136 HISTORY OF HARTING. 



The Squire calculated that he received g, 500 in cash, 

 and an income of .10,116 : 10 : o all paid. But the 

 mouths were many and ravenous. 



From this time we are able, through Pope's letters 

 to Caryll, to trace an intimacy that no doubt had long 

 existed ; and as these letters number 150 (from 1711- 

 1735), and were most of them sent to Lady Holt, we 

 have the honour of claiming Pope as the historian of 

 West Harting for near a quarter of a century. In the 

 original editions Pope's letters to the " Squire " are 

 headed "to Hon ble - J. C." The name of Caryll was that 

 of a well known Jacobite, and hence the initials only 

 were given, as in the line which acknowledged Caryll 

 as the originator of the " Rape of the Lock " because 

 Caryll was a Roman Catholic, and Pope, though he 

 owned himself a " poor Papist " to Caryll, was no bold 

 professor of his faith. To Caryll, whom he honoured 

 specially for his unaffected piety, Pope sent in the 

 first instance all that he considered most virtuous in 

 his compositions. Thus, " Vital Spark of Heavenly ' 

 Flame," "just warm from the brain," though a dressing 

 up of some lines of Flaxman's, was sent to Lady Holt 



s. d. 



Total of the several Contracts per ann 12,966 10 o 



Total of Rent charges per ann 2 >8so o o 



Remains coming in clear .10,116 10 o 



Perpetual Rent Charge. 

 Newport Paish. (?) 

 To y e Scot College* ... 450 

 To London 550 



For Life only. 



To Bat- C . 500 



To young P. C 500 



To Mrs. Ann C 300 



To Mrs. Cath. C 400 



^1700 



* A Jacobite stronghold in Paris. Charles Edward set sail to Scotland, 

 1745, as Scot College student. Probably " Little Jack's " school. 



