42 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP SANCROFT. 



Earl, he went on his journey into Derbyshire; 

 the vicarage he was invited to being repre- 

 sented to him to be worth (even without the 

 hospital) £100 per annum, and of that £60 glebe 

 land. But when he came thither he found the 

 glebe not much above half that value ; and the 

 rest so inconsiderable, that he thinks himself as 

 well at Newmarket, without the trouble of re- 

 moving so far. But the last week he received 

 information (which he relies upon as well 

 founded) that the school-master of Repton is 

 remanded to his school ; the two great lords 

 not agreeing to bestow the hospital upon him ; 

 which was the supposition that only (as I re- 

 member) lay before in Mr. Cunliff's way, why 

 he should not be governor of that hospital, as 

 the former vicars have been. Besides Sir Wil- 

 liam Gerard, who is the other feoffee, is wholly 

 for Mr. Cunliff. So that by this time, you see 

 the trouble that is again returning upon you ; 

 that you will speak once more with the Earl of 

 Huntington, (if he be in London,) presenting 

 my humble service and respects to him ; and 

 desire him, that if the resolution taken between 

 him and the other lord be at an end, he would 

 join with Sir William Gerard, and bestow that 

 government upon the vicar as it hath been for- 

 merly. Dear Sir, the constant trouble you 

 undergo for my sake is so great, that I ought 



