1664.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER, 267 



After a lapse of five years, lie writes another letter to 

 Boyle, 14 on the same subject, furnishing us, incidentally, 

 with the following curious and important details: 

 &quot; The Earl of Worcester is buying Fauxhall from Mr. 

 Trenchard, to bestow the use of that house upon Gaspar 

 Calehof [Kaltoff] and son [son-in-law], as long as 

 they shall live, for he intends to make it a College of 

 Artisans. Yesterday (he adds) I was invited by the 

 famous Thomas Bushel to Lambeth Marsh, to see part 

 of that foundation.&quot; 104 



Hartlib was a generous-hearted man, who projected 

 many schemes for public benefit. Evelyn styles him 

 an &quot;ingenious person, honest and learned;&quot; that he 

 deserved the latter distinction we may infer from the 

 fact of Milton having addressed to him his treatise u Of 

 Education.&quot; 



These particulars serve to show a very early con 

 nection on the part of the Marquis of Worcester with 

 Vauxhall, making it still more probable that he had 

 established a laboratory or workshop there, years 

 before the Civil War broke out ; that from its extent it 

 was proposed to retain it for the benefit of the State ; 

 and that on his own release from the Tower he sought 

 to regain possession of the premises, but possibly, for 

 politic reasons, in the name of his faithful workman 

 Caspar Kaltoff. 



During 35 years there would be a large accumula 

 tion of models for one hundred inventions and several 

 hundreds of experiments, as well as a considerable 

 quantity of tools and machinery. He would certainly 

 choose some place as near as possible to the great mart, 

 where alone he could obtain, within any reasonable 

 time, the numerous articles and materials constantly 



11 Boyle. 10 Weld. 



