130 HISTORY OF HARTING. 



horses, beans sett, gardens lett at 10 per ann., fish, 

 wood in abundance, for none of the farmers buy any ; 

 Lord Tankerville and Mr. Caryll's wood may be 

 computed to be worth at least ; 10,000. All Surplice 

 Fees with a house and garden, containing an acre of 

 ground well planted with all sorts of fruit. No manner 

 of taxes out of this."* 



Modern advertisements are naked veracity com- 

 pared with this audacious document. The Vicarage of 

 Harting had a very early endowment, and was aug- 

 mented irt the hard times during Mary's reign ; but its 

 resources were always humble. It is here made to be 

 worth in our money, over 1,000 a year. 



Yet it would seem that the unscrupulous Mr. Tench 

 was successful in disposing of his appointment ; for 

 the Bishop of Chichester's register shews that Thos. 

 Tench resigns the vicarage of Harting, and appoints 

 Robert Sully, Vicar, June I, 1716; but himself dies 

 before the end of the year. Just in time. 



The squire of Lady Holt had married Elizabeth 

 Harrington, by whom he had a large and sickly family 

 of eight children, five sons and three daughters. The 

 eldest son "Jack" (John Caryll) was born in 1686, and 

 was educated at the Secretary's expense, near St. 

 Germains. His great uncle writes of him, 1703, that 

 he is thriving as to health and study, and that his 

 " issue has been stopt up this twelve month past." 

 His father before him had been educated in France ; 

 and he was in the country of other relations ; Mary 

 Caryll, the Secretary's sister, was Abbess of the 

 Dominicans at Dunkerque, and her niece and name- 

 sake Mary the squire's sister had joined her, and with 

 Queen Mary's approbation took the veil, Lady Day, 

 1699. The Secretary's nieces, Mrs. Cope, deserted by 

 her husband (afterwards Pope's "unfortunate lady") 

 and her sister Mrs. Blewett, whose name is old in 



* Add'- 28, 229, p. 359. 



