"^ then to Charles Eaton our ffoot [post] for his halfe 

 yeaies sallery due the 26*'^ of May last for bring the newes - 0:17:4 



P'J by him att the same time to Jonathan Slater for the Evening Post for A 

 yeare, due to him the 26* of last May, 3 being wanting - - 1:5:6 



To Doncaster Post for halfe a yeare, due May the 26"' - - o : 2 ; o 



P? M^ Sympson part Aug : the 6"', 1720. 



Novemb: the 17"', 1720. Received Captaine Newtons part. 



1721. 



Lent to M' Stringer tlie ' life of Prince Eugene ' return'd. The ' Vanitie of 

 Physick and Philosophy.' 



