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lies buried on the left or north side of the west door 

 of our Church, under a plain slab with death's head 

 and bones and the inscription " R in pace." 1707. 

 The Squire always sought out Hatton's shop when in 

 town, twice a year in his gay days, and bought 

 trinkets for his kinsfolk at home and in France. 

 Sometimes, including the expenses of his horses at 

 " Foxhall " (Vauxhall), he would spend 20 in a day. 

 The Squire's wife stood godmother to Mr. Hatton's 

 child in 1713, and presented it with two guineas. 

 Pope was now approaching the height of his fame, 

 and the Squire was proud to help his friend in pro- 

 curing subscriptions for the translation of Homer's 

 Iliad. Three Harting men joined the list of sub- 

 scribers : the Squire,* his son Jack, and Richard 

 Caryll, another son, who had a place at West Harting, 

 and farmed "Crookes and Fowlands and y e Fullen 

 Mill." The Edward Carylls who were settled at 

 Compton (Littlegreen), to be near their uncle, were 

 also contributors. In all Caryll collected from his 

 tribe forty guineas towards Pope's great venture, by 

 which the great poet made , 5,000 ; a success which 

 caused Voltaire to be astonished at the English love 

 of literature. " I look upon money," writes Pope to 

 the Squire, " to be one of the least things to be 

 obliged to you for, and I should be heartily ashamed 

 to thank you for forty guineas, after I had enjoyed 

 y r - friendship with silent satisfaction for many years 

 .... Assure y rself - and the united families of Lady 

 Holt of my faithful service." 



Twice during the translation of the Iliad did Pope 

 visit Lady Holt, and doubtless much of the work was 

 done there, though it was finished at Stanton Harcourt 

 in 1718, as he himself inscribed on a pane of glass 

 with a diamond. 



In 1712 the winter was too cold for Pope to make 



s The Squire also subscribed a guinea thro' Pope for Tickell's 

 translation of Lucan, and through Mr. Tooker for a new edition of 

 Chaucer. 



