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that his penetration had been the means of tracking it out. It is 
quite certain that nothing could possibly be more gratifying to 
his vanity than placing the matter before him in that way. 
We have no record of the death of Sir Thomas’s first wife, but 
it was probably about this time that he married Judith, daughter 
of William Blount, Esq., of the City of London, by whom he also 
had four sons and three daughters. 
On August 15th, 1604, I find record of a grant of land to Sir 
Thomas Chaloner, value #100 per annum, from the Exchequer 
and Duchy of Lancaster, and on November 16th another grant to 
him and his heirs in fee farm of Exchequer lands, value £30 per 
annum, with woods and advowsons unvalued, and a further grant 
of the manor of Long Buckly, in the county of Northampton, of 
the Duchy of Lancaster, and further, December 17th, a grant of 
the manor of Clothall, Hertford, to Sir Thomas and Edward 
Cuson and their heirs. There are other grants of moneys for the 
expenses of the Prince’s household, and perhaps the above cited 
grants may be partly for that purpose. Chaloner may have been, 
and probably was, large sums out of pocket, and these might be 
partially in the way of remuneration. 
The King having resolved to honour the University of Oxford 
with a visit, and to enter the Prince a member of it, the Queen 
and His Highness started on the 27th August, 1605, from Wood- 
stock, where they had reposed themselves some days after a grand 
progress wherein they were attended by a numerous body of the 
nobility and gentry. The Prince chose to be entered at Magdalen 
College, out of compliment to Sir Thomas, who had graduated 
there, and on which foundation he had placed two of his sons. 
For some days there was great festivity and characteristic enjoy- 
ments in the University. Disputations on subjects of divinity, 
civil law, &c., were amongst the chief amusements, in which I am 
glad to find that eminent Cumbrians of the day bore a conspicuous 
part. Dr. John Aglionby, Principal of St. Edmund’s Hall, took 
the affirmative side of the question, ‘‘Whether Saints and Angels 
know the Thoughts of the Heart?” and amongst other disputants, 
Dr. Airay, Provost of Queen’s, asserted the negative. Another 
