RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



<^i i KN VICTORIA. 

 1838. July .">. The grant of two Royal Medals continued. 



KIM; EI>WAKI> VII. 

 The grant of two Royal Medals continued. 



KIM; GKOKOK V. 

 The grant of two Royal Medals continued. 



1663. Die ember 11. W. Balle. Gift of <TOO and 'an iron Chest having 

 three Lock, and Keycs \ This chest is still in use. 



June :>2. Sir John Cutler. Settled an annual stipend of <50 a year 

 upon Robert Ilooke, for a Lectureship, empowering the President, Council, 

 and 1 \-llo\\ s of the Society to appoint the subjects and number of lectures. 

 February Ml. Daniel Colwall. Gift of 100. < Voted, that the 

 Fiftv pounds in cash; that were formerly presented by Mr. Colwall, be 

 delivered out, to be added to another Fifty pounds presented by the 

 same, to pay for the Collection of Rarities, formerly belonging to 

 Mr. Hubbard; 



1666-7. January M. Henry Howard (afterwards sixth Duke of Norfolk). 

 Gift to the Society of ' the Library of Arundel House, to dispose thereof 

 heir property' (see p. 233). The Society 'ordered that Mr. Howard 

 should be registered as a benefactor 1 . 



1673. November :>7. Dr. Wilkins, Bishop of Chester. Bequest of <400. 

 invested January .'21, 1674-5, in a Fee Farm Rent at Lewes. 



Nm-rmher 11. Samuel Pepys. A gift of ^50, to be laid out as the 

 Council shall judge most convenient.'* The money was used to pay for 

 ~>" I Mat ex to Willughby's 'Historia Piscium \ 



Sir Isaac Newton. ,190. At the Meeting of the Council on 

 January .\J1. 1707, the President, Sir Isaac Newton, 'proposed to the 

 Council] of the Society that if they would please to accept of free Gifts, 

 of .ibout 10 or 20 pounds, from any of their members, English or 

 , to be paid after the death of the Donors, for promoting 

 Natural Philosophy, he had a prospect of obtaining some such Gifts ; and 

 tin- Comic-ill agreed to accept of them with thanks.' At the meeting on 

 L708 !', 'the President gave the Society twenty pounds 

 instead of the like sume he intended after his death; which was orderVl 

 to be put up by itself, and to be subject to such End or Benefaction as 

 he IV,ident shall direct. 1 On December 14, 1710, 'the President 

 ac(|!iainted the Couneill that he would give towards the easing of the 

 Debt of y' Society for y" House [in Crane Court], besides the twenty 

 I reserved, One Hundred Pounds. 1 On November 6, 1718, 

 k l" jiiainted the Council that Sir Isaac Newton had lately 



paid him as a Gift to the Society seventy pounds. 1 



