ROBERT POCOCK. 23 



Her Husband John to prosper ; 



For she knew 

 That no man can thrive or be happy 



unless 



His Wife likes. 



On January 30th, 1776, 



At 56 years old, 



She died 

 A Pious Churchwoman, 



and 



Lies buried in the same Grave 

 With her Husband. 



The social and domestic virtues thus depicted for her 

 by her son derive confirmation from her husband's 

 will ; for not only did the latter appoint her his sole 

 executrix, but refers to her in the expressive terms of 

 " my loving wife Martha." 



In the year 1802 our author compiled and published 

 " The Memoirs of the Families of Sir E. Knatchbull, 

 Bart., and of Fiiiner Honey wood, Esq./' a small octavo ; 

 and at the end he added a note, promising an enlarged 

 account of these Kentish families, with fine engravings, 

 provided a sufficient number of subscribers could be 

 obtained. This was never the case, and the supple- 

 mental book never saw the light. 



It will be seen that Pocock throughout his career 

 exhibited constant proofs not only of literary industry, 

 but of order ; indeed without these qualities he would 

 never have compiled the materials for his collections, 

 and secured the publication of such of his published 

 works as saw the light. He carried this exactitude 

 into the affairs of his private life, as is illustrated by 

 his having in the year 1797 (the year of the publication 

 of his " History of Gravesend "), on the 19th of October, 



