32 THE MAN IN THE WALL 



Camden has given us a short but accurate account of it (i.e., 

 the County of Dorset) in his Britannia, which, in Bishop 

 Gibson's edition, received considerable additions from 

 Anthony Ettrick, Esq., of Holt in this County, an eminent 

 lawyer." 



In the Introduction to the 1st Edition of E. Gibson's 

 (afterwards Bishop of Limerick) Camden' s Britannia, 

 published in 1695, it is stated that "Mr. Anthony Ettrick 

 returned what he thought most remarkable in Dorsetshire." 



These additions were considerable ; for whereas the text 

 of the Britannia, so far as Dorset is concerned, is to be found 

 in pages 43 to 51, Ettrick's contributions occupy pages 51 

 to 56. 



In the second edition of Gibson's Camden, Ettrick's additions 

 are incorporated in the text, although they are enclosed in 

 square brackets. And further additions are made by Mr. 

 Bennett. 



But it appears as if the very existence of Hutchins 1 History 

 of Dorset may be indirectly due either to Anthony Ettrick 

 or to his father-in-law Dr. Davenant ; for, in his Introduction, 

 Hutchins writes as follows : " About the year 1737. . 

 a friend in Oxford . informed me that there was a MS 

 collection containing inquisitions, extracts of records out of 

 the public offices, the Valor Beneficiorum of 1291, and other 

 curious particulars relating to the county which formerly 

 belonged to Dr. Davenant, vicar of Gillingham, and after- 

 wards to Anthony Etterick, Esq., who married a relation of 

 his, and was then in the hands of Mr. Sandford, B.D., senior 

 fellow of Baliol College. . . The perusal of this MS first 

 induced me to make further collections." 



It could scarcely be considered an anachronism to say that 

 Anthony Ettrick was by birth and education " a Tory." 

 His father, three times at least in 1647 and 1648, was charged 

 with " delinquency," his goods were seized and secured, and 

 he himself was ordered to pay 24, " for fift and twentieth 

 part as by ordinance of Parliament injoyned," though the 

 charges brought against him were not at this time proved, 



