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the younger brother of Anthony, who was, as stated above, 

 expelled from Trinity College, Oxford, in 1648, in consequence 

 of his loyalty to King Charles. He became, after the Restor- 

 ation in 1661, the collector of customs at Stockton and Sunder- 

 land, and Register of the Court of Admiralty. He purchased 

 the estate of High Barnes. He was born 26 April, 1628, and 

 died at Bath 2 August, 1700. 



Of Anthony Ettrick it is sad to feel that it is his 

 eccentricities alone which are now remembered, and that the 

 story of them is handed down from generation to generation 

 by means of the coffin in the wall at Wimborne Minster. 

 The position of eminence which he attained to at the Middle 

 Temple is a proof of the high esteem in which he was held by 

 his legal confreres ; and we are of the opinion that it will be 

 granted that there is sufficient evidence in this paper to show 

 that his antiquarian knowledge and researches have been of 

 no little service to later historians of his native county of 

 Dorset. 



