record has been kept of his College life, 

 from the time of his admission as Pen- 

 sioner on 1 7th June 1742, until, after 

 taking his degrees and filling many offices 

 during a residence of twenty-one years, 

 he quitted Cambridge for a rectory in the 

 country 1 . He is entered in these records 

 as from Nottingham. 



The year after his reception into 

 Queens' he was elected Bible-Clerk and 

 held this office for two years. Again for 

 three years, from 1 747 to 1 749 he filled the 

 same post 2 . Heclid not take his Bachelor's 

 degree until 1748. His name appears as 

 fourth wrangler in the list for 1748-9, 

 which was the second competition after 

 the institution of the wranglership. On 

 3Oth March 1749 he was chosen Fellow 



1 The present President of Queens' College, 

 the Rev. T. C. Fitzpatrick, has been so good as to 

 collect for me all the details of College life that are 

 here given. 



2 The duty of this officer appears to have been 

 to read the Bible in hall, for which a remuneration 

 of one shilling a week was allowed, afterwards slightly 

 increased. 



