28 Anniversary Address. 



his age made him doat, and that he had forgot his learning. 

 The good Dr. briskly replied, he had forgot more learning than 

 his Lordship ever had. Well (said the Bishop) I'll forgive 

 and reverence you, but I cannot pardon that blockheaded 

 Morton, whom I raised from nothing. They, therefore, took 

 their leave of the Bishop, who, with great civility, waited upon 

 them to the gate of Durham Castle, and the porter opening 

 the wicket or postern only, the Bishop said, " sirrah, why don't 

 you open the great gates." " No, my Lord, (says the Rev. 

 Dr. Grey) we will leave the broad way to your Lordship, 

 the straight way will serve us." 



In King James's time, riding on horseback from his rectory 

 at Bishopwearmouth to Durham, Mr. John Lamb, one of King 

 James's Justices of the Peace, a busy active man for that party, 

 and raised from being a coachman in Mr. Chaloner's family, 

 overtook the Dr. and sneered at him, and told him he wondered 

 he could ride on so fine a palfrey, when his Saviour was content 

 to ride ona colt, the foal of an Ass. The Dr. replied, " 'tis true. 

 Sir, but the King has made so many asses Justices of the Peace 

 lately, that he has not left me one to ride upon." 



I cannot trespass further by extracting more from Mr. 

 Raine's interesting paper, but it is evident Dr. Grey was a 

 most upright, religious, and charitable man, and spent his 

 revenues and the income of his estates, in relieving the 

 distressed. I must refer to that paper, and to Mr. Raine's 

 History of North Durham, for further particulars. 



He was found dead at his devotions, at Bishopwearmouth, 

 in 1704, aged 94. 



He was great uncle to Ford Lord Grey, Earl of Tanker- 

 ville. 



Ralph Lord Grey was his administrator, and his freehold 

 estates ultimately came to him. 



The gardens at Chillingham were not in their fullest 

 summer costume. The party admired the Blue Wistaria 

 ( Wistaria Chinensis) growing in a healthy state against the 

 Western Wall of the flower garden at the Castle, its handsome 

 light blue pendent flowers, in large clustered spikes, were coming 

 out, which they do before the leaves. This plant is about 8 



